DRINK. Melbourne - Melbourne bar guide

Bar Secrets Melbourne: Melbourne’s best selling bar guide now in a handy app format.

Discover new places like Siglo and Nihonshu as well as the iconic Gin Palace and Melbourne Supper Club. Get directions to the Croft Institute and other hard to find laneway bars.

Deck of Secrets has the right co-ordinates for your next urban expedition.

Whether you’re into high-tech cocktails, bespoke clothing or intensive relaxation, we understand that there’s more to a city than its landmarks.

Don’t bother carrying bulky guidebooks, scouring the web or asking surly taxi drivers for suggestions. You can have insider information when and where you need it in a clear, accessible format.

FEATURES

* 52 of the hottest, hippest, coolest bars.
- Full colour pictures revealing each bar
- Logos to help you find each bar on the street
- Engaging descriptions of each bar
- Full contact details
- All bars have been chosen for quality, fun and individuality

The coolest function is the ‘Nearby’ button. Click on this to see the bars listed in order of proximity to where you are now.

Click the ‘venue’ button and with one tap you can:

1. Send an email invitation to the bar to your friends
2. Call the venue
3. Visit the bars website
4. Add the bars contact details to your address book with a picture to remind you what it looks like

Click the ‘directions’ button and with one tap you can:

1. Get directions to the bar from your current location
2. Get directions to the bar from a specified location
3. See the bar marked on a map

DRINK. is a premium app with the smooth moves. Lightly swipe the screen left or right to scroll through all the bars.

NOTE: 18 NOV 08 The L-R swipe is cool but doesnt work as well as we would like because we also have the up and down scroll and the two compete with each other. This will be fixed when the app is updated.

UPDATES

Well be the friend in-the-know who whispers secrets in your ear.

As new bars open we will reveal them to you so you’ll be the first to discover the hottest places in town. Version 1.1 will feature approximately five new bars.

And remember: Deck of Secrets is 100% independent. All venues are selected purely on their merits. No venues featured pay to appear in the guides. At all. Ever.
WHO CREATED THIS APP

The DRINK. app was created by a talented young developer and Michelle Matthews. Michelle is the creator of the Deck of Secrets guide series. Bar Secrets Melbourne was the first edition in the series and it has now gone on to sell over 100,000 copies. This is still our best seller and the basis for the DRINK. app. The company produces over 20 guides in their distinctive deck of cards format and cover many other cities and themes. Visit www.deckofsecrets.com to download a copy of the catalogue or buy the guides online.
REMEMBER

DRINK. has a trusted, well-established offline pedigree. Our mission is to share the knowledge that arms a first time visitor with the confidence to explore the city. Our guides are never comprehensive; why would we waste your precious leisure time on ho hum, nothing to write home about places? We’ve been doing this since 1998 when we launched our Shopping Secrets guides to the most interesting and unusual retailers. We’ve won some awards, developed a loyal following and been written up in some of the worlds leading magazines and newspapers.

“Everyone is talking about: Bar Secrets. Deck of Secrets is an Australian concept that is reinventing the idea of the guide book” Scanorama, Scandinavian Airlines in-flight magazine NOV 2008.

"Chuck out your old fashioned maps, drinkers guide Bar Secrets Melbourne can now be downloaded straight to your iPhone" MX, 20 NOV 08