Went here for a Friday office lunch & was pleasantly surprised with the food! It was delish. I got a steak and my colleagues got Parmas and cauliflower bites. Staff was friendly, beer was good and the food was terrific .
The only downside was the wait. We had to wait for almost 45 mins to an hour to get our food which is a bit too long for a work lunch but after we ate our food, it was definitely worth the wait!
I had been to a few work lunches at The Standard and the meals were always good quality and value. One thing that has has always impressed me is that even for large tables the meals all came out together.
With my sister down for Brisbane for the weekend we thought we'd try them out on a busy Saturday night and we were not disappointed. Despite the venue being busy and chaotic - and two of the four people having specific dietary requirements - the orders were right, served together and the food was delicious.
These guys make one of the best chicken parmas in Melbourne! Topped with prosciutto (instead of standard ham), delicious cheese, tomato sugo and basil it just lifts the traditional pub Parma to another level. I highly recommend. I love their beer garden too! Check it out.
Great hang out for a beer and a meal. Food is very well cooked and portions are very generous. Staff is very friendly and attentive. There’s a nice outdoor area which is beautiful in summer and a lovely indoor dining area which is perfect for a dinner with friends during our cold winter nights.
We had some slight miss communication issue with our order (wanting to share a Parma) but they handled it so well, and served us with two seperate plates and portions of parmas.
Would recommend this place to anyone, we come here often and have never had any issues. Amazing staff and amazing food. 10/10 guys ❤️❤️
an old favourite with a great beer garden, first rate staff and a decent menu of pub food as it should be in 2018. good selection of usual fare prepared just but bit better than most. Saturday afternoons in the beer garden the perfect inner city setting. Chicken burger a winner and with a choice of decent beers, if you're Fitzroy bound, this is the best old fashioned pub with modern food/beer in the land.
The Standard Hotel has been a favourite hangout space with our colleagues, every time we visit Melbourne. In fact my fondest memory is my first (& only) experiences in trying kangaroo meat. More so it’s had become a tradition that any newbie from our office visiting Standard Hotel for the first time we order the Kangaroo steak on their behalf & offer then (except when they are Vegetarian).
But apart from that, the food & drinks here are amazing, thought it’s the typical pub fare. Apart from the appetisers, the mains are pretty good as well. A must visit if you are near Fitzroy and in need of some good food & wonderful beer, served in a rustic ambiance.
I love this bar, they've got Guinness for the love of god!! Food is great too. The beer garden/courtyard at the back is awesome, can't wait til summer to frequent 👍
This is an excellent pub, cool friendly staff epic meals that are presented well, huge portions for a fair price great drinks selection- sitting by the fireplace enjoying a soggy Melbourne afternoon made for time well spent
Bloat score: Four – If I were lying prostrate on my tummy, it would have looked as though I was levitating. We found ourselves at the quaint, wood-panelled Standard Hotel on a Saturday night, celebrating the birthday of one of our good friends. As opposed to people who pre-drink before a party and then promptly forgo dinner because ‘eating is cheating’, my motto is to get to any birthday drinks early enough so that the prospect of food is still on the table.
This pub has always given me a Fratelli's hiding out "what's it doin' open in the fall?" abandoned feeling because I've never seen anyone entering or exiting. But as I have discovered it is fully functional and full of beer. Not so thrilled about the food though.
Went here on a Friday night and it was fairly busy. Looks quite popular with locals. We managed to grab a seat right by the bar. There may have been another spot outside but we weren't keen on being in the beer garden. Ordered our food which did take quite a while to come out and had to follow up but they were great about it and said we were up next - which we were. Ordered a Parma. There was a bit too much sauce for my liking. But nothing obnoxious. Heaps of chips and the token side salad - so everything you'd expect for a Parma.
Although they don't have a good variety in craft beer I like to go there once a while and sit in the beer garden 😊 it's a nice and old environment which is relaxing to me, if only people don't smoke in the courtyard !
It’s no secret that I love a good backstreets pub, and Fitzroy’s Standard Hotel might be the quintessential example (you might even say it sets the standard. Badum tshh). Surrounded by a myriad of one-way streets that always seem to be driving away from the pub, it took a fair bit of focus on Google maps to find the Standard, but once I laid my eyes on it I knew it was my kind of pub.
The Standard Hotel is located in the backstreets of Fitzroy and is one of those hidden gems that’s survived doing what they’ve done best since 1865 – serving great beer and tasty pub food in a welcoming, cozy space.
Look tbh with you the burger alone would've been satisfying enough but me and a ma7 went halves so I also got to try the steak sandwich. A true star. Dripping with meat juice and aoili 👌. Whatever they're doing with the chippys is perfection. My only gripe was with the chicken burger which I didn't order. Why does it come grilled?
First visit on a Tuesday evening by chance and couldn't have been happier. Great beers, good wines and good pub food. Not fancy but tasty and good portions. Lovely vibe and friendly staff.
I've been coming here for years and really love the atmosphere of this pub, but sadly the food always seems to be, well, totally standard. Bit of a let down in that department.
One of the best pubs in Melbourne. Jovial staff, cheap quality booze, good food, pleasant patrons. My only objection? 11PM CLOSING TIME ON A SATURDAY. Yo, Standard owners, are you not aware of how much money you'd make if you extended your hours of operation? Insanity! Get with the Fitzroy times!
The perfect back-street Fitzroy watering hole. Robert Wyatt on the stereo. Enough interesting beers on tap to keep everyone happy. Genuine. Friendly.
Nice place. Equal first place for the best chicken parma this side of the city (or possibly in melbourne) that I've tried. Nice beer garden that can get pretty full on nice days. A little hidden, but actually really easy to get to. Well worth a visit!
Best Eggplant Parma in town!! If anyone knows of a better (or equally as good) Parma then let me know! The Standard can do no wrong in my opinion, always a good time.
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Ye Olde Standard. Still as good as an old 'tie your horse at the post and go in for a cold one' pub can get. Brimming with regulars and locals that have been around the block and back, and still come to call this place home, The Standard is exactly the aforementioned, and above. The food is generous and tasty. The specials board doesn't change frequently enough for you to miss out on a favourite over a few weeks. The beer is cold and nothing too flash, lending many of the taps to local brews which is great. But if you do have the hankering thirst for the finer hops of sorts, a bunch stand chilly in the nearby bar fridge, waiting for you to rest your top lip on a few new flavours for that special occasion. Staff are relaxed and super friendly. There's no 'cool dude moustache' riff raff, just a bunch of legends keeping it as casual as mint sauce on a Sunday roast. Thus said, the bands on Sundays always draw a nice crowd, which in turn draw the curtains slowly down on the day and up on the smells of night and also, The Standard's famous Roo dish. That or their Parma Deluxe. Delightful. And as that sun goes down, you'll always feel at home, and eventually slip into bed early smiling, like it's christmas in the 80's. As they say. The simple things in life, are often the best.
We forgot to take meat out for dinner and Az and Sarah were at the Standard so we thought we'd join them for a meal and a drink. I like the Standard. The inside is very cosy with an accessible bar, and the heated beer garden has a tranquil zen quality to
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...been maintained with a nostalgic grace that'll take you back to more simple times.
The Parmas here are always consistently superb.
Very solid parma. Location is alright.
Great beer garden. The beer garden is the stand out feature of this place. We had the parma and it was fine, the beers are lacking though. Only two decent beers on tap, one of them is a great beer the other nothing special. So the beer list could definitely use some work but great place for a drink regardless.
Another Good Fitzroy Pub. Sat at the Bar and had a few IPA's with a couple mates, had a nice chat to the Bartender, ate some chips and left.. Nice old school pub, Will be back next time I'm out that way...
Been few times over the years; always have a good time.
Solid. This is a place where you can feel comfortable, get a good feed and enjoy some beers with friends. Trivia nights are fun and the staff are always helpful.
Perhaps not a date spot, but really reliable and a good selection of beers.
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Deeriffic. Decor tries a little hard to be Fitzroyish with all the antlers and crap, but this is a pretty cosy pub on a winters day when it's not too full. Heck, maybe it's all the deer motifs.
Good beer selection, decent food (I had the pulled pork burger which was perfectly decent, and the bits of sausage I stole off my partner weren't bad either), not too outrageously priced - all boxes were ticked.
Eggplant Parma? BLAURGH.. Just a warning really. Eggplant Parma can be deeeeelicious if the eggplanty bit is properly cooked, but it's diabolical if it is still hard and a bit like the sole of a thong. So, vego's, approach with caution. These people know about being a pub (super duper pub!) but they don't know about EGGPLANTS (that's aubergines to you posh people).
Fantastic. We stumbled across this place by accident, and boy are we glad we did! We've since been back a few times and everything has been awesome.
The beer garden outside is great to sit and chat with friends the heaters keep you snug in winter. I had the chicken Kiev and it was perfectly cooked and delicious. The Standard Hotel will become a regular.
Best parma in Melbourne. I'm just going to put it out there... hands down the single best parma I've had in this fair city (this includes a very thorough, multi-suburb search for the perfect parma on my part). Staff are friendly, always interesting beers on tap too.
Come for the beergarden. Amazing beergarden in the back
Quality of live performances very uneven
Pub food if OK and comes in big portion
Definitely a good place to go for a drink
Impressed. I visit this pub regularly. The chili bean enchiladas are my favourite. I don't really like change like most people, and they taste the same every time i get them. AMAZING!!!!!! Comes with salad well dressed with 3 enchiladas and jalapenos with small piece of sweet corn. Big meals! my friends always get the parma, which they also rate.
The court yard is a huge and gets lots of people on the weekends. In winter its warm and cozy with heater panels and can also be covered up if the weather is no good.
The atmosphere is great with lots of locals and regulars.
10/10 for consistency.
Excellent!. Went to the Standard for dinner with a group of friends. The food was amazing and they have a good variety of beers - both of which were reasonably priced. The staff were very attentive and friendly, they made me feel welcome and assisted me with both my food and beverage selection (I am very indecisive). We didn't wait long for the food, which was delicious! I had the enchiladas which I highly recommend. The beer garden is lovely and relaxed... Great chill place to go with friends for a meal and beers, will definitely go back!
Wow. Comfortable atmosphere, fantastic food, good value $, great beers and excellent staff. Wish more places were like this. Our waitress made us immediately feel welcome & proceeded to give us a friendly but professional and knowledgeable overview of the beer then food menu. Off to a good start and the night got better & better. The highlight for us was the food. Bravo, you have won a new regular. PS - Recommend highly the Chicken Parmigiana!! :-)
Amazing food. Cool atmosphere great beer garden. The Parma is one of the best I have had in melbourne. This is how a pub should be!
Had the chicken kiev which was beautifully cooked with lovely mash. Definitely will be back. Staff are attentive and food was quick to come.
Great. Had a fantastic large group dinner here. It was excellent - relaxed, food was delicious, and staff were great. Not sure about all the comments here about staff being "rude"; I've never had a problem here when ordering food or drinks.
Great lunch on a busy Friday,pity about the attitude from the staff, maybe it's a Fitzroy thing
Great staff!. I love the shanks here! The food is well-priced and very tasty. I have no idea what some of the other reviewers are talking about. I have been comng here semi-regularly for a few years now and have always had excellent service. I suppose that if you are rude to staff they will reciprocate. A please and thank-you go a long way. I particularly like the Scotsman, Dave? He's great and always plays interesting, cool music. in short, a great little pub.
Fantastic chicken parma, full of flavour! Only problem, i wanted more!
Great Atmosphere. Huge outdoor dinning area, above average food, and a good bar selection. Recommend.
Very decent pub food. Fair sized meals at fair price and nicely flavoured. Had the chicken parma which was tasty, good quality chicken breast that seemed panfried rather than deepfried - nice. Other half had the Morrocan pork belly that came with couscous and other accompaniments that worked well. Shared the calamari salad because the ingredients sounded appealing and it didn't disappoint. Calamari was nicely cooked too. Nice beer garden but found the choice of beer on tap somewhat lacking - a few local craft beers would be nice. Overall good place to go for a decent pub meal.
Lunch Club visited The Standard today and being close to Xmas the place was almost fully booked out. We managed a table and ordered entrees to share along with our mains. Surprisingly the meals arrived reasonably quickly considering how busy they were. The meals were amazing with special mention to the Chicken Parma which was sensational. Extraordinary value for money. Great surroundings. A must for any serious pub enthusiast.
Best dips!. Best dips and bread, fantastic beer garden and away from the hustle and bustle of Brunswick Street.
great place
Fab outdoor area on a sunny afternoon, better than usual pub food. The Standard is and has been a Fitzroy institution for years.
Great, good quality pub food, staff are efficient but can be a bit aloof and cold.
Definitely try this place. I see there are some reviews saying the food wasn't that good. Ive been to the Standard quite a few times and can truly say I have not been disappointed. Try their Enchiladas and the Chicken Kiev (it's not the usual Kiev one thinks of).
Some may think the place is a little grungy, but the number of clientele says otherwise. Always busy and totally enjoyable.
Great Pub Grub. I think The Standard must have picked up its game since some of the older reviews were written. Last night I had a terrific duck dish - good portion and really tasty. I was surprised to have such a great dish at a venue that looked more like an old-fashioned bar than an eatery - very 20 something vibe. No table service, so if you're not in the mood for lining up, it's maybe not for you. But if you're in a casual mood and want some great honest food - give it a go.
Some of the best pub food going, at average pub food prices. Great beer, great staff, great food, great music - the perfect local. Try the veal.
Enchiladas are muchos awesome-o. Best Enchiladas in town. It is obscene how good they are! Not for the faint hearted..must have a healthy appetite to get through this one!
Bad food? Seriously?. I've eaten there a lot over the years and pretty much everything I've had has been good. Maybe one veggie meal was a little lacking in the portion size, but otherwise fine.
I've never eaten a parma though, just that little bit wrong for my taste.
Very good. Friendly environment, great service and good food. We only had bar snacks ... most care I've ever seen taken in bar snacks. Highly recommended - can't wait to go back for the mains. - update - returned a couple of times for dinner and can say it is as good as expected.
6☆ parma, really could have come with hand cut chips though, according to caine. Cheese burger was also 10/9 it was filling , flavoursome & fresh. Beers, old school pissa. Everything nostalgic about this place. I just love it. Open beer garden with and impressive 137 seats available. Bar staff we great to talk with, friend and funny. If you have a local somewhere else, come here and make this ya local....
Nick is a legend. 🤙
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Hi just reaching out to tell you guys that you have completely ruined my life. I visited your establishment the other day just looking to wet my whistle (that means enjoy a drink) but was very upset when I realised my innocent trip to the pub would leave me feeling empty for the rest of my life. Why? Because I saw the most beautiful girl working there. There are plenty of beautiful girls and guys in the world and that’s great. But to see someone so beautifully crafted by the gods isn’t a good thing. It’s completely messed with my head. She was a kind of short girl with blond hair and black skirt. From this point onwards my notion of beauty has been changed and I don’t even know if I can be happy seeing another girl knowing that angels do walk among us. Why does an angel even need to work? Most people work to put food on the table and put a roof over their heads. Angels don’t even need to eat and they sleep in heaven floating on clouds so what is the point in her even having a job?
Anyway good service and nice beer garden. Thanks for your hospitality
Looked like a busy Saturday night and food came out prompt and was excellent! Beer garden was amazing and excellent atmosphere. Staff friendly and professional. One of the best pubs in Melbourne
A few vegan options on the menu. The cheeseless vegan eggplant parma was really delicious. Nice place with large outdoor seating area.
Mother's Day pub lunch with the fam. Great pub that's not massive but also not tiny. I'm not a drinker but fam said beers on tap were decent. Food was fantastic, a southern chicken burger for me and my partner had three cheese tortellini, both wonderful. Good atmosphere. Not the cheapest but which pub is these days!
This is a great pub. Good pub menu, with weekly specials; awesome large beer garden and front bar has great old fashioned pub atmosphere. Staff are fantastic, great friendly service- hard to beat
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