3.9
Bar Nacional is a fantastic Spanish inspired restaurant and wine bar located in Collins Place, 727 Collins St, Docklands. Twosheds often stops for coffee here’s during the day, and for wine, beer and tapas after work in the evening. Lovely wine list, and the tapas is great. Later in the week, there are DJs and music and the party spills outside from here onto the plaza out the front. It’s great - and it gets very, very full and loud as people spill out of the 727 towers for an after work drink and graze. Drinks are served outside and sometimes there’s even a paella being cooked outside for all to see. Really fun. Try it on a Thursday/Friday. 3.9
Great place for after work drinks in Docklands with a good happy hour until 6pm, decent tapas menu for nibbles and enough tables outside to fit most groups (although quickly fills up in summer).
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I occasionally come here for after work drinks as they have a number of tables outside and that seems to be the only place works crowds can fit. So plenty of celebrations and farewells had. Get here before 5:30 on a Friday in summer if you want any hope of getting an outside table.
The interior of Bar Nacional is quite small with intimate nooks and hideaways. The main bar has an impressive array of beers beers and some good standing wines. Staff are generally always energetic and seem to love working together here.
Wait times for drinks can take a while unless you cut over to the other "dead" side to the bar where I've found you can get served quicker. I've eaten the tapas here as part of a smaller group and there are a number of good sharing plates to choose from. I also enjoy some of the smaller cake bites throughout the day and have had coffee here before. But have to warn that it does seem to take them a little longer than other places to make.
Feed me option is a good choice if you can’t make up your mind. You will be adequately feed especially if you have no diet restrictions like me.
Quiet expensive for brekky and lunch.
Though nice ambience for after work drinks.
Gets very crowded and most mostly Thursday and Friday evenings.
I enjoyed my dinner with colleagues here however some people weren't a fan of their meals. Thus, I would recommend what I ordered which was the potato bravas (yum hadn't seen these since Madrid!) and lamb meatballs. They had a happy hour with house wine for $6 a glass too :)
Yourmelbournefoodguide
+3.5
Not only does this place has cheap drinks (happy hour goes for 5 hours during the week) but it has amazing tapas - I loved the croquetas and the paella. Great for after work drinks and bites ✔️
Came here for lunch yesterday, and we thoroughly enjoyed our meals - it was suprisingly quiet for a Friday. We tried patatas bravas, cauliflower salad, wagyu beef, mini sausages, tomato salad, chaucuterie board. Everything tasted great.
As the summer season announces itself with more authority on Melbourne town, so does The Dear Luncher by trying new food destinations. A place that has regularly caught The Dear Luncher’s eye during his pathetic attempts at exercise, is Bar Nacional. Bar Nacional is a Spanish restaurant/bar located in Collins Square. Collins Square is on the Docklands side of Collins Street, one tram stop west of Southern Cross train station.
Unless you work around this part of Collins St, would anyone actually make a trip to dine in this area? Well now you may just have a reason to. I certainly had low expectations, but was pleasantly surprised by the simple yet well thought out Spanish menu. My crew of four are all heading to Spain in a couple of weeks and thought this relatively new place would be appropriate for an aperitif. On to the food, the pulpo was tender, the paella was perfectly cooked and not shy in various, precarious bits added in (both seafood and a chicken leg? Well, it surprisingly works still). The salad of shaved cauliflower and the choricito were also delish, although the latter despite having a good firm bite was perhaps a touch too "sweet" for my liking. I expected a bit of zing and spice. Complemented with friendly and helpful service, this place may just draw non-dockies (I.e. the land of sterile bore) to the vicinity.
MelbourneFoodPaparazza
+4.5
I went to this Spanish tapas restaurant for lunch with a colleague, and we each ordered the fixed price menu. For $25 (2 courses) and $29 (3 courses) per person, this place was incredibly good value. For the price paid, we got 5 courses in total, including a Spanish charcuterie plate, croquettes, a vegetarian dish with wild rice and mushrooms, a braised pork cheek dish, Spanish donuts, as well as 2 coffees.
Fantastic array of traditional Tapas and Spanish dishes, great drink and wine selection also. Just a few details missed like the marble style tables and polished floor, would have been nice to see more timber and natural materials used. Overall, a good experience, I'd go back for the Wood Fired Octopus!
Amazingly good food - the "feed me" tasting menu is a must - great flavours match with a excellent selection of drinks from the bar !
I was pleasantly surprised by the food here. Some really delicious tapas and raciones. The potatoes are a must have dish! The only let down was the dessert, which was churros. It arrived with only 2 churros, which for $10 is already a disappointment. The churros was also not cooked properly and the chocolate sauce was swimming in oil. Stick to the tapas and raciones and you'll really enjoy this place!
Very nice place in Docklands for after work drinks. Massive open space outside the bar which can be used only if it's not raining.
Nice atmosphere, friendly staff. A welcoming retreat.
Great for coffee during the day. Good for after work drinks, although can get crowded on Fridays. Traditional tapas. Great sangria.
Popular and warm place to hang out after work
Nice bar with very friendly staff.
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