Cosy up at this stalwart venue where warming plates of hearty pub fare are served alongside beverages to warm the cockles. Retreat to the hotel’s dining room for pizzas, burgers and a jovial atmosphere.

Snug nooks, top-notch brews, a sunlit beer garden and a robust dining menu ticks all the winter comfort boxes. Of a cool weekend, pile inside The Local Taphouse for a Sunday roast or perhaps the ultimate winter warming dish: the bar’s signature mac n cheese.

Take shelter from the cool temperatures and warm up from the inside out with Neighbourhood Wine’s extensive, grape-centric drinks menu. The bar’s long lunches and Sunday roasts are paired with minimal intervention drops for leisurely wintertime repasts.

A whisky in hand, guests of 1806 come to seek reprieve from Melbourne’s often brutal wintertime weather and enjoy a taste of old-world charm alongside the chef’s plate to share. Wrap cold hands around a mozzarella and scarmorza toastie or baked camembert, teamed with a hot toddy or flaming ‘blue blazer’ cocktail.

A beloved hotel where live music reigns supreme, The Grace Darling Hotel is a Collingwood favourite for winter entertainment. Enjoy your pre-show negroni with a piping-hot parma – be it vegan-friendly or chicken in nature.

Sink into a well-loved Chesterfield lounge and sip on your favourite glass of red in this Elsternwick venue. In the mood for a cocktail? We recommend the ‘liquid cheesecake’ cocktail with its embellishment of shortbread balanced on your glasses’ edge.

If anything epitomises wintertime appeal more than a book shop meets Irish whisky bar, we’d like to hear about it. Meet your new favourite literary work and get to know it slowly with a side of pork pie, black pudding and whisky.

Sitting pretty on a sunlit street corner where warm rays shine in of an afternoon, Napier Quarter offers all the cosiness required on a Victorian winter’s day. Wonderful wines, great coffee and appetising share plates seal the deal.