1806 is the year that the word cocktail was first defined in print, and the bar, 169 Exhibition St Melbourne, is about all things cocktails, especially the history of the amazing creations we sip every day.

1806 houses a collection of vintage cocktail shakers, equipment and of course our award Winning cocktail list. The cocktail list is as historically correct as possible and follows a time-line over the last two hundered years, capturing the essence of each decade and what people were drinking. The bar has a drink for everyone. Whether it is an original Bittered Sling, the chosen drink of sophisticated business-men in 1806, or from 1916 a Martini, we make our`s with your choice of vodka or gin, with a dash of bitters, and a slightly larger than normal dash of vermouth.

Come in and taste what your great, great, great, great, great, great grand-parents might have drunk! One of our signature cocktail`s is the Aviation.

Awards:
Best Cocktail List in the World at the New Orleans Tales of the Cocktail Festival 2008
Best Cocktail List 'Australian Bartender Magazine' 2008
2008 'Australian Bartender Magazine' Bartender of the Year - Sebastian Reaburn 1806

Check out 1806 video review as seen on Channel 7's Coxy's Big Break