George Public Bar

St Kilda, Elwood & Elsternwick


In the bowels of the wonderfully pompous, turreted George Hotel building is the George Public Bar – formerly the infamous Snakepit – rowdy at weekends and a good spot for unpretentious, old-school boozing.


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