The 86

The 86 Cabaret Bar is a beautiful, immersive, and inclusive space filled with art, creativity, and good times. Always such a joy to be there, and a true celebration of community!

Love this place - found it randomly for "one drink" but stayed super late. Fab bar staff, amazing professional west end theatre level entertainment - great atmosphere. Go!

Had a great time - we had fantastic Espresso Martinis and beers for Pride. Was a bit put off when one of the staff told us to move because he was moving the barriers. He then snapped at us to buy drinks there to pay the performers - even though we did. He had seen my keep cup I had in my hand and assumed I had brought a drink into the venue. To assume makes an ass of you and me. What a way to say happy pride to people who had supported your venue that evening at Pride. All the other bar tenders that we had got our cocktails and beers from were lovely, though. Such a shame someone would project onto us after we politely moved so they could move the barriers outside and we quickly got out of the way only for him to be a jerk to us. I doubt you're paying Chappell's healthcare cut.

Went there for drag night on Friday. Had a great time, the vibe is good, the bartenders are cool, the drinks are reasonable and the place got pretty full as the show went on. We had fun and we would go back!

Me & my friends had the BEST night here, the staff were so so friendly. Definitely check this gem out!

Flat soda water poured from a Coles brand bottle after a $10 entry is hard to recover from. Venue has potential for fun but atmosphere was dull while I was there (11:30pm on a Sat). I gave this place a go when Sircuit/Mollies had a ticketed event. Will edit after the show

If your looking for that funky music give this place a shot!!

Great bar and professional friendly staff made you feel very welcome

The greatest staff on the planet!! With the most traditional gay bar vibes. Genuinely a recipe for a brilliant time. Music off tap!!!

Went in on a Thursday night and had some lovely cocktails and an amazing chat with the team working that night! Absolutely awesome vibe, unfortunately it was very quiet when we went but we felt so welcome and the cocktails were amazing!! We are travelling but will be back the next time we are in Melbourne, thank you for making us feel so welcome!!