The Budgie Smuggler

$6 taco sundays
: @the_budgie_bar
: 1 Maroondah Highway, Ringwood

: Visited Ringwood’s Budgie Bar today. Every Sunday, they have the $6 taco promo, so you can enjoy tacos from @hecho_en_mexico_australia without burning a hole in your wallet!

: The bar is very spacious with lots of seating indoors as well as outdoors, so you can bring in your group of friends anytime! There’s also a collective cars show area as well for car fanatics, it’s not something you get to see every day in Melbourne!

Great Service everyone was lovely, the host/waitress Amber was so nice and attentive, Even tho the bubble gun didn't work out for the waitress karen was slay and we love that for her.

Great cocktails and great service by our waitress Ambah! Super kind and super attentive. Great environment and super friendly staff.

Had a really good night.hadn't been here before, but wanted to try out the Hecho en Mexico kitchen and glad I did.
Cocktails were great, loved the street style corn and beef birria tacos!
Food and drinks all came super quick and I can't wait to come back for more!

This was an awesome bar with live music and a great atmosphere. I had a fantastic time and just stayed down the street at the Sage hotel in Ringwood

Nice ambience if you want to
go for drinks, but food very ordinary and limited in variety. Great display of old cars, but the floor was so sticky it was quite gross.

I’m so glad I found out about this place! The staff are all so amazing and lovely and just a good vibe. I just want to point out Billy because he was one of the best bartenders the last time we went. He made sure we were all having a good time and was very quick with making drinks. Definitely want the manager to know his service was amazing. It’s nice to go out and have a chill night with friends but also have a boogie without needing to go to a nightclub for a good time and dance. Highly recommend this place! This is my go to place now.

We thought we would try a new place for bottomless brunch, that was a mistake! Only 4 cocktails in total allowed for the 2 hours you're there. Beer and wine advertised as "included, " however it's at an extra cost. We won't be recommending.

Don’t bother. ‘Paid $21.00 for my meal and it never came. One of the staff approached holding a receipt of some description, asking if the name thereon was mine. When I said it indeed was she apologised (after all of my compatriots had eaten entrée, main and dessert). I said, “I don’t really want it now, I’ll just get a refund. ”

She assured me a refund would be forthcoming and I duly received an impressive looking email that said I’d receive said refund in 7 - 10 days.

No refund of course. My group won’t go again so they can keep the money.

OMG
COULD NOT MAKE A MARGARITA TO SAVE THEM SELVES
Walked out saw it was polystyrene eat wear
Seriously did not know the great Mexican food that we have eaten before was going to be ruined by these guys

A cool little hidden trendy place that you don't expect in Ringwood. Lots of antique cars as art objects around the place too.

Cool vibe. Music was a little too loud inside without the nightclub. Just too load to talk inside. Outside in the beer garden was terrific!

The set up for bottomless was good at the start as they had friends ready then after half an hour you had to wait in line for a cocktail so it wasted time. Not worth $65 if you don’t get your moneys worth. Maybe make one half of the bar for the public and one for bottomless.

Found this cute hide away bar and restaurant thought I’d pop in and check it out.

Walked into a relatively empty venue. I asked a waitress if I could try there food. She rather lazily asked where I was seated - she had seen me walk through the front door. I was then ushered by another employee back outside. Where attempted to masquerade as Host for the evening. Despite the empty floor save the 4 friends sipping beers. I was told I could not be fed.

Yuppies masquerading as anything but an inviting pleasant venue.

Its a nice place with good vibes but really sad to see them serving their food in disposable packaging with disposable cuttlery- like in this day and age. Spend the money hiring a dishy, save money on disposables, save waste that ends up in landfill (even if it is cardboard and "environmentally friendly") and would give a much more professional vibe. I understand its a bar but most people there were eating so it's not like they rarely serve food. I can't imagine how much waste they would produce.

Great place for a sneaky cocktail or two - it can get very busy here but they offer good service and manage it well.

The Budgie bar is a very nice chic bar tucked away in a very unassuming location in Ringwood not too far from Eastland station. There are live bands that play here over the weekends and there's some local food truck bites to tuck into as you enjoy the house made cocktails and other beverages.
Their car collection on site is fantastic with many from the glory days of motoring including a Trans Am and an old school Volkswagen Beetle as well as vintage Ferrari. In the standard Ferrari red! The cocktails are nice and the food was good when we went there. The place is decorated beautifully and feels like an inner city bar out in the suburbs. Worth a visit!

Perfect place for parties, get together, fun, dance what not.loved the ambience.must visit.

Went into get some of their pre made Cocktails and the staff were very nice and went out of their way to help me.

Awesome place to gather with friends on a night out for a few casual drinks.

Security was super friendly.

Only downside is the limited toilets - they always seem to be full when you need to go.