The Peel Hotel

An iconic venue that is one of Melbourne’s last remaining gay focused clubs/bars. Have had some great nights at The Peel, met some fabulous people and it never fails to entertain. There’s a large dance floor area well covered by two bars, another quieter area with pool tables & a massive semi enclosed smoking area. Security has always been friendly from what I’ve seen, however if it’s a very busy night i have seen them refuse entry to females which is understandable since it is a gay club!

ENJOYABLE
Great music, large nightclub with a great layout in terms of access to bars, smokers space and a great retreat for when the music or crowded dance floor becomes just little too much.

Very impressed with the different spaces and layout for this club. Love the back section of the club, how low key relaxing and not headbanging loud it is. It's such a great space and an excellent area! Nice to have a little escape when required.
A pretty good night out, expect the usual suspects you'd see at a gay bar, along with some pretty great music and dance hits.
Staff seem to be very on to collecting loose empty cups from everywhere and cleaning spaces or spills quick.
Only had a couple minor gruffs with bar staff member. To be a little more attentive and also not try pulling a sly one.
1. Attempting the charge of 2 drinks for almost $40
2. I dont understand when you ask for a vodka water why staff go into a different room to fill this?
3. Assuming a sober patron or even a patron in general wouldnt notice a vodka lemonade and vodka water is only water and lemonade?

Apart from the couple of times having to deal with the above and going back twice to challenge the above, which also puts a dampener on the night.
The club is still a great place to dance and the spaces are excellent, the dancefloor is crowded, but what do you expect for a nightclub with great music and an atmosphere for it?

Great place, we had a lot of fun and we met a lot of new friends. A little trick, if you register on the site 909gay, com you will get a free room for 2 hours and a free drink

Guys feel at ease to be who you are without prejudice or judgements or people staring. Dance, sing, party till dawn and then some! Most awesome staff and security. Feel safe and secure in a gay venue where you can do almost anything your heart desires or make your fantasies real.experiment.experience life love fun laughter and good company.

They flat out refused to supply glasses of water, we had to drink out of a bubbler like schoolchildren. I had a full face of makeup on, so just went without.

I felt humiliated by one of the staffs/crews when asked for a glass (for water). I was told use my mouth (in the tap) in a rude manner.

The Peel is The Peel. It's an institution, and one of Melbourne's premier gay nightclubs.

I've been at least 5 times but those visits have been stretched out over the course of a decade. The place generally fires up around midnight and goes until dawn. They play a lot of high energy dance pop music, which is not my cup of tea but as I said in my opening sentence; The Peel is The Peel. It's a unapologetically fabulously gay club.

It's great that such a place exists and may if forever thrive.

Friday nights with Paris are fantastic updated dance floor and music is A1. The Peel Know how to run a great nightclub

Was a great night, until I went to retrieve my items from cloak room and one of my items did not return to me. Staff abruptly and very rudely refused to even take a phone number from me in case my personal belongings turned up. Very disappointing as I do enjoy this club very much but I would not return after this.

Staff are incredibly rude. Toilet situation is disgusting. Would never reccomend this place to anyone.

Honestly they don't give any respect to drag queens and security guards outside are rude.
A girl stole $100 from my bag i went to the security guard and he said he can't help me

It’s a real shame that they don’t let gays into this place any longer. The blonde mole security guard won’t let you in, so don’t bother coming here. Since Abdullah left this place is basically closed.

Busy gay club with plenty of dancefloor. Open til late 3 nights a week. Be warned: you need photo ID to get in and it's a men only venue.

It is a hole (I say that with familial love) but it has so much charm and the crowd is mixed, fun and generally nice.

Mysogenist door policies meant we had to wait for about 10 min to get into a mostly empty bar. This place needs to review it's exclusionist policies desperately.

Great vibes. Very VERY picky venue. Without the right ratio of guys to girls, you'll probably be turned away. It is a male gay venue so they have the right to deny patrons not fitting their criteria.

5 stars for what it is you don't go there expecting people in suits and table service. You go there for a trashy night out and it never let's you down in that

Best gay club around. Awesome camp music great crowd and fabulous staff. This is what the gay scene is about.camp.