The Retreat Hotel

27/10/2026

Our in-house Halloween fanatic Leigh has spent the last few months building all sorts of amazing decorations for the pub!
Sneaky peak at the garden spider that the staff are putting up today 🕷️

26/10/2026

Feeling like Fish n Chips tonight ?
Tonight the kitchen are serving them for only $19.50!
Comes with salad & tartare sauce 💕

26/10/2026

The cheese encrusted legends that are Pizza Death have curated an@epic lineup for day 2 of SCUZZ, our festival of heavy. Happening this Saturday October 31 🎃
Come grab a slice 🍕
Poster Brit Wynne

26/10/2026

Alt-rap artist Kwasi brings the noise to SCUZZ this Friday 💀
Grab a festival pass for even cheaper entry to all four days 🎟️
Poster Brit Wynne

26/10/2026

Chicken Wings tonight!!
Only $18
BBQ or Hot & Spicy 🥵🥵

26/10/2026

Wolfpack are on the lineup for this Friday Oct 30 🐺 🤘
SCUZZ Day 1 🎟️

26/10/2026

This Friday October 30, our four day festival of heavy is kicked off by Naarm noise punks MILKSICK 💪
SCUZZ 🏋️‍♀️
Poster Brit Wynne

25/10/2026

Catch blackened punk trio Who Bastard at SCUZZ day one this Friday 💀
Tickets onsale
Poster Brit Wynne

25/10/2026

This week at the spooky Retreat 👻

23/10/2026

Catch Another Rotting Co**se next week kicking off the first night of SCUZZ - our four day festival dedicated to all things loud and heavy.
Another Rotting Co**se play on Friday October 30 alongside
Kwasi
Wolfpack
ALARMS
Who Bastard
MILKSICK
Tix onsale now 🤘

23/10/2026

IT'S DOLLY DAY!
The kitchen is serving up her favourite Fried Chicken w/ Potatoes and Aioli sauce only $16
From 5pm - 10pm
Pair it with tonights only Dirt Road Martini to live your best Dolly life 🥰🥰

22/10/2026

This weather DEFINITELY calls for a Margarita Slushie 🤤
Mix is freezing up right now 🥰🥰
Doors in 2 hours !

22/10/2026

What in the delicious fruity creamy nonsense is this ?!?!
We managed to nab the second last keg of the limited Bright Pina Colada Ice Cream Sour, and boy howdy ... It is crazy good.
Only available inside and until the keg runs out!!

🍦🍦🍦

22/10/2026

One more sleep until Dolly day!

To pair with a night of Dolly Parton in the band room we have the queen's favourite drink, the
"Dirt Road Martini"
$18

Vodka
Unsweetened tea
Hint of Giardiniera
With olives to top it off

The poor staff have had to taste test it all week so we now know the recipe is perfect to serve 🥰🥰

21/10/2026

Catch the incredible RED40PA!NCLUB ripping up the b**r garden stage for The Retreat’s 23rd Birthday Bash on November 3, free entry 🎸

20/10/2026

Announcing The Retreat’s Spring & Summer B**r Garden Series 🌴
Happening every weekend afternoon over the sunshine period in Brunswick’s most iconic b**r garden, come and catch some of Naarm’s best live acts 🥁

Happening in November:

November 7 Al Carr with Jesse Lawrence and Honeytree
November 8 Isabelle Skye Band with Potluck
November 14 anatreptix
November 15 Skomes+O.S.L.O.+Crates with Common Goods
November 21 Moonee Valley Drifters
November 22 The Orbweavers
November 28 Badger
November 29 Jacky Winter

19/10/2026

Time is running out for you to get your mouth around the Meaty Retreaty Parma !
Loaded with Bacon, Ham, Pepperoni and BBQ Sauce 🤤🤤🤤

19/10/2026

P***y Horse is primitive and mean, like a 70s exploitation movie. They combine chainsaw twang, foot stomping drums and a vocal delivery like a sh***un blast to the head. They’re loud and that’s how they like it.

Catch P***Y HORSE at The Retreat Birthday Bash on November 3 🤘

18/10/2026

This week at the Retreat

18/10/2026

16/10/2026

One week to go until we are living our best Dolly life 💕
Free Entry 💕
With our queens favourite drinks and food available all night 💕

16/10/2026

Staff got in early this morning to set up the slushie machine for our B**r Garden lovers 🥰🥰

15/10/2026

Tonight - Come join Lucy, Kesalini, and Borderline Mild The Retreat Hotel next Thursday 15 October for a night of all our favourite songs on display. Lucy and Kesalini will be trying their best to impress their TAFE teachers while Borderline Mild make their debut.

Expect a trip through a riveting mix up of genres and 25+ musicians in different formations. Come one come all, we’ve done a lot of hard work we want to show you and it’s free :)))

6.30pm doors open
7pm Lucy’s set
8pm Kesalini’s set
9pm band Borderline Mild

‘Borderline’ meets ‘Mild’ ~ For the mildly unhinged & perpetually curious…
This newly established 4 piece funk/jazz fusion band from Naarm/Melbourne will take you on a bittersweet journey through personal discovery, questioning reality, & existential crises using funky grooves & whimsical remedies to soothe your soul of those far too common, unspoken hardships.

K

15/10/2026

Eggplant Parmas and Chicken Parmas on special tonight for only $20!!!

15/10/2026

Hana & Jessie-Lee’s Bad Habits are a Melbourne-based outfit known nationwide for their electrifying live shows, sharp lyrics, and a dynamic blend of country, rock ’n’ roll, and soul. Fronted by Hana Brenecki’s gritty, emotionally rich vocals and Jessie-Lee Zubkevych’s commanding guitar work, the band delivers a modern, genre-defying take on country music.

Catch at Hana & Jessie-Lee’s Bad Habits The Retreat’s Birthday Bash on November 3 🤠