The North Star Hotel Ballarat

The North Star Hotel Ballarat Corner pub in heritage Soldiers Hill with indoor & outdoor dining, good food, good drinks, great fun.

A margarita 🍸 A North Star cocktail menu regular and adored by many. Simple, classic and very hard to go past.You’ll fin...
07/09/2026

A margarita 🍸 A North Star cocktail menu regular and adored by many. Simple, classic and very hard to go past.

You’ll find it on the cocktail menu whenever the mood strikes, but on Sundays there’s an extra reason to order one. The Marg is part of our Cocktails by the Clock line-up, where the earlier you get to the North Star, the better the price:

🍸 2–2.59pm | $14
🍸 3–3.59pm | $15
🍸 4–4.59pm | $16

Same Margarita. Different price. Entirely dependent on how organised you are on a Sunday.

Cocktails by the Clock | This Sunday from 2pm ⭐
Tag your Marg-loving friends. We know they're about.

WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR FATHER’S DAY, DAD?“Nothing. I don’t need anything.”Gee, thanks Dad. Very helpful. It’s probably tru...
03/09/2026

WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR FATHER’S DAY, DAD?
“Nothing. I don’t need anything.”

Gee, thanks Dad. Very helpful.

It’s probably true, though. So rather than pounding the pavement on a big search for the perfect nothing, how about giving Dad something you know he can enjoy?

A North Star Hotel gift voucher. 🍻

If you can’t get everyone together for lunch or dinner at The North Star this Father’s Day, a voucher gives Dad a good excuse to get everyone around the table another day.

Our vouchers are beautifully printed and presented within an envelope and ready to give, so there’s no pounding the pavement, no searching high and low and no trying to work out exactly what Dad meant by nothing.

Although here at The North Star, we have a sneaking suspicion “nothing” might be code for a good steak, a proper chicken schnitzel burger and something cold to wash it down.

So pop into The North Star and grab Dad a gift voucher for Father’s Day, or simply grab one online.

Turns out the perfect nothing was pretty easy to find after all. 😉

If Wednesday needed a reason to exist, this might be it.🍗Tonight from 5pm, get stuck into a Classic Chicken Parmigiana w...
02/09/2026

If Wednesday needed a reason to exist, this might be it.🍗

Tonight from 5pm, get stuck into a Classic Chicken Parmigiana with chips and salad for $22.

Come in early and make an evening of it because Happy Hour runs from 3.30–6pm. 🍻

And for our Mad Hatters & Mona Lisas Club members, your usual Wednesday discounts are waiting for you too.*

🍗 Parma Night | From 5pm
🍺 Happy Hour | 3.30–6pm
🎩 Mad Hatters & Mona Lisas | Member discounts

See you at the North Star.

*Member discounts don’t apply to already discounted products. As Mona Lisas ourselves, we already tried. 😉

COCKTAILS BY THE CLOCK STARTS AT 2PM TODAY 🍸⏰And the earlier you’re at the North Star, the better the price.Choose from ...
29/08/2026

COCKTAILS BY THE CLOCK STARTS AT 2PM TODAY 🍸⏰

And the earlier you’re at the North Star, the better the price.

Choose from an Espresso Martini, Margarita, Mojito, French Martini, Star Sour or Amaretto Sour, then watch the clock:

🍸 2–2.59pm | $14
🍸 3–3.59pm | $15
🍸 4–4.59pm | $16

And there’s another clock worth beating.

The first four tables of 8+ booked for a sitting starting between 2–3pm today get a $100 bar tab on us. So round up the crew and get that booking in before someone else beats you to it.

Then stay put. There are 2-for-1 pizzas from 2–5pm for dine-in and live in the Front Bar from 2pm.

So, today’s Sunday plan:

1. Beat the clock on the cocktails 🍸
2. Get your hands on a $100 bar tab 💰
3. Liam Baker live from 2pm 🎶
4. Two pizzas for the price of one 🍕

What a day at The North Star!

THINGS ARE HEATING UP AT THE NORTH STAR 🔥Meet the Zombie. It’s not exactly a quiet little Friday afternoon drink.Spiced ...
28/08/2026

THINGS ARE HEATING UP AT THE NORTH STAR 🔥

Meet the Zombie. It’s not exactly a quiet little Friday afternoon drink.

Spiced Rum, Dark Rum, Apricot Brandy, Absinthe, Cinnamon, Grapefruit & Lime - served with just a little bit of theatre. 🔥🍹

$24 a glass.

And if you’re reading this wondering whether it’s too early to knock off, we’ll just leave this here…

⭐ Happy Hour(s) have started, 3.30–6pm
🍻 Great drink specials + $10 plates
🎸 Adam Cameron Music live from 6pm

So, finish what you’re doing. Or at least make it look like you have.

Friday is underway at The North Star. ⭐ 📸 Krave Studios

THIS TABLE IS WAITING FOR YOU.And seeing as it’s Wednesday, we reckon you should put it to good use.Parma Night is on fr...
25/08/2026

THIS TABLE IS WAITING FOR YOU.

And seeing as it’s Wednesday, we reckon you should put it to good use.

Parma Night is on from 5pm - a classic parma with chips and salad for $22.

Come in a little earlier and you’ll catch Happy Hour from 3.30–6pm too.

So, a drink on special followed by a parma on special. Or, even better, a drink on special with a parma on special.

All that’s missing is you.

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Quick Question: did you know we make coffee? Look, we’re not exactly here for the early birds. But from 10am, the doors ...
25/08/2026

Quick Question: did you know we make coffee?

Look, we’re not exactly here for the early birds. But from 10am, the doors are open, the coffee machine is on and Darcy - our Venue Manager and, as photographic evidence proves, is ready to go.

The kitchen kicks off from 11am, but you absolutely don’t need to be eating to come in for a cuppa. We’ve got plenty of seating, so pull up a chair, have a coffee and stay as long as you like.

Or grab one takeaway and get on with your day.

And how late can you get one?

Well, the machine is on until it’s not. Which is our very precise way of saying until late. Ha.

Coffee at The North Star. Who knew Prue? ☕

23/08/2026

How often do you hear about a $14 Espresso Martini these days?

Or a free pizza?

What about a $100 bar tab just for booking a table of eight?

And live music you don’t have to pay a cent to see?

That’s today at The North Star. ⭐️

🍸 Cocktails by the Clock from 2–5pm
🍕 2-for-1 pizzas from 2–5pm
💰 $100 bar tab for the first four tables of 8+ booked in the public bar
🎶 Deputy Frank live from 2pm

Can we just talk about these Happy Hour(s) prices for a minute?$7.50 SCHOONERS of tap beer.Yes. $7.50.$10.50 SCHOONERS o...
21/08/2026

Can we just talk about these Happy Hour(s) prices for a minute?

$7.50 SCHOONERS of tap beer.
Yes. $7.50.

$10.50 SCHOONERS of alcoholic cider or ginger beer.
(Oh, how we love a ginger beer.)

$7.50 house wine.
$7.50 house spirits.
I mean, by now you could be thinking you’re not reading this right.

And $14 spritzers.

Not to mention the $10 Plates of food (we recommended crumbed cauliflower, it's amazing).

Great value is pretty standard around here. Happy Hour(s) just takes it up another notch.

⭐ HAPPY HOUR(S)
Monday–Friday | 3.30–6pm

And because it’s Friday, once Happy Hour(s) wraps up, Adam Spicer is playing live from 6pm.

So… where the bluddy hell are ya? The two spritzers are asking.

Address

302 Lydiard Street
Ballarat, VIC
3350

Opening Hours

Monday 3:30pm - 10pm
Tuesday 3:30pm - 10pm
Wednesday 10am - 10pm
Thursday 10am - 10pm
Friday 10am - 11:30pm
Saturday 10am - 11:30pm
Sunday 10am - 10pm

Telephone

+61353317973

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