Melbourne's newest bar launches in a very unexpected and spooky venue - but not everyone is happy about it: 'Disturbing' Pentridge Prison transformed into chic Olivine Wine Bar Many have claimed the move as 'oddly disturbing' READ MORE: Here's where to find the best pub roast in Australia By Louise Allingham For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:05 EDT, 13 June 2024 | Updated: 00:05 EDT, 13 June 2024 e-mail View comments Bar hoppers have discovered a unique establishment in a converted old prison, with many racing their for food, drinks and, potentially, a paranormal experience. Olivine Wine Bar is in the stone walls and long double-storey corridors of 173-year-old Pentridge Prison in Coburg, 8km north of the Melbourne CBD. Many have dubbed the bar 'spooky' because its dark past however some have taken issue with the conversation calling it 'oddly disturbing'.
Guests enter through the stately bluestone prison gates and the past huge timber doors of the former cell block into the vast room with an art-deco style bar in the middle. The stunning space is lined with former jail cells that have been converted into private booths. Olivine Wine Bar is in the stone walls and long double-storey corridors of 173-year-old Pentridge Prison in Coburg, 8km north of the Melbourne CBD Guests enter through the stately bluestone prison gates and the past huge timber doors of the former cell block into the vast room with an art-deco style bar in the middle While sipping on a top-notch wine, gu.