Razin Shellz Kava Bar — Restaurant in Melbourne

I’ve had numberous happy, memorable nights at Razin Shellz over the past year. To an extent, I like the kind of hometown dive bar atmosphere of the space which has an unpretentious and easygoing ambiance.

Seemingly endless parking availability outside this venue makes landing there less stressful than other competitor locations, where finding a parking space is typically stressful, nightmarish and traumatic experience, tangential examples of hellish parking situations at times being around ‘Island Root’ in downtown Melbourne or EGAD on busy nights.

I particularly like Razin Shellz diverse gamesiness vibe with an available play station, ps5, large flat monitor/tv sets, billiards, chess tournaments, proper poker table, art painting events, trivia nights and the like.

I appreciate the conscientious and thoughtful owner for completely upgrading one of the prior habitually unclean and sticky tables, furthermore I would just recommend in general that a more far reaching and comprehensive cleaning and hygiene initiative be implemented on a daily basis, especially those nooks and crannies. Hopefully staff will give it their best consideration.

As a frequent customer of the regions Kava and Kratom, tea bars, my final comment is that bottled water and snacks here are hands down the most affordable I’ve seen anywhere within the county lines, which is something I thoroughly appreciate that the proprietor doesn’t gouge his customers. Moreover, most items on the menu are reasonably priced. Lots of great choices. Regrettable is that the Yerba mint teas appear to be an endangered species nearly extinct.

Other than some issues mentioned above I would rate RS a solid 4.5 stars, unfortunately google reviews doesn’t allow half stars, so 5 stars it is then.

Raising my shell and toasting to the success, and the longevity of this business.

God Bless...

So I don’t do first time in reviews. I’ve been coming here for a few months now and I gotta say this place is great! The ownership is amazing and attentive to their customer base. Great prices too! Veteran owned and operated with an eye for detail but that eye is focused on their customer base. The bar itself is very neat and tidy and their products are high quality. The kava tenders are friendly and informative for both veteran kava drinkers, first timers and everyone else in between. Tim is a barrel of laughs when you can catch him not bustin his butt for his business and Logan is just as much fun. I personally like that you see them each in their business, working and interacting with customers everyday. The personal touch is a key to their success. The rotation of daily deals is always worth it and their selection of offerings is broad and plentiful. They offer group activities like trivia and other forms of fun but competitive entertainment on a regular basis as well as offering a pool and ping pong table, video games, board games as well as hosting many game nights and my personal favorite is free paint night every other Thursday. The bathrooms are a must see too if you like art too. Free WiFi and laughs are yet another part of why I absolutely love this place and you will too. First timers get a deee shell too so even if you’ve never had, come down and give it a shot, you’ll...

My experience here was, less than pleasant. To start, the bathrooms are dirty. There is an odor coming from them, wafting into the hallway and into the bar. Patrons have bragged about participating in sexual activity in the bathrooms. The bartenders seem more focused on themselves than anything. I waited, and watched others wait, while the bartenders chat with a group of friends or play on their phone. They even attempted to collect cash out more than once because they weren’t paying attention. The product is terrible, it is very bitter and gritty and hard to get down. There is too much sediment and plant matter sitting at the bottom of the shell/cup. The kava needs to be strained to a higher standard. I had severe stomach pain for over a week from consuming their products. Would not recommend to first time Kava drinkers. Maybe it’s because of the wastewater plant...