The Laird Hotel is one of the longest running exclusively gay venue in Melbourne and is home to three different bars.

Nuggets is the renowned as being the place that no-one is a stranger for long, The Back Bar is open on Friday and Saturday nights and for special occasions which just may include the "Spit and Polish" on a Thursday night and monthly underwear parties.

The third bar serves both inside and the outside beer garden which is popular in those famous scorching Victorian summers.