Naughtons Hotel

What Naughtons Hotel does

Naughtons Hotel, also traded as Naughtons Parkville Hotel, is a privately held hospitality business operating a single historic pub and hotel at 43 Royal Parade, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia. Established circa 1874, the 150-year-old building serves as both a full-service pub-restaurant and a small hotel with three room types (Queen, Double, and Twin), each sleeping two guests with en suite bathrooms and standard amenities including Wi-Fi and bar fridges.

The food and beverage operation is the core differentiator, emphasizing seasonal, sustainable, nose-to-tail cooking. The kitchen operates a Josper woodfire oven for grilling and charcoaling meat, supported by in-house butchery and dry-aging, fresh daily pasta and bread production, and rooftop beekeeping. Produce is sourced from Australian farmers practicing ethical and regenerative agriculture. Beyond accommodation and dining, the business offers a functions and events venue hire service and a small online shop, with table and room reservations handled through the company's own website and a book-directonline integration.

Revenue mechanics are direct-to-consumer across three streams — room bookings, dine-in and drinks trade, and private functions — with no third-party hotel aggregator distribution. Pricing is transactional (pay-as-you-go) and not publicly disclosed for rooms, while parking is outsourced to the adjacent Royal Melbourne Hospital Car Park. The customer base is broad and undifferentiated, spanning local community members, Melbourne University staff and students, hospital visitors and workers, sustainability-conscious diners, and general walk-in trade. Ownership structure, financial performance, headcount, and management team details are not disclosed in the available sources, representing a material data gap for any investment assessment.

Name

Naughtons Hotel

Legal name

Naughtons Hotel

Website

https://naughtonshotel.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1874

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Naughtons Hotel is a privately held, single-property historic pub and hotel in Parkville, Melbourne, offering 3-room accommodations, a full-service restaurant with in-house butchery and Josper-oven cooking, and a functions venue, serving local community, university, and hospital visitors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Heritage Pub and Hotel Hospitality Services

NAICS

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (72111), Traveler Accommodation (7211), Accommodation (721)

SIC

Hotels & Motels (7011), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Historic & Heritage Full-Service Hotels (THAGAAAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Hotel & Resort Restaurants (THAFACAH), Lounge Bars & Hotel Bars (THAFAEAI)

Keywords

• Hotel accommodation
• Pub restaurant dining
• Food and beverage
• Function venue hire
• Heritage hospitality services

Headquarters

HQ city

Parkville

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Food and Beverage Service: Full-service pub restaurant serving seasonal, sustainable food with extensive drinks list. In-house baking, pasta making, and butchery operations support the food offering. Classic pub fare with nose-to-tail cooking principle.
2. Hotel Accommodations: Three room types available: Queen Room (queen bed, en suite, 32" TV, free Wi-Fi, bar fridge, sleeps 2), Double Room (double bed with en suite, sleeps 2), and Twin Room (two single beds with en suite, sleeps 2). Reception Monday 10am-6pm, Tuesday-Sunday 10am-10pm.
3. Functions and Events: Dedicated functions space available for private events, though access to the page was restricted during data collection.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Naughtons Hotel operates a 150-year-old heritage pub and hotel at 43 Royal Parade, Parkville, Melbourne, offering overnight accommodation in Queen, Double and Twin rooms together with a full-service restaurant and bar featuring seasonal, sustainable pub fare prepared using in-house bread baking, fresh pasta, rooftop beekeeping, in-house butchery and dry-aging, and Josper oven woodfire grilling. The venue also hosts private functions and events, and sells a small range of merchandise through an online shop.

Product overview

Naughtons Hotel is a 150-year-old traditional hotel and pub located in Parkville, Melbourne. The business operates as a single unified offering combining hotel accommodation (Queen Rooms, Double Rooms, and Twin Rooms) with a full-service restaurant and bar. Additional services include functions and events venue hire, an online shop, and table/room booking facilities. The food program emphasizes seasonal, sustainable cooking with in-house preparation including bread baking, pasta making, beekeeping, and meat butchering, using a Josper woodfire oven for grilling.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Queen Room accommodation

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• The Mitre Tavern: Historic Melbourne pub established in 1868, located near Melbourne University and the hospital precinct. Shares Naughtons' heritage positioning, university-adjacent catchment, and traditional pub-with-F&B model.
• The Blackwood: Melbourne inner-north pub/restaurant emphasising seasonal, sustainable, and ethically sourced produce. Comparable to Naughtons on sustainability-focused sourcing narrative and inner-Melbourne casual dining positioning.
• The National Hotel: Inner-Melbourne heritage pub with dining and events. Comparable to Naughtons as a Melbourne heritage pub operating an integrated bar, restaurant, and functions business in a single building.
• The European: Long-running Melbourne CBD bar/restaurant with strong heritage identity and curated drinks list. Comparable to Naughtons on heritage bar positioning and curated beverage programme, though without the lodging component.
• The Crafty Squire: Melbourne CBD pub with strong beer and food programme and a focus on craft offerings. Comparable to Naughtons as a Melbourne pub competing on differentiated F&B rather than scale.
• The Provincial Hotel: Inner-Melbourne (Fitzroy) heritage pub with bar, dining, and accommodation. Highly comparable to Naughtons on heritage venue, integrated rooms-and-pub model, and events business.
• The Terminus Hotel: Heritage pub in inner Melbourne (Abbotsford) with accommodation, gastropub-style F&B, and events. Comparable to Naughtons on heritage building, rooms-plus-pub mix, and event venue hire.
• The Empress Hotel: Heritage pub in Fitzroy with rooms, pub dining, and functions. Closely comparable to Naughtons as a heritage inner-Melbourne pub-hotel with an active functions/events stream.
• Young & Jackson's (Princes Bridge Hotel): Iconic heritage Melbourne pub dating from 1861 with full-service bar, bistro, and accommodation elements. Directly comparable to Naughtons as a long-established inner-Melbourne pub with both F&B and lodging offerings and strong heritage branding.

Broad incumbents

• Hotel Windsor: Heritage luxury hotel in Melbourne CBD with multiple F&B outlets, large events business, and significant room inventory. Comparable to Naughtons on heritage asset and integrated lodging-F&B-events model, but at much larger scale and broader luxury positioning.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/naughtons-hotel

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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