St Kilda · Members Only · Est. 2019
Melbourne's quietly serious gaming lounge on Inkerman Street.
Nova Bonus Protocol is a sixty-seat rewards lounge tucked behind the Acland Street strip. Twenty-four curated tournament tables, a members' mezzanine, and a Welcome Bonus that follows you from your first hand to your hundredth.
The Front Page
Part lounge, part tournament floor, Nova Bonus Protocol was built for the regulars who treat a Tuesday-night ladder as carefully as a Saturday final.
We opened in 2019 in a converted print works two blocks from the St Kilda foreshore. The presses are gone, but the long oak tables and green-shaded lamps stayed — and so did the habit of treating every session like it goes on the record.
Membership is deliberately small. Around eight hundred members rotate through league nights, invitational ladders and the monthly Foreshore Cup. Your VIP Bonus tier travels with you, unlocking buy-in credits, reserved seats and the back-room cellar list.
800
Members on the roll
24
Tables on the floor
40+
Tournaments a month
The Memberships
Every membership opens with a Welcome Bonus credited on your first visit. Tiers are billed monthly and you can move between them whenever the season turns.
AUD $39 / month
Open seating across all 24 tables, entry to weekly league nights, and a $50 Welcome Bonus credited on your first visit. Includes locker storage and house coffee from the Acland Street roaster.
Claim Welcome Bonus
AUD $89 / month
Everything in Foreshore plus reserved mezzanine seating, priority tournament registration, and a stacking VIP Bonus that grows $25 every consecutive week you play. Free entry to two invitational ladders monthly.
Claim Welcome Bonus
AUD $189 / month
Private back-room table, a host on every visit, guaranteed Foreshore Cup seat, and the full cellar list. Welcome Bonus of $250 plus annual statement credits. Capped at sixty members.
Claim Welcome BonusInside the Rooms
From the main tournament hall to the quiet mezzanine, here is how Inkerman Street looks after dark.
The Floor
The main hall — twenty-four oak tables under the original print-works skylights.
Members' Voices
“I activated the VIP Bonus tier in my second month and the stacking credit basically paid for my buy-ins through winter. The mezzanine is the only quiet room left in St Kilda on a Friday.”
Daniel R.
Elwood, VIC · March 2024
The Dispatch
Subscribe to the Inkerman Dispatch for next week's tournament schedule, bonus drops, and the occasional members-only invitational. One email a week, every Thursday.
Visit the Lounge
Drop a line to reserve a table, ask about membership, or arrange a guest visit. We answer the floor phone during opening hours.
Phone
+61 3 9521 7648Address
89 Inkerman Street, St Kilda VIC 3182
Opening hours
Open 7 days · 4:00pm – 2:00am