Drink
HotelWestwood.
28 Napier. Listed closed. Not Station Hotel.
Location
What people get wrong
28 Napier. Broadsheet permanently closed December 2024. Do not send a gig night here off a stale bill. Station Hotel is 59 Napier. We last walked this on 2026-09-21. Hours move with the week. Checking the shopfront keeps the night easy.
What is Hotel Westwood known for?
Hotel Westwood is known as the closed Napier gig room: old Reverence, then Cult Leader, a bandroom that no longer promises a bill.
You walk Napier from Footscray station toward the civic strip. 28 is the Whitehall corner. 59 is Station Hotel, steaks, still trading. You want the number on the glass, not a 2023 poster. Inside it was taxidermy, turquoise booths, a pool table, a pink courtyard, a taco truck when Broadsheet last looked. That is the memory of the room. It is not a promise the door is open tonight.
The former Reverence Hotel closed in 2019. Nick Connellan at Broadsheet, 5 April 2023, sat James Young, Darve Smith and Nick Jones putting the business on the market after a million-dollar bandroom and a pandemic that ate the April 2020 open. Mudhoney was still booked that month. Treat that as archive. Hidden City Secrets also stamps permanently closed. Phone (03) 9847 7626 may still ring a dead desk. There is no house site we trust as live. If a new leaseholder has taken 28 Napier, they have not left a public hours card we can cite. Read the glass.
Station Hotel is 59 Napier. Victoria Hotel is Victoria Street, open Monday. Josephine is Barkly. None of them inherit the Westwood bill. Napier is the civic strip: town hall, Historical Society, Tweddle nearby. This is not a plaza visitor centre. You came to stand at 28 and decide whether anyone has lit the gig room again. If the courtyard is dark, you already have the night. Walk 59 for a steak. Do not invent a second bandroom because a poster still loads.
What should you order at Hotel Westwood?
You should not order a live round at 28 Napier until the glass agrees.
When it traded: Lion-stable taps, Hop Nation and Two Birds in the fridge, Roadrunner and Piranha cocktails, burgers, loaded fries, arancini, tacos when the truck was on. Treat that as archive. Do not invent a 2026 kitchen from it. Young told Connellan they had not finished the kitchen. People wanted a meal. That is why the sale happened.
If you wanted steaks tonight, Station Hotel at 59. If you wanted a quiet pub meal, The Vic on Victoria Street. If you wanted a gig, you need a different room with a live bill. Westwood is not that card until a new operator prints one. Do not treat Moon Dog or Hop Nation as a substitute Reverence. Different scale. Different streets.
Stay long enough to read the glass. If it is dark, you already have the listing. A sealed burger walking to the town hall is not a sitting this slug can sell. Monday through Sunday this kitchen is dark on the stamps we fetched.
Hours, payment and queues at Hotel Westwood
Quoted status from Broadsheet: permanently closed, updated 2 December 2024. Call (03) 9847 7626. Last checked 2026-09-21. Glance at the glass.
HappyCow reported closed in October 2024. Untappd stamped permanently closed on 2 April 2025. The same Broadsheet card still flashes a Sunday 12pm to 9:30pm widget. That is leftover, not a live service. We put that fight in the hours note. The closed stamp wins until 28 says otherwise.
If the glass is lit and a new name is on it, that operator is not yet this directory's hours. Walk up. Do not trust Songkick emptiness as a forever. Do not trust a 2023 Mudhoney poster as tonight. Station Hotel keeps its own clock. Pairing a steak with a Westwood encore is how a night dies at 28.
How do you get to Hotel Westwood in Footscray?
You get to Hotel Westwood by walking Napier from Footscray station to 28, Whitehall corner, a civic-strip pub, not Station Hotel at 59 and not The Vic on Victoria Street.
Read 28. Station Hotel is the other way. Confirm you wanted this number. After dark, Barkly or Hopkins is still the brighter walk even if Napier is the pin. Paisley is not the shortcut. You do not need West Footscray station.
If the door is dark, you already walked. That is cheaper than a rideshare to a closed gig. Do not send a friend to 28 because a 2023 bill still loads. Send them to a room that prints tonight.
What do people mix up about Hotel Westwood?
They treat it as open, or they follow a 2023 Mudhoney poster, and they miss a 28 Napier door the directories still stamp closed.
- 28 Napier Street, Footscray VIC 3011 only.
- Broadsheet permanently closed, updated 2 December 2024. Confirm the glass.
- Station Hotel is 59 Napier and still a steak sitting.
- Old Reverence 2019, then Westwood, then a sale. Not a 2026 bill we can cite.
- Phone (03) 9847 7626 may be stale.
Questions people ask next
- Where is Hotel Westwood?
- Hotel Westwood is at 28 Napier Street, Footscray VIC 3011, on the civic strip. Station Hotel is 59 Napier. Footscray station is the nearest big stop.
- Is Hotel Westwood open?
- Not on Broadsheet (updated 2 December 2024), HappyCow (October 2024) or Untappd (April 2025). Confirm the glass if a new operator has the lease. Last checked 2026-09-21.
- How do I get to Hotel Westwood from the station?
- Walk Napier to 28, Whitehall corner. If you wanted steaks, 59 is Station Hotel. After dark stay on Barkly or Hopkins once you leave the civic block.
- What should I drink at Hotel Westwood?
- Do not plan a round here until the glass is lit. Station Hotel and The Vic are the Napier and Victoria Street backups. Westwood was the gig room.
