1
CHOP IT Axe Throwing & Escape IT Rooms
from 1,177 Google reviews.
50-54 Maude St, Victor Harbor SA 5211
Fairly rated · Updated October 2026
The bars & pubs of Australia
As of October 2026, the three most fairly rated bars & pubs in Australia on Fair Measure are CHOP IT Axe Throwing & Escape IT Rooms (5.0 from 1,177 Google reviews), nōknōk (5.0 from 351 Google reviews) and East Handy Store (5.0 from 172 Google reviews).
- Bars & Pubs compared
- 2,900
- Google reviews
- 1,791,760
- Median rating
- 4.3
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2
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37
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38
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Fair Measure compared 2,900 bars & pubs in Australia, with 1,791,760 Google reviews between them. Of these, 2,900 meet this list's method. The median rating is 4.3 from a median of 333 reviews.
Of the bars & pubs compared, the most reviewed is Opera Bar, with 13,006 Google reviews at 4.5.
How this list is ranked
Businesses are ranked by their Google rating, pulled toward 4.5 as if each had 10 more reviews at 4.5, so five stars from four reviews does not beat 4.9 from four hundred. Ties go to the business with more reviews.
It does not measure price, speed or the quality of any one job, and it knows only the reviews people left on Google.
Questions
- Which bars & pubs in Australia are the most fairly rated?
- As of October 2026, the three most fairly rated bars & pubs in Australia on Fair Measure are CHOP IT Axe Throwing & Escape IT Rooms (5.0 from 1,177 Google reviews), nōknōk (5.0 from 351 Google reviews) and East Handy Store (5.0 from 172 Google reviews).
- How does Fair Measure rank bars & pubs in Australia?
- Businesses are ranked by their Google rating, pulled toward 4.5 as if each had 10 more reviews at 4.5, so five stars from four reviews does not beat 4.9 from four hundred. Ties go to the business with more reviews. It does not measure price, speed or the quality of any one job, and it knows only the reviews people left on Google.
- How many bars & pubs in Australia did Fair Measure compare?
- Fair Measure compared 2,900 bars & pubs in Australia, with 1,791,760 Google reviews between them. Of these, 2,900 meet this list's method. The median rating is 4.3 from a median of 333 reviews.
- Can a business pay to be listed or to rank higher?
- No. Every business is ranked by the same published method, and no business can pay to be listed or to move up.
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