Guidebook for Melbourne

Kym
Guidebook for Melbourne

Food Scene

Great place for breakfast + lots of yummy pastries. Book if you can.
195 locals recommend
Grain Store
517 Flinders Ln
195 locals recommend
Great place for breakfast + lots of yummy pastries. Book if you can.
Beautiful middle eastern cuisine - the weekend set menu is great value (and delicious).
32 locals recommend
Maha
21 Bond St
32 locals recommend
Beautiful middle eastern cuisine - the weekend set menu is great value (and delicious).
Great for late night dinner after a show/night out ... it's the place that chef's go after they finish work.
29 locals recommend
Supper Inn Chinese Restaurant
15 Celestial Ave
29 locals recommend
Great for late night dinner after a show/night out ... it's the place that chef's go after they finish work.
Lovely Japanese right next door - happy hour cocktails 5-7pm
161 locals recommend
Yuzu at Church Lane
480 Collins St
161 locals recommend
Lovely Japanese right next door - happy hour cocktails 5-7pm
Very popular restaurant specialising in dumplings - make sure you order the xiaolongbao – small dumplings filled with meat and soup – but watch how you bite into them or the soup may finish up in your lap.
89 locals recommend
HuTong
14-16 Market Ln
89 locals recommend
Very popular restaurant specialising in dumplings - make sure you order the xiaolongbao – small dumplings filled with meat and soup – but watch how you bite into them or the soup may finish up in your lap.
Very modern cafe .... great interesting menu - make sure you try the hot chocolate.
21 locals recommend
Hash Specialty Coffee
113 Hardware St
21 locals recommend
Very modern cafe .... great interesting menu - make sure you try the hot chocolate.
Awesome burgers ... just next door in Church Lane - phone your order in (ph. 8597 8452) then wander down to pick it up.... or 'dine in' at the bar.
Burger Boys
32 Church Ln
Awesome burgers ... just next door in Church Lane - phone your order in (ph. 8597 8452) then wander down to pick it up.... or 'dine in' at the bar.
Beautiful and authentic Balinese restaurant - a short tram ride from Elizabeth Street (No. 57).
9 locals recommend
Warung Agus
305 Victoria St
9 locals recommend
Beautiful and authentic Balinese restaurant - a short tram ride from Elizabeth Street (No. 57).
Beautiful modern Italian.
42 locals recommend
Sosta Cucina
12 Errol St
42 locals recommend
Beautiful modern Italian.
My favourite Ethiopian restaurant - a short train or tram ride.
32 locals recommend
The Abyssinian Restaurant
277 Racecourse Rd
32 locals recommend
My favourite Ethiopian restaurant - a short train or tram ride.
Inbetween King & Spencer Street - good coffee & food if you want something quick.
124 locals recommend
Perkup Cafe & Burger Bar
610 Collins St
124 locals recommend
Inbetween King & Spencer Street - good coffee & food if you want something quick.
Delicious Turkish gozleme - only open weekdays though!
Göz City
502 Little Collins St
Delicious Turkish gozleme - only open weekdays though!
Degraves Street is an excellent spot for breakfast - cobbled laneway - vibrant and full of options
14 locals recommend
Degraves Espresso Bar
23-25 Degraves St
14 locals recommend
Degraves Street is an excellent spot for breakfast - cobbled laneway - vibrant and full of options
Haven't tried this place but there's lots of good breakfast options down Hardware Lane.
Corner & Bench
408 Bourke St
Haven't tried this place but there's lots of good breakfast options down Hardware Lane.
Spanish tapas right next to Melbourne's famous Hosier Lane grafitti.
203 locals recommend
MoVida
1 Hosier Ln
203 locals recommend
Spanish tapas right next to Melbourne's famous Hosier Lane grafitti.

Essentials

IGA just next door for those essentials or snacks - also has bottleshop.
IGA plus liquor
470 Collins St
IGA just next door for those essentials or snacks - also has bottleshop.

Entertainment & Activities

Fantastic discount ticket office - you can only buy tickets on the day of the show, pay cash and buy the tickets in person ... try your luck in picking up a ticket to a live show.
9 locals recommend
Halftix Melbourne
208 Little Collins St
9 locals recommend
Fantastic discount ticket office - you can only buy tickets on the day of the show, pay cash and buy the tickets in person ... try your luck in picking up a ticket to a live show.

Drinks & Nightlife

Interesting decor ... grab a booth if you can.
59 locals recommend
The Carlton Club
193 Bourke St
59 locals recommend
Interesting decor ... grab a booth if you can.
African themed bar - fantastic goat curry.
polēpolē kitchen
236 Little Collins St
African themed bar - fantastic goat curry.
Quriky rooftop cocktail bar ... fun place to start a night out.
163 locals recommend
Madame Brussels
59 Bourke St
163 locals recommend
Quriky rooftop cocktail bar ... fun place to start a night out.
Grungy underground bar that often has great blues bands on a Sunday arvo.
146 locals recommend
Cherry
68 Little Collins St
146 locals recommend
Grungy underground bar that often has great blues bands on a Sunday arvo.

Arts & Culture

Check out the Australian Centre for the Moving Image - exhibitions and cinema.
258 locals recommend
ACMI
Flinders Street
258 locals recommend
Check out the Australian Centre for the Moving Image - exhibitions and cinema.
Wander in to check out the spectacular dome in the reading room.
568 locals recommend
State Library Victoria
328 Swanston St
568 locals recommend
Wander in to check out the spectacular dome in the reading room.
Large Australian art collection (Aboriginal art, Heidelberg School etc.) plus ever changing touring exhibitions - don't forget to lie down on the floor in the Great Hall and be mesmerised by the stained glass ceiling.
1737 locals recommend
National Gallery of Victoria
180 St Kilda Rd
1737 locals recommend
Large Australian art collection (Aboriginal art, Heidelberg School etc.) plus ever changing touring exhibitions - don't forget to lie down on the floor in the Great Hall and be mesmerised by the stained glass ceiling.
Learn about Australia's immigration history.
96 locals recommend
Immigration Museum
400 Flinders St
96 locals recommend
Learn about Australia's immigration history.

Shopping

Melbourne's iconic market - fresh food, amazing deli section (Closed Mondays and Wednesdays) - night market on Wednesday nights with free music & loads of food stalls (seasonal - summer & winter). Walk or catch the tram up Elizabeth Street - No. 57, 59 or 19.
630 locals recommend
Queen Victoria Market station
630 locals recommend
Melbourne's iconic market - fresh food, amazing deli section (Closed Mondays and Wednesdays) - night market on Wednesday nights with free music & loads of food stalls (seasonal - summer & winter). Walk or catch the tram up Elizabeth Street - No. 57, 59 or 19.