Guidebook for Melbourne
Food Scene
****Best coffees this part of town*** great single origin and true Melbourne-style lattes, strong and flavourful. Not open weekends :(
Eclipse Specialty Coffee
472 Flinders Ln****Best coffees this part of town*** great single origin and true Melbourne-style lattes, strong and flavourful. Not open weekends :(
Freshly made everyday on site. If you like croissant and doughnuts with good coffee this place is for you. Good view of the water.
Take the 75 or 70 tram from the front of the apartment towards docklands.
Service is notoriously bad but don't be discouraged!
10 recommandé par les habitants
Mill & Bakery at Central Pier
161 Harbour EsplanadeFreshly made everyday on site. If you like croissant and doughnuts with good coffee this place is for you. Good view of the water.
Take the 75 or 70 tram from the front of the apartment towards docklands.
Service is notoriously bad but don't be discouraged!
The oldest cafe in Centre Place, squirreled away near the photogenic degraves street. Half of the city passes by here every morning.
$12 bagel and coffee deals get me everytime. Look for the extended 'world coffee' list on the back of their menu
11 recommandé par les habitants
Jungle Juice Bar
20 Centre PlThe oldest cafe in Centre Place, squirreled away near the photogenic degraves street. Half of the city passes by here every morning.
$12 bagel and coffee deals get me everytime. Look for the extended 'world coffee' list on the back of their menu
The most pretentious coffee in town for a while. Also, amazing strong coffees. Fast and fabulous, takeaways only so byo keep cup <3
73 recommandé par les habitants
Patricia Coffee Brewers
493-495 Little Bourke StThe most pretentious coffee in town for a while. Also, amazing strong coffees. Fast and fabulous, takeaways only so byo keep cup <3
The best Matcha lattes in town and a very cute hidden gem. Coffees are available until late in the afternoon when all of the other specialty coffee places are closing.
12 recommandé par les habitants
Little Rogue
12 Drewery LnThe best Matcha lattes in town and a very cute hidden gem. Coffees are available until late in the afternoon when all of the other specialty coffee places are closing.
Huge selection of bagels with great fillings, but go with the takeaway option. Coffee is hit and miss.
Weekdays only.
14 recommandé par les habitants
5 & Dime Bagel
16 Katherine PlHuge selection of bagels with great fillings, but go with the takeaway option. Coffee is hit and miss.
Weekdays only.
The best burritos you'll ever eat. Yes they are vegetarian but no you won't regret it. Visit this tiny shack and have a wander up gertrude or smith streets. Theres a wealth of amazing food and cozy bars in the area.
81 recommandé par les habitants
Trippy Taco
234 Gertrude StThe best burritos you'll ever eat. Yes they are vegetarian but no you won't regret it. Visit this tiny shack and have a wander up gertrude or smith streets. Theres a wealth of amazing food and cozy bars in the area.
Everything is vegan. The best vegan fine dining in melbourne. the fake prawns are unbelievably real. the cocktails are phenomenal.
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Smith & Daughters
107 Cambridge StEverything is vegan. The best vegan fine dining in melbourne. the fake prawns are unbelievably real. the cocktails are phenomenal.
Doughnut Time
5 Degraves Stits doughnut time...
Amazing cozy pub feel with great wine selection and pizza.
Good for a midday coffee.
Dikstein's Corner Bar
433 Little Collins StAmazing cozy pub feel with great wine selection and pizza.
Good for a midday coffee.
Melbourne's 'pay as you feel' restaurant set in a beautiful old convent at Abbotsford.
Great vegetarian food and amazing community spirit. Open for lunch and dinner everyday by donation.
Quite difficult to get to but take the 207 or 200 bus from Corner Queen and Bourke street
66 recommandé par les habitants
Lentil As Anything, Abbotsford
3 St Heliers StMelbourne's 'pay as you feel' restaurant set in a beautiful old convent at Abbotsford.
Great vegetarian food and amazing community spirit. Open for lunch and dinner everyday by donation.
Quite difficult to get to but take the 207 or 200 bus from Corner Queen and Bourke street
Vacation
1 Exhibition Sttoast and coffee up the road. jump the 75 tram to russell st
Coffee on the cookie balconies gives you the best view of swanston st and the best sunny days in the city.
Amazing cocktails after dark too.
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Cookie
252 Swanston StCoffee on the cookie balconies gives you the best view of swanston st and the best sunny days in the city.
Amazing cocktails after dark too.
The only reason some Melbournians go to the market. $4 savory pastries that will knock your socks off.
Market Borek
Coventry StreetThe only reason some Melbournians go to the market. $4 savory pastries that will knock your socks off.
Hub for the writers groups and library upstairs.
Get an upmarket meal in an underground cave. Perfect for a candlelit dinner or quiet cup of tea/aperitif.
Can get pricey but the chefs are amazing and the owners aim to please. Put aside a few hours for a slow meal with dessert.
12 recommandé par les habitants
The Moat
176 Little Lonsdale StHub for the writers groups and library upstairs.
Get an upmarket meal in an underground cave. Perfect for a candlelit dinner or quiet cup of tea/aperitif.
Can get pricey but the chefs are amazing and the owners aim to please. Put aside a few hours for a slow meal with dessert.
Amazing thai food on the river that's homely and value for money. In walking distance and amazing service. BYO
Pud Thai Vs Pho
60 Siddeley StAmazing thai food on the river that's homely and value for money. In walking distance and amazing service. BYO
a much loved student haunt, Shanghai Dumplings is the most affordable dumpling house in town, best known for tacky music, unlimited tea and playing the 'happy birthday' song many times a night. Eat all you can, it may as well be.
Also BYO.
21 recommandé par les habitants
Shanghai Dumpling House
23 Tattersalls Lna much loved student haunt, Shanghai Dumplings is the most affordable dumpling house in town, best known for tacky music, unlimited tea and playing the 'happy birthday' song many times a night. Eat all you can, it may as well be.
Also BYO.
Drinks & Nightlife
Amazing bar ON the water. Melbourne's only floating bar.
Staff are brilliant, some of the best bartenders in the city, the music is always spot on. Great spot to watch the sunset.
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Ponyfish Island
Amazing bar ON the water. Melbourne's only floating bar.
Staff are brilliant, some of the best bartenders in the city, the music is always spot on. Great spot to watch the sunset.
Good during the afternoon to watch the sun go down with a beer. A great stop on the way back from the DFO when you're all shopped out or break away from the convention centre.
31 recommandé par les habitants
The Boatbuilders Yard
23 S Wharf PromenadeGood during the afternoon to watch the sun go down with a beer. A great stop on the way back from the DFO when you're all shopped out or break away from the convention centre.
If you make it out to Fitzroy on the 11 tram this cozy hub is a hipster paradise. Genuine folk, great service, rotating DJs at night and good coffee. Wifi by the hour.
Also one of the oldest cafes on Brunswick St.
66 recommandé par les habitants
Blackcat Fitzroy
252 Brunswick StIf you make it out to Fitzroy on the 11 tram this cozy hub is a hipster paradise. Genuine folk, great service, rotating DJs at night and good coffee. Wifi by the hour.
Also one of the oldest cafes on Brunswick St.
This Fitzroy staple is best known for good friday night dancing and $4 pizzas during the week. Their beer selection is admirable and rooftop perfect in the warmer months.
Cheapest lunch or dinner in town and worth the trip.
61 recommandé par les habitants
Bimbo
376 Brunswick StreetThis Fitzroy staple is best known for good friday night dancing and $4 pizzas during the week. Their beer selection is admirable and rooftop perfect in the warmer months.
Cheapest lunch or dinner in town and worth the trip.
Fitzory tourist must-see. This bar has the best view of the city from outside of the city on its rooftop. NfS specialises in crafted vodka and pinxos (tiny morsels of bread tapas-style) at $1 a pop you can have a casual lunch or dinner on the cheap with an amazing cocktail.
366 recommandé par les habitants
Naked For Satan
285 Brunswick StFitzory tourist must-see. This bar has the best view of the city from outside of the city on its rooftop. NfS specialises in crafted vodka and pinxos (tiny morsels of bread tapas-style) at $1 a pop you can have a casual lunch or dinner on the cheap with an amazing cocktail.
The most notorius dive-bar in melbourne and the first to build everything from shipping containers and wooden pallets. Drink prices are reasonable and the occasional street dance battle happens here if you time it right :)
87 recommandé par les habitants
Section 8
27-29 Tattersalls LnThe most notorius dive-bar in melbourne and the first to build everything from shipping containers and wooden pallets. Drink prices are reasonable and the occasional street dance battle happens here if you time it right :)
If you like whiskey its the only place in the city to go
57 recommandé par les habitants
Whisky and Alement
270 Russell StIf you like whiskey its the only place in the city to go
Amazing cocktails and tapas in tiny train carriages. Very special.
45 recommandé par les habitants
The Toff In Town
252 Swanston StAmazing cocktails and tapas in tiny train carriages. Very special.
One of a kind place, known for its metal and soul/funk nights. brilliant dancing and a known haunt for visiting celebrities when they finish a performance.
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Cherry
68 Little Collins StOne of a kind place, known for its metal and soul/funk nights. brilliant dancing and a known haunt for visiting celebrities when they finish a performance.
Great Sake and a brilliant food menu, worth checking out their bi-monthly storytelling nights and rap battle evenings.
37 recommandé par les habitants
Horse Bazaar
397 Little Lonsdale StGreat Sake and a brilliant food menu, worth checking out their bi-monthly storytelling nights and rap battle evenings.
the most accessible melbourne brewery in the city. Catch the 109 from batman park outside. Beer lover's dream.
37 recommandé par les habitants
Moon Dog Craft Brewery
17 Duke Stthe most accessible melbourne brewery in the city. Catch the 109 from batman park outside. Beer lover's dream.
Sightseeing
The most photographed street art in Melbourne, start here and then find the other hidden laneways. Plus its only four tram stops away up Flinders st.
245 recommandé par les habitants
Hosier Lane
7-9 Hosier LnThe most photographed street art in Melbourne, start here and then find the other hidden laneways. Plus its only four tram stops away up Flinders st.
amazing building with hidden treasures and a great interior staircase
7 recommandé par les habitants
Nicholas Building
37 Swanston Stamazing building with hidden treasures and a great interior staircase
Parks & Nature
Right at the bottom of our building. Our very own private backyard with swallows in the morning and great napping spots. Also has its own helipad for dramatic helicopter takeoffs!
9 recommandé par les habitants
Batman Park/Spencer St (Melbourne City) station
2A Spencer StRight at the bottom of our building. Our very own private backyard with swallows in the morning and great napping spots. Also has its own helipad for dramatic helicopter takeoffs!
Wandering through the sprawling gardens is a great way to spend and afternoon. A packed lunch is a must and the local tortoise population very cute.
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Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Wandering through the sprawling gardens is a great way to spend and afternoon. A packed lunch is a must and the local tortoise population very cute.
Possum population at night on the outskirts are worth a visit. During the day its perfect for sitting in the sun under some big trees. Good to swing by after a morning at the Queen vic markets.
312 recommandé par les habitants
Flagstaff Gardens
309-311 William StPossum population at night on the outskirts are worth a visit. During the day its perfect for sitting in the sun under some big trees. Good to swing by after a morning at the Queen vic markets.
One very beautiful fountain with ducks and sprawling Morton Bay fig Trees sit alongside the conservatory, a beautiful park for a gentle stroll before or after Collins Street
30 recommandé par les habitants
Treasury Gardens
2-18 Spring StOne very beautiful fountain with ducks and sprawling Morton Bay fig Trees sit alongside the conservatory, a beautiful park for a gentle stroll before or after Collins Street
Great for a stroll and dog watching. Very few waves but excellent swimming.
113 recommandé par les habitants
Port Melbourne Beach
Great for a stroll and dog watching. Very few waves but excellent swimming.
busy but iconic beach, or stroll down the way to Middle Park Beach and see the Fairy Penguins on the pier on your way
697 recommandé par les habitants
St Kilda beach
busy but iconic beach, or stroll down the way to Middle Park Beach and see the Fairy Penguins on the pier on your way
Arts & Culture
Great wifi access, coffee inside and a view of the water. also free pingpong (table tennis) and a great gallery space.
The best place to study or work in town.
38 recommandé par les habitants
Library at the Dock
107 Victoria Harbour PromenadeGreat wifi access, coffee inside and a view of the water. also free pingpong (table tennis) and a great gallery space.
The best place to study or work in town.
Shows the rich migration history of melbourne. very unique and good displays. Check entry costs as they vary throughout the year.
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Immigration Museum
400 Flinders StShows the rich migration history of melbourne. very unique and good displays. Check entry costs as they vary throughout the year.
amazing displays that you can spend a whole day on.
Concession card holders get free entry.
593 recommandé par les habitants
Melbourne Museum
11 Nicholson Stamazing displays that you can spend a whole day on.
Concession card holders get free entry.
The most amazing exhibitions that change regularly. Many photo ops. Favourite place to spend a day!
1737 recommandé par les habitants
National Gallery of Victoria
180 St Kilda RdThe most amazing exhibitions that change regularly. Many photo ops. Favourite place to spend a day!
Centre for moving image is very standout, lots of good cinema based exhibitions. Stop by while you're at Federation square.
258 recommandé par les habitants
ACMI
Flinders StreetCentre for moving image is very standout, lots of good cinema based exhibitions. Stop by while you're at Federation square.
Library that's like a museum. Head for the central reading room on level 2
Also Free internet and computer access.
Beautiful building and a hub for meeting people in Melbourne sitting on the front lawns
568 recommandé par les habitants
State Library Victoria
328 Swanston StLibrary that's like a museum. Head for the central reading room on level 2
Also Free internet and computer access.
Beautiful building and a hub for meeting people in Melbourne sitting on the front lawns
RMIT Gallery
344 Swanston StLots of great contemporary art! free entry
Malthouse Theatre
113 Sturt Stunlikely shows in a renowned theatre
La Mama Theatre
205 Faraday Stalways an unexpected and entertaining show on
Essentials
tram from outside Batman Park will take you down the road to South Melbourne. Good for large shops, prices are more competitive than the city stores.
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Coles South Melbourne
229 Coventry Sttram from outside Batman Park will take you down the road to South Melbourne. Good for large shops, prices are more competitive than the city stores.
Coles Spencer St
201 Spencer StIt is quite a walk up Spencer street!
best prices in walking distance, less range than the coles further up spencer st
155 recommandé par les habitants
Woolworths Southern Cross Station (Metro)
Spencer Streetbest prices in walking distance, less range than the coles further up spencer st
7-Eleven Northbank
545 Flinders StShopping
less busy than the better known Queen Victoria Market!
take the 96 from Batman Park to stop 127 (10 mins)
365 recommandé par les habitants
South Melbourne Market station
less busy than the better known Queen Victoria Market!
take the 96 from Batman Park to stop 127 (10 mins)
Family run bookshop very unique in Melbourne, science focus
7 recommandé par les habitants
Embiggen Books
197-203 Little Lonsdale StFamily run bookshop very unique in Melbourne, science focus
The Haunted Bookshop
15 McKillop StRarely open but when it is, worth a look, especially spooky
The Junk Co.
583 Elizabeth StreetAntiques galore!
Traditionally the 'poor artsy' part of Melbourne. Great op shops, food and small stores, catch the 86 tram out from bourke st. or walk from the 96 or 11 trams
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Smith Street
Smith StreetTraditionally the 'poor artsy' part of Melbourne. Great op shops, food and small stores, catch the 86 tram out from bourke st. or walk from the 96 or 11 trams
beautiful strolling along the esplanade to Acland Street. Great way to get a feel for this special beach area
107 recommandé par les habitants
St Kilda Esplanade Market
The Esplanadebeautiful strolling along the esplanade to Acland Street. Great way to get a feel for this special beach area
handmade jewellery that's special in a one of a kind location under flinders station.
Corky Saint Clair
125 Swanston Sthandmade jewellery that's special in a one of a kind location under flinders station.
RetroStar Vintage Clothing
37 Swanston StMelbourne's biggest vintage warehouse
Part of historic melbourne with some of its more one of a kind shops. Right next to Bourke St Mall
59 recommandé par les habitants
Royal Arcade
335 Bourke StPart of historic melbourne with some of its more one of a kind shops. Right next to Bourke St Mall
OTC
238B Flinders St70s secondhand clothing. Amazing range of vintage wear.
After a few hours you may forget who you are in this underground shopping vortex. The bargains are worth it most days. Clothing galore.
583 recommandé par les habitants
DFO South Wharf
20 Convention Centre PlAfter a few hours you may forget who you are in this underground shopping vortex. The bargains are worth it most days. Clothing galore.