Guidebook for Melbourne

Jane & Brent
Jane & Brent
Guidebook for Melbourne

Drinks & Nightlife

Boutique hotel featuring a bar and restaurant, which does great pizza and pasta and caters for takeaways.
8 locals recommend
Art Series Melbourne - The Blackman
452 St Kilda Rd
8 locals recommend
Boutique hotel featuring a bar and restaurant, which does great pizza and pasta and caters for takeaways.
Car and cafe serving breakfast lunch and dinner all week (excluding Sunday).
10 locals recommend
Hunter's Kitchen & Bar
454 St Kilda Rd
10 locals recommend
Car and cafe serving breakfast lunch and dinner all week (excluding Sunday).
Terrific pub serving good quality food.
11 locals recommend
Rising Sun Hotel
2 Raglan St
11 locals recommend
Terrific pub serving good quality food.
A great place to call in for a quick beer en route to Chapel Street shops.
45 locals recommend
College Lawn Hotel
36 Greville St
45 locals recommend
A great place to call in for a quick beer en route to Chapel Street shops.
Classy new drinking establishment
15 locals recommend
Coppersmith Hotel
435 Clarendon St
15 locals recommend
Classy new drinking establishment
Popular with the after-work crowd
36 locals recommend
Honey Bar and Restaurant
345 Clarendon St
36 locals recommend
Popular with the after-work crowd
Recently renovated French themed hotel
20 locals recommend
L'Hotel Gitan
32 Commercial Rd
20 locals recommend
Recently renovated French themed hotel
Popular drinking spot
41 locals recommend
Prahran Hotel
82 High St
41 locals recommend
Popular drinking spot

Everything Else

18 hole public golf course
42 locals recommend
Albert Park Golf Course
Lakeside Drive
42 locals recommend
18 hole public golf course
Tennis courts - for hire
Albert Reserve Tennis World
46 Queens Rd
Tennis courts - for hire
A terrific facility for active types. The outdoor undercover heated olympic size size is especially good.
110 locals recommend
Melbourne Sport and Aquatic Centre
30 Aughtie Dr
110 locals recommend
A terrific facility for active types. The outdoor undercover heated olympic size size is especially good.
Terrific local market. Open weekends.
338 locals recommend
Prahran Market station
338 locals recommend
Terrific local market. Open weekends.
Closest train station
141 locals recommend
South Yarra Station
141 locals recommend
Closest train station

Food Scene

Terrific weekday cafe serving an enormous spread of salads and breakfast/lunch specials. Very popular with the local workers.
Cafe Safi
484 St Kilda Rd
Terrific weekday cafe serving an enormous spread of salads and breakfast/lunch specials. Very popular with the local workers.
Healthy takeaway option within a short walk. Open 7 days, lunch and dinner.
12 locals recommend
SpudBAR
43 Blessington St
12 locals recommend
Healthy takeaway option within a short walk. Open 7 days, lunch and dinner.
Takeaway option. Lunch and dinner, 7 days. Easy walking distance.
37 locals recommend
Nando's
519-539 St Kilda Rd
37 locals recommend
Takeaway option. Lunch and dinner, 7 days. Easy walking distance.
Terrific Japanese restaurant, serving breakfast (yes, breakfast), lunch and dinner. Takeaway option, with park close by.
38 locals recommend
Ichi Ichi Ku Izakaya
119 Park St
38 locals recommend
Terrific Japanese restaurant, serving breakfast (yes, breakfast), lunch and dinner. Takeaway option, with park close by.
Amazing cafe serving top quality dishes - breakfast, lunch and dinner, 7 days a week.
114 locals recommend
Fitzrovia Restaurant and Cafe
155 Fitzroy St
114 locals recommend
Amazing cafe serving top quality dishes - breakfast, lunch and dinner, 7 days a week.
Newly established cafe serving much-talked about breakfasts. Worth the visit.
51 locals recommend
Tall Timber Cafe
60 Commercial Rd
51 locals recommend
Newly established cafe serving much-talked about breakfasts. Worth the visit.
Great breakfast/lunch option. Good prices, nice food. Easy walk through Fawkner Park.
Picnic
60 Toorak Rd
Great breakfast/lunch option. Good prices, nice food. Easy walk through Fawkner Park.
Great coffee. Cafe, including bakery, open 7 days, serving French offerings.
French Wine Cafe
452 St Kilda Rd
Great coffee. Cafe, including bakery, open 7 days, serving French offerings.
Closest McDonalds
10 locals recommend
McDonald's St Kilda Road
407 St Kilda Rd
10 locals recommend
Closest McDonalds
Steakhouse
14 locals recommend
Squires Loft Albert Park
1 Queens Rd
14 locals recommend
Steakhouse
Small but great cafe
10 locals recommend
GIDDIUP
269 Coventry St
10 locals recommend
Small but great cafe
Popular pho house - attracts a large crowd on weekday lunchtimes
17 locals recommend
Wat Da Pho
212 Clarendon St
17 locals recommend
Popular pho house - attracts a large crowd on weekday lunchtimes
Serving awesome coffee
Movo Kitchen
468 St Kilda Rd
Serving awesome coffee
Great coffee option - weekdays
12 locals recommend
Slater St. Bench
431 St Kilda Rd
12 locals recommend
Great coffee option - weekdays

Sightseeing

Stunning parklands with fantastic sports grounds, walking paths and community services.
110 locals recommend
Fawkner Park
24-88 Commercial Rd
110 locals recommend
Stunning parklands with fantastic sports grounds, walking paths and community services.
Iconic Melbourne landmark, famous for hosting the Grand Prix each year. Great walking option.
843 locals recommend
Albert Park
843 locals recommend
Iconic Melbourne landmark, famous for hosting the Grand Prix each year. Great walking option.
Terrific market, open Wednesday, Friday - Sunday.
431 locals recommend
South Melbourne Market
322-326 Coventry St
431 locals recommend
Terrific market, open Wednesday, Friday - Sunday.
Shopping and dining precinct
80 locals recommend
Chapel Street Precinct Association Inc.
27 Izett St
80 locals recommend
Shopping and dining precinct
Shopping and dining precinct
58 locals recommend
Fitzroy St
58 locals recommend
Shopping and dining precinct
Popular tourist attraction
697 locals recommend
St Kilda beach
697 locals recommend
Popular tourist attraction
Amusement park
468 locals recommend
Luna Park Melbourne
18 Lower Esplanade
468 locals recommend
Amusement park
Shopping and dining precinct
259 locals recommend
Acland Street
Acland Street
259 locals recommend
Shopping and dining precinct
Walking a lap around the perimeter is a Melbourne must-do.
1262 locals recommend
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
1262 locals recommend
Walking a lap around the perimeter is a Melbourne must-do.
Walk to the top for one of the great views of Melbourne.
341 locals recommend
Shrine of Remembrance
341 locals recommend
Walk to the top for one of the great views of Melbourne.
A must. Just an easy 30min walk away
976 locals recommend
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Brunton Avenue
976 locals recommend
A must. Just an easy 30min walk away

Essentials

Closest supermarket/grocery store. Open 7 days until late.
15 locals recommend
IGA Xpress Melbourne
19 Commercial Rd
15 locals recommend
Closest supermarket/grocery store. Open 7 days until late.
Large supermarket
102 locals recommend
Coles South Melbourne
229 Coventry St
102 locals recommend
Large supermarket
Large supermarket
144 locals recommend
Coles Prahran
303 Chapel St
144 locals recommend
Large supermarket

Arts & Culture

Melbourne's premier art gallery
1737 locals recommend
National Gallery of Victoria
180 St Kilda Rd
1737 locals recommend
Melbourne's premier art gallery