Guidebook for West Melbourne

T & J
Guidebook for West Melbourne

Food Scene

One of our favourite cafes and restaurants about 10 mins walk from our house. A big open warehouse with excellent coffee, food and service. Very friendly and relaxed.
335 locals recommend
Auction Rooms
103-107 Errol St
335 locals recommend
One of our favourite cafes and restaurants about 10 mins walk from our house. A big open warehouse with excellent coffee, food and service. Very friendly and relaxed.
Excellent contemporary Italian. A favourite.
15 locals recommend
Lupino
41 Little Collins St
15 locals recommend
Excellent contemporary Italian. A favourite.
Excellent tapas blending classic Spanish far with a modern setting. Get in early to get a seat, otherwise be prepared to wait at the bar.
40 locals recommend
Bar Lourinhã
37 Little Collins St
40 locals recommend
Excellent tapas blending classic Spanish far with a modern setting. Get in early to get a seat, otherwise be prepared to wait at the bar.
Arguably Melbourne's best coffee at the Vic Market
129 locals recommend
Market Lane Coffee - Queen Vic Market Victoria St
83-85 Victoria St
129 locals recommend
Arguably Melbourne's best coffee at the Vic Market
Excellent venue for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Also try Cumulus upstairs for the great wine selection. You might have to queue on busy nights at dinner time (7pm-ish)
200 locals recommend
Cumulus Inc.
45 Flinders Ln
200 locals recommend
Excellent venue for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Also try Cumulus upstairs for the great wine selection. You might have to queue on busy nights at dinner time (7pm-ish)
Superb contemporary Japanese in a great place overlooking the gardens. A bit pricey
17 locals recommend
Hihou
1 Flinders Ln
17 locals recommend
Superb contemporary Japanese in a great place overlooking the gardens. A bit pricey
Cool underground bunker with great Japanese food and drinks - if you can find it. Cool crowd.
230 locals recommend
Izakaya Den
118 Russell St
230 locals recommend
Cool underground bunker with great Japanese food and drinks - if you can find it. Cool crowd.
Excellent southern Italian. Well-priced
61 locals recommend
Bar Idda
132 Lygon St
61 locals recommend
Excellent southern Italian. Well-priced
A sensational must for a great dinner. Small with friendly service and outstanding contemporary food (but not fussy)
24 locals recommend
The Town Mouse
24 locals recommend
A sensational must for a great dinner. Small with friendly service and outstanding contemporary food (but not fussy)
Bar/cafe on the Yarra River. Great on a warm day or balmy night
163 locals recommend
Ponyfish Island
163 locals recommend
Bar/cafe on the Yarra River. Great on a warm day or balmy night
Cafe on the Yarra. Ride your bike down and enjoy the view and people watching in ritzy South Yarra / Toorak.
24 locals recommend
Kanteen
154 Alexandra Ave
24 locals recommend
Cafe on the Yarra. Ride your bike down and enjoy the view and people watching in ritzy South Yarra / Toorak.
Great coffee, great venue. Also good for breakfast and lunch
144 locals recommend
Seven Seeds Coffee Roasters
114 Berkeley St
144 locals recommend
Great coffee, great venue. Also good for breakfast and lunch
Cheap and excellent Vietnamese. One of the only BYO places in Footscray. 20 minute bike ride away from our place
Pho Tam Restaurant
9 Leeds St
Cheap and excellent Vietnamese. One of the only BYO places in Footscray. 20 minute bike ride away from our place
Excellent contemporary Spanish
52 locals recommend
Anada Bar & Restaurant
197 Gertrude St
52 locals recommend
Excellent contemporary Spanish
Contemporary Australian fusion
19 locals recommend
Huxtable
131 Smith St
19 locals recommend
Contemporary Australian fusion
Great burger joint
81 locals recommend
Huxtaburger Collingwood
106 Smith St
81 locals recommend
Great burger joint
Excellent take-away Greek-style (but in a modern good way). Often packed at night
77 locals recommend
Jimmy Grants Fitzroy
113 St David St
77 locals recommend
Excellent take-away Greek-style (but in a modern good way). Often packed at night
Big warehouse cafe off the main drag with very good breakfasts and lunches
75 locals recommend
South of Johnston
46 Oxford St
75 locals recommend
Big warehouse cafe off the main drag with very good breakfasts and lunches
Very good authentic Japanese Ramen bar in a classic Melbourne lane. Sleek interior and friendly service. Sit upstairs for people viewing or downstairs for something cosier. Have a drink after a hip Ro
6 locals recommend
Mugen Ramen
11 Bligh Pl
6 locals recommend
Very good authentic Japanese Ramen bar in a classic Melbourne lane. Sleek interior and friendly service. Sit upstairs for people viewing or downstairs for something cosier. Have a drink after a hip Ro
Rooftop terrace diner in Fitzroy
Young Bloods
60 Rose St
Rooftop terrace diner in Fitzroy
Our favourite breakfast in the CBD. A smallish cosy place, packed on weekends (be prepared to queue, and maybe share a table) but the food is generous, thoughtful and delicious
413 locals recommend
The Hardware Société Melbourne
10 Katherine Pl
413 locals recommend
Our favourite breakfast in the CBD. A smallish cosy place, packed on weekends (be prepared to queue, and maybe share a table) but the food is generous, thoughtful and delicious
Great bakery to pick up some take-away baked goods, or have a coffee, lunch or dinner at Gill's Diner at the back
Commercial Bakery
360 Little Collins St
Great bakery to pick up some take-away baked goods, or have a coffee, lunch or dinner at Gill's Diner at the back
Beautiful converted synagogue housing a great restaurant, and more casual burger outlet. Great for a nice dinner or a casual one. Can sit at the bar for a drink too
36 locals recommend
Trunk Diner
275-285 Exhibition St
36 locals recommend
Beautiful converted synagogue housing a great restaurant, and more casual burger outlet. Great for a nice dinner or a casual one. Can sit at the bar for a drink too
Small laneway full of restaurants and cafes
Equitable Place
Equitable Place
Small laneway full of restaurants and cafes
Contemporary middle eastern restaurant
32 locals recommend
Maha
21 Bond St
32 locals recommend
Contemporary middle eastern restaurant
City laneway packed with cafes and restaurants
49 locals recommend
Degraves St
49 locals recommend
City laneway packed with cafes and restaurants
The same Movida but with more seating. Same food, but less queuing!
27 locals recommend
MoVida Aqui
500 Bourke St
27 locals recommend
The same Movida but with more seating. Same food, but less queuing!
Excellent coffee and bagels in cool lane
246 locals recommend
Manchester Press
8 Rankins Ln
246 locals recommend
Excellent coffee and bagels in cool lane
Excellent coffee in hipster venue
277 locals recommend
Brother Baba Budan
359 Little Bourke St
277 locals recommend
Excellent coffee in hipster venue
Cafe, bar, gallery, event space, in a giant old warehouse
40 locals recommend
The Gallery
361 Little Lonsdale Street
40 locals recommend
Cafe, bar, gallery, event space, in a giant old warehouse
Hidden upstairs in Centre Place this is a small but great place for a bite to eat or a drink
23 locals recommend
Hell's Kitchen
20A Centre Pl
23 locals recommend
Hidden upstairs in Centre Place this is a small but great place for a bite to eat or a drink
Healthy authentic Mexican food. Try the fish tacos or the kangaroo burritos! Open lunch to dinner weekdays, and weekends from brunch to dinner. Flash fit-out too
187 locals recommend
Fonda Mexican
144 Chapel St
187 locals recommend
Healthy authentic Mexican food. Try the fish tacos or the kangaroo burritos! Open lunch to dinner weekdays, and weekends from brunch to dinner. Flash fit-out too
Tiny but expertly appointed cafe - just go and you'll see!
Flipboard Cafe
900 Princes Hwy Service Rd
Tiny but expertly appointed cafe - just go and you'll see!
Excellent coffee and breakfast/brunch a short walk away
119 Howard St
Excellent coffee and breakfast/brunch a short walk away
Amazing Israeli Pitas, Cauliflower, vibe in Hardware Lane
12 locals recommend
Miznon
59 Hardware Ln
12 locals recommend
Amazing Israeli Pitas, Cauliflower, vibe in Hardware Lane
Brunch
13 locals recommend
Frances Food & Coffee
245 Franklin Street
13 locals recommend
Brunch
The best open air fresh food market in Melbourne
957 locals recommend
Queen Victoria Market
Queen Street
957 locals recommend
The best open air fresh food market in Melbourne

Everything Else

Cool open-air cafe and bar in a warehouse with the roof cut open. Great for coffee, lunch, a drink, with a relaxed vibe. Free wifi.
39 locals recommend
Workshop
413 Elizabeth St
39 locals recommend
Cool open-air cafe and bar in a warehouse with the roof cut open. Great for coffee, lunch, a drink, with a relaxed vibe. Free wifi.
Fast bus to the airport (10 mins walk from our house or a short taxi ride)
272 locals recommend
Skybus
44 Spencer St
272 locals recommend
Fast bus to the airport (10 mins walk from our house or a short taxi ride)
Awesome all-day brunch spot in an heritage listed telephone operator building, just over the road from Flagstaff Gardens. Serving excellent coffee and food daily until 4pm.
25 Wills St
25 Wills Street
Awesome all-day brunch spot in an heritage listed telephone operator building, just over the road from Flagstaff Gardens. Serving excellent coffee and food daily until 4pm.

Drinks & Nightlife

A Melbourne institution on warm nights with a great view of the city, excellent drinks and people watching. Also check out the bookstore and Cookie restaurant below
175 locals recommend
Rooftop Cinema
252 Swanston St
175 locals recommend
A Melbourne institution on warm nights with a great view of the city, excellent drinks and people watching. Also check out the bookstore and Cookie restaurant below
The original laneway laboratory bar that started it all. Still going strong after 20 years!
189 locals recommend
The Croft Institute
21 Croft Alley
189 locals recommend
The original laneway laboratory bar that started it all. Still going strong after 20 years!
Highly recommended bar with great cocktails
73 locals recommend
Gerald's Bar
386 Rathdowne St
73 locals recommend
Highly recommended bar with great cocktails
Bar next to Vue De Monde (Melbourne's most pricey avante-garde restaurant). Great drinks and views over Melbourne from the top of a skyscraper
297 locals recommend
Lui Bar
525 Collins St
297 locals recommend
Bar next to Vue De Monde (Melbourne's most pricey avante-garde restaurant). Great drinks and views over Melbourne from the top of a skyscraper
Rooftop bar with views over Parliament house. Drinks, food and service all good. You may need to wait for a table. Level 2, 161 Spring Street, Melbourne. The European downstairs is also great for eati
115 locals recommend
Siglo
161 Spring St
115 locals recommend
Rooftop bar with views over Parliament house. Drinks, food and service all good. You may need to wait for a table. Level 2, 161 Spring Street, Melbourne. The European downstairs is also great for eati
Rooftop bar with fake turf and a retro vibe. Great on a warm evening. Order the jug of Pimm's and lemonade
163 locals recommend
Madame Brussels
59 Bourke St
163 locals recommend
Rooftop bar with fake turf and a retro vibe. Great on a warm evening. Order the jug of Pimm's and lemonade
Rooftop bar and restaurant. Great views over Fitzroy and excellent drinks.
366 locals recommend
Naked For Satan
285 Brunswick St
366 locals recommend
Rooftop bar and restaurant. Great views over Fitzroy and excellent drinks.
Perenially good Spanish tapas restaurant in famous laneway. If you can't get in, check-out Movida next-door (which is next door)
203 locals recommend
MoVida
1 Hosier Ln
203 locals recommend
Perenially good Spanish tapas restaurant in famous laneway. If you can't get in, check-out Movida next-door (which is next door)
Excellent bar tucked away at the end of Whitehart Lane
12 locals recommend
Whitehart Bar
22 Whitehart Ln
12 locals recommend
Excellent bar tucked away at the end of Whitehart Lane

Shopping

Avant-garde clothing store in former industrial warehouse down a lane. Very cool stuff
Eastern Market
199 Little Collins St
Avant-garde clothing store in former industrial warehouse down a lane. Very cool stuff
Avant-garde clothing store in former industrial warehouse down a lane. Very cool stuff
EASTERN MARKET CAPELA
107 Grattan Street
Avant-garde clothing store in former industrial warehouse down a lane. Very cool stuff
Awesome underground clothing store selling the best international avant-garde fashions
Assin
138 Little Collins St
Awesome underground clothing store selling the best international avant-garde fashions
Awesome underground clothing store selling the best international avant-garde fashions
Assin
138 Little Collins St
Awesome underground clothing store selling the best international avant-garde fashions
Excellent upstairs boutique selling best international fashions. Also has a Bourke Street store
MARAIS Mens
314 Little Collins St
Excellent upstairs boutique selling best international fashions. Also has a Bourke Street store
Big shopping mall with all the big (and smaller) brands
773 locals recommend
Emporium Melbourne
287 Lonsdale St
773 locals recommend
Big shopping mall with all the big (and smaller) brands

Sightseeing

The 'living room' of the city, it has a great visitor's centre with lots of information on what to see and do, galleries, restaurants and free wifi
797 locals recommend
Federation Square
797 locals recommend
The 'living room' of the city, it has a great visitor's centre with lots of information on what to see and do, galleries, restaurants and free wifi
Tourists flock here for the constantly changing display of graffiti
245 locals recommend
Hosier Lane
7-9 Hosier Ln
245 locals recommend
Tourists flock here for the constantly changing display of graffiti

Parks & Nature

Our backyard!
312 locals recommend
Flagstaff Gardens
309-311 William St
312 locals recommend
Our backyard!

Arts & Culture

1737 locals recommend
National Gallery of Victoria
180 St Kilda Rd
1737 locals recommend
NGVA (National Gallery Victoria Australia) has Australian Art only. NGVI (International) on St Kilda Rd has international art.
128 locals recommend
The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia
Russell Street
128 locals recommend
NGVA (National Gallery Victoria Australia) has Australian Art only. NGVI (International) on St Kilda Rd has international art.