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Restaurants in Melbourne

Melbourne has a wide range of restaurants, with a high concentration within walking distance of the city centre. Try one of the many laneway alfresco eateries in Degraves Street, Centre Place or Hardware Lane. Chinatown on Little Collins Street offers Chinese food as well as some Malaysian, Thai, Indonesian, Japanese and Vietnamese offerings. Head to Lygon Street Carlton for Italian, Richmond for Greek and more Vietnamese, and Fitzroy for cheap Asian, Turkish, Mediterranean and vegetarian food. Chapel Street and Toorak Road in South Yarra offer high-class restaurants, while St Kilda's Fitzroy and Acland streets have long been popular for their diverse array of eateries.

The Melbourne restaurants below have been grouped into three pricing categories:
Expensive (over A$75)
Moderate (A$30 to A$75)
Cheap (up to A$30)
These Melbourne restaurant prices are based on a three-course meal for one with half a bottle of house wine or equivalent, and includes tax and service. Tipping is optional.

Hopetoun Tea Rooms

Price: Cheap

In a city renowned for its fine coffee culture, it’s quite something that the refined Hopetoun Tea Rooms have been pouring pots of tea since 1892. If you’re doing a spot of shopping in the city, pop in for heavenly cakes and scones and a belly-warming cuppa.

Address: Shops 1 & 2 Block Arcade, Melbourne, Australia
Telephone: (03) 9650 2777.
www.hopetountearooms.com.au

Flower Drum

Price: Expensive

Chinatown's premier Cantonese restaurant is certainly up there with the best in Australia. Don't go past the signature dish, the magnificent Peking duck pancakes, and if you've never tasted abalone, a large sought-after shellfish, then this is the place. The service is courteous, the interior pleasant, and there's an impressive wine list too.

Address: 17 Market Lane, Melbourne, Australia
Telephone: (03) 9662 3655.
www.flower-drum.com

Donovans

Price: Moderate

Magical beachside dining, views across Port Phillip Bay and a homely, smart interior. What more could you want? Perhaps a taste of some of Australia’s freshest seafood – barramundi, oysters, Moreton Bay Bugs, prawns? Black Angus T-bone steak, rack of lamb or organic pork chops? Housed in one of the original bathing houses on the foreshore in St Kilda, Donovans views are enough to stimulate any appetite.

Address: 40 Jacka Boulevard, Melbourne, Australia
Telephone: (03) 9534 8221.
http://www.donovanshouse.com.au

Pint on Punt

Price: Cheap

This easygoing hotel cum bistro/pub offers backpacker accommodation and cheap nourishing meals. Pint on Punt offers up tasty, typical Aussie pub grub, with juicy steaks, burgers, fish and chips, pasta and risotto and good ol’ bangers and mash. Close to the city, easily accessible from the CBD and St Kilda, and nearby many Melbourne attractions like the Grand Prix circuit.

Address: 42 Punt Road, Melbourne, Australia
Telephone: (03) 9510 3310.
http://www.pintonpunt.com.au

Fifteen Melbourne

Price: Moderate

Jamie Oliver's Fifteen Foundation charity follows the now well tried recipe, which sees disadvantaged young people being trained by experienced chefs. Under the supervision of executive head chef Tobie Puttock, the new recruits are doing well, using the finest Australian ingredients to best effect and dishing out tasty modern Mediterranean dishes.

Address: Basement, Melbourne, Australia
Telephone: 1300 799 415.
http://www.fifteenmelbourne.com.au

Il Bacaro

Price: Moderate

Regional Italian is the name of the game at this seductive dark-panelled restaurant, where the food has Venetian providence, and the dark, moody feel of the place is European by heart. Flickering candles, an intimate space, crisp white tablecloths and generous, delectable portions have made Il Bacaro a Melbourne institution.

Address: 168-170 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Telephone: (03) 9654 6778.
http://www.ilbacaro.com.au

Vue de Monde

Price: Expensive

If you yearn for ancient French dishes, with a modern makeover and theatrical-twist, this fine-dining venue will certainly impress. Inventive recipes, prepared with fresh, high-quality ingredients and great skill, are presented in unconventional ways. The chef, Shannon Bennett, worked under Marco Pierre White in London, and he offers a truly stunning five- to fourteen-course Menu Gourmand for both lunch and dinner. Reservations essential (bookings accepted up to four months in advance).

Address: 430 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia
Telephone: (03) 9691 3888.
http://www.vuedemonde.com.au

Taxi Dining Room

Price: Expensive

One of Melbourne's top restaurants, the Taxi Dining Room is light, bright and serves up plenty of sushi as well as filling Western-style meals with a Far East twist, from Atlantic salmon to roast rabbit. The dining room has the best views in Federation Square, with high ceilings sporting huge windows overlooking Southbank and St Kilda Road.

Address: Transport Hotel, Melbourne, Australia
Telephone: (03) 9654 8808.
http://www.transporthotel.com.au

MoVida

Price: Moderate

This little slice of Spain in the heart of Melbourne could easily be at home in downtown Barcelona. Located down a graffiti-strewn laneway, it embraces all that is great about Spanish cuisine and culture: traditional and modern tapas combined with the fun, camaraderie and zest for life you’ll find in many a Spanish bar. Bookings essential, or if you’re out of luck getting a reservation, try MoVida Next Door (no reservations) or MoVida Aqui or MoVida Terraza.

Address: 1 Hosier Lane, Melbourne, Australia
Telephone: (03) 9663 3038.
www.movida.com.au

Yu-U

Price: Cheap

An unmarked doorway in a graffiti lined laneway, Yu-U is arguably one of Melbourne’s coolest cheap eats. Enter the basement and find yourself amongst the antithesis of the street-level chaos; minimalist timber, concrete and clean lines typical of Japanese culture. Best dine with friends here as the yakatori skewers, sashimi (but not sushi), barbequed pork belly and the like are designed for sharing. Try its set menu bento boxes for a cheap, quick and easy lunch.

Address: 137 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Australia
Telephone: (03) 9639 7073.

Colonial Tramcar Restaurant

Price: Expensive

Alternatively, take in the sights whilst feasting on a 3-, 4- or 5- course meal aboard a 1948 Melbourne tram, operated by the Colonial Tramcar Restaurant, as it glides through South Melbourne, St Kilda, Malvern and Prahran. Lunch and two dinner services are offered but bookings are essential.

Telephone: (03) 9696 4000.
www.tramrestaurant.com.au

Grossi Florentino

Price: Expensive

Impressive fresco murals line the walls of this historic restaurant in inner-city Melbourne. In true Italian tradition, seasonal produce dictates the menu. Add authentic Italian passion for great food and you have a memorable dining experience.

Address: 80 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Australia
Telephone: (03) 9662 1811.
www.grossi.com.au

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