Cheap eats
Melbourne is home to a diverse range of genuine national and regional cuisines. With so many restaurants in Melbourne’s CBD and surrounding suburbs, you’re spoiled for choice. Take a tram to Victoria Street Richmond, or north to High Street Preston, and you can experience authentic Vietnamese cuisine for less than $10. Stay in the CBD and visit one of the myriad Asian cafes in Chinatown. Lygon Street’s reputation has grown from its Italian roots in Carlton, now reaching up into East Brunswick where Lebanese, Thai and Indian cuisines sit alongside pasta and gelati. Smith Street and Brunswick Streets in Fitzroy are home to a thriving café culture including vegetarian, kebab houses, Afghan and Greek. There’s also a burgeoning African food scene in funky Flemington and Newmarket. Many cafes allow you to bring your own wine (look for the letters BYO) and charge a minimal corkage fee.
Cheap Eats in Melbourne
www.urbanspoon.com/Cheap-Eats
+39 Pizzeria & Degustation Bar
362 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne, 3000
03 9642 0440
Dinkum pies
29 Block Place, Melbourne, 3000
03 9654 6792
Don Don
321 Swanston Street, Melbourne, 3000
03 9662 3377
Camy Shanghai Dumpling House
23-25 Tattersalls Lane Melbourne 3000
03 9663 8555
Hu Tong
14-16 Market Lane, Melbourne, 3000
03 9650 8128
Laksa Me
laksame.com
1/16 Liverpool Street, Melbourne, 3000
03 9639 9885
Misschu
misschu.com.au
297 Exhibition Street, Melbourne, 3000
03 9077 1097
Pellegrini's Espresso Bar
66 Bourke Street, Melbourne, 3000
03 9662 1885
Sakura Kaiten Sushi
Shop 1, 61 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, 3000
03 9663 0898
Stalactites
stalactites.com.au
177-183 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, 3000
03 9663 3316
Awarded restaurants in Melbourne CBD
As Australia’s food capital, Melbourne naturally has a wide range of award-wining restaurants. In fact, top international chefs have flocked to the city, drawn by its food culture and its abundance of great fresh ingredients. Citadines on Bourke Melbourne is close to several iconic Melbourne restaurants ranging from the upmarket Florentino, Flower Drum, Shoya and Becco to the old style wares of the Italian Waiters’ Club or the Spaghetti Tree Restaurant.
Australian Good Food & Travel Guide
www.agfg.com.au
Colonial Tramcar Restaurant (35)
tramrestaurant.com.au
03 9639 1296
Heirloom Bar and Restaurant
heirloomonbourke.com.au
131-135 Bourke Street, Melbourne, 3000
03 9639 1296
Coda
codarestaurant.com.au
Basement 141 Flinders Lane (Cnr Oliver Lane), Melbourne, 3000
03 9650 3155
Cumulus Inc
cumulusinc.com.au
45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, 3000
03 9650 1445
Cutler & Co.
cutlerandco.com.au
55 - 57 Gertrude Street Fitzroy, 3065
03 9419 4888
Flower Drum
flower-drum.com
17 Market Lane, Melbourne, 3004
03 9662 3655
Gills Diner
Gills Alley, 360 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, 3000
03 9670 7214
Gingerboy
gingerboy.com.au
27-29 Crossley Street, Melbourne, 3000
03 9662 4200
Grossi Florentino Restaurant, Grill & Cellar Bar
grossiflorentino.com
80 Bourke Street, Melbourne, 3004
03 9662 1811
The Italian
theitalian.com.au
101 Collins Street, Melbourne, 3000
03 9654 9499
The Long Room
thelongroom.com.au
24 Russell Street, Melbourne, 3000
03 9207 7424
MoVida
movida.com.au
1 Hosier Lane, Melbourne, 3000
03 9663 3038
PM24
pm24.com.au
24 Russell Street, Melbourne, 3000
03 9207 7424
The Press Club Restaurant & Bar
thepressclub.com.au
72 Flinders Street, Melbourne, 3000
03 9677 9677
Silk Road
silkroadoncollins.com
425 Collins Street, Melbourne, 3000
03 9614 4888
Spice Temple
spicetemplemelbourne.com
Crown Entertainment Complex
8 Whiteman Street, Southbank, 3006
03 8679 1888
Vue de Monde
vuedemonde.com.au
430 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, 3000
03 9691 3888
Hidden gems
You’ll never go hungry or thirsty in Melbourne thanks to its variety of unexpected and delightful cafes and bars. They’re hidden in laneways and tiny arcade shop fronts in arcades and your journey starts the moment you walk out Citadines on Bourke Melbourne’s front door.
Centre Place
530 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, 3000
Cookie
cookie.net.au
Level 2, 252 Swanston Street Walk, Melbourne, 3000
03 9663 7660
Gourmet Curry Hut
gourmetcurryhut.com.au
Hub Arcade, 318 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, 3000
03 9671 4433
Hairy Little Sista
230 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, 3000
03 9639 7778
Il Solito Posto
ilsolitoposto.com.au
Basement, 113 Collins Street (enter George Parade), Melbourne, 3000
03 9654 4466
Italian Waiters Club
20 Meyers Place, Melbourne, 3000
03 9650 1508
Izakaya Den
izakayaden.com.au
114 Russell Street, Melbourne, 3000
03 9654 2977
Mamasita
mamasita.com.au
Level 1, 11 Collins Street, Melbourne, 3000
03 9650 3821
Saint Peters
stpetersrestaurantandbar.com
6 Melbourne Place, Melbourne, 3000
03 9663 9882
Yu-U
137 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, 3000
03 9639 7073
Melbourne food blogs
Melbourne’s food blog scene is a culinary world all of its own. Log on to a blog and find out what those in the know are eating around, where the best breakfasts can be found, who’s opening and closing restaurants and all the latest foodie gossip you’ll never read in the papers.
Breakfast in CBD area
www.melbourne.breakfastout.com.au
Melbourne Best Cheap Eats
http://bellybellygoodfood.blogspot.com
Sunday Morning Yum Cha
www.eatability.com.au/au/melbourne/melbourne_restaurants-cafes/yum-cha
Melbourne Restaurants, Cafes and Bars
www.melbournegastronome.com
Groceries
Melbourne has a vast range of ethnic, specialty and mainstream groceries in the CBD, so you can buy just about any exotic ingredient without having to venture too far. Try Chinatown’s Asian supermarkets, the Indian curry and spice shops dotted around town, the gourmet delights and specialty cheeses of David Jones’ basement food store and the incredible array of fresh meat, kangaroo steaks, fish and vegetables to be found at Queen Victoria market near the top end of Elizabeth Street.
Coles - Elizabeth St
www.coles.com.au
Cnr of Elizabeth St & Flinders St, Melbourne, 3000
03 9654 3830
David Jones – Bourke St Mall
www.davidjones.com.au
310 Bourke Street, Melbourne, 3000
03 9643 2222
Great Eastern Asian Groceries – Russell St
www.cookie.net.au
183-185 Russell St, Melbourne, 3000
03 9663 3716
IGA – Bourke St
www.iga.net.au
399 Bourke Street, Melbourne, 3000
03 9604 5500
Woolworths
www.woolworths.com.au
Cnr Lonsdale & Swanston Streets, Melbourne 3000
03 9663 5181
Markets
Farmers’ markets are more and more popular as shoppers seek out the freshest and best organic and specialty items grown on small-scale farms around Melbourne’s perimeter. You’ll find a farmers’ market operating in a number of inner city locations at weekends and sometimes mid-week at St Kilda, Collingwood, Albert Park, Abbotsford and at CERES in Brunswick. These markets are often accompanied by music and entertainment, making them a must-see destination in their own right.
Melbourne Community Farmers’ Markets
www.mfm.com.au
Cnr of Queen and Elizabeth Streets, Melbourne, 3000
03 9320 5822
Melbourne Markets - Elisabeth St
www.qvm.com.au
Cnr of Queen and Elizabeth Streets, Melbourne, 3000
03 9320 5822
Veg Out St Kilda Farmer’ Market
www.vegout.asn.aul
Chaucer Street , St Kilda (just behind Acland St and Luna Park ), 3182
0407 411 198
Collingwood Children's Farmers Market & Slow Food Melbourne
www.farm.org.au
St Heliers Street, Abbotsford, 3067
03 9417 5806
Gasworks Farmer’s Market
www.gasworks.org.au
Gasworks Arts Park, 21 Graham Street, Albert Park, 3206
03 8606 4200
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