Guidebook for East Melbourne

Mike
Guidebook for East Melbourne

Food Scene

hole in the wall vietnamese bakery with famous for their $5 bahn mi pork rolls. Take away only. Must try!
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N.Lee Bakery
220 Smith St
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hole in the wall vietnamese bakery with famous for their $5 bahn mi pork rolls. Take away only. Must try!
First come first served basis, no booking allowed. Get there early to avoid the queue!
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The Hardware Société Melbourne
10 Katherine Pl
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First come first served basis, no booking allowed. Get there early to avoid the queue!
Several restaurants in the city. Can book, but often need to book weeks in advance to secure a table. Walk up seating also available. Famous Spanish. Great tapas.
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MoVida
1 Hosier Ln
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Several restaurants in the city. Can book, but often need to book weeks in advance to secure a table. Walk up seating also available. Famous Spanish. Great tapas.
Arguably one of the most popular restaurants in Melbourne... with a line to match its reputation as well! Can’t book. Modern fragrant punchy awesome modern Asian - lives up to the hype. There is a bar downstairs you can have a drink at and a snack and they will text you when there is a table.
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Chin Chin
125 Flinders Ln
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Arguably one of the most popular restaurants in Melbourne... with a line to match its reputation as well! Can’t book. Modern fragrant punchy awesome modern Asian - lives up to the hype. There is a bar downstairs you can have a drink at and a snack and they will text you when there is a table.
Amazing fresh Mexican. Can’t book. Get there early or late to avoid the lines.
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Mamasita
11 Collins St
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Amazing fresh Mexican. Can’t book. Get there early or late to avoid the lines.
Cheap fresh Mexican and a big restaurant with plenty of seating. Highly recommended!
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Fonda Mexican
144 Chapel St
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Cheap fresh Mexican and a big restaurant with plenty of seating. Highly recommended!
Famous Melbourne restaurant. If you like refined dining this one is for you. Run by Age chef of the year Andrew McConnell - who also runs the nearby Moon Under Water restaurant and the even more affordable Builders Arms hotel.
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Cutler & Co
57 Gertrude St
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Famous Melbourne restaurant. If you like refined dining this one is for you. Run by Age chef of the year Andrew McConnell - who also runs the nearby Moon Under Water restaurant and the even more affordable Builders Arms hotel.
Fantastic modern french. The banquet is awesome and worth every penny.
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Hell of the North
135 Greeves St
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Fantastic modern french. The banquet is awesome and worth every penny.
Famous vegetarian place. Can catch the tram down Brunswick st or walk there.
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Vegie Bar
380 Brunswick St
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Famous vegetarian place. Can catch the tram down Brunswick st or walk there.
very authentic Greek cuisine. Get the banquet, you won't regret it!
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Jim's Greek Tavern
32 Johnston St
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very authentic Greek cuisine. Get the banquet, you won't regret it!
Delicious Phở, super popular
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I Love Pho
264 Victoria St
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Delicious Phở, super popular
our favourite cheap delicious Vietnamese. Choosing a restaurant on Victoria Street can be daunting. Just go here. Try the pork and prawn vietnamese pancake. Can book for a 'make your own' vietnamese rice paper rolls where the always smiling staff show you how to bbq your own beef and wrap your own rice paper rolls - they call this the 'sizzling beef'.
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Ying Thai 2
110 Lygon Street
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our favourite cheap delicious Vietnamese. Choosing a restaurant on Victoria Street can be daunting. Just go here. Try the pork and prawn vietnamese pancake. Can book for a 'make your own' vietnamese rice paper rolls where the always smiling staff show you how to bbq your own beef and wrap your own rice paper rolls - they call this the 'sizzling beef'.
call to book or line up on the night. Great modern Thai walking distance away.
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Jinda Thai Restaurant
1 Ferguson St
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call to book or line up on the night. Great modern Thai walking distance away.
legendary burgers! Often voted in the top 10 Melbourne burgers
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Huxtaburger Collingwood
106 Smith St
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legendary burgers! Often voted in the top 10 Melbourne burgers
can walk to smith st and catch a tram down smith st. Owned by George Colombaris. Awesome Greek food. Dine in or take away. This souvlakis, grain salads, slow cooked meats and dips.
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Jimmy Grants Fitzroy
113 St David St
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can walk to smith st and catch a tram down smith st. Owned by George Colombaris. Awesome Greek food. Dine in or take away. This souvlakis, grain salads, slow cooked meats and dips.
Everyone in Melbourne has been to "Messina" for an ice-cream. Rotating menu of special flavours. Massive serves. Super busy in summer, but the wait in line is worth it!
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Gelato Messina Fitzroy
237 Smith St
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Everyone in Melbourne has been to "Messina" for an ice-cream. Rotating menu of special flavours. Massive serves. Super busy in summer, but the wait in line is worth it!
Famous Melbourne cafe/coffee
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Proud Mary
172 Oxford St
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Famous Melbourne cafe/coffee
Perfect stop for lunch and a coffee on the way to the MCG or Jolimont station.
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Hard Pressed Coffee
76 Wellington Parade
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Perfect stop for lunch and a coffee on the way to the MCG or Jolimont station.
A hipster cafe tucked away on Victoria St (Melbourne's "little Vietnam") it does a great Açaí bowl.
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Little Big Sugar Salt
385 Victoria St
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A hipster cafe tucked away on Victoria St (Melbourne's "little Vietnam") it does a great Açaí bowl.
this place put Melbourne on the coffee map. Perfect for a quick pit stop whilst shopping on trendy Gertrude St.
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De Clieu
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this place put Melbourne on the coffee map. Perfect for a quick pit stop whilst shopping on trendy Gertrude St.
This converted warehouse set in a garden oasis is a Melbourne hipster paradise!
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Allpress Espresso
80 Rupert St
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This converted warehouse set in a garden oasis is a Melbourne hipster paradise!
great quality food. Big menu and some great lunch options.
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South of Johnston
46 Oxford St
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great quality food. Big menu and some great lunch options.
very close and great food / friendly staff.
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Square & Compass
222 Clarendon St
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very close and great food / friendly staff.

Drinks & Nightlife

Popular pub with multiple cool spaces indoors and out
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Aviary Hotel
271 Victoria St
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Popular pub with multiple cool spaces indoors and out
Our favorite watering hole, just across the road from the apartment. Also do a fantastic meal. A classy pub
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Baden Powell Hotel
61-65 Victoria Parade
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Our favorite watering hole, just across the road from the apartment. Also do a fantastic meal. A classy pub
Famous Melbourne bar on lively Brunswick Street. Worth going upstairs to Naked in the Sky for it's hip rooftop atmosphere and great views of Melbourne
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Naked For Satan
285 Brunswick St
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Famous Melbourne bar on lively Brunswick Street. Worth going upstairs to Naked in the Sky for it's hip rooftop atmosphere and great views of Melbourne
Great for a drink, but also an amazing Gastropub!
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Builders Arms Hotel
211 Gertrude St
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Great for a drink, but also an amazing Gastropub!
Famous Melbourne bar, with multiple venues inside (Rooftop, Toff in Town). Something for everyone, on every night of the week.
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Cookie
252 Swanston St
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Famous Melbourne bar, with multiple venues inside (Rooftop, Toff in Town). Something for everyone, on every night of the week.
Jazz and funk dominates here. Great for a dance.
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The Night Cat
137-141 Johnston St
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Jazz and funk dominates here. Great for a dance.
Awesome Melbourne pub, great for people watching on Smith Street
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Grace Darling Hotel
114 Smith St
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Awesome Melbourne pub, great for people watching on Smith Street

Sightseeing

Melbourne's "Little Vietnam". Heaps of authentic Vietnamese cuisine, the choice can be overwhelming. Always bustling around dinner time.
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Victoria Street
Victoria Street
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Melbourne's "Little Vietnam". Heaps of authentic Vietnamese cuisine, the choice can be overwhelming. Always bustling around dinner time.
Similar to Brunswick Street- lots of cafes, restaurants, shops and bars.
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Smith Street
Smith Street
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Similar to Brunswick Street- lots of cafes, restaurants, shops and bars.
Another hipster paradise. Great for its shopping, cafes and restaurants.
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Gertrude Street
Gertrude Street
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Another hipster paradise. Great for its shopping, cafes and restaurants.
Ultra-cool, hipsters paradise. Great shopping, cafes, restaurants, bars, and everything in between.
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Brunswick St station
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Ultra-cool, hipsters paradise. Great shopping, cafes, restaurants, bars, and everything in between.
"Fed Square" square, as it is known to locals, polarizes the Melbourne community. Some love its unique architecture, others think its ugly. Always something happening here, and host of the Melbourne Visitors Info Center.
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Federation Square
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"Fed Square" square, as it is known to locals, polarizes the Melbourne community. Some love its unique architecture, others think its ugly. Always something happening here, and host of the Melbourne Visitors Info Center.
a World Heritage Site-listed building completed in 1880. Very popular with tourists and frequently hosts shows and exhibitions.
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Royal Exhibition Building
9 Nicholson St
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a World Heritage Site-listed building completed in 1880. Very popular with tourists and frequently hosts shows and exhibitions.

Parks & Nature

Another famous Melbourne Park right on the border of the CBD. Hosts the heritage listed Melbourne Exhibition Building and Melbourne Museum
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Carlton Gardens
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Another famous Melbourne Park right on the border of the CBD. Hosts the heritage listed Melbourne Exhibition Building and Melbourne Museum
Very popular, especially on weekends. Lots happens in the Botanical Gardens during the summer months- open air cinemas, plays and musicals, festivals, various performances in the Sydney Myer Music Bowl. Also has a famous 4.2km running track around it called "The Tan".
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Mga Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
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Very popular, especially on weekends. Lots happens in the Botanical Gardens during the summer months- open air cinemas, plays and musicals, festivals, various performances in the Sydney Myer Music Bowl. Also has a famous 4.2km running track around it called "The Tan".
Only 100m from our apartment and bordering the CBD this park is a little oasis. Great for a romantic evening picnic! Also the site of the famous Cook's Cottage.
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Fitzroy Gardens Playground
Wellington Parade
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Only 100m from our apartment and bordering the CBD this park is a little oasis. Great for a romantic evening picnic! Also the site of the famous Cook's Cottage.

Arts & Culture

Public library walking distance to the apartment
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East Melbourne Library
122 George St
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Public library walking distance to the apartment
A natural and cultural history museum located in the Carlton Gardens and adjacent to the Royal Exhibition Building. Well worth a visit.
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Museo ng Melbourne
11 Nicholson St
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A natural and cultural history museum located in the Carlton Gardens and adjacent to the Royal Exhibition Building. Well worth a visit.

Shopping

a mecca for locals and tourists alike. Great fresh fruit and vegetables, as well as meat and seafood. Closed on Monday and Wednesday. Fantastic night market during summer on Wednesday nights from 5pm onward; great food, drink and entertainment. Check the website for details.
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Queen Victoria Market station
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a mecca for locals and tourists alike. Great fresh fruit and vegetables, as well as meat and seafood. Closed on Monday and Wednesday. Fantastic night market during summer on Wednesday nights from 5pm onward; great food, drink and entertainment. Check the website for details.

Essentials

Close dry cleaners. Slightly over-priced.
Bayside Dry Cleaners
140 Wellington Parade
Close dry cleaners. Slightly over-priced.
A must visit for all first time visitors to Melbourne. This place is underneath Fed Square and provides information about Melbourne and Victorian sights, tours, activities etc.
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Melbourne Visitor Centre
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A must visit for all first time visitors to Melbourne. This place is underneath Fed Square and provides information about Melbourne and Victorian sights, tours, activities etc.
Literally downstairs from the apartment, this supermarket has everything you'll need during your stay. Just note, it's a bit expensive compared to the bigger supermarket chains. Open 7am - 11pm daily and has a bottleshop :)
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IGA East Melbourne
446 Victoria Parade
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Literally downstairs from the apartment, this supermarket has everything you'll need during your stay. Just note, it's a bit expensive compared to the bigger supermarket chains. Open 7am - 11pm daily and has a bottleshop :)