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Melbourne Dining Guide

From laneway cafés and rooftop bars to award-winning restaurants, Melbourne’s dining scene is a celebration of bold flavours and cultural diversity. Below are some of the staff and guests favourites.

The Brass Monkey

Basement, 388 Lonsdale Street

The Brass Monkey is a love letter to Victoria with its menu dedicated to showcasing Victoria’s finest produce and ingredients. This exciting new venue offers an underground haven for wine and cocktail lovers.

Serai

7 Racing Club Lane, Melbourne

​At Serai, right in the heart of Melbourne, you can watch the chefs prepare and fresh food daily in our open kitchen at the chef’s omakase table or relax in the restaurant and bar with a glass of our hand-picked, vin…

Ondo City

115 Little Lonsdale, Melbourne

Ondo is a new authentic Korean restaurant next door to Brady Hotel Jones Lane. Meals & drinks. Simplicity, discipline & dedication.

Askal

167 Exhibition Street Melbourne

Askal is about bringing unadultered Filipino food to Melbourne. The offering is approachable and refined but doesn’t stray too far from the flavours you’d find in the Philippines.

State of Grace

27 King St, Melbourne VIC 3000

State of Grace restaurant and cellar bar with kitsch decor including a mounted giraffe, for Modern European food.

iBean Coffee

Level 1/517 Flinders Ln, Melbourne VIC 3000

Pouring our Elevate blend and microlots.Check out our range of blends or if you love a filter coffee why not check out our seasonal microlots.

Mr. Huang Jin

24 Katherine Pl, Melbourne VIC 3000

Mr. Huang Jin’s dumplings are the specialty at this airy, modern Taiwanese restaurant with floor-to-ceiling windows.

Delhi Streets

22 Katherine Pl, Melbourne VIC 3000

Delhi Streets is Indian street food & their classic dishes are presented in a bright venue decorated with film posters.

Schmuck Bagels

Guests Ln, Melbourne VIC 3000

Laid-back cafe offering an extensive selection of filled bagels, plus coffees & cold-pressed juices.

Rare Steakhouse

42-44 King St, Melbourne VIC

Rare Steakhouse is a fashionable restaurant serving chargrilled steaks and matched local wine.

Pho Thin

3/399 Lonsdale St, Melbourne

Pho Thin quietly opens an outlet in Melbourne, serving its signature pho with stir-fried beef.

Claypots Barbarossa

79 Hardware Ln, Melbourne

Claypots Barbaroosa offers a variety of seafood choices that will satisfy your appetite. Our food menu changes monthly because of our chefs’ extensive cooking skills.

Triim

33-35 Hardware Ln, Melbourne

Triim is the perfect destination for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Nestled in Hardware Lane, Triim provides a specialised mix of contemporary Mediterranean-style cuisine with hand made pasta, foccacia’s and salads, as well as impressive mains selection.

Yang’s Dumplings

235 Exhibition St, Melbourne

Yang’s Dumplings in Melbourne is a popular restaurant known for its delicious handmade dumplings and other Chinese dishes.

Thai Town

25 Artemis Ln QV Shopping Centre, Melbourne

Thai Town aims to replicate the street food cultures of Bangkok, Phuket and Chiang Mai all within one 200-seat space bursting with colour and nostalgic kitsch.

Operator Diner

2/130 Lonsdale St, Melbourne

Operator Diner serves all-day breakfast, coffees and sandwiches. Overlooking the park in Wesley Place, it is a comforting space with warm and cosy vibes.

Kisume

175 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

Kisume discover three levels of dining excellence, including the Restaurant, Chablis Bar, Private Dining Rooms and their Chef’s Table

Vegie Tribe

34-36 Little La Trobe Street, Melbourne

Vegie Tribe is a plant-based pay-by-weight eatery. Vegie Tribe provide the largest variety of fresh, affordable and delicious food.

Rosso Coffee

472 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

Rosso Coffee provide Melbourne with beautiful lattes and even better vibes. The family owned buisness is nestled in the heart of the CBD Flinder’s.

Higher Ground

650 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne

Higher Ground has a highly curated menu offering guests the very best that Melbourne has to offer.

Cherry and Twigs

555 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

Cherry and Twigs delicious breakfast and single-origin coffee in a hip, spacious cafe.

Grain Store

517 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

Grain Store with an amazing breakfast and lunch menu situated in a bright industrial space that provides homey vibe.

Spice Temple

8 Whiteman Street, Southbank

Spice Temple offers modern Chinese food, designed to be shared and enjoyed banquet style.

Axil Coffee Roasters

360 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne

Axil Coffee Roasters are Melbourne made specialising in hand made roasted coffee and cold brews. They offer a seasonal all day menu.

Ca de Vin Restaurant

350 Bourke Street, Melbourne

Ca de Vin is located in Melbourne’s GPO, this Italian restaurant is all about bringing family and friends together over great pizza and wine.

League of Honest Coffee

8 Exploration Lane, Melbourne

League of Honest Coffee not only makes a great coffee, but they are the closest cafe to the hotel, located directly across from us. They also make a mean toastie!

The Bagel Shop

339 Swanston Street, Melbourne

The Bagel Shop is the newest bagel joint to hit the CBD offering a wide range of delicious bagels including Crab and Caviar, Egg Salad and of course your classic Smashed Avocado or Whipped Cream Cheese.

Palermo

401 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne

Palermo Restaurant is a fine dining Argentinian steakhouse and brings the epic flavours from Buenos Aires to mid town Melbourne.

HER

270 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

HER is the newest multi-level bar and restaurant to hit the city with four different spaces including a rooftop to eat, drink and enjoy a premium list of DJ’s.

Hardware Societe

123 Hardware Street, Melbourne

Hardware Societe is so good they now have cafe’s in Paris and Barcelona! Only a one minute walk from the hotel, this is the cafe where it all began. The pork belly and fried eggs is our favourite.

Tipo 00

361 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne

Tipo 00 is another one of our favourite Italian places in the city with an open kitchen to showcase the Chef’s passion of Italian food, specifically pasta.

Little Lon Distilling Co

16 Casselden Place, Melbourne

Little Lon Distilling Co is a small gin distillery and cocktail bar offering their own handcrafted gins housed in the last remaining single story cottage in the CBD from the 1850’s.

Brick Lane Cafe

33 Guildford Lane, Melbourne

Brick Lane is ideally located in Guildford Lane offering creative hearty brunches and specialty coffee.

Caffe e Torta

314 Little Collins Street, Melbourne

Caffe e Torta is a cosy Italian cafe focusing on simple dishes that are sustainable with quality ingredients and big flavours.

Guhng The Palace

19 McKillop Street, Melbourne

Guhng The Palace is a hip Korean restaurant and bar spanning across 4 levels that specialises in authentic Korean BBQ.

Whitehart Bar

22 Whitehart Lane, Melbourne

Whitehart Bar is an open air two story shipping container bar serving up seasonal cocktails, funky music and projections.

Maker Coffee

387 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne

Makers Coffee specialise in seasonal, unique coffee that is roasted to the highest standards sourced from around the globe. They also make a mean toastie!

Panda Hot Pot

100 Victoria Street, Melbourne

Panda Hot Pot is not just a Chinese restaurant, it offers so much more with free nightly traditional Chinese performances. The menu is designed to share, simply choose your two soup bases and pick your favourite hot pot dishes with…

Short Stop

12 Sutherland Street, Melbourne

Short Stop serve the best donuts in Melbourne and are only a very short walk from Brady Apartment Hotel Hardware Lane. At the moment our current favourites are the Red Velvet and the Australian Honey & Sea Salt Cruller!

Hawker Boys

85 Hardware Lane, Melbourne

Hawker Boys on Hardware Lane is a Vietnamese eatery offering a variety of shared and street food including bao buns, rice paper rolls and noodle bowls. However, if you’re looking for an amazing banh mi then this is the place…

Max on Hardware

54-58 Hardware Lane, Melbourne

Max on Hardware Lane is open all day for breakfast, lunch and dinner. They offer amazing service and make a delicious mocktail!

The Mill & Charlie’s Bar

71 Hardware Lane, Melbourne

The Mill Restaurant and Charlie’s Bar on Hardware Lane spans over two levels offering the best of drinking and dining. Enjoy the beautiful food menu upstairs in The Mill before heading downstairs to the basement for a drink at Charlie’s.

Rice Paper Scissors

15 Hardware Lane, Melbourne

Rice Paper Scissors on Hardware Lane embraces their love of asian street food with Brady Apartment Hotel Hardware Lane a delicious menu designed to share.  

Ten Square Café

120 Hardware Street, Melbourne

Ten Square Cafe on Hardware Street has delicious coffee! Also lovely food and good service. Highly recommend.

Little Charley Café

Located in the lobby at Brady Hotel Central Melbourne

Let the menu speak for itself. Open 5 days a week. Tuesday to Saturday Click read more to view the menu.

Straight Outta Saigon

138 Russell Street, Melbourne

Straight Outta Saigon offers modern Vietnamese street food in a trendy setting.

Hochi Mama

35 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne

Hochi Mama is a vietnamese fusion restaurant. The service, food and cocktail list were fantastic.

Bornga Korean BBQ

178 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne

Bornga Korean BBQ, Little Bourke Street is cheap and the meat is really good quality. Comes with lots of side dishes, definitely worth a try!

Krimper

20 Guildford Lane, Melbourne

Krimper is hidden in Guilford Lane not too far from Brady Hotel Central Melbourne, a must try if you’re wanting an amazing breaky. Many great options but my favourite is the Smoked Salmon Benedict.

Bomba

103 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

Bomba has such a great vibe, amazing cocktails and delicious Spanish tapas! We love a great Spritz and the Bomba Bellini is delicious.

Pepe’s Italian & Liquor

285 Exhibition Street, Melbourne

Pepe’s is just behind us at Brady Hotel Jones Lane 1920s-style American-Italian eatery and is such a great place to go for a cheeky drink or a pre-theatre meal.

Cookie

252 Swanston Street, Melbourne

Cookie is a beer hall, eating house and disco. Eclectic cocktails, beers and Thai dishes served in a cool, bustling bar with murals on the walls located in the heart of Melbourne CBD.

Lucy Liu Kitchen and Bar

23 Oliver Lane, Melbourne

Lucy Liu offers Asian share plates and cocktails in a trendy hangout with an open kitchen and striking decor.

Miznon

59 Hardware Lane, Melbourne

Miznon is one of my favourite restaurants in Melbourne, Israeli food, located on Hardware Lane. Highly recommend trying the Baked Cauliflower!

B’Churrasco Brazilian BBQ

61 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne

B’Churrasco is an industrial-chic Brazilian eatery with an open kitchen.

LuWow Tiki Bar

212 Little Collins Street, Melbourne

LuWow Tiki themed bar will transport you to a resort feel getaway. Relax in a cosy booth and have some of the most sensational tropical cocktails.

Asian Beer Café

211 La Trobe Street, Melbourne

Asian Beer Cafe offers beer, cocktails and classic pub favourites in a vibrant Asian space in Melbourne CBD.

Fathers Office

249 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

Fathers Office is set in an eclectic 1920’s setting and serves classic American mains and cocktails.

ChangGo Korean BBQ

70 Little La Trobe Street, Melbourne

ChangGo Korean BBQ, you may need to line up but it is worth the wait.

Mjolner Melbourne

106 Hardware Street, Melbourne

Mjølner is a luxe Viking and Norse inspired restaurant in Hardware Street. It so cool you can even order a beer served in a horn to go with all the meat!

Brother Baba Budan

359 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne

Brother Baba Budan has excellent coffee, cool little cafe with chairs hanging from the ceiling.

Romo Pizza Bar

21 Katherine Place, Melbourne

Romo is an Italian eatery specialising in Neapolitan pizza, trattoria fare, desserts and wine.

The Hardware Société

10 Katherine Place, Melbourne

The Hardware Société has a diverse range of delicious breakfast options, in a compact, rustic-chic breakfast cafe.

Chin Chin

125 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

Chin Chin a quintessentially Australian restaurant that focuses on South East Asian food.

Embla Wine Bar

122 Russell Street, Melbourne

Embla provides gourmet small plates & an extensive wine menu offered in an industrial-chic wine bar.

San Churro

Shop LTL255, Swanston St, Melbourne

San Churro is the perfect location for sweet tooths. Grab dessert or a late-night snack and you won’t be disappointed. With an extensive Churro & Waffle menu as well as hot and cold drinks to accompany these delicious options.

Old Beijing

31-37 Artemis Lane, Melbourne

Old Beijing offers diners a new contemporary experience with traditional interiors and a menu showcasing traditional recipes and craftsmanship combined with new cooking techniques and presentation.

Seamstress Restaurant and Bar

113 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

Seamstress is a contemporary restaurant located in Melbourne’s CBD, offering a bold, inventive and modern take on Asian Fusion cuisine, with a cocktail list of reinterpretations of modern classics.

La La Land

level 1/125 Hardware Street, Melbourne

La La Land is a hidden gem within the heart of Melbourne’s CBD, La La Land is the perfect place to catch up with friends or date night. set in a relaxed atmosphere which allows you to fully focus on…
Plate of grilled meat skewers, dipping sauce, and flatbread served on a wooden restaurant table.

Mamak Restaurant

366 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

Mamak Restaurant is renowned for authentic, bold and traditional flavours, with smart and friendly service.
Colorful bowls of spicy hot pot with noodles, seafood, and vegetables at Dragon Hot Pot in Melbourne.

Dragon Hot Pot

251 Swanston Street, Melbourne

Dragon Hot Pot is a made to cook-to-order with over 100 ingredients to choose from spiciness your way, allowing the customer to create endless combinations of hot pot that is guaranteed to be delicious.
Restaurant window with "GRETA" signage and a view of the modern interior and street reflection.

Greta

450 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

Greta is a schmick European-inspired sandwich and wine bar on the western end of Flinders Lane. Perfect spot for a lunch catch up.

Little Rogue

12 Drewery Lane, Melbourne

Little Rogue is situated in a cozy hideaway with illustrations on the walls & a vintage vibe serving coffee and delicious cakes.

Sakura Kaiten Sushi

117 Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

Sakura Kaiten Sushi is an amazing addition to Little Lonsdale Street. Authentic Japanese food delivered on a conveyor belt at this cool new sushi train.

Jang Go Mama

147 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

Jang Go Mama is a family-run joint offering hearty, traditional Korean fare in compact, unfussy surrounds.

Osteria Ilaria

367 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne

Osteria Ilaria has been designed to have a relaxing atmosphere where you can come and enjoy some amazing modern Italian dishes.

Farmer’s Daughters

95 Exhibition Street, Melbourne

Farmer’s Daughters has an amazing open campfire kitchen fuelled by charcoal and wood which brings a rustic yet elegant style of cooking to Melbourne CBD.

Gimlet at Cavendish House

33 Russell Street, Melbourne

Gimlet is one of Melbourne’s premium restaurant and bar featuring oysters and caviar. The menu refelects the love for European flavours and traditions.

Il Solito Posto

Basement/113 Collins Street, Melbourne

Il Solito Posto is the perfect destination for lunch or dinner, with an amazing Italian menu prepared with the freshest seasonal produce.

Pellegrini’s Expresso Bar

66 Bourke Street, Melbourne

Pellegrini’s Expresso Bar is a family-run Italian coffeehouse with a menu that changes daily.

Superhiro Japanese Food and Bar

211-213 Swanston Street, Melbourne

Superhiro Japanese Food & Bar is a compact restaurant/bar providing traditional japanese snacks and meals.

Tim Ho Wan

206 Bourke Street, Melbourne

Tim Ho Wan is known for their amazing dumplings and BBQ pork buns. With their main philosophy to combine dim sum with the freshes ingredients to provide their customers with mouth-watering dishes.

Bowltiful Lanzhou Beef Noodle

382 - 384 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne

Bowltful Lanzhou Beef Noodle is the best place to go if you are wanting to chow down some Halal delights, everything served at Bowltiful is made from scratch so you know its going to taste fresh.

Sezar

6 Melbourne Place, Melbourne

Sezar is an upscale dining experience. With a menu full of Modern Armenian dishes, Sezar is popular for their spiced lamb kebabs, glazed pork, and tabouleh.

Florentino

80 Bourke Street, Melbourne

Florentino is an Italian fine dining restaurant in Melbourne CBD. With a menu highlighting raw produce and Italian elements that combined to provide an exceptional experience.

Stalactites

177/183 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

Stalactites  owned by the same Greek family since 1978. It is one of Melbourne’s most loved Greek restaurants, serving all the classic Greek dishes such as: souvlakis, traditional Greek soups, giros and much more.

Tonka

20 Duckboard Place, Melbourne

Tonka is a modern Indian restaurant and a sister to coda restaurant. The menu highlights the vibrancy of Indian flavours delivered by their experience and enthusiastic team.