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Melbourne

The city's best tables, markets and bars, chosen by the writers who live there.

Coffee & sweetMelbourne's Coffee Obsession: Where the Flat White Was Born

Book a table · Melbourne

Japanese & sushi in Melbourne

283 Melbourne restaurants you can book on OpenTable. Pick a cuisine.

  1. Japanese · Sushi$$$$Kisumé 4.4 · 1,151 diner reviews175 Flinders Lane, 3000Book a table →
  2. Japanese · Contemporary Asian$$$Disuko 4.5 · 260 diner reviews3/59-63 Bourke street, 3000Book a table →
  3. French / Japanese · Japanese$$$$Akaiito Restaurant 4.4 · 227 diner reviews349-351 Flinders Lane, 3000Book a table →
  4. Japanese · Kaiseki$$$$Ishizuka 4.6 · 90 diner reviewsLevel b01, 3000Book a table →
  5. Japanese · Asian$$Izakaya Domo Eastend 4.4 · 101 diner reviews118 Little Collins St, 3000Book a table →
  6. Japanese Speciality · Creative Japanese$$$Ishiya Stone Grill 4.7 · 37 diner reviews152 Little Bourke St, 3000Book a table →
  7. Japanese · Izakaya$$Izakaya Domo - GPO ⁠Postal Lane 4.5 · 55 diner reviews350 Bourke St Shop 28, 3000Book a table →
  8. Japanese · Izakaya$$$Bincho Boss 4.2 · 333 diner reviews385 Little Bourke St, 3000Book a table →
  9. Japanese · Creative Japanese$$$TSURU JAPANESE RESTAURANT 4.5 · 41 diner reviews1/27 Little Collins Street, 3000Book a table →
  10. Japanese · Japanese Speciality$$$ODEN 4.5 · 28 diner reviews137 Bourke St, 3000Book a table →
  11. Japanese · Asian$$Musashi Ramen 4.2 · 75 diner reviews181 Russell St Level 1, 3000Book a table →
  12. Japanese · Asian$$Izakaya Hosaku 4.9 · 9 diner reviews9 Katherine Pl, 3000Book a table →

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Bars

  1. BarsThe Roof of the City: Melbourne's Rooftop Bars and the Culture That Learned to Look UpFocused guide to Melbourne rooftop bars and culture
  2. BarsThe City Written in Its Lanes: Inside Melbourne's Laneway CultureDetailed laneway guide including coffee and bars
  3. BarsThe Quiet Courtyards Behind Melbourne's Busiest LanewaysWalk through Melbourne courtyards with bar seating notes

Coffee & sweet

  1. Coffee & sweetMelbourne's Coffee Obsession: Where the Flat White Was BornIn-depth history and route through Melbourne's coffee scene
  2. Coffee & sweetPenguins and Palms in Melbourne's St Kilda This NovemberCake shops and penguin colony timing in St Kilda.

Where to sleep in Melbourne: the Melbourne hotel directory

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