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Melbourne

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

Book a table · Melbourne

Book a table in Melbourne

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

  1. Modern Australian · Dining Bar$$The Oxford Scholar 4.7 · 8 diner reviews427 Swanston St, 3000Book a table →
  2. Chinese · Cantonese$$$Bamboo House - Melbourne 4.5 · 11 diner reviews47 Little Bourke St, 3000Book a table →
  3. Café · Breakfast$$Code Black Coffee - Flinders Lane 4.5 · 11 diner reviews189 Flinders Ln shop 1, 3000Book a table →
  4. Mexican$$Hecho en Mexico Fitzroy 4.4 · 14 diner reviews326 Brunswick St, 3065Book a table →
  5. Japanese · Izakaya$$$Izakaya Miyazaki 4.3 · 18 diner reviews114 Russell St, 3000Book a table →
  6. Belgian · European$$$Belgian Beer Cafe 4.7 · 6 diner reviews5 Riverside Quay, 3006Book a table →
  7. Filipino$$Inuman 4.7 · 6 diner reviews167 Exhibition St, 3000Book a table →
  8. Gastro Pub · Irish$$$Harp & Hound 4.6 · 7 diner reviews131 Queen St, 3000Book a table →
  9. Pub · American$$Hop Garden 4.2 · 22 diner reviews562 St Kilda Rd, 3004Book a table →
  10. Indian · Asian$$Tandoori Den 4.6 · 6 diner reviews261 Camberwell Road, 3124Book a table →
  11. Modern Australian · Seafood$$$$Society 4.1 · 64 diner reviews80 Collins St, 3000Book a table →
  12. Bar / Lounge / Bottle Service$$Miss Gunn's Basement Bar 4.2 · 21 diner reviewsFlinders St, 3000Book a table →

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Bars

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

Coffee & sweet

  1. Melbourne's Coffee Obsession: Where the Flat White Was BornIn-depth history and route through Melbourne's coffee scene
  2. Penguins 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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