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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

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

  1. Thai · Asian$$$Bali Hai CBD (Thai fusion) 4.7 · 151 diner reviews32 Bourke St, 3000Book a table →
  2. Modern Australian$$Coopers Inn 4.7 · 142 diner reviews282 Exhibition St, 3000Book a table →
  3. Asian · Southeast Asian$$$Salted Egg Melbourne 4.4 · 634 diner reviews509 Flinders Ln, 3000Book a table →
  4. Spanish · Dining Bar$$$Crossley St Cantina 4.4 · 571 diner reviews30-32 Crossley St, 3000Book a table →
  5. Café · Breakfast$$Time Out Fed Square 4.4 · 537 diner reviewsFederation Square2 Swanston St, 3000Book a table →
  6. Japanese · Contemporary Asian$$$Disuko 4.5 · 262 diner reviews3/59-63 Bourke street, 3000Book a table →
  7. Lebanese · Middle Eastern$$$No.100 Flinders Lane 4.6 · 166 diner reviews100 Flinders Ln, 3000Book a table →
  8. Italian · Home cooking$$$Quando Quando Cucina and Bar 4.5 · 239 diner reviews377 Little Collins St shop 2, 3000Book a table →
  9. Pan-Asian · Thai$$$Lexy 4.6 · 157 diner reviews377 Flinders Ln, 3000Book a table →
  10. French / Japanese · Japanese$$$$Akaiito Restaurant 4.5 · 228 diner reviews349-351 Flinders Lane, 3000Book a table →
  11. Australian · Scandinavian$$$$Circl 4.7 · 114 diner reviews22 Punch Ln, 3000Book a table →
  12. Singaporean · Chinese$$$Tian38 4.8 · 89 diner reviews350 Flinders Lane, 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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