FOOD & DRINKS
EXPERIENCE MELBOURNE'S MIX OF CULTURES IN ITS MYRIAD RESTAURANTS, CAFES AND BARS
Whether you're after modern, traditional, exotic or homespun flavours – Melbourne's eclectic dining scene offers a startling array of the world's great cuisines, from popular favourites to the truly groundbreaking. Go for Italian in Lygon Street, Carlton, Vietnamese in Victoria Street, Richmond, award-winning fine-dining restaurants in CBD and the best-dumplings in Chinatown. Melbourne's best restaurants and Melbourne's best bars. If you love coffee, there are plenty of excellent cafes around town too.
Please see below for a range of precincts that we recommend for dinner on your free night (Tuesday 29 October). Please contact the restaurants, hotel concierge or the 212F conference team onsite to have them arrange a booking for you.
Looking for more than just good food and wine? An entire promenade of exciting and stylish dining venues, cafes and bars - most of them located in the beautifully restored 19th century cargo sheds. South Wharf Restaurants offers a large selection of dining experiences with something to suit everyone’s tastebuds!
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Address: South Wharf - adjacent to Melbourne Convention Centre & conference hotels.
Price Range: $$ - $$$
Little Italy - Carlton
The world renowned Lygon Street in Carlton is the Little Italy of Melbourne. Stroll along leafy Lygon Street and discover Little Italy – the place where Melbourne's famous cafe culture was born.
Charming Italian waiters, family run Italian restaurants, authentic Italian food and wonderful alfresco dining.
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Address: Lygon Street, Carlton
Price Range: $ - $$
China Town
Centred at the eastern end of Little Bourke Street, it extends between the corners of Swanston and Spring Streets, and consists of numerous laneways, alleys and arcades.
Step through the grand red gates of Melbourne's Chinatown and enter a whole new world of Asian cuisine, karaoke, cocktail bars and fashion boutiques.
Address: LIttle Bourke Street, Melbourne CBD
Price Range: $$ - $$$
Vue de monde is testament to the belief that dining can be a wondrous, unforgettable experience, and pays homage to classical fine dining in a modern context.
As you ride the lift 55 floors up to Shannon Bennett’s famed fine diner, your ears will pop, later it’ll be your tastebuds, followed by your wallet.
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Address:Level 55, 525 Collins St
Phone: (03) 9691 3888
Price Range: $$$ - $$$$$
Expect the unexpected at Heston Blumenthal's first restaurant outside of the UK.
A visit to the uber chef's restaurant at Crown Towers is always a delight. Make your way down the darkened hallway, through an inconspicuous doorway, to enter a hive of unbridled creativity.
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Address: Crown Towers, Level 3, 8 Whiteman Street, Southbank
Phone: (03) 9292 5777
Price Range: $$$ - $$$$$
Ezard
EZARD is Chef Teage Ezard's eponymous fine diner, and one of the most respected dining institutions in Melbourne. A list of talented local artisan producers have all contributed in setting the scene and elevating your dining experience.
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Address: 187 Flinders Lane Melbourne CBD
Phone: (03) 9639 6811
Price Range: $$$ - $$$$
Boasting some of the best bars on the continent, the Melbourne drinking scene is packed full of vibrant and sociable places, where you can enjoy a quiet drink with your partner or a cheeky cocktail with friends. The Central Business District, the heart of Melbourne, has some of the coolest bars around, with secret entrances, themed-private rooms and specialty bars. Check out 10 of the best here.
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Melbourne's streets are crawling with the delicious flavours of Vietnam, the trick is knowing exactly where to lay your chopsticks. Head to Richmond for an array of spicy Vietnamese flavours.
Price Range: $ - $$
Music & Entertainment
Tune in to Melbourne's music scene from basement gigs in record stores to blockbuster musicals, and late-night cabaret shows.
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