The best restaurants Melbourne

A Japanese restaurant with a worldwide reputation and established around the world, the chefs cook in front of you in a refined setting. Located in the Crown Entertainment Complex. Other restaurants of the brand also in Sydney and Perth. On the menu, all the classics - or almost - of Japanese gastronomy with, among others, excellent gyozas or shrimps as a starter served with their spicy garlic sauce. Bentos to go are also available every day until 3pm. Perfect for a picnic afterwards!

Modern bar and restaurant with a wide range of Australian food, all with a superb view of the docks and the waterfront. Harbour Kitchen welcomes you for all types of events: a wedding, a birthday, a corporate party, or simply for the pleasure of getting together with friends or family. Catering options and menus are easily constructed to suit any occasion or budget, and each function room is adaptable to any occasion. All in a beautiful setting.

Devastated by a fire in 2014, the brand-new building reopened in 2016. It's one of the few bar-restaurants overlooking the beach. On the menu, starters include oysters, vol-au-vent with crab, caviar and beef carpaccio, or for vegetarians, pumpkin pie. Meat is the mainstay of the menu, with a fine piece of Black Angus. Some fish and vegetarian dishes are also available. All excellent! Excellent wine list.

Flower Drum is a delicious Cantonese restaurant, offering a multitude of choices to satisfy your hunger. It is certainly one of the best Asian restaurants in town! On the menu are seafood spring rolls, some served on mushrooms, quail mixed with shiitake, bamboo shoots... The traditional Peking duck, or duck with prunes, a wok-fried fish fillet, chicken, or a Black Angus fillet. For dessert, let yourself be seduced by banana fritters with tea for example.

Since 1988, Caffe e Cucina has been offering excellent Italian cuisine in a warm setting. The best table is definitely the one on the balcony. Try the antipasti misti! That day, as a starter, we could let ourselves be tempted by the calamari and its homemade mayonnaise with balsamic vinegar, then gnocchi with pork, mushrooms and parmesan and for dessert, we can try the traditional tiramisu. And to accompany all this, we take advantage of the beautiful wine list. Very beautiful place and excellent refined kitchen. We recommend it!

A large room with an open kitchen on the first floor and a second, more intimate room upstairs, in a modern setting. The ambience is a little like that of a company restaurant (a large bistro for some), but you soon get used to the convivial atmosphere. The menu features charcuterie (black pudding, chorizo, foie gras...) and oysters as specialties, but also salads, meat and fish to suit all tastes. The chef's selection menu costs AU$ 88. Excellent wine list.

This original restaurant-cafe is installed under the vaults of Paul's Cathedral. The place knows a certain success and one comes there to taste simple dishes (panini, burgers, rolls, salads of raw vegetables and halloumis, vegetarian dishes or not...). Open early in the morning, Chapter House Coffee also offers good breakfasts (pancakes, waffles...) or snacks with excellent pastries. You can accompany or not by a hot drink such as filter coffees, goldens lattes, cappuccinos, hot chocolates and teas.

In Australia, as elsewhere, the burger has taken on a life of its own in recent years. So the chefs at Simpsons Burgers have decided to put this essential dish in the spotlight! Here's one of the best places to try simple, varied and generous burgers. What's on the menu? A burger with a spicy sauce, beef, cheddar, jalapeños and aioli. Or, for the same price, try one of the house veggie burgers. Veggie patty, avocado, beets, cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion... there's something for everyone!

Great concept of wine bar where wine is associated with cheese. Choose several cheeses among the 180 offered! Come and discover the local cheeses, classic cheeses and others, much more original. It is very good, and the place and the atmosphere make us want to stay. With the cheese, we take the opportunity to taste a good glass of wine, cider, beer... The staff, attentive and knowledgeable, is of very good advice. The plus: the cheeses and trays with accessories to buy, ideal as a souvenir gift! Online store.

Enjoy fine Australian cuisine in a casual setting with impeccable service. For a complete culinary experience, come in the evening and opt for the Chef's selection menu, which changes seasonally. Start with a starter of raw tuna with ginger vinegar, then try the Murray cod with fennel confit and turnips. Or why not the lamb loin or the vegetarian dish with shiitake mushrooms and celeriac. Cheese and dessert round off the meal. In addition, the sommelier's selection for each dish.

This former hangar has been transformed into the trendy Seven Seeds Coffee Roaster. People come here to enjoy a house coffee with a pastry, or for a quick lunch. Some even say it's the best coffee in Melbourne, and you know how passionate Australians are about this beverage! On the menu are healthy, gourmet dishes such as waffles, French toast, Caesar salad and avocado toast...

The essence of Spanish cuisine in the center of Melbourne. Tapas to be enjoyed without moderation, all enhanced by a fabulous wine list. The menu includes cheese boards, Iberian ham platters, vegetable croquetas, marinated sardines, beef tartar, anchovies with bread croutons and tomato ice cream? Accompanied by a fine wine, cocktails and, why not, a glass of sangria. Ideally located, it's the perfect starting point for discovering the city's urban art.

Discover a totally atypical atmosphere and decoration! This wine bar offers a selection of sparkling wines such as Prosecco and Champagne. Then there's rosé from France and Australia. White and red wines highlight the diversity of Australian wines. A few Loire wines are also on the menu. You can accompany your glass with a few tapas to nibble on - of various culinary inspirations. Delicious! The staff are friendly and professional. Good value for money.

The name of this restaurant with Malaysian specialties comes from the name given to the stalls found on the side of the roads near Kuala Lumpur. The meals are copious, the prices more than affordable and the dishes served quickly. Very good value for money. Other Mamak restaurants are also located in Sydney and Brisbane. You can find very good curries, noodles, rice... And specialties such as Nasi Lemak, a rice-based dish cooked in coconut milk and served with cucumber, peanuts and pickled vegetables.

If you miss French cuisine, head for Chez Olivier, which captures the charm of the French bistro with its subtle dishes. A very warm atmosphere in a Franco-Australian setting. The menu includes foie gras for starters, onion soup and roast Camembert, followed by vegetable risotto, coq au vin, duck confit and beef bourguignon. We continue with a selection of cheeses, before indulging in chocolate mousse, tarte Tatin, vanilla crème brûlée or crêpes Suzette. A fine wine list.

Its name lets you guess quickly, it is an excellent Italian restaurant. On the menu, we start with some olives or anchovies to share, as a starter it is artichoke, octopus, bresaola for example which are on the menu. It evolves of course, according to the seasons. For the main course, a few choices of pasta and risottos, or an excellent duck accompanied by potatoes or vegetables... A nice plate of cheeses slips in before the dessert where the taste buds will be delighted by a tiramisu, a passion fruit and mango ice cream... Nice wine list.

An unpretentious address with an original concept in the heart of Melbourne: the toasted sandwiches on offer are all vegan, but they imitate products such as cheese, ham, etc. to perfection. The restaurant's room is tiny but friendly, and there are a few tables on the terrace in a pedestrian alleyway. The drinks menu features the Australian classics: coffees of all kinds, with vegetable milks of course, matcha and fruit juices. For those with a sweet tooth, desserts, always vegan, are on the menu.

This restaurant, tucked away at the end of an alleyway, is the perfect place for breakfast or brunch. The menu features hearty bagels , as well as healthy options such as salads and acai bowls. Gourmets will also find something to their liking with a revisited French toast. As for beverages, Australian coffee in all its variants takes pride of place, but lovers of fresh fruit and vegetable juices will also find something to their liking. In short, an address that should appeal to the widest possible range of tastes.