Best Restaurants in Melbourne, Australia
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Melbourne is a food lover’s paradise with an enormous range of cafés, bars, bistros and fine dining establishments that cover every type of cuisine. You could dine at a different place every day for a year, and still only scratch the surface of what is available. Below are some of the more well known and award winning restaurants.
The Age Good Food Guide Awards held in August 2008 voted Ripponlea restaurant Attica as Restaurant of the Year. Attica is a casual restaurant with a sophisticated look that serves modern Australian cuisine. The menu changes frequently,
The Colonial Tramcar restaurant provides a truly unique dining experience. Enjoy fine food and wine in a classic 1927 tram as it cruises the streets of Melbourne. There are three historic, renovated tramcars with 36 seats each that offer lunch and dinner tours, of up to five courses and up to three hours duration.
Jacques Reymond is set in an old Victorian mansion and is rated the best restaurant in Melbourne, and one of the best in Australia, by food critics. All dishes are entrée sizes to encourage patrons to sample a wide variety of tastes. It is expensive and great for a special occasion, featuring adventurous dishes and with the choice of a degustation menu with matched wines.
Vue De Monde is another highly regarded Melbourne restaurant located in the historic Normandy Chambers with a very grand hotel-like entrance. The menu here takes its inspiration from recipes dating back hundreds of years that have been given a modern interpretation. This is another “special occasion” restaurant.
Steakhouse has two waterfront locations with a huge range of quality steaks including certified Australian angus and wagyu steaks. Perfect if you love to sink your teeth into a juicy flame-grilled steak.
Australia's best Cantonese food can be found at Flower Drum which has served Melbourne for over 30 years. The quality of the food and the service are impeccable. Seafood is a speciality, but the eye-fillet and Peking duck are great favourites too.
Café Di Stasio is a modern Italian restaurant in St Kilda that has been going since 1988. It is well run and has an excellent menu with specials that change frequently.
There are also a number of excellent dining options available at the Crown Casino which has 26 restaurants offering an incredible variety of cuisines and atmospheres all under one roof.