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Melbourne Restaurants and Melbourne Dining
(Melbourne, Victoria - VIC, Australia AU)



Melbourne has an enormous and diverse selection of restaurants and eateries located throughout Melbourne. Known as Australia's cuisine capital, Melbourne serves superb cuisine from all around the world, although Europe continues to provide a particularly strong influence. Melbourne's restaurants are generally very reasonably priced, with excellent facilities and many restaurants in the Melbourne and Victoria area also have outside seating areas, with scenic views of Melbourne city.

The majority of Melbourne's restaurants are located in and around central Melbourne. Popular areas for dining in Melbourne include the Bourke Street Area - featuring modern, imaginative Australian cuisine, Little Collins Street - full of friendly cafés, wine bars and bistros, Collins Street - home to the best Japanese restaurant in Melbourne, food courts and award-winning restaurants, and Melbourne's Flinders Lane - rather like a smaller version of New York's So Ho district. There are also many other excellent restaurants, cafés and eateries tucked away in Melbourne's backstreets of throughout the suburbs of the Melbourne are Victoria area.




For some of the most traditional and tasty Chinese and Cantonese food in Melbourne, look no further than Melbourne's impressive Chinatown district, situated in central Melbourne,. Here you will find a large number of Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese and Korean restaurants. Melbourne's coastal resorts of St. Kilda, Port Melbourne and Williamstown offer some of the most relaxing and lively restaurants, many of which are located next to the beach, with superb views of Melbourne's Port Phillip Bay. Most restaurants in Melbourne take reservations for both lunch and dinner, so it is often worth calling in advance to ensure a seat.

Melbourne Restaurants and Dining: Opening Hours - Melbourne, Victoria (VIC), Australia AU
Melbourne's restaurants and cafés usually open throughout the week and many of these serve food between 07:00 to 22:00 or later. Sunday and Monday nights are the most common closing days for those restaurants in the Melbourne and Victoria area that are not open seven days a week. Most of the restaurants in Melbourne open for lunch and dinner, while Melbourne's numerous cafés and patisseries are a popular alternative for breakfast in Melbourne.

Melbourne Restaurants and Dining: B.Y.O. (Bring Your Own) - Melbourne, Victoria (VIC), Australia AU
Outside many of Melbourne's restaurants you will find the letters 'B.Y.O.' or 'B.Y.O. Only', indicating that the restaurant is happy for you to bring your own beverage. It is necessary for restaurants in the Melbourne and Victoria area to obtain a licence to sell alcohol, but they are able to serve it if you bring it with you when you dine. Even most of the licensed restaurants in Melbourne allow you to bring your own beverages, although there is often a corkage charge.

Melbourne Restaurants and Dining: Wine and Beer in Melbourne - Melbourne, Victoria (VIC), Australia AU
The wine lists found in the majority of restaurants in Melbourne and Victoria are almost completely comprised of Australian wines only. Throughout the world, Australian wines are renowned as being some of the best, high-quality wines. Some of Melbourne's largest restaurants may also serve wine from other countries around the world, as will a number of Melbourne's restaurants specialising in regional food.

Melbourne Restaurants and Dining: Breakfast in Melbourne - Melbourne, Victoria (VIC), Australia AU
Breakfast in Melbourne is widely considered to be one of the most important meals of the day. This has become an increasingly important social event, particularly at restaurants and cafés in the central areas of inner Melbourne. Starting around 06:00, breakfast is usually served until around 11:00, although many of Melbourne's restaurants, cafés and eateries often serve all-day-breakfasts, especially during the weekends. Many of the hotels in Melbourne city centre are also happy to serve breakfast to non-guests and often provide a buffet, with a large choice of breakfast options.

Melbourne Restaurants and Dining: Lunch in Melbourne - Melbourne, Victoria (VIC), Australia AU
Lunch in Melbourne can vary greatly, from an extravagant business lunch in a trendy restaurant in Melbourne's Central Business District, to a quick sandwich, or 'sanger', purchased at one of Melbourne's numerous sandwich bars. Generally taken between 12:00 to 14:00, Melbourne is also home to countless fast-food restaurants and outlets, including burger bars, Aussie fish and chips, pizza takeaways and barbecued food.

Melbourne Restaurants and Dining: Alfresco Dining in Melbourne - Melbourne, Victoria (VIC), Australia AU
The extremely mild climate in Melbourne makes this city perfect for dining outside, during the day or at night. Many of the restaurants in and around Melbourne feature outside seating areas of some kind, whether it is just a balcony or a group of tables overlooking Melbourne city or the port. Other restaurants in the Melbourne and Victoria area are so open in design, with vast floor-to-ceiling windows, that it almost feels like you are sitting outside. When making a reservation at restaurants in Melbourne, you will often be asked whether you would like to dine inside or out of the restaurant.

Melbourne Restaurants and Dining: Dinner in Melbourne - Melbourne, Victoria (VIC), Australia AU
Dinner is an important and particularly social event in Melbourne. Many locals in the Melbourne and Victoria area regularly dine out for dinner, anytime between 18:00 to 22:00. There are such an enormous number of Melbourne restaurants, brasseries and bistros to choose from that you are almost spoilt for choice. Dinner in Melbourne restaurants range from cheap bar food snacks to the most luxurious meals, in gourmet restaurants with luxurious surroundings.

The city of Melbourne is too diverse to be known for one type of cuisine and there are many excellent restaurants situated throughout Melbourne, including:

• Melbourne American-style restaurants, delis and diners - serving barbecue to all-American diner food, including burgers, grilled food and salads
• Melbourne Australian restaurants - serving fresh seafood, steaks, barbecued food, large sandwiches and salads
• Melbourne English, Irish and European restaurants - traditional, tasty British and European food is widely available in an increasing number of Melbourne restaurants
• Melbourne Chinese restaurants - Melbourne has some truly world-class Chinese restaurants, particularly concentrated in Melbourne's Chinatown district
• Melbourne French restaurants - serving classic French haute cuisine, in bistros and brasseries, often featuring an exceptional choice of wines from France
• Melbourne Greek restaurants - including atmospheric Greek Tavernas, serving lamb dishes, moussaka, seafood, pork dishes and kebabs
• Melbourne Indian, Indonesian and Malaysian restaurants - there are numerous ethnic restaurants in Melbourne with excellent reputations
• Melbourne Italian and Melbourne Pizzeria restaurants - serving the most authentic Italian cuisine, including a variety of pasta dishes, breads, salads, vegetarian dishes and traditional pizzas
• Melbourne Japanese restaurants - offering superb Japanese menus, including freshly prepared stir-fries and outstanding sushi dishes
• Melbourne Mexican restaurants - serving tasty, spicy Mexican dishes, including chilli-based meals, tacos, tortillas, salsas and guacamole, usually with a particularly lively atmosphere
• Melbourne Seafood restaurants - Melbourne's seafood restaurants serve only the freshest caught local fish, which is often barbecued
• Melbourne Spanish and Mediterranean restaurants - including traditional tapas bars, with a huge choice of small, tasty, attractive meals
• Melbourne Thai and Asian restaurants - serving spicy Thai curries, rice dishes, vegetable soups and freshly prepared vegetable dishes, which are often large enough to share
• Melbourne Vegetarian restaurants - a number of vegetarian restaurants exist in the Melbourne and Victoria area, but vegetarians should also consider Chinese, Southeast Asian and Italian restaurants in Melbourne, which offer many exceptional vegetarian dishes

 
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