The Best Restaurants in Melbourne
The places Melbourne locals love most — chosen by Morning Post readers, refreshed every month.
Top of the list
The three Melburnians named most
Supernormal
9 readers named itPicked by Jane, Jacqueline, Michael, Janet — and 5 more. “Supernormal is the best!” — Jane
France-Soir
7 readers named itPicked by Sonia, Paul, Rose, Litsa — and 3 more. “You know where we’re going to get every time.” — Paul
Chin Chin
6 readers named itPicked by Allyson, Michelle, Ami, Christine — and 2 more. “Chin chin hands down.” — Ami
Everyone else
The single-mention favourites
Readers also named these 175 Melbourne restaurants and cafes — one mention each so far.
- 226
- A Hereford Beefstouw Duckboard Place, CBD
- Albert Park Hotel
- Amatrice Cremorne
- Angie's Kitchen Moonee Ponds
- Arbory
- Bacash
- Ballard's
- Bar Carolina
- Basq
- Bekka Moonee Ponds
- Bellezza Malvern
- Bello Piatto Croydon
- Bellota South Melbourne
- Bellotta Wine Bar
- Berth Docklands
- Big Elma Coburg
- Birichino Balwyn
- Bistro Gitan
- Bistrot D'Orsay Collins St
- Bocca Pizzeria Warrandyte
- Bottega Bourke Street
- Bounty of the Sun Balaclava
- Braybrook Hotel
- Brick Lane Guildford Lane
- Brother Shota Albert Park
- Cafe La Wheels Seaford
- Cafe Southall Hampton
- Caffe e Torta
- Capitano Carlton
- Carluccis Templestowe
- Casalinga Croydon
- Cerberus Beach House Black Rock
- Cervo
- Charntra Thai
- Ciccolina
- Clocks Hotel Flinders St
- Club Kilsyth
- Coda Flinders Lane
- Conservatory Crown
- Cookatoo Kitchen Richmond
- Cookie
- Cookie 252 Swanston Street
- Deer Park Club Ballarat Rd
- Diner on Franklin
- Dolly
- Donovan's
- Donovans
- Errol's North Melbourne
- European Spring Street
- Evening Star South Melbourne Market
- Fancy Hank's
- Farm Vigano South Morang
- Farmer's Daughter
- Fiorelli Camberwell
- Flora Flinders St
- Flora's Flinders St
- Flower Drum Chinatown
- France-Soir South Yarra
- Fruttellies Frankston
- Gilbee's lower Johnston St, Abbotsford
- Grazia Glen Iris
- Greasy Zoe's Hurstbridge
- Greca Oakleigh
- Green Fields Vietnamese Restaurant Brunswick
- Ho Liao
- Hochi Mama
- Holy Basil Croydon
- Horn Please
- Hunky Dory Eaton Mall, Oakleigh
- Il Solito Posto
- Julie Restaurant Abbotsford Convent
- Juni the city
- Kilsyth Club Kilsyth
- Kisume Little Bourke Street
- Kisumé
- Küche Kew East
- La Pinta
- Lagotto North Fitzroy
- Le Bouchon Balnarring
- Little Mexico Beaconsfield
- Lobster Cave Beaumaris
- Lucy Liu
- Maharani Indian Restaurant Bentleigh
- Maison Batard CBD
- Mandarin Bistro Vermont
- Maria's Trattoria North Melbourne
- Mario's
- Max's
- Melba Buffet
- Melbourne Cellar Door
- Melbourne Winery Flinders Lane
- Middle Park Hotel
- Miss Matt Carlisle Street, Balaclava
- Miss Pearls
- Misuzu's Albert Park
- Mooks South Caulfield
- Moonee Ponds Pizza Holmes Rd, Moonee Ponds
- Mr Ramen San
- No. 1 The Strand Williamstown
- Nomad
- Old Palm Liquor Lygon Street
- Omnia South Yarra
- Pacific Barbecue & Grill South Yarra
- Passion Cafe Patterson Lakes
- Pastor's
- Pastuso
- Patris
- Peko Peko South Melbourne
- Pellegrini's
- Phihellene Moonee Ponds
- Philippe
- Quan 88 St Kilda
- Rabira's by the Bay
- Red Spice Road
- Remy Glenferrie Rd
- Republica Economica South Yarra
- Ricardo's Albert Park
- Rice Paddy Thai South Yarra
- Rice Paper Scissors Hardware Lane
- Riverland Bar
- Rococo
- Rosa Mao Little Bourke St
- Rosa's Canteen
- Roti Bar
- Sages Cottage Baxter
- Sake
- Sake Restaurant & Bar Hamer Hall
- Salsa's
- Sapa Hills
- Sapa Hills Footscray
- Scopri
- Second Home Eltham
- Shark Fin Inn
- Shop225
- Sip'N'Bite North Rd, near Ormond
- Sofia Camberwell
- Southbank Spices
- Sporting Club Hotel Brunswick
- Squire's Loft Williamstown
- Stalactites
- Sugo Armadale
- Sunni Dumplings Notting Hill
- Tartine Richmond
- Tavola Bentleigh
- Tavola Restaurant
- Taxi Kitchen
- The Cellar Bar Bourke St
- The Cray Essendon
- The Edinburgh Castle Brunswick
- The Garden Restaurant NGV
- The Green Man's Arms
- The Green Man's Arms Carlton
- The Langham
- The Last Jar
- The Main Cafe Berwick
- The Olive Tree South Melbourne
- The Spice Yard 75 Pier St, Altona
- The Waterside Hotel Port Melbourne
- Tipo 00
- Tocca Werribee
- Topolino's
- Trattoria Emilia
- Tzaki Yarraville
- Up Stairs
- Vinh Cuu North Melbourne
- Vivace Restaurant Brighton
- Vlado's
- Waterfront
- Westlake Chinese
- Yakimono
- Young and Jackson's
- Yu & J's
- Yugen
- Zareh
Why you can trust this list
Morning Post is a free daily newsletter read by Melburnians across Melbourne. This guide is built from the places our readers — locals who actually live and eat here — tell us are their favourites, counted by hand and refreshed every month.
No restaurant can pay to appear. No critics, no sponsors, no algorithms — just the spots Melbourne readers name most often.
Updated July 2026.
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