Food Scene
Excellent coffee just footsteps from the building
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Mister Close Specialty Cafe
246 Bourke StExcellent coffee just footsteps from the building
ShanDong MaMa
200 Bourke StYum dumpliings
Melbourne Vietnam Noodle House
251 Swanston StreetPho
Great bagels and coffee. Very popular spot so there is usually a little wait on weekends
246 Einheimische empfehlen
Manchester Press
8 Rankins LnGreat bagels and coffee. Very popular spot so there is usually a little wait on weekends
Chin Chin
125 Flinders LnA Melbourne hotspot, great Thai. They don't take reservations
Home to many of Melbourne's trendiest restaurants. (Chin Chin, The Meatball and Wine Bar, Cumulus, Supernormal, Coda etc.)
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Flinders Ln
Home to many of Melbourne's trendiest restaurants. (Chin Chin, The Meatball and Wine Bar, Cumulus, Supernormal, Coda etc.)
Great coffee/food + 100% of their profits go to the developing world.
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Shebeen
36 Manchester LnGreat coffee/food + 100% of their profits go to the developing world.
MoVida
1 Hosier LnIconic Melbourne restaurant. Spanish Tapas.
Wonderbao
Yum! Hole in the wall type joint. try the pork belly Baos
Everything Else
Bahnhof Melbourne Flinders Street
Flinders StreetClosest train station
The lane is closed to traffic between 11am-late and at night live jazz entertains visitors to bars and cafés. Check out Golden Monkey while you're there.
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Hardware Lane
Hardware LaneThe lane is closed to traffic between 11am-late and at night live jazz entertains visitors to bars and cafés. Check out Golden Monkey while you're there.
Melbourne Central
Swanston StreetBiggest shopping mall in the CBD.
Drinks & Nightlife
Cabinet Bar & Balcony
11 Rainbow AlleyCosy bar across the street. Try the eggplant chips
Sister Bella
9 Sniders LaneHidden laneway bar..very hip
Rooftop Cinema
252 Swanston StVery popular rooftop bar. Great during summer.
Fairly new rooftop bar. A bit more intimate and sophisticated than Rooftop. Entrance is within a Vietnamese Noodle restaurant.
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Goldilocks
264 Swanston StFairly new rooftop bar. A bit more intimate and sophisticated than Rooftop. Entrance is within a Vietnamese Noodle restaurant.
My 'local'. Just footsteps from the building. A little oasis within the city.
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Chuckle Park Bar
322 Little Collins StMy 'local'. Just footsteps from the building. A little oasis within the city.
New Guernica
64 Smith StreetCheap drinks. Entrance within Chuckle Park.
Shopping
Emporium Melbourne
287 Lonsdale StMelbourne's newest Shopping Mall. Great food court.
Target
500 Chapel StGreat for basics
Bourke Street Mall
Bourke Street MallMyer, David Jones etc.
H&M
350 Bourke StAffordable fashion in the old GPO building
Essentials
Woolworths QV
Swanston StreetThe only full size supermarket in the CBD.
Melbourne Central Station
Small supermarket
Sightseeing
Great spot to people watch while sitting on the lawn in front of the library
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State Library of Victoria
328 Swanston StGreat spot to people watch while sitting on the lawn in front of the library