Guidebook for St Kilda
Food Scene
This is our local. It is a wonderful, Art Deco, non- pretentious, very local Cafe, serves delicious food, good value, large portions, very relaxed, always busy with a great atmosphere, very friendly staff and fantastic coffee.
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Galleon Cafe
9 Carlisle StThis is our local. It is a wonderful, Art Deco, non- pretentious, very local Cafe, serves delicious food, good value, large portions, very relaxed, always busy with a great atmosphere, very friendly staff and fantastic coffee.
Great food, our favourite Mexican in the area. Again very local,delicious food, very popular, great atmosphere. Get in early to put your name down, or you might be in for a wait. You'll love the margarita cocktails, prawn tacos, soft shell crab tostadas (my personal favourite), and the pork belly if you can get your order in before they run out!
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Radio Mexico
11-13 Carlisle StGreat food, our favourite Mexican in the area. Again very local,delicious food, very popular, great atmosphere. Get in early to put your name down, or you might be in for a wait. You'll love the margarita cocktails, prawn tacos, soft shell crab tostadas (my personal favourite), and the pork belly if you can get your order in before they run out!
This is a St Kilda institution. It's fine dining without the pretense. We love the cosy homely feel of this restaurant as it only seats about 40 people. The food and service is impeccable. It is a little pricey but its absolutely worth it. You can't book, so put your name down and head to the back bar, and relax with a cocktail or two in the art deco cosy booths. The chilli Martini's are a high light! This bar is one of St Kilda's hidden gems!
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Cicciolina
130 Acland StThis is a St Kilda institution. It's fine dining without the pretense. We love the cosy homely feel of this restaurant as it only seats about 40 people. The food and service is impeccable. It is a little pricey but its absolutely worth it. You can't book, so put your name down and head to the back bar, and relax with a cocktail or two in the art deco cosy booths. The chilli Martini's are a high light! This bar is one of St Kilda's hidden gems!
This is the place for your handmade artisan breads baked on site. Woodfrog sourdough is a must as are the croissants and treats! There are a few tables to dine in, but mostly buy to take home to make a beautiful breakfast
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Woodfrog Bakery
108 Barkly StThis is the place for your handmade artisan breads baked on site. Woodfrog sourdough is a must as are the croissants and treats! There are a few tables to dine in, but mostly buy to take home to make a beautiful breakfast
The best Japanese in the South Bay. The quality of the food is exceptional together with the presentation. We often go for the Omakase. Everything we've tried has always been consistently good. It's amazing this place isn't more well known and packed every single night. The food is truly delicious!
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Machi
14 Inkerman StThe best Japanese in the South Bay. The quality of the food is exceptional together with the presentation. We often go for the Omakase. Everything we've tried has always been consistently good. It's amazing this place isn't more well known and packed every single night. The food is truly delicious!
Delicious tapas, beautiful interior, great atmosphere, always busy. Need to book. Great place for drinks, dinner.
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Newmarket Hotel
34 Inkerman StDelicious tapas, beautiful interior, great atmosphere, always busy. Need to book. Great place for drinks, dinner.
Tasty Italian food at a reasonable price. Very authentic, mostly Italian staff, very friendly.
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i Carusi ii
231 Barkly StTasty Italian food at a reasonable price. Very authentic, mostly Italian staff, very friendly.
Another favourite! Very local relaxed cafe, good food. Great coffee, tasty pizza at a great price! $6 pizza all day Mon & Tues and 12pm-5.30 pm Wed-Fri.
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Cafe Banff
145 Fitzroy StAnother favourite! Very local relaxed cafe, good food. Great coffee, tasty pizza at a great price! $6 pizza all day Mon & Tues and 12pm-5.30 pm Wed-Fri.
Best Indian Restaurant in St Kilda. We just love the food here. We mostly order take away. Great for a quick well-priced meal. The butter chicken is delicious.
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Babu Ji
6 Grey StBest Indian Restaurant in St Kilda. We just love the food here. We mostly order take away. Great for a quick well-priced meal. The butter chicken is delicious.
IL Fornaio
2 Acland StDe Stasio is great for a special occasion. Contemporary Italian food in an elegant setting, walls are filled with exquisite artwork. Also, check out their lunch express menu which is more affordable.
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Cafe Di Stasio
31 Fitzroy StDe Stasio is great for a special occasion. Contemporary Italian food in an elegant setting, walls are filled with exquisite artwork. Also, check out their lunch express menu which is more affordable.
Dr Jekyll
mr. wolf St Kilda
15 Inkerman StRepublica St Kilda Beach
10-18 Jacka BlvdPrince Dining Room
2 Acland StStokehouse St Kilda
30 Jacka BlvdClaypots Seafood Bar
213 Barkly StMilk the Cow offers between 150–180 local and imported cheeses and advice from expert cheesemonger Laura Lown, who has worked at Paxton & Whitfield in London (which supplies cheese to the Queen). This is a great place to start the night. Try the wine or beer pairings with cheese seletion. Great way to start the night off!
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Milk the Cow Licensed Fromagerie
157 Fitzroy StMilk the Cow offers between 150–180 local and imported cheeses and advice from expert cheesemonger Laura Lown, who has worked at Paxton & Whitfield in London (which supplies cheese to the Queen). This is a great place to start the night. Try the wine or beer pairings with cheese seletion. Great way to start the night off!
Called Uncle, a term of endearment and respect in Vietnam, the restaurant aims to be genuinely Vietnamese, if not meticulously so. That means pate with crackers, steak with chilli and coconut butter - Vietnamese flavours mixed with Chinese and French influences too. Al fresco dining upstairs, but has a bar downstairs. Great venue and has some affordable meals such as pho etc
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Uncle St Kilda
188 Carlisle StCalled Uncle, a term of endearment and respect in Vietnam, the restaurant aims to be genuinely Vietnamese, if not meticulously so. That means pate with crackers, steak with chilli and coconut butter - Vietnamese flavours mixed with Chinese and French influences too. Al fresco dining upstairs, but has a bar downstairs. Great venue and has some affordable meals such as pho etc
Named after the Jardin du Luxembourg in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, Luxembourg is a European bar and bistro, combining classic fare with head chef Chris Watson’s contemporary experience.
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Luxembourg
157 Fitzroy StreetNamed after the Jardin du Luxembourg in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, Luxembourg is a European bar and bistro, combining classic fare with head chef Chris Watson’s contemporary experience.
Matcha Mylkbar is a vegan cafe selling bright-green burger buns, mushroom lattes and vegan eggs. It is very popular on weekends, so go early. Great for vegans.
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Matcha Mylkbar
72A Acland StMatcha Mylkbar is a vegan cafe selling bright-green burger buns, mushroom lattes and vegan eggs. It is very popular on weekends, so go early. Great for vegans.
Drinks & Nightlife
Captain Baxter
10-18 Jacka BlvdThe Prince of Wales is in an art-deco building on the corner of Acland and Fitzroy Streets in the heart of St Kilda. The public bar downstairs is well-served by a large bar for casual get-togethers and groups. Large open windows allow for perfect people-watching and there is an outside area looking onto the bustling street for sun-lovers.
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The Prince Hotel
2 Fitzroy StThe Prince of Wales is in an art-deco building on the corner of Acland and Fitzroy Streets in the heart of St Kilda. The public bar downstairs is well-served by a large bar for casual get-togethers and groups. Large open windows allow for perfect people-watching and there is an outside area looking onto the bustling street for sun-lovers.
Cantina is a multi-purpose place containing a bar room, salon, wine shop, canteen, cellar, diner or take away joint.
Food is Mexican so expect a focus on organic, healthy ingredients in familiar favourites such as tacos and quesadillas.
The bar stocks dozens of beers, tequilas and whiskies, and an extensive list of rum and wine. There's classic cocktails and a range of playful Margaritas, try the strawberry and basil
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Cantina St Kilda
2 Acland StreetCantina is a multi-purpose place containing a bar room, salon, wine shop, canteen, cellar, diner or take away joint.
Food is Mexican so expect a focus on organic, healthy ingredients in familiar favourites such as tacos and quesadillas.
The bar stocks dozens of beers, tequilas and whiskies, and an extensive list of rum and wine. There's classic cocktails and a range of playful Margaritas, try the strawberry and basil
The St. Hotel is contained in a heritage facade, but the inside was stripped to bare brick, glass and moulded concrete, with blond-wood fittings and the giant neon message “BITE ME” in cursive. The two-storey venue now offers four distinct spaces: a public bar, a dining room, a swanky lounge named The Supper Club and a 200-patron nightclub with a 3am licence.
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St. Hotel
54 Fitzroy StThe St. Hotel is contained in a heritage facade, but the inside was stripped to bare brick, glass and moulded concrete, with blond-wood fittings and the giant neon message “BITE ME” in cursive. The two-storey venue now offers four distinct spaces: a public bar, a dining room, a swanky lounge named The Supper Club and a 200-patron nightclub with a 3am licence.
The George Hotel is an iconic building in St Kilda. Freddie Wimpoles is a bar in the Georges Hotel and is a relatively new venture which has a hunter lodge–style bar, dark timbers, a feature wall of beer cans and antler chandeliers.
There are large communal tables if you’re with a big group, square four-seaters if you’re looking for something more intimate, and bar tables and stools if you’re only in for a drink. They stock a good selection of beers and wines.
Freddie Wimpoles pays homage to a Frederick Wimpole who purchased The George in 1873, became mayor of St Kilda in 1886 and director of the Melbourne Co-operative Brewing Company
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Freddie Wimpoles
125 Fitzroy StThe George Hotel is an iconic building in St Kilda. Freddie Wimpoles is a bar in the Georges Hotel and is a relatively new venture which has a hunter lodge–style bar, dark timbers, a feature wall of beer cans and antler chandeliers.
There are large communal tables if you’re with a big group, square four-seaters if you’re looking for something more intimate, and bar tables and stools if you’re only in for a drink. They stock a good selection of beers and wines.
Freddie Wimpoles pays homage to a Frederick Wimpole who purchased The George in 1873, became mayor of St Kilda in 1886 and director of the Melbourne Co-operative Brewing Company
Misery Guts a quirky bar on St Kilda’s Grey Street and is set in a bright, high-ceilinged corner site decorated with kitsch ornaments, mis-matched chairs, vintage and other souvenirs
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Misery Guts
19 Grey StMisery Guts a quirky bar on St Kilda’s Grey Street and is set in a bright, high-ceilinged corner site decorated with kitsch ornaments, mis-matched chairs, vintage and other souvenirs
If you want to try any beer you ever thought of...including any of Australia's many craft beers, this is the place as it has over 100 beers on tap! Serves great food, perfect for lunch or dinner!
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The Local Taphouse
184 Carlisle StIf you want to try any beer you ever thought of...including any of Australia's many craft beers, this is the place as it has over 100 beers on tap! Serves great food, perfect for lunch or dinner!
Not far from the St. Kilda beach is 29th Apartment, a quirky bar and art gallery that is inspired by the life and work of the Katishe, a struggling artist from St Kilda whose work was similar to that of Andy Warhol and influenced by the streets of New York City. Set up in the style of a New York City apartment, this bar serves a delicious array of cocktails inspired by New York City and its landmarks.
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29th Apartment
29 Fitzroy StNot far from the St. Kilda beach is 29th Apartment, a quirky bar and art gallery that is inspired by the life and work of the Katishe, a struggling artist from St Kilda whose work was similar to that of Andy Warhol and influenced by the streets of New York City. Set up in the style of a New York City apartment, this bar serves a delicious array of cocktails inspired by New York City and its landmarks.
Entertainment & Activities
Luna Park Melbourne is Melbourne's ultimate family destination for fun. Ideally located next to St Kilda beach, Melbourne's Luna Park is always a great day out for the young and the young at heart.
Melbourne's Luna Park is a galaxy of amusements and sensations. From the jaw dropping, eye ball popping super thrill rides like the Pharaoh's Curse and the Enterprise, to the exhilarating rides like the Scenic Railway Roller Coaster, Twin Dragon and the Coney Island Top Drop you're bound to have an awesome time.
Soak up the spectacular carnival atmosphere while having loads of fun and enjoy delicious food and drinks or test your skills and luck on the carnival games.
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Luna Park Melbourne
18 Lower EsplanadeLuna Park Melbourne is Melbourne's ultimate family destination for fun. Ideally located next to St Kilda beach, Melbourne's Luna Park is always a great day out for the young and the young at heart.
Melbourne's Luna Park is a galaxy of amusements and sensations. From the jaw dropping, eye ball popping super thrill rides like the Pharaoh's Curse and the Enterprise, to the exhilarating rides like the Scenic Railway Roller Coaster, Twin Dragon and the Coney Island Top Drop you're bound to have an awesome time.
Soak up the spectacular carnival atmosphere while having loads of fun and enjoy delicious food and drinks or test your skills and luck on the carnival games.
It is a salt-water swim and leisure centre right on St Kilda beach. Relax in the heated pool and gaze out onto the beach. Do some laps and exercise in the gym. Idylic location!
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St Kilda Sea Baths
18 Jacka BlvdIt is a salt-water swim and leisure centre right on St Kilda beach. Relax in the heated pool and gaze out onto the beach. Do some laps and exercise in the gym. Idylic location!
Place to go to see some of Melbourne's best touring artists, bands, comedies and shows. Set in a beautiful, old theatre next to Luna Park.
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Palais Theatre
Lower EsplanadePlace to go to see some of Melbourne's best touring artists, bands, comedies and shows. Set in a beautiful, old theatre next to Luna Park.
Parks & Nature
A great adventure park for kids, with flying fox, in-ground trampoline, fort to play hide and seek and run around. Its run by a co-operative and free. Check the website for opening hours.
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St Kilda Adventure Playground
Neptune StreetA great adventure park for kids, with flying fox, in-ground trampoline, fort to play hide and seek and run around. Its run by a co-operative and free. Check the website for opening hours.
Historical gardens featuring a rosary, flower beds & exotic trees, plus a pond & giant chess board.
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St Kilda Botanical Gardens
11 Herbert StHistorical gardens featuring a rosary, flower beds & exotic trees, plus a pond & giant chess board.
Very small playground in a very large park but great location next to the beach. Also a small BBQ area too. There are public toilets nearby
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Cleve Gardens
Acland StreetVery small playground in a very large park but great location next to the beach. Also a small BBQ area too. There are public toilets nearby
Great, large park with a vast amount of play equipment including a flying fox adn swings. Is really a massive park with play equipment for all different ages nd BBQ stations. One of our favourite parks for having a picnic/meet up with friends
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Alma Park Playground
100 Alma RdGreat, large park with a vast amount of play equipment including a flying fox adn swings. Is really a massive park with play equipment for all different ages nd BBQ stations. One of our favourite parks for having a picnic/meet up with friends
Sightseeing
Iconic pier with a new marina, pier for fishing and restaurant. Go here around sunset to watch the fairy penguins return to their nesting place
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St Kilda Pier Kiosk
Pier RoadIconic pier with a new marina, pier for fishing and restaurant. Go here around sunset to watch the fairy penguins return to their nesting place
Arts & Culture
Great gallery in beautiful old Victorian house, very friendly staff, local artists
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Linden New Art
26 Acland StGreat gallery in beautiful old Victorian house, very friendly staff, local artists