Guidebook to Fitzroy

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Guidebook to Fitzroy

Food scene

Freshly baked bread, great coffee and smoothies. Brunch or lunch
28 locals recommend
Faraday's Cage
325-329 Gore St
28 locals recommend
Freshly baked bread, great coffee and smoothies. Brunch or lunch
Delicious food, beautiful industrial design
10 locals recommend
Bentwood Fitzroy Cafe
237 Napier St
10 locals recommend
Delicious food, beautiful industrial design
Healthy, delicious gormet food. Eat in or take-away section.
114 locals recommend
Alimentari Smith Street
304 Smith St
114 locals recommend
Healthy, delicious gormet food. Eat in or take-away section.
Great place for a drink and overlook the city from the rooftop
366 locals recommend
Naked For Satan
285 Brunswick St
366 locals recommend
Great place for a drink and overlook the city from the rooftop
Delicious food, friendly staff
53 locals recommend
Ladro Gertrude
224 Gertrude St
53 locals recommend
Delicious food, friendly staff
Hip cafe, open early, serving light, seasonal meals by day, and a wine bar serving nibbles at night.
10 locals recommend
Self Preservation
70 Bourke St
10 locals recommend
Hip cafe, open early, serving light, seasonal meals by day, and a wine bar serving nibbles at night.
Incredible bread, cakes and pastries
65 locals recommend
Babka
358 Brunswick St
65 locals recommend
Incredible bread, cakes and pastries
This vegan hit took Fitzroy by storm
76 locals recommend
Smith & Daughters
107 Cambridge St
76 locals recommend
This vegan hit took Fitzroy by storm
You cannot visit Fitzroy and not eat at this institution. The bearnaise sauce is a must at breakfast, and at dinner don't go past the spaghetti frutti di mare
60 locals recommend
Marios
303 Brunswick St
60 locals recommend
You cannot visit Fitzroy and not eat at this institution. The bearnaise sauce is a must at breakfast, and at dinner don't go past the spaghetti frutti di mare
For the serious soba aficionado
Shimbashi Japanese Soba & Sake Bar Restaurant
140 Smith St
For the serious soba aficionado
The great value 'sit back and feed me' banquet will leave you full for days
16 locals recommend
Bon Ap' Petit Bistro
193 Brunswick St
16 locals recommend
The great value 'sit back and feed me' banquet will leave you full for days
Best bahn mi in town known for its crispy pork and vegan menu
12 locals recommend
Trang Bakery and Cafe
382 Smith St
12 locals recommend
Best bahn mi in town known for its crispy pork and vegan menu
Delicious coffee, friendly staff. Tasty pies, cakes, sandwiches, cardamom buns.
9 locals recommend
Falco Bakery
288 Smith St
9 locals recommend
Delicious coffee, friendly staff. Tasty pies, cakes, sandwiches, cardamom buns.

Sightseeing

Beautiful place to have a picnic. Little workshops and stores, as well as a gallery, restaurants, and much more!
280 locals recommend
Abbotsford Convent
1 St Heliers St
280 locals recommend
Beautiful place to have a picnic. Little workshops and stores, as well as a gallery, restaurants, and much more!
Numerous exhibitions to see. Most are free while some other extraordinary ones need a ticket.
1737 locals recommend
National Gallery of Victoria
180 St Kilda Rd
1737 locals recommend
Numerous exhibitions to see. Most are free while some other extraordinary ones need a ticket.
Native and exotic plants
166 locals recommend
Botanic Gardens Visitor Centre
100 Birdwood Ave
166 locals recommend
Native and exotic plants
412 locals recommend
Bourke Street Mall
Bourke Street Mall
412 locals recommend
Australian Open in tennis in the summer
312 locals recommend
Rod Laver Arena
200 Olympic Blvd
312 locals recommend
Australian Open in tennis in the summer
Enjoy the wildlife, majestic landscaping and ornamental features of these heritage-listed gardens, a popular picnic area for locals and museum visitors.
235 locals recommend
Carlton Gardens
235 locals recommend
Enjoy the wildlife, majestic landscaping and ornamental features of these heritage-listed gardens, a popular picnic area for locals and museum visitors.
Fitzroy Gardens is one of Melbourne’s most historic and beautiful Gardens. Points of interest include floral displays in the Conservatory. Cooks Cottage, a scarred tree, the Fairies’ Tree and model tudor village, sculptures, fountains and a stormwater cleaning and re-use system.
227 locals recommend
Fitzroy Gardens Playground
Wellington Parade
227 locals recommend
Fitzroy Gardens is one of Melbourne’s most historic and beautiful Gardens. Points of interest include floral displays in the Conservatory. Cooks Cottage, a scarred tree, the Fairies’ Tree and model tudor village, sculptures, fountains and a stormwater cleaning and re-use system.
At Melbourne Museum, Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre is a meeting place for Koorie people and for visitors interested in Aboriginal culture.
593 locals recommend
Melbourne Museum
11 Nicholson St
593 locals recommend
At Melbourne Museum, Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre is a meeting place for Koorie people and for visitors interested in Aboriginal culture.
Perfect place to pick up a momento or gift from a local artisan
7 locals recommend
Fitzroy Market
87 Rose St
7 locals recommend
Perfect place to pick up a momento or gift from a local artisan

Neighbourhoods

A lively suburb with a bohemian reputation, Fitzroy’s eclectic bars and restaurants are popular with students, artists and young professionals. Street art covers the narrow backstreets, where small galleries sit alongside corner pubs and terrace houses. Smith Street and Brunswick Street are trendy retail and nightlife strips, while Gertrude Street is known for its design and art-supply stores, wine bars and delicious food.
40 locals recommend
Fitzroy
40 locals recommend
A lively suburb with a bohemian reputation, Fitzroy’s eclectic bars and restaurants are popular with students, artists and young professionals. Street art covers the narrow backstreets, where small galleries sit alongside corner pubs and terrace houses. Smith Street and Brunswick Street are trendy retail and nightlife strips, while Gertrude Street is known for its design and art-supply stores, wine bars and delicious food.
Lygon Street is Melourne's 'Little Italy' – the place where Melbourne's famous cafe culture was born. Delicious pasta, pizza, gelato. And arthouse Cinema Nova showing classics and new films.
72 locals recommend
Carlton
72 locals recommend
Lygon Street is Melourne's 'Little Italy' – the place where Melbourne's famous cafe culture was born. Delicious pasta, pizza, gelato. And arthouse Cinema Nova showing classics and new films.
Melbourne is a lively, exciting city. The CBD has plenty of clubs, bars, restaurants and chic eateries on its street art–plastered laneways. Shoppers throng the ornate 19th-century arcades and sprawling Queen Victoria Market, known for its gourmet food halls. Federation Square offers Australian art at the Ian Potter Centre.
58 locals recommend
CBD
58 locals recommend
Melbourne is a lively, exciting city. The CBD has plenty of clubs, bars, restaurants and chic eateries on its street art–plastered laneways. Shoppers throng the ornate 19th-century arcades and sprawling Queen Victoria Market, known for its gourmet food halls. Federation Square offers Australian art at the Ian Potter Centre.
Local designers and upmarket eateries
10 locals recommend
Gertrude Street
Gertrude Street
10 locals recommend
Local designers and upmarket eateries
As famous for its bars and eateries as it is for its shops
20 locals recommend
Brunswick Street
Brunswick Street
20 locals recommend
As famous for its bars and eateries as it is for its shops
The grungie, cultural vein of Fitzroy and Collingwood
9 locals recommend
Smith Street
Smith Street
9 locals recommend
The grungie, cultural vein of Fitzroy and Collingwood