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100 Mile Cafe Victoria

The Algarve Victoria
Politely fashionable, fairly fishy, food at reasonable prices, a minimal wine list and a pleasant courtyard area are found in this Elwwod eatery.

The Apartment Victoria
Cafe at lunch tapas and drinks later - pleasant 'corporate' scene with live music at weekends

Aroma Bar Restaurant Victoria
One of many popular cafes in this strip of Ormond Rd which open out completely onto the street.

Arrivederci Aroma Victoria
Near the Queen Victoria Market serving Italian food and coffee. Can be noisy with its rather industrial design.

Barca Food & Wine Victoria

Bar Corvina Victoria
Nothing ground breaking but a great feel. Bar Corvina, as the French say "fits well in its skin".

Bar Santo Victoria
Classic little Italian cafe on the curve of Fitzroy St - good prices, pleasant feeling.

Becco Victoria
Popular, well pitched, inner city Italian - very Melbourne. Good litttle bar attached. Mains around $40.

Benito's Victoria
Benito's feels like an old friend. The menu at breakfast and lunch is Italian, and in the early evenings it's antipasto and wine.

Birdcage Restaurant Victoria
Seriously groovy young things swarm here for the hip style, cool location at the mouth of the George Ballroom.

Blue Bar Victoria
Cool and stylish bar that attracts a young crowd. Music most nights and drinks till late.

Bluecorn Victoria
The food is Mexican, the chef is trendy, prices are reasonable and the service minimalist.

Bottega Victoria
The room is pleasant, the dishes are simple but well done, and are complimented by a thoughtful wine selection.

Cabinet Victoria

Caboose Victoria

Cafe 97 Victoria
This small, simple cafe is situated on the entrance of a once grand mansion and so has a de facto courtyard.

Caffe Cento Venti Victoria
Caffe Cento Venti has it all; a bar, a cafe, an upmarket restaurant and an outdoor area under the plane trees at the Paris end of Collins Street.

Cafe Chagall Victoria
The quintessentially cosmopolitan Cafe Chagall is a very family-friendly restaurant.

Cafe Intimo Victoria

Cafe L'Incontro Victoria
A standard cafe but the position nestled next to the Town Hall makes it all worthwhile on a fine day.

Cafe Max Victoria
People like the buffet food at lunch here. There's usually a big display of salads available or you can order from a menu of pastas and grills.

Cafe Miro Victoria
Hardware Lane is vibrant, busy and chic, and this establishment fits in perfectly. Miro is contemporary but not pretentious.

Cafe Orange Victoria
It feels a bit like a student house albeit an orange one and it has a great hidden garden with a big old peppercorn out the back.

Caffe Per Te Victoria
Caffe Per Te, is somewhat of an institution in Brighton. The cool, dark wood interior, is a pleasant backdrop for the traditional Italian menu.

The Candy Bar Victoria
A pioneering Greville St bar. Still packing them in for DJs, drinks and mod oz meals.

Carlisle Wine Bar Victoria
Along with an outstanding wine list and well-pawed cocktail menu, Carlisle Wine Bar also serves well prepared and moderately priced Italian dishes

Caterina's Cucina e Bar Victoria
Caterina's is only open lunches, it is primarily a businessman's dining room. Service is very good.

The Church Street Pantry Victoria
This great cafe in Church Street, overlooking the ground of St. Andrews Church, is a well-kept secret.

Cicciolina Victoria
A St Kilda institution that attracts a devoted band of regular clientele (and their children) who are as passionate about it as the women who run it

Daguerres Victoria
A funky Prahran cafe whose charcoal grey and orange walls are adorned with coloured photographs that Daguerre could only have dreamt of.

David Jones Foodhall Victoria

Florentino Cellar Bar Victoria
The tiny tables support large plates of pasta, and the bar, the elbows of the drinkers. Dark wood lined and clubby.

Florentino Grill Room Victoria
A classic grill-room, good ingredients simply but correctly cooked, served by professional waiters

Flying Duck Hotel Victoria
This old pub has a good environment with a courtyard and a beer garden and open fires in winter.

The Fringe Cafe Victoria
Busy commercial operation in a central Acland St position. Well priced, something-for-everyone menu.

The Garden Restaurant Victoria

Gills Diner Victoria

Grapeseed Victoria

The Great Provider Victoria
A fabulous situation. Perched on the water's edge at the St Kilda Marina The Great Provider's generous windows look out onto a busy nautical scene.

Gust Cofetarie Victoria
A bright, sometimes noisy place with a fresh interesting flavour to its style and its dishes.

Half Moon Victoria
The clever renovation which transformed the hotel by the station into a smart cafe bistro continues to attract the beautiful young things.

The Hare and Tortoise Victoria

Hotel Max Victoria

Idea Fine Food & Wine Victoria
A Chinese restaurant with Japanese (and Cantonese) food with a huge bargain priced wine list.

Il Bacaro Victoria
The epitome of Italian style and flavour. A gem of a place, cosily chic or crowded, depending on your girth.

The Italian Victoria
The Italian has moved half a block to swanky new, multi-layered premises, at the rear of 101 Collins St. Coffee bar on Flinders La, restaurant above.

Italy 1 Victoria
In a narrow laneway, off the Paris end of Collins Street, is Italy 1, a small and intimate restaurant

Italy on the Bay Victoria
A cosy and warm space with the window over looking the street set with stools, and outside seating as well.

Jackie O Victoria
This bright and light cafe is open on all sides - you can check out all the action on the street.

Lezzet Modern Turkish Cuisine Victoria
A bright cheerful Turkish cafe turning out pizzas, kebabs dips and all the other things that make this such an attractive cuisine.

Lucia's Place Victoria

Mamaca's Mediterranean Kitchen Victoria

Manchester Lane Victoria
A splendid setting for an eclectic mix of quality music and the venue for lots of meetings and interesting events.

Melbourne Wine Room Victoria
The Wine Room is the old public bar of the George Hotel the adjacent dining room. The food is Italian and is well done.

Melbourne Wine Room Bar Victoria
The prices are lower and the atmosphere livelier (read noisy and smoky) than the Wine Room Restaurant.

Meli Melo Victoria

Mini Restaurant & Wine Bar Victoria
Two rooms, partially below the pavement, a high communal table, plain timber tables and chairs and banquets along the wall - good Greek style dishes

The Mint Bar And Bistro Victoria

Mirka At Tolarno Victoria

MoVida Bar De Tapas Victoria
At Movida, chef Frank Camorra, brings the tastes of his homeland to his adopted country. Great tapas, Spanish wines and sherries.

Nick's Bar 207 Victoria
Nick's is not new. It's an old-style trattoria with traditional Italian food served by friendly staff.

Nick's Spaghetti Bar Victoria
Nick's feeds a lot of lawyers and other business folk nearby. There's a number of different rooms and a courtyard area.

Nostro Baretto Victoria

One Eleven Spring Street Victoria
No longer the Lounge but a 'modern European' restaurant with cocktail bar. It serves breakfast and the traditional Windsor afternoon teas.

One Fitzroy Street Victoria
The large room follows Fitzroy St around the corner and overlooks the yachts at St Kilda Marina. Food in the modern manner - mains around $32.

One Fitzroy Street Bistro Victoria
A basic bistro at street level below the One Fitzroy St restaurant. Good wine list

Pizza E Birra Victoria

Pizze Vini Spuntini Victoria
The room is dominated by three, larger than life, Italian waiters. Proper, simple food, lots of fun and good value.

Prahran Hotel Victoria

Punch Lane Wine Bar Victoria
Classy bar with an excellent wine list and a great selection of Australian and international cheeses.

Ragazzi Victoria
The boys have fun tossing pasta, pounding out dough and shovelling pizzas into the wood-oven.

Railway Cafe And Bar Middle Brighton Victoria

Riva St Kilda Victoria
Great views of the bay over the St Kilda Marina, this modern cafe is a splendid place for a leisurely summer meal

Salto Victoria

Sapore Victoria

Society Victoria

Sofi's Victoria

Soupanatural Victoria

Sous Sol Victoria

Spiga Bar Victoria
Pizza by the slice is the go here, they and really fabulous service make this place a must if you're in the area.

Spudbar Victoria

Spuntino Victoria
Part of the Dog's Bar next door it is, as the name says, a place for an Italian snack. Low key, friendly and popular.

Stork Hotel Victoria
The Stork is a bit daggy, and has the feel of a country pub, serving basic pub meals in the front bar and with a cafe, The Pantry, out the back.

Strangers Corridor Victoria

Sud Food & Wine Bar Victoria
Tablecloths and a quality setting give this deep room, with its banquette seating, a sense of formality.

Suger Victoria

Syracuse Victoria
This is a wine 'lounge' with good food. The room is beautiful, high ceilings, Greek columns and an eclectic mix of Victorian furniture and marble. The focus is on the enormous wine list.

Tazio Birraria And Pizzeria Victoria

The Establishment Victoria

Three Degrees Bar Brewery Brasserie Victoria

Tjanabi Victoria

Treasury Restaurant Victoria
The Treasury, is situated on one side of a large open space that used to be the lobby. It's open for breakfast & dinner daily, lunch Mon-Fri.

Treviso Victoria

Trunk Victoria

Verge Victoria
This is a place to enjoy. There's a fabulous view over the Treasury gardens, the service is particularly well judged

Vineyard Victoria
The Vineyard is a food and drink joint by day and a dance and drink spot by night. Popular amongst all who frequent St Kilda

The Waiters Restaurant Victoria
Legendary dining room hidden at the top of stairs in a laneway. Traditional Italian dishes served on laminex tables.

Wheat Victoria

The Windsor Castle Hotel Victoria
The Windsor Castle has long had a reputation for good bistro food and great counter meals, all served in a comfortable situation.

The Windsor Hotel Victoria

Za'Ba Cafe Victoria

Zartowa Victoria
It's particularly well positioned, with a large space outside cribbed from the road which is ideal for 'parking' the dalmation.