Guidebook for Brunswick
Food Scene
Typical Brunswick. Hipster, but always reliably great food and service, and they even roast their own coffee on-site.
During the week, it's also a popular spot for people to be working remotely.
89 yerel halk öneriyor
Wide Open Road
274 Barkly StTypical Brunswick. Hipster, but always reliably great food and service, and they even roast their own coffee on-site.
During the week, it's also a popular spot for people to be working remotely.
This is a vegan feminist café. It is peak hipster - being vegan means you can't get a latte - they serve alternatives like almond, macadamia, coconut milk etc.
The food is very Instagram worthy, but not amazing to eat - unless you're vegan perhaps!
Handsome Her
206 Sydney RdThis is a vegan feminist café. It is peak hipster - being vegan means you can't get a latte - they serve alternatives like almond, macadamia, coconut milk etc.
The food is very Instagram worthy, but not amazing to eat - unless you're vegan perhaps!
A1 Bakery
643-645 Sydney RdBest Lebanese bakery! Try the haloumi cheese pies
Bakery café, with always reliably good food and coffee. Everything is baked on-site using free range eggs. On a nice day, try the courtyard garden.
35 yerel halk öneriyor
Sugardough
163 Lygon StBakery café, with always reliably good food and coffee. Everything is baked on-site using free range eggs. On a nice day, try the courtyard garden.
Super close, and good coffee.
Food is pretty good too - I like the dahl breakfast fritters.
Neon Beatniks
43 Glenlyon RdSuper close, and good coffee.
Food is pretty good too - I like the dahl breakfast fritters.
Relaxed café/restaurant, and always reliable.
Thai food with a modern Australian approach - fresh and flavoursome.
Good dinner option even if you're dining solo - they have a communal table at the front, and you can watch the buzz of Sydney road.
71 yerel halk öneriyor
Tom Phat Restaurant
184 Sydney RdRelaxed café/restaurant, and always reliable.
Thai food with a modern Australian approach - fresh and flavoursome.
Good dinner option even if you're dining solo - they have a communal table at the front, and you can watch the buzz of Sydney road.
This used to be a nut shop, and now it's re-imagined as a café run by the same owner as Moroccan Soup Bar in Fitzroy.
Interesting brunch options to choose from and try the $15 lunch plate. It's all vegetarian and they cater well to dietary requirements.
16 yerel halk öneriyor
Moroccan Deli-cacy
313 Lygon StreetThis used to be a nut shop, and now it's re-imagined as a café run by the same owner as Moroccan Soup Bar in Fitzroy.
Interesting brunch options to choose from and try the $15 lunch plate. It's all vegetarian and they cater well to dietary requirements.
Try the Margarita pizza - it won best pizza in the world!
Excellent Italian food
106 yerel halk öneriyor
400 Gradi - Brunswick
99 Lygon StTry the Margarita pizza - it won best pizza in the world!
Excellent Italian food
Relaxed homestyle Lebanese.
Take a bottle of wine with you - it is BYO (bring your own)
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Teta Mona
100A Lygon StRelaxed homestyle Lebanese.
Take a bottle of wine with you - it is BYO (bring your own)
This cafe is a converted warehouse that shares the space with a boutique chocolate factory. Enter through the big red door.
Try the field mushrooms on toast with goat cheese feta - they even grow the mushrooms and mini herbs in the warehouse.
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East Elevation
351 Lygon StThis cafe is a converted warehouse that shares the space with a boutique chocolate factory. Enter through the big red door.
Try the field mushrooms on toast with goat cheese feta - they even grow the mushrooms and mini herbs in the warehouse.
Drinks & Nightlife
Check out what's playing. This place is literally very cool because it is a converted warehouse and has an overhead misting system, i.e. water is sprayed in the air and evaporates, to cool the air. It's full of plants.
Here's a review from zomato:
Nothing gets me going like a converted warehouse. I came here for a going away drinks and was loving the greenhouse vibes. Kinda hipster (it is Brunswick after all) it was buzzing with atmosphere and we managed to snare a sneaky little corner with some comfy seating for our group. Food wise they do burgers, sausages and all types of potato as well as a couple of sharing options. Plenty to keep you going as you sip away. Great Sunday session spot
139 yerel halk öneriyor
Howler
7-11 Dawson StCheck out what's playing. This place is literally very cool because it is a converted warehouse and has an overhead misting system, i.e. water is sprayed in the air and evaporates, to cool the air. It's full of plants.
Here's a review from zomato:
Nothing gets me going like a converted warehouse. I came here for a going away drinks and was loving the greenhouse vibes. Kinda hipster (it is Brunswick after all) it was buzzing with atmosphere and we managed to snare a sneaky little corner with some comfy seating for our group. Food wise they do burgers, sausages and all types of potato as well as a couple of sharing options. Plenty to keep you going as you sip away. Great Sunday session spot
Very close and always popular.
The internet says:
Named after the founder of Brunswick,Mr Wilkinson Brunswick East is one of the stalwarts of drinking options in this part of town, having opened back in 2008. Despite the ever changing and expanding food and drink scene in this part of town, Mr Wilkinson (or “Mr W” as locals call it) can still hold its own as one of the best options in the area for a drink.
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Mr Wilkinson
295 Lygon StVery close and always popular.
The internet says:
Named after the founder of Brunswick,Mr Wilkinson Brunswick East is one of the stalwarts of drinking options in this part of town, having opened back in 2008. Despite the ever changing and expanding food and drink scene in this part of town, Mr Wilkinson (or “Mr W” as locals call it) can still hold its own as one of the best options in the area for a drink.
Relaxed and sophisticated. The internet (www.thecitylane.com) says
Ever wanted to drink in a stranger’s lounge room? Perhaps not, but the The Alderman in Brunswick East comes pretty close to replicating that feeling...
The front bar feels like an old fashioned bar, with a small wooden bar and a few seats, head through the door and you reach the section that feels like a lounge room, complete with fireplace and creaky staircase. Keep heading along the narrow space and you reach the outdoor courtyard...
72 yerel halk öneriyor
The Alderman
134 Lygon StRelaxed and sophisticated. The internet (www.thecitylane.com) says
Ever wanted to drink in a stranger’s lounge room? Perhaps not, but the The Alderman in Brunswick East comes pretty close to replicating that feeling...
The front bar feels like an old fashioned bar, with a small wooden bar and a few seats, head through the door and you reach the section that feels like a lounge room, complete with fireplace and creaky staircase. Keep heading along the narrow space and you reach the outdoor courtyard...
Because this is where Beyonce and her entourage visited when they came to Brunswick!
It's bar, pub, beer garden, music, etc
100 yerel halk öneriyor
The Retreat Hotel
280 Sydney RdBecause this is where Beyonce and her entourage visited when they came to Brunswick!
It's bar, pub, beer garden, music, etc
Relaxed pub venue, often a low key music performance too
Dinner specials on weeknights:
Monday Roo & wine $14.99
Tuesday Burgers $12
Wednesday Pie night $12
Thursday Parma night $12
19 yerel halk öneriyor
Charles Weston Hotel
27 Weston StRelaxed pub venue, often a low key music performance too
Dinner specials on weeknights:
Monday Roo & wine $14.99
Tuesday Burgers $12
Wednesday Pie night $12
Thursday Parma night $12
Shopping
Barkly Square has everything - two supermarkets, kmart, liquor, chemist warehouse, etc
Coles Supermarket is open 6 am - midnight. If you are there late at night, often the Sydney Rd entry is closed - enter through the back entrance, through the carpark (from Weston St or Barkly St)
160 yerel halk öneriyor
Barkly Square
90-106 Sydney RdBarkly Square has everything - two supermarkets, kmart, liquor, chemist warehouse, etc
Coles Supermarket is open 6 am - midnight. If you are there late at night, often the Sydney Rd entry is closed - enter through the back entrance, through the carpark (from Weston St or Barkly St)
Woolworths Brunswick
300-304 Albert StLarge supermarket, close to the train station
Just like an Italian supermarket transported into Brunswick
49 yerel halk öneriyor
Mediterranean Wholesalers
482 Sydney RdJust like an Italian supermarket transported into Brunswick
Brunswick Bound
361 Sydney RdIndependent bookstore
Savers
330 Sydney RdOpportunity shop (opshop) super store
(second hand items)
Olive Grove Studios
Unique handmade items, many with a Melbourne/Brunswick distinctive design
Finki Handmade
48a Sydney RdOlive Grove Studios
Unique handmade items, many with a Melbourne/Brunswick distinctive design
Getting Around
Brunswick Station
Train station. The train line is "Upfield".
If catching the Route 1 or 6 tram in/out of the city, this is the closest stop. When in the city, catch this tram from Swanston St. The stop number is 122 and the stop is Glenlyon Rd/Lygon St. You can easily see this stop - on the corner is a Shell fuel Service Station.
Shell
Glenlyon RoadIf catching the Route 1 or 6 tram in/out of the city, this is the closest stop. When in the city, catch this tram from Swanston St. The stop number is 122 and the stop is Glenlyon Rd/Lygon St. You can easily see this stop - on the corner is a Shell fuel Service Station.
Sydney Road Lucky Lotto & News
398 Sydney RdClosest place to topup your myki card
Entertainment & Activities
Melbourne Zoo/Poplar Rd (Parkville) station
Melbourne Zoo
Community sports centre with everything available - indoor and outdoor swimming pools, spa, sauna, weights and exercise rooms, and group fitness classes.
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Brunswick Bound
361 Sydney RdCommunity sports centre with everything available - indoor and outdoor swimming pools, spa, sauna, weights and exercise rooms, and group fitness classes.
Closest movie cinema, take the tram down Lygon St. Mainstream and independent releases.
Traditionally the Italian centre of Melbourne, enjoy a pre or post show coffee and cake at Brunetti's or pasta at Tiamo's.
Tuesday night is cheap tickets.
http://www.cinemanova.com.au/
321 yerel halk öneriyor
Cinema Nova
380 Lygon StClosest movie cinema, take the tram down Lygon St. Mainstream and independent releases.
Traditionally the Italian centre of Melbourne, enjoy a pre or post show coffee and cake at Brunetti's or pasta at Tiamo's.
Tuesday night is cheap tickets.
http://www.cinemanova.com.au/
Parks & Nature
Big sports park, great place to go for a run - outside circuit is approx 3 km
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Princes Park
200-590 Bowen CresBig sports park, great place to go for a run - outside circuit is approx 3 km
Sightseeing
This is Melbourne's tallest building. Worth seeing the view!
We recommend visiting before sunset - then you see the view in daytime, see the sunset, and see the city skyline after dark.
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Eureka Kulesi
7 Riverside QuayThis is Melbourne's tallest building. Worth seeing the view!
We recommend visiting before sunset - then you see the view in daytime, see the sunset, and see the city skyline after dark.