Guidebook for Carlton

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Guidebook for Carlton

Sightseeing

Melbourne Icon!
957 locals recommend
Queen Victoria Market
Queen Street
957 locals recommend
Melbourne Icon!
Great picnic spot!
235 locals recommend
Carlton Gardens
235 locals recommend
Great picnic spot!
Interesting place to visit.
291 locals recommend
Old Melbourne Gaol
377 Russell St
291 locals recommend
Interesting place to visit.
Tram stop on our doorstep
Victoria St/Swanston St station
Swanston Street
Tram stop on our doorstep
State Parliament of Victoria is a great building to see
91 locals recommend
Parliament Gardens
531 Albert St
91 locals recommend
State Parliament of Victoria is a great building to see
There are often cultural events and the visitor centre that is located at Fed Square
797 locals recommend
Federation Square
797 locals recommend
There are often cultural events and the visitor centre that is located at Fed Square
From the same builders that build our apartment the Eureka towers is the highest point in Melbourne and the Skydeck's Edge experience is a must do experience
537 locals recommend
Eureka Skydeck
7 Riverside Quay
537 locals recommend
From the same builders that build our apartment the Eureka towers is the highest point in Melbourne and the Skydeck's Edge experience is a must do experience
Yes you can see this giant ferris wheel from the apartment and similar to the London Eye, this will give you a great view of the city!
262 locals recommend
Melbourne Star Observation Wheel
101 Waterfront Way
262 locals recommend
Yes you can see this giant ferris wheel from the apartment and similar to the London Eye, this will give you a great view of the city!
Located in the heart of Melbourne’s Chinatown, the Chinese Museum’s five floors showcase the heritage and culture of Australia’s Chinese community
17 locals recommend
Museum of Chinese Australian History
22 Cohen Pl
17 locals recommend
Located in the heart of Melbourne’s Chinatown, the Chinese Museum’s five floors showcase the heritage and culture of Australia’s Chinese community
The Melbourne Town Hall on Swanston Street is a magnificent heritage building and historical treasure in the heart of the city.
34 locals recommend
Melbourne Town Hall
130 Swanston St
34 locals recommend
The Melbourne Town Hall on Swanston Street is a magnificent heritage building and historical treasure in the heart of the city.
Over the last 200 years people have journeyed from all over the world to make Australia their home. Hear their moving stories at the Immigration Museum.
96 locals recommend
Immigration Museum
400 Flinders St
96 locals recommend
Over the last 200 years people have journeyed from all over the world to make Australia their home. Hear their moving stories at the Immigration Museum.

Everything Else

Great place to start your shopping, while you're in town
313 locals recommend
Melbourne Central
Swanston Street
313 locals recommend
Great place to start your shopping, while you're in town
Closest train station
849 locals recommend
Melbourne Central Station
849 locals recommend
Closest train station
RMIT University
31 locals recommend
RMIT University/ Franklin St station
31 locals recommend
RMIT University
Melbourne University
310 locals recommend
University of Melbourne
Tin Alley
310 locals recommend
Melbourne University
Great health and wellness centre with a aquatics, squash, massage services and a gym.
28 locals recommend
Melbourne City Baths
420 Swanston St
28 locals recommend
Great health and wellness centre with a aquatics, squash, massage services and a gym.
Medical Center within walking distance to the apartment
Swanston Street Medical Centre
255 Bourke St
Medical Center within walking distance to the apartment
Shopping and cafes
99 locals recommend
Republic Boutique
22 Albert Coates Ln
99 locals recommend
Shopping and cafes
Groceries
849 locals recommend
Melbourne Central Station
849 locals recommend
Groceries
If you need to print anything, it is just opposite the road
Dinkums Print & Design
460 Swanston St
If you need to print anything, it is just opposite the road
If you want to go to church on Sunday
16 locals recommend
St. Francis Church
326 Lonsdale St
16 locals recommend
If you want to go to church on Sunday
For a bit of fitness and family fun walk across the road to Hardrock for some rock climbing
29 locals recommend
Hardrock Climbing
8 Franklin St
29 locals recommend
For a bit of fitness and family fun walk across the road to Hardrock for some rock climbing
Go here if you need to send a postcard, a letter or need a passport photo and other stationary
Australia Post - Melbourne Bourke Street
15 Southern Cross Ln
Go here if you need to send a postcard, a letter or need a passport photo and other stationary
Artisanal gelato with an open attitude to new spices and flavours. Housed in beautiful pozzetti storage tubs and made using fresh seasonal fruit and highest quality ingredients.
51 locals recommend
Spring Street Grocer
157 Spring St
51 locals recommend
Artisanal gelato with an open attitude to new spices and flavours. Housed in beautiful pozzetti storage tubs and made using fresh seasonal fruit and highest quality ingredients.
If you need to rent a car.
75 locals recommend
Hertz Car Rental Melbourne Flinders Street
114 Flinders St
75 locals recommend
If you need to rent a car.
If you need to rent a car
74 locals recommend
Europcar Melbourne City
89 Franklin St
74 locals recommend
If you need to rent a car
Closest Post Office
34 locals recommend
Australia Post
650 Chapel St
34 locals recommend
Closest Post Office

Food Scene

Little Italy where Melbourne's cafe culture was born...
57 locals recommend
Lygon Street
Lygon Street
57 locals recommend
Little Italy where Melbourne's cafe culture was born...
Cheap and cheerful Thai food!
37 locals recommend
Ying Thai 2
110 Lygon Street
37 locals recommend
Cheap and cheerful Thai food!
A Melbourne institution. A must visit for some great coffee and cake!
164 locals recommend
Brunetti Carlton
380 Lygon St
164 locals recommend
A Melbourne institution. A must visit for some great coffee and cake!
Local Eatery
Dessert House
Local Eatery
Great variety of restaurants and shopping
464 locals recommend
Chinatown Precinct
35 Market Ln
464 locals recommend
Great variety of restaurants and shopping
Melbourne is famous for its lane ways, enjoy a great coffee at one of the many little cafes down Degraves Street
164 locals recommend
Degraves Street
Degraves Street
164 locals recommend
Melbourne is famous for its lane ways, enjoy a great coffee at one of the many little cafes down Degraves Street
A theatre restaurant that is entertaining
8 locals recommend
Witches In Britches
84 Dudley St
8 locals recommend
A theatre restaurant that is entertaining
Just a block a away is the famous Dracula's Cabaret Restaurant
105 locals recommend
Dracula's Cabaret Restaurant Melbourne
100 Victoria Street
105 locals recommend
Just a block a away is the famous Dracula's Cabaret Restaurant
Great Malaysian food a short walk away
11 locals recommend
Coconut House
477 Warrigal Rd
11 locals recommend
Great Malaysian food a short walk away
Stop here for some serious steak!
33 locals recommend
Meatmaiden
195 Little Collins St
33 locals recommend
Stop here for some serious steak!
Book here for some traditional Argentinian food!
45 locals recommend
San Telmo
14 Meyers Pl
45 locals recommend
Book here for some traditional Argentinian food!
Elegant, old-fashioned, European-style cafe. Breakfast is excellent, and an ideal way to have a European experience…
58 locals recommend
The European
161 Spring St
58 locals recommend
Elegant, old-fashioned, European-style cafe. Breakfast is excellent, and an ideal way to have a European experience…
Cheery Chinese dumpling house over 2 levels, with standard mains, pink walls and basic seating. It has mythical status among us Melbournians! Don't expect anything other than just great dumplings!!!
8 locals recommend
Little Bourke Street
Little Bourke Street
8 locals recommend
Cheery Chinese dumpling house over 2 levels, with standard mains, pink walls and basic seating. It has mythical status among us Melbournians! Don't expect anything other than just great dumplings!!!
Famous for dishing up some of the best dumplings in Melbourne's CBD. Go for the dumpling banquet if you're in the mood to chow down, or opt for the peking duck or drunken chicken they're renowned for.
89 locals recommend
HuTong
14-16 Market Ln
89 locals recommend
Famous for dishing up some of the best dumplings in Melbourne's CBD. Go for the dumpling banquet if you're in the mood to chow down, or opt for the peking duck or drunken chicken they're renowned for.
One of Melbourne's longest established & well known Greek restaurants. Owned by the same Greek family since 1978. Good for a late night Souvlaki!
119 locals recommend
Stalactites Restaurant
183 Lonsdale St
119 locals recommend
One of Melbourne's longest established & well known Greek restaurants. Owned by the same Greek family since 1978. Good for a late night Souvlaki!
Meals cooked on mini charcoal BBQs at the table in an industrial-chic spot with graffitied walls.
101 locals recommend
Hwaro Korean BBQ Restaurant
562 Little Bourke St
101 locals recommend
Meals cooked on mini charcoal BBQs at the table in an industrial-chic spot with graffitied walls.
Unwind with The Westin Melbourne's Contemporary High Tea.
Allegro Restaurant
205 Collins St
Unwind with The Westin Melbourne's Contemporary High Tea.
Italian Lunch, pre-theatre, dinner and supper seven days a week. Their focus is on producing artisan handmade pastas as well as a mouth-watering selection of delicacies.
ARTUSI
3 Southgate Ave
Italian Lunch, pre-theatre, dinner and supper seven days a week. Their focus is on producing artisan handmade pastas as well as a mouth-watering selection of delicacies.
A great place for finding good quality food, great taste, friendly service and OK prices. Menu tends towards the meaty end but the fish is great too, superbly grilled and even filleted if you wish.
9 locals recommend
Becco
25 Crossley St
9 locals recommend
A great place for finding good quality food, great taste, friendly service and OK prices. Menu tends towards the meaty end but the fish is great too, superbly grilled and even filleted if you wish.
Fresh, simple and delicious French food.
12 locals recommend
Bistro Guillaume
Whiteman Street
12 locals recommend
Fresh, simple and delicious French food.
Modern Australian - Beautiful presentation and friendly, not overly attentive service.
Bluestone
349 Flinders Ln
Modern Australian - Beautiful presentation and friendly, not overly attentive service.
Convenient location and is well worth a visit when in the City. The "fusion" menu has something for everyone.
Bok Choy Tang
Convenient location and is well worth a visit when in the City. The "fusion" menu has something for everyone.
The chef is most certainly an artist as the combination of ingredients made each mouth full a sheer delight.
Bottega Restaurant
74 Bourke St
The chef is most certainly an artist as the combination of ingredients made each mouth full a sheer delight.
Burma Lane is located in the eastern part of Melbourne's downtown area near the financial district of the city. Food is Burmese inspired Asian food.
Burma Lane
118 Little Collins St
Burma Lane is located in the eastern part of Melbourne's downtown area near the financial district of the city. Food is Burmese inspired Asian food.
Easy access. Menu varies offering house specials with wine for reasonable prices. Tucked away in one Melbourne's better known laneways.
15 locals recommend
Campari House
23-25 Hardware Ln
15 locals recommend
Easy access. Menu varies offering house specials with wine for reasonable prices. Tucked away in one Melbourne's better known laneways.
Huge range of food, and they cater to food allergies very well. Great for breakfast too!
Collins Kitchen
123 Collins St
Huge range of food, and they cater to food allergies very well. Great for breakfast too!
The Colonial Tramcar Restaurant is a restaurant which operates from a converted fleet of three vintage trams in Melbourne. A tourist must do!
88 locals recommend
The Colonial Tramcar Restaurant
125 Normanby Rd
88 locals recommend
The Colonial Tramcar Restaurant is a restaurant which operates from a converted fleet of three vintage trams in Melbourne. A tourist must do!
The Courthouse Hotel is a classically styled Hotel offering a broad range of modern cuisine.
20 locals recommend
The Courthouse Hotel
86-90 Errol St
20 locals recommend
The Courthouse Hotel is a classically styled Hotel offering a broad range of modern cuisine.
Light setting with a chesterfield couch and a terrace, plus a broad menu from brekkie to tapas.
17 locals recommend
Downstairs Bistro & Lounge
215-217 Sturt St
17 locals recommend
Light setting with a chesterfield couch and a terrace, plus a broad menu from brekkie to tapas.
Carefully-presented Modern Australian meals and tasting menus in a sleek, basement space with bar
19 locals recommend
EZARD
187 Flinders Ln
19 locals recommend
Carefully-presented Modern Australian meals and tasting menus in a sleek, basement space with bar
Mediterranean and Modern Australian food in a stylish dining area or on a terrace with river views.
Feddish Cafe/ Bar & Restaurant
Mediterranean and Modern Australian food in a stylish dining area or on a terrace with river views.
Modern pub grub with global flavours, served in a fashionable, warmly lit bar with exposed beams.
Jimbo & Rex
8 Whiteman St
Modern pub grub with global flavours, served in a fashionable, warmly lit bar with exposed beams.
Roomy, bright venue with casual vibe, tablecloths and coloured walls, for share plate-style dining.
KRI KRI Greek Restaurant
41 Little Bourke St
Roomy, bright venue with casual vibe, tablecloths and coloured walls, for share plate-style dining.

Arts & Culture

Closest cinema. Visit hoyts.com.au to book.
322 locals recommend
HOYTS
La Trobe Street
322 locals recommend
Closest cinema. Visit hoyts.com.au to book.
Cool bar on the river
163 locals recommend
Ponyfish Island
163 locals recommend
Cool bar on the river
Catch the latest performances
81 locals recommend
Princess Theatre
163 Spring St
81 locals recommend
Catch the latest performances

Drinks & Nightlife

Local pub
9 locals recommend
The Queensberry Pour House
210 Queensberry St
9 locals recommend
Local pub
Great little bar and restaurant
381 locals recommend
Cookie
252 Swanston St
381 locals recommend
Great little bar and restaurant
In the summer enjoy a roof top movie and a nice beverage!
175 locals recommend
Rooftop Cinema
252 Swanston St
175 locals recommend
In the summer enjoy a roof top movie and a nice beverage!
Great pub to visit if you want to have a relaxing drink a short walk from the apartment
Prince Alfred Rooftop & Bar
191 Grattan Street
Great pub to visit if you want to have a relaxing drink a short walk from the apartment
An interesting bar in Melbourne Central
Melbourne Central Lion Hotel
211 La Trobe St
An interesting bar in Melbourne Central
Most cities in the world have an Irish bar why not sample one of Melbournes
Bridie O'Reilly's
62 Little Collins St
Most cities in the world have an Irish bar why not sample one of Melbournes
A relaxed bar in the city
12 locals recommend
The Elephant & Wheelbarrow
94-96 Bourke St
12 locals recommend
A relaxed bar in the city
A great cocktail bar with heaps of entertainment
Little Red Pocket
422 Little Collins St
A great cocktail bar with heaps of entertainment
Within walking distance is this trendy club with great music
RedLove
401 Swanston Street
Within walking distance is this trendy club with great music
A great bar to have a sophisticate night out
7 locals recommend
BaroqHouse
9-13 Drewery Ln
7 locals recommend
A great bar to have a sophisticate night out
Good club if you are looking to meet new people
77 locals recommend
Spice Market
Beaney Lane
77 locals recommend
Good club if you are looking to meet new people
Lovely Melbourne bar to enjoy some nice cocktails!
Hairy Canary
212 Little Collins Street
Lovely Melbourne bar to enjoy some nice cocktails!
A rather fancy terrace and public house!
163 locals recommend
Madame Brussels
59 Bourke St
163 locals recommend
A rather fancy terrace and public house!
An iconic institution... one of Melbourne's founding rooftop bars!
13 locals recommend
The Red Hummingbird
246 Russell St
13 locals recommend
An iconic institution... one of Melbourne's founding rooftop bars!
Hidden away just off of Little Bourke St (China Town) is Berlin Bar- an intimate little place to commune with some friends for pre-drinks, or even to end the night. East meets west at Berlin!
188 locals recommend
Berlin Bar
16 Corrs Ln
188 locals recommend
Hidden away just off of Little Bourke St (China Town) is Berlin Bar- an intimate little place to commune with some friends for pre-drinks, or even to end the night. East meets west at Berlin!
Located within iconic George's building - a popular place on Friday and Saturday night. It's quite a nice place to go dancing and just chill out. It is cosy and comfortable.
8 locals recommend
Longroom
162-168 Collins St
8 locals recommend
Located within iconic George's building - a popular place on Friday and Saturday night. It's quite a nice place to go dancing and just chill out. It is cosy and comfortable.
Loop Roof is a rooftop cocktail bar and cafe/restaurant in an open air, exotic garden setting. With it's cutting-edge panoramic views, serving eclectic, modern food and inventive cocktails, a must see
27 locals recommend
Loop Roof
23 Meyers Pl
27 locals recommend
Loop Roof is a rooftop cocktail bar and cafe/restaurant in an open air, exotic garden setting. With it's cutting-edge panoramic views, serving eclectic, modern food and inventive cocktails, a must see
Melbourne's finest dedicated live jazz venue. Intimate, dimly lit room for live jazz and performing arts, plus cocktails and tapas.
22 locals recommend
Paris Cat Jazz Club
6 Goldie Pl
22 locals recommend
Melbourne's finest dedicated live jazz venue. Intimate, dimly lit room for live jazz and performing arts, plus cocktails and tapas.
Modern, 2-storey pub with polished timber floors, a stylish lounge bar and relaxed terrace seating.
146 Flinders St
146 Flinders Street
Modern, 2-storey pub with polished timber floors, a stylish lounge bar and relaxed terrace seating.
Vast hall with cool, art deco-style design flourishes, dishing up German food with a twist.
8 locals recommend
Hophaus Euro Bar Bistro
3 Southgate Ave
8 locals recommend
Vast hall with cool, art deco-style design flourishes, dishing up German food with a twist.

Essentials

Historic building and you can get free wifi if you are out and about
568 locals recommend
State Library Victoria
328 Swanston St
568 locals recommend
Historic building and you can get free wifi if you are out and about
Affordable groceries
128 locals recommend
ALDI Melbourne CBD
501 Swanston St
128 locals recommend
Affordable groceries
Groceries
211 locals recommend
Woolworths QV
Swanston Street
211 locals recommend
Groceries
Asian Groceries
15 locals recommend
Hometown Asian Supermarket
440 Elizabeth St
15 locals recommend
Asian Groceries
Small grocery store
9 locals recommend
KT Mart
515 Whitehorse Rd
9 locals recommend
Small grocery store
If you wander down the other side of the city and need free wifi this is a great spot
10 locals recommend
City Library
253 Flinders Ln
10 locals recommend
If you wander down the other side of the city and need free wifi this is a great spot

Shopping

Melbourne's latest shopping centre
773 locals recommend
Emporium Melbourne
287 Lonsdale St
773 locals recommend
Melbourne's latest shopping centre
Restaurant
6 locals recommend
San Churro QV
Swanston Street
6 locals recommend
Restaurant