Carlton Guidebook

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Carlton Guidebook

Breakfast and Brunch

Local hipster coffee spot
30 residents recomanen
Heartattack and Vine
329 Lygon St
30 residents recomanen
Local hipster coffee spot
Cute cafe, amazing coffee, beautiful Japanese breakfast, brunch and lunch.
8 residents recomanen
ima Japanese Cafe
1 Elgin St
8 residents recomanen
Cute cafe, amazing coffee, beautiful Japanese breakfast, brunch and lunch.
Hole-in-the-wall coffee
26 residents recomanen
Market Lane Coffee - Carlton
176 Faraday St
26 residents recomanen
Hole-in-the-wall coffee
DELICIOUS breads, pastries, savoury and sweet
90 residents recomanen
Baker D. Chirico
178 Faraday St
90 residents recomanen
DELICIOUS breads, pastries, savoury and sweet
This is not just a bottle shop but a great Italian cafe for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
16 residents recomanen
King & Godfree
297 Lygon St
16 residents recomanen
This is not just a bottle shop but a great Italian cafe for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Great local café serving Melbourne breakfasts, good coffee and yummy Korean bowls.
9 residents recomanen
Le Miel Et La Lune
330 Cardigan St
9 residents recomanen
Great local café serving Melbourne breakfasts, good coffee and yummy Korean bowls.
Good place to work from—delicious coffee + $5 bottomless filter!
16 residents recomanen
Campos Coffee
144 Elgin St
16 residents recomanen
Good place to work from—delicious coffee + $5 bottomless filter!
Excellent coffee 👌
Bloom Coffee Bar
140 Rathdowne St
Excellent coffee 👌
This is in Fitzroy (suburb beside Carlton) but it is worth the walk. Indoor garden café with fireplace 🔥
75 residents recomanen
Grub Fitzroy (grub food van)
87-89 Moor St
75 residents recomanen
This is in Fitzroy (suburb beside Carlton) but it is worth the walk. Indoor garden café with fireplace 🔥
Glass room in the centre of the cafe means you can watch the bakers at work!
142 residents recomanen
Lune Croissanterie
119 Rose St
142 residents recomanen
Glass room in the centre of the cafe means you can watch the bakers at work!
Beautiful space and people. My favourite is the savoury French toast!
23 residents recomanen
Wild Life Bakery
90 Albert St
23 residents recomanen
Beautiful space and people. My favourite is the savoury French toast!

Things to do

Arthouse cinema $9 Cheap Mondays
321 residents recomanen
Cinema Nova
380 Lygon St
321 residents recomanen
Arthouse cinema $9 Cheap Mondays
Great spot for a picnic or walk around the gardens
235 residents recomanen
Carlton Gardens
235 residents recomanen
Great spot for a picnic or walk around the gardens
Famous late-night book shop
74 residents recomanen
Readings Carlton
309 Lygon St
74 residents recomanen
Famous late-night book shop
21 residents recomanen
La Mama Theatre
205 Faraday St
21 residents recomanen
44 residents recomanen
The Ian Potter Museum of Art
Swanston Street
44 residents recomanen
Beautiful spaces and gardens. Modernist architecture and contemporary art. You can spend half a day here very easily.
98 residents recomanen
Heide Museum of Modern Art
7 Templestowe Rd
98 residents recomanen
Beautiful spaces and gardens. Modernist architecture and contemporary art. You can spend half a day here very easily.

Dinner and drinks

Amazing vegetarian pub (the sauces are incredible!) with happy hour most afternoons, craft beers, good wine, kombucha on tap and a nice cosy fireplace. This is a great local spot.
7 residents recomanen
Green Man's Arms
418 Lygon St
7 residents recomanen
Amazing vegetarian pub (the sauces are incredible!) with happy hour most afternoons, craft beers, good wine, kombucha on tap and a nice cosy fireplace. This is a great local spot.
Bustling pizza joint—the waiters will flirt and speak Italian
118 residents recomanen
DOC Pizza & Mozzarella Bar
295 Drummond St
118 residents recomanen
Bustling pizza joint—the waiters will flirt and speak Italian
Family-run sushi place. Small local place. Delicious food and interesting service.
Sushi Ten
178 Rathdowne St
Family-run sushi place. Small local place. Delicious food and interesting service.
6 residents recomanen
Chin Chin's at Koto Moon
647 Rathdowne St
6 residents recomanen
This place has taken the neighbourhood by storm. Authentic Pakistani meals in a lovely environment.
Khabbay Restaurant
140-146 Lygon Street
This place has taken the neighbourhood by storm. Authentic Pakistani meals in a lovely environment.
I think the restaurant is just OK, but the bar on the rooftop and out the back are super cute.
15 residents recomanen
Jimmy Watson's
333 Lygon St
15 residents recomanen
I think the restaurant is just OK, but the bar on the rooftop and out the back are super cute.
Wine bar
30 residents recomanen
Heartattack and Vine
329 Lygon St
30 residents recomanen
Wine bar
Classic Lygon Street pasta place
57 residents recomanen
Tiamo
303 Lygon St
57 residents recomanen
Classic Lygon Street pasta place
Cheese platters and wine, great people watching.
144 residents recomanen
Milk the Cow Licensed Fromagerie
157 Fitzroy St
144 residents recomanen
Cheese platters and wine, great people watching.
27 residents recomanen
Carlton Wine Room
172-174 Faraday St
27 residents recomanen
Bustling, hidden pizza place. Very local as it’s not on Lygon Street.
35 residents recomanen
Kaprica
50 Grattan St
35 residents recomanen
Bustling, hidden pizza place. Very local as it’s not on Lygon Street.
32 residents recomanen
Good Days Restaurant
165 Sydney Rd
32 residents recomanen

Food scene

Yum Ramen
9 residents recomanen
Misoya Sake Bar
165A Sydney Rd
9 residents recomanen
Yum Ramen
Find the borek stand!
957 residents recomanen
Mercat de la Reina Victòria
Queen Street
957 residents recomanen
Find the borek stand!