Guidebook for Coburg

Dan
Guidebook for Coburg

Food Scene

Definitely worth a visit for cheap, excellent Lebanese pizza and fast food. Has a sister bakery very close to us at 395 Sydney Rd.
81 residents recomanen
A1 Bakery
643-645 Sydney Rd
81 residents recomanen
Definitely worth a visit for cheap, excellent Lebanese pizza and fast food. Has a sister bakery very close to us at 395 Sydney Rd.
They do incredible pancakes here.
65 residents recomanen
A Minor Place.
103 Albion St
65 residents recomanen
They do incredible pancakes here.
Situated in the old grounds of Pentridge Prison, this is a lovely cafe in a once notorious gaol. Worth wandering around, and Coburg Lake is close.
12 residents recomanen
The Boot Factory
19 Pentridge Blvd
12 residents recomanen
Situated in the old grounds of Pentridge Prison, this is a lovely cafe in a once notorious gaol. Worth wandering around, and Coburg Lake is close.
A wide selection of coffee beans, and excellent coffee very close by.
Domenico Traditional Coffee
221 Moreland Rd
A wide selection of coffee beans, and excellent coffee very close by.
Great little cafe on the Upfield cycle path.
20 residents recomanen
Steam Junkies
11 Florence St
20 residents recomanen
Great little cafe on the Upfield cycle path.
Fantastic burgers 5 mins walk away!
Pentridge Burgers
41-43 Stockade Ave
Fantastic burgers 5 mins walk away!
Great cafe with a good selection of pattiserrie baked on site
The Elizabeth Cafe
130 Elizabeth St
Great cafe with a good selection of pattiserrie baked on site
Great Eastern European food and coffee. Right near Coburg Train station and Upfield Bike path
The Eastern Bloc
133 Bell St
Great Eastern European food and coffee. Right near Coburg Train station and Upfield Bike path
Excellent, unpretentious Indian takeaway and restaurant.
Royal E Punjab
873 Sydney Rd
Excellent, unpretentious Indian takeaway and restaurant.
A very wide array of Indian Sweets and Savouries.
Pista House
16 Sydney Rd
A very wide array of Indian Sweets and Savouries.
Fabulous pizzas a few minutes walk away. Can get very busy, so worth booking in advance.
10 residents recomanen
Cornerstone Pizzeria
107 Harding St
10 residents recomanen
Fabulous pizzas a few minutes walk away. Can get very busy, so worth booking in advance.
Decent Lebanese food, friendly and reasonably priced.
60 residents recomanen
Tiba's Lebanese Restaurant
504 Sydney Road
60 residents recomanen
Decent Lebanese food, friendly and reasonably priced.
Excellent food, friendly service and a decent courtyard out the back when the front is too crowded.
15 residents recomanen
Kao Thai Restaurant
347 Sydney Rd
15 residents recomanen
Excellent food, friendly service and a decent courtyard out the back when the front is too crowded.
Quirky 80's decor, friendly staff and excellent coffee.
16 residents recomanen
True North
2A Munro St
16 residents recomanen
Quirky 80's decor, friendly staff and excellent coffee.
Every Saturday until 1pm, this local school hosts a wonderful array array of local produce, beers, preserves and cheeses. There's a bike path all the way down O'Hea St. Check website for stallholder listings that week.
14 residents recomanen
Coburg Farmers' Market
92 Bell St
14 residents recomanen
Every Saturday until 1pm, this local school hosts a wonderful array array of local produce, beers, preserves and cheeses. There's a bike path all the way down O'Hea St. Check website for stallholder listings that week.
Check website for dates; often a weekly night market, usually Saturdays. Food, live music and shopping.
Batman Market
14-22 Gaffney St
Check website for dates; often a weekly night market, usually Saturdays. Food, live music and shopping.
Excellent food, a really great breakfast menu and a regularly rotated lunch menu; always worth checking out the specials.
13 residents recomanen
Minimo
822 Sydney Rd
13 residents recomanen
Excellent food, a really great breakfast menu and a regularly rotated lunch menu; always worth checking out the specials.
Excellent budget friendly middle-eastern food in a busy and popular venue.
17 residents recomanen
Zaatar
365 Sydney Rd
17 residents recomanen
Excellent budget friendly middle-eastern food in a busy and popular venue.
Fantastic little cafe, great for breakfast or lunch.
Hardings Corner Cafe Restaurant
5 Harding St
Fantastic little cafe, great for breakfast or lunch.
Budget friendly but decent dumplings situated in an unprepossessing parking lot.
8 residents recomanen
Wang Wang Dumpling
51 Waterfield St
8 residents recomanen
Budget friendly but decent dumplings situated in an unprepossessing parking lot.
An incredible selection of beautiful cakes, tarts, muffins and slices, as well as very reasonably priced and excellent food.
76 residents recomanen
Green Refectory
115 Sydney Rd
76 residents recomanen
An incredible selection of beautiful cakes, tarts, muffins and slices, as well as very reasonably priced and excellent food.
Very popular cafe and restaurant set in the original walls of Pentridge prison.
14 residents recomanen
The Glass Den
15 Urquhart St
14 residents recomanen
Very popular cafe and restaurant set in the original walls of Pentridge prison.
Decent middle-eastern cafe on the Merri Creek bike path
Islamic Museum of Australia
15A Anderson Rd
Decent middle-eastern cafe on the Merri Creek bike path
Great coffee, Mediterranean food and fantastic milkshakes.
8 residents recomanen
Ruby's
138 Nicholson St
8 residents recomanen
Great coffee, Mediterranean food and fantastic milkshakes.
A huge selection of Italian cakes, desserts and pastries.
Trivelli Cake Shop
369 Sydney Rd
A huge selection of Italian cakes, desserts and pastries.
Lovely deli and cafe.
The Deli Coburg
401 Sydney Rd
Lovely deli and cafe.
Friendly deli, bakery and cafe, on the O'Hea bike highway.
15 residents recomanen
O'Heas Bakery & Deli
203-205 O'Hea St
15 residents recomanen
Friendly deli, bakery and cafe, on the O'Hea bike highway.
Excellent fish and chips.
Fish On Sydney
373 Sydney Road
Excellent fish and chips.
Hidden away in a mall that has seen better days, this place will sort out your pie needs.
The Pie Place
471 Sydney Rd
Hidden away in a mall that has seen better days, this place will sort out your pie needs.
Decent Thai food
6 residents recomanen
Taste of Thai
434 Sydney Road
6 residents recomanen
Decent Thai food

Drinks & Nightlife

Nice rundown bar with live music.
64 residents recomanen
Edinburgh Castle Hotel
681 Sydney Rd
64 residents recomanen
Nice rundown bar with live music.
Pub with a good selection of vegetarian food. Live music most nights.
64 residents recomanen
The Cornish Arms Hotel
163A Sydney Rd
64 residents recomanen
Pub with a good selection of vegetarian food. Live music most nights.
Excellent bar and restaurant with live music most nights.
48 residents recomanen
The Post Office Hotel Dining Hall
229-231 Sydney Rd
48 residents recomanen
Excellent bar and restaurant with live music most nights.
Quirky decor, excellent selection of craft beers, good food.
21 residents recomanen
The Woodlands Hotel
84-88 Sydney Rd
21 residents recomanen
Quirky decor, excellent selection of craft beers, good food.
Good bar and live music venue.
73 residents recomanen
The Brunswick Green
315 Sydney Rd
73 residents recomanen
Good bar and live music venue.
Local live music venue and bar; nice courtyard.
139 residents recomanen
Howler
7-11 Dawson St
139 residents recomanen
Local live music venue and bar; nice courtyard.
Local live music venue; excellent beer garden.
100 residents recomanen
The Retreat Hotel
280 Sydney Rd
100 residents recomanen
Local live music venue; excellent beer garden.
Excellent bar in a huge and beautiful old building with a rambling and spacious beer garden.
13 residents recomanen
Railway Hotel Brunswick
291 Albert St
13 residents recomanen
Excellent bar in a huge and beautiful old building with a rambling and spacious beer garden.
Local bar
Browns Corner Hotel
502 Sydney Rd
Local bar

Shopping

Excellent locally made jeans,$50 a pair, and altered and fitted to your measurements in an hour. Looks like a hole in the wall from the outside, but you'll find the inside is crowded with hipsters.
42 residents recomanen
Dejour Jeans
542 Sydney Rd
42 residents recomanen
Excellent locally made jeans,$50 a pair, and altered and fitted to your measurements in an hour. Looks like a hole in the wall from the outside, but you'll find the inside is crowded with hipsters.
Open every Sunday and situated on the grounds of one of Australia's last surviving drive-in cinemas, this market has a truly startling array of genuine trash and occasionally treasures.
Coburg Trash & Treasure Market
155 Newlands Rd
Open every Sunday and situated on the grounds of one of Australia's last surviving drive-in cinemas, this market has a truly startling array of genuine trash and occasionally treasures.
An amazing selection of nuts, spices, oils, sweets, seeds and condiments.
Royal Nut Company
60 Fallon Street
An amazing selection of nuts, spices, oils, sweets, seeds and condiments.
Friendly local vape shop.
Leaf House Vape Shop Coburg - Vape Store Melbourne - E Cigarette Supplies
136 Nicholson St
Friendly local vape shop.

Entertainment & Activities

A 25 minute cycle down the Upfield Bike path, or ten minute train trip...
139 residents recomanen
Melbourne Zoo/Poplar Rd station
139 residents recomanen
A 25 minute cycle down the Upfield Bike path, or ten minute train trip...
One of the last drive-in cinemas in Australia.
39 residents recomanen
Village Cinemas Coburg Drive-In
155 Newlands Rd
39 residents recomanen
One of the last drive-in cinemas in Australia.
Outdoor swimming pool on the Merri Creek bike path
10 residents recomanen
Coburg Olympic Swimming Pool
50 Murray Rd
10 residents recomanen
Outdoor swimming pool on the Merri Creek bike path
Cycling velodrome on the Merri Creek trail
Brunswick Velodrome
Cycling velodrome on the Merri Creek trail
Cinema and shopping centre; buses from McDonald Reserve depart every 10 min (30 min journey)
73 residents recomanen
Northland Shopping Centre
2-50 Murray Rd
73 residents recomanen
Cinema and shopping centre; buses from McDonald Reserve depart every 10 min (30 min journey)

Parks & Nature

The walking trail and cycle path connects to many other cycle paths and is a picturesque way to cycle all the way into town. Access to the path is directly behind our house.
60 residents recomanen
Merri Creek
60 residents recomanen
The walking trail and cycle path connects to many other cycle paths and is a picturesque way to cycle all the way into town. Access to the path is directly behind our house.
Once the site of the quarry where the stones that built Pentridge were dug, now a lake and park in sight of Pentridge's bluestone walls.
13 residents recomanen
Doug Hull Adventure Park
Carr Street
13 residents recomanen
Once the site of the quarry where the stones that built Pentridge were dug, now a lake and park in sight of Pentridge's bluestone walls.

Sightseeing

Pleasant cycle along the Merri Creek path to CERES; you can wander the grounds; stop by the nursery, market, and cafe; take a guided tour; attend a workshop, and more....
236 residents recomanen
Parc Comunitari de Medi Ambient CERES
Roberts Street
236 residents recomanen
Pleasant cycle along the Merri Creek path to CERES; you can wander the grounds; stop by the nursery, market, and cafe; take a guided tour; attend a workshop, and more....
Wander the grounds of one of Australia's most notorious prisons, now in the process of being converted to homes and shops.
7 residents recomanen
Pentridge Prison Events
15 Urquhart Street
7 residents recomanen
Wander the grounds of one of Australia's most notorious prisons, now in the process of being converted to homes and shops.

Essentials

Friendly bottle shop with a wide selection of local and international craft beers and ciders.
Coburg Wine & Spirits
472 Sydney Rd
Friendly bottle shop with a wide selection of local and international craft beers and ciders.
Liquor superstore
11 residents recomanen
Dan Murphy's Coburg
1 Louisa St
11 residents recomanen
Liquor superstore
Local supermarket. Next door is the NQR (the "Not Quite Right") where some splendid bargains can be had.
12 residents recomanen
Woolworths Coburg Station
3 Louisa St
12 residents recomanen
Local supermarket. Next door is the NQR (the "Not Quite Right") where some splendid bargains can be had.
Local supermarket
130 residents recomanen
Coles
Separation Street
130 residents recomanen
Local supermarket
Large Asian supermarket
KFL Supermarket
376 Sydney Rd
Large Asian supermarket
Open 24 hours
7-11 Elizabeth St
7-11 Elizabeth Street
Open 24 hours