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Marmont

Restaurant

While the atmosphere draws from California’s breezy glamour, the seafood-forward menu takes cues from Latin American and Filipino cuisine. And it’s all about the music – a late dinner reservation here might finish on the dancefloor.

Kolkata Cricket Club

Restaurant

Perch at the front bar with a lager and catch a match while chefs pluck puffed naan off the charcoal-fired tandoor. Or migrate to the white-tablecloth dining room, which takes its cues from India’s members clubs.

Miss Pearl Bar & Dining

Restaurant

Taking influence from across Asia, this neon-lit diner offers a variety of big-flavoured menus to suit any occasion. Whether you're popping in for pre-show snacks or settling in for a feast with mates, expect dumplings, premium Aussie steaks with seaweed butter, and cocktails with Asian-inspired twists.

Bistro Guillaume

Restaurant

French dining from renowned chef Guillaume Brahimi.

Nobu

Restaurant

This is the Melbourne outpost of the globally-renowned Nobu Japanese restaurant chain. Peruvian flavours are expertly combined with Japanese cuisine in dishes such as yellowtail sashimi with jalapeno and black cod with miso.

Silks

Restaurant

Working with top-grade produce such as green lip abalone, snow crab and full-blood Wagyu, Crown Casino’s in-house Cantonese restaurant is largely geared towards visiting high rollers. But the luxurious dining room and its sweeping Yarra views are within reach of the average punter, provided they order wisely.

Olmate’s Southbank

Cafe

Enter this hole-in-the-wall sandwich shop for its comforting Italian-style meatball subs, roast beef sanga spin-offs with a rogan josh dip, and spiced-up roast cauliflower sandos on crusty ciabatta. With ex-coffee roasters at its helm you’ll also find excellent coffee and batch brew from Reverence Coffee Roasters, along with a tight list of beers.

Workshop Brothers Southbank

Cafe

The Melbourne-born cafe brand's slick southside outpost is set within a beautiful, art deco-inspired space serving house-roasted coffee and Asian-influenced brunch fare. Grab a seat anywhere and spend an hour (or two) admiring the massive, art-filled feature wall.

The Tea Room NGV

Cafe

The perfect place to enjoy afternoon tea.

The Waiting Room

Bar

For those of us who like to lounge about in hotel foyers there is The Waiting Room, by Neil Perry at Crown.

Ponyfish Island

Bar

Floating on the Yarra in the concrete jungle of Melbourne’s CBD.

Patient Wolf Distilling Co

Bar

Find out how gin is made in the distillery, then test it out in a classic G&T, Martini or on a tasting flight. If you're feeling more adventurous, go for cocktails that draw on rhubarb, pineapple, pear and cherry. Or learn about the craft in a gin masterclass.

Waterslide Bar

Bar

Single malt, creative cocktails and beers on tap will lure you riverside.

Blondie Bar

Bar

Unwind before or after the the theatre.