South Melbourne area guide

An interior shot at St Ali showing the main room full of people — Photograph: Graham Denholm

Lest you only make the trek occasionally to visit South Melbourne Market, let us tell you, there's a whole lot more to South Melbourne, from St Ali and Chez Dre for coffee, to Lûmé for dinner and Bibelot for dessert.

South Melbourne highlights

Shopping

South Melbourne Market

Things to do

Mine Escape Room

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Restaurants

St Ali

Time Out says

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The Kettle Black

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The best restaurants in South Melbourne

Restaurants

Bibelot

Bibelot dishes up cakes and confectionary so couture, you’ll want to walk out wearing them

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Restaurants

Good Egg

Love eggs? Everything on the menu at South Melbourne café is egg-centric

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Restaurants

Kettle Black

The goal-kicking team behind Top Paddock has flung open the doors to a fresh new café in South Melbourne. It’ll look fab in your Instagram feed

Time Out says

Restaurants

Lûmé

OK, adventure-hounds. You want something out of the box? Lûmé is just the ticket

Time Out says

The best bars in South Melbourne

Bars

The Palace Hotel: South Melbourne

Time Out's 2016 Pub of the Year remains at the head of the pack

Time Out says

Users say

Bars

Bellota Wine Bar

South Melbourne: much handier than Rome, Paris, Athens or San Sebastian

Time Out says

Bars

Hats and Tatts

Rowdy becomes your middle name when you walk through the doors of this (not quite a) frat bar in South Melbourne

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The Railway Hotel

One of Melbourne’s great classic pubs doesn’t need any gimmicks

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More great venues in South Melbourne

Things to do

South Melbourne Market Kitchen

Learn to cook smack bang in one of Melbourne's best markets for foodies

Things to do

Woodbury Escape Rooms

Try not to scream...

Shopping

Made in Japan

Bringing a Japanese aesthetic into your home is pretty easy at a place like this

Health and beauty

Body Freedom Urban Spa Retreat

Body Freedom is exactly what its name suggests; freeing the knots from your muscles and the strains from your daily lives to leave you in a state of complete...