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Southbank area guide

Restaurants, bars, shops and events in Southbank
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Melbourne's Southbank is dominated by the Crown Casino complex and its many associated bars and restaurants, such as Neil Perry's Rockpool and Heston Blumenthal's Dinner by Heston. Away from Crown, the suburb is almost home to Melbourne's premier art gallery, NGV, and the Arts Centre precinct.

Southbank highlights

Restaurants in Southbank

Koko
Restaurants

Koko

  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • price 3 of 4
For a high-class teppanyaki experience, Koko wears the crown
Rockpool Bar & Grill
Restaurants

Rockpool Bar & Grill

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • price 3 of 4
Expense? There’s no escaping the fact: Rockpool Bar & Grill will cost you. But, eight years down the track, it remains one of Melbourne’s best – and most...
400 Gradi: Crown
Restaurants

400 Gradi: Crown

  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • price 1 of 4
It’s not a bad move to go and win “best pizza in the world” before opening your pizzeria
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Dinner by Heston
Restaurants

Dinner by Heston

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • price 3 of 4
Salamagundy, frumenty and meat fruit: Mr Blumenthal's eccentric creations are here to stay at the near-perfect iteration of his celebrated London restaurant
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Rosetta
Restaurants

Rosetta

  • 5 out of 5 stars
Neil Perry is back in Melbourne and he's giving our best Italian joints a shake-up with Rosetta
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Long Chim
Restaurants

Long Chim

  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • price 2 of 4
Finally, Melbourne gets a taste of David Thompson’s ribald and raucous Thai food… and it was worth the wait
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Spice Temple
Restaurants

Spice Temple

  • 4 out of 5 stars
Neil Perry has ceased the embargo on Cantonese cuisine at Spice Temple to bring you the best damn yum cha in Melbourne
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Enlightened Cuisine
Restaurants

Enlightened Cuisine

  • 3 out of 5 stars
  • price 1 of 4
Enlightened Cuisine is your one stop shop for eerily realistic fake meat

Bars in Southbank

Ponyfish Island
Bars

Ponyfish Island

Head to Melbourne’s famous under-bridge bar for some great people watching and even better cocktails
Yarra Botanica
Bars

Yarra Botanica

Southbank's floating bar combines the novelty of acquatic drinking with a conscious approach to Victorian produce
Juke's
Bars

Juke's

Melbourne's '70s-themed karaoke bar is groovy, baby
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Hotels in Southbank

The Langham, Melbourne
Hotels

The Langham, Melbourne

  • price 3 of 4
When you're after a classic luxury hotel experience, this riverside hotel with commanding views of the city is for you
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More great venues in Southbank

GoBoat
Things to do

GoBoat

You can have a picnic on the Yarra thanks to this fun boat hire service
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Hamer Hall
Music

Hamer Hall

Fifty thousand admirers turned up to the reopening of Arts Centre Melbourne's Hamer Hall, such is the esteemed place it holds in Melburnians' hearts. The...
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What's on in Southbank

The Talented Mr. Ripley
Theatre

The Talented Mr. Ripley

  • 5 out of 5 stars
Playwright Joanna Murray-Smith re-teams with director Sarah Goodes for a brand-new take on the so-bad-he’s-wicked-good anti-hero
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My Brilliant Career
Theatre

My Brilliant Career

  • 5 out of 5 stars
Kala Gare shines bright as Miles Franklin’s headstrong hero, Sybylla Melvyn, in the return of this spectacular musical adaptation
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Westwood | Kawakubo
Things to do

Westwood | Kawakubo

Vivienne Westwood and Rei Kawakubo go head-to-head in NGV’s blockbuster summer exhibition of punk, tartan and avant-garde design
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Diva
Art

Diva

Score a front-row seat to some of pop culture’s most unforgettable looks at this fashionable exhibition
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