Southbank skyline
Photograph: Roberto Seba

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.

Restaurants in Southbank

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...
Koko
Restaurants

Koko

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

Yarra Botanica
Bars

Yarra Botanica

Southbank's floating bar combines the novelty of acquatic drinking with a conscious approach to Victorian produce
Ocean 12
Bars

Ocean 12

Savour premium whiskies on the rooftop bar and hit your highest notes at this bougie karaoke spot
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Juke's
Bars

Juke's

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

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
Crown Towers
Travel

Crown Towers

  • price 4 of 4
Looking for a romantic night away? Spoil your loved one with a stay at Southbank’s luxury complex

More great venues in Southbank

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...
Ophelia
Art

Ophelia

Deborah Halpern’s sculpture inspired by Ophelia from Hamlet is synonymous with Melbourne. So much so that in 1996 it was picked by Tourism Victoria as...

What's on in Southbank

An Evening on Broadway
Music

An Evening on Broadway

The MSO is partnering with musical theatre stars Josh Piterman and Amy Manford to perform some of Broadway’s biggest hits
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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