Wandering Melbourne

Re-opens on January 11th - The Paris Cat Jazz Club is Melbourne's finest dedicated live jazz venue. Established in 2005, this iconic live music venue offers a wonderful eclectic music program and plays a major role in supporting live music in Melbourne.

High-profile jazz venue & reincarnation of famous New York live gig institution with a restaurant.

Lineup of well-known jazz musicians in an upstairs nook with mood lighting & a Japanese menu.

Michael Tortoni, founder of Bennetts Lane Jazz Club; dubbed by Lonely Planet as “the world’s best jazz club”, has returned with his new ‘Art Creation’ at 27 Leslie Street Brunswick called The Jazzlab.

Perfect place for an aperitivo with a side of tapas. Located down one of the most famous lanes in Melbourne

A Melbourne Italian institution. The extension, “Tiamo 2” is located next door and offers more casual bar seating and eats

One of the original hidden lane way gems that still continues to this day. Best place to experience gin at its finest

The original cherry was located on AC/DC lane, but has since moved a little bit up the road. The OG dive bar, where every touring artist turned up after the show.

Closest place to feeling like you’re on the streets of Thailand eating on little plastic stools and tasting all the delicious flavours! Hidden within a multi-storey parking lot in the heart of Chinatown. Not to be missed!!!

Another old favourite that never disappoints. Chilled out vibe with great cocktails!

Catch the tram/light rail here for some breakfast. Have a wander and then make your way up the street a block or two to St Ali for the best of the best coffee!

Best coffee hands down. Order a Magic. Melbourne’s most famous coffee style. Breakfast here is also the bomb.

Just the coolest place to find weird and wonderful vintage things while you explore chapel st

An oldie but a goodie. Great intimate live music venue just off Brunswick st in fizroy

Melbourne vibes to the max. Live music and cocktails at one of the originals

Hottest restaurant in Australia at the moment. Also the best elevated Filipino cuisine in Australia. Book in for lunch or drop in for a couple of afternoon cocktails and some snacks.

Best gelato in Melbourne. All inspired by Filipino flavours.

Hidden cocktail bar behind a bookcase. A bit hard to find, but the adventure is the best part!

Secret piano bar down a lane. Very Melbourne! Great place for a nightcap

Shhhhh.. it’s a secret. Seek it out if you dare.

New hidden cocktail bar that looks super cool. Enter through the secret entrance back of Beermash.

80’s themed speakeasy hidden underground. Below Seamstress Bar. Get some retro vibes going

Showcasing native botanicals and the history of the land on which Melbourne sits. Inventive cocktails and a playlist featuring local and indigenous artists.

Find the Boston Sub store, walk inside, open the fridge and boom.. a secret doorway leading to a tiki bar courtyard.

Walk through centre place, find the staircase that takes you to hell, order a drink and sit at the window. You’ll look straight into the Majorca Apartments where we used to live. Look to the far right, very end apartment balcony three stories up. It was a time. We used to also drink at Hell’s Kitchen and meet friends there. The barman is super friendly and up for a chat.

A Melbourne breakfast institution. About as Melbourne as you can get. You can traverse up Degraves st, continue along through centre place, and then backtrack through all the winding alleys all the way to Bourke st.

Best Melbourne chocolate hands down. Great for souvenirs to bring home to the fams. They’ll let you taste test in store too!

Worth a wander and some picture opportunities

Japanese inspired vinyl Listening bar with tasty eats

The biggest and the best thrift shop if you’re looking for some interesting threads or anything 2nd hand

Feel like you’re in Europe without the long plane journey. Brunswick is the heart of euro culture and a wander through the supermarket is fascinating

My favourite music store. Pick up a t-shirt or a hard to find recording

Xiao Long Bao with a side of ginger and the drunken chicken - that’s all you need to order here. Best in the world. We don’t have a Din Tai Fung in Brisbane so get it while you can.

A favourite Melbourne spot for some informal drinks and a live band

A Melbourne institution. You’re feet will stick to the carpet. The music is loud. The locals pooled all their money to save it. Dirty, gritty and wonderful.

Order an espresso at the bar. You’ll instantly turn into a Melbournite.

Melbourne adventures always start or end here. An institution. There’s a great restaurant inside too.

Super casual drink spot outdoors. Located next to the infamous Camy’s Shanghai Dumpling house where we all hung out as young drunk broke people. There’s a sign inside telling you it’s a $100 fine if you spew in the restaurant. I say no more.

Climb all the way to the rooftop if you’re feeling fit and agile. Pretty awesome on a clear melbourne night

Another old rooftop hangout. Who doesn’t love drinking outdoors?

Go to the roof, smoke a cigar, drink a cognac. Life is good, the Supper Club downstairs is also pretty special.

Go to the roof, smoke a cigar, drink a cognac. Life is good, the Supper Club downstairs is also pretty special.

Really cool lane full of restaurants. Best in the evening. They have a great Char Kway Teow place here (stir fried rice noods)

Pretty insane nightclub. They used to have mirrors in the toilet cubicles for cocaine use. Around the corner from your hotel.

One of the best in Melbourne. They do the an insane degustation. Owned by celebrity chef Shane Deliah