Here are lists of some of the places to eat, visit and shop across the State of Victoria with most places centering around its capital city Melbourne.
Here is my guide on how to get around Melbourne.
Eat
Here are the top restaurants based on suburbs (click the name):
| Glen Waverley | Melbourne (central business district) |
| Springvale |
- Little Bad Wolf – Noble Park – Mediterranean restaurant with gyros and grilled meats
- El Jannah Charcoal Chicken – Dandenong – Lebanese charcoal and fried chicken outlet
- ChimNutz – Melbourne – try their Chimney Cone Series
- One Noodle Friendship – Preston – the best hand pulled noodles and dumplings in the area
- TGI Fridays Bar & Grill at Chadstone – Malvern East – American dining experience
- Chayō Japanese Café – Clayton – well liked Japanese venue with popular drinks and brunch
- Little White Duck at Chadstone Shopping Centre – Malvern East – roast duck restaurant
- Juicey Bruceys at Queen Victoria Market – Melbourne – home of the Brucey’s smash burgers
- Wow Crepes – Melbourne – affordable crepes, beef noodles
- Kilpa 8 Canteen – Moorabbin – looks can deceive this hidden gem boasting affordable meals based in an industrial complex
Visit
- Supanova 2024 Melbourne at Melbourne Showgrounds – another year for this pop culture convention
- Top 10 things to do at Dandenong Market – very popular fruit and vegetable market in the south east
- Strike Bowling and Timezone – Clayton – the area’s best bowling and entertainment venue
- Monopoly Dreams – Melbourne – a museum and a kids amusement centre of the famous board game
- Gumbuya World – Tynong North – Victoria’s main water theme park with rollercoasters, zoo and farm animals
- PAX Australia 2023 (Penny Arcade Expo) – Melbourne – 6-8 October 2023 – 10 years and still phenomenal
- Metartworld – Art Space – South Melbourne – metal art and starry sky exhibition
- Melbourne Museum – Carlton – aim to please the family with $15 tickets
- Royal Brunei Airlines and Sky Lounge – plane offers good service and food
- Supanova Melbourne – 22-23 April 2023 – the celebrities include Karl Urban, Temuera Morrison and Stephen Amell
Shop
- Wantirna Trash & Treasure Market – first in Sunday Markets and the largest operator of open air markets in Australia
- MKS Spices’n Things – Dandenong – hidden in plain sight delicious takeaway curries, dosa, vada, samosa and more
- Critical Hit – Melbourne – a pop culture store selling popular anime and manga collectables and merchandise
- Minotaur Entertainment – Melbourne – this well established pop culture merchandise store has moved locations and still remain the best for comic and manga fans
- Chadstone Shopping Centre – Melbourne – the Fashion Capital and the biggest shopping centre in Australia and claims to be the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere
- Sakura Lounge – Melbourne, Australia – their motto is inner peace, outer glow. How true it is. The massage was one of the best I’ve had
- Love Journal Photography – 7 October 2018 – a fun day of shooting pre-wedding photos under great weather
Hotel
- Marriott Docklands – Melbourne – connected to a shopping complex with an infinity pool, hot tub and rooftop bar
- Crown Towers Melbourne – luxurious executive club suite and the original Crystal Club Lounge
- Hepburn at Hepburn Springs villa accommodation – Hepburn Springs – a nice long weekend to enjoy rural Victoria in a villa while being close to nature and the iconic bathhouse
- Langham Melbourne – Melbourne – a luxurious stay for any visitor. Close to Flinders Street Station and all the eateries on Southbank
- Pan Pacific Melbourne – Melbourne – stay-cation with a view of the city and Yarra River
- Sofitel Melbourne – Melbourne – we were rewarded guest-of-the-day and had the club lounge
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