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 |
- BearBrass – Melbourne – a reliable riverside venue with a drinks bar to relax and dine
- The Confectionist Bakery at Chadstone – Malvern East – awesome cookies
- Sandown Park Hotel – Noble Park – a dependable local pub built for families, groups, and easy dining in Melbourne’s south east
- Omnia Bistro & Bar – South Yarra – Contemporary Europrean bistro charm meets Australia’s finest seasonal produce
- Carlos Cantina – Boronia – lively Mexican restaurant anchoring Boronia Village
- PJ O’Brien’s Irish Pub – Melbourne – Southbank Irish pub
- Sixteen H Murrumbeena – a delicious blend of Malaysian and Chinese cuisine
- KAIJU! Beer & Pizza – Huntingdale – a fun, family friendly brewery
- The Breslin Steakhouse – Melbourne – a riverfront steak destination in Melbourne
- Nana’s Green Tea Swanston Street – Melbourne – Japanese matcha and parfaits
Visit
- Red Herring Escape Rooms Crown Melbourne – an escape room experience with atmosphere, accessibility and a few quirks
- Ace Karts – Albion – modern indoor Go Karting experience
- Disney Wonder Cruise – Melbourne to Hobart – a first time at sea with Disney
- LaManna Supermarket – Essendon Fields – Italian supermarket with fresh food and
- Chesterfield Farm – Scoresby – pre-purchase your tickets before visiting
- PAX Melbourne 2025 – Melbourne – a lively weekend of games, cards and community
- Lightscape 2025 – Melbourne – Royal Botanic Gardens becomes a winter wonderland
- Oz Comic Con 2025 Melbourne – 7-8 June 2025 – a year with Giancarlo Esposito
- Harry Potter the Exhibition – Brunswick – relive the films with your kids
- Supanova 2025 Melbourne at Melbourne Showgrounds – big year with Tyler Hoechlin and for us Sarah Natochenny
Shop
- LaManna Supermarket – Essendon Fields – Italian supermarket with fresh food and
- 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
- Sandown Park Hotel – Noble Park – a dependable local pub built for families, groups, and easy dining in Melbourne’s south east
- RACV Goldfields – Creswick – escape to a Tranquil Oasis in Regional Victoria
- Pullman Melbourne on the Park – great views of Melbourne Cricket Ground and Rod Laver Arena
- 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
