Food Scene
A 'must try' once. Famous for its world-winning Margarita pizza. Excellent Italian food, great wine list. Busy & noisy (for older folks like us).
106 locals recommend
400 Gradi - Brunswick
99 Lygon StA 'must try' once. Famous for its world-winning Margarita pizza. Excellent Italian food, great wine list. Busy & noisy (for older folks like us).
Excellent Thai. Down-side is that it is quite tiny with tables too close together. But they do 'take away' or go early before the crowd.
Thai on Street
56 Lygon StExcellent Thai. Down-side is that it is quite tiny with tables too close together. But they do 'take away' or go early before the crowd.
Nice, fairly sedate pub opposite a park. Good food, good wine list. Don't have to shout to converse :).
18 locals recommend
Kent Hotel
370 Rathdowne StNice, fairly sedate pub opposite a park. Good food, good wine list. Don't have to shout to converse :).
Excellent breakfast & lunch menu with a middle-east elements. Large serves. The 'naughty' refers to the outrageously huge Instashakes & smoothies.
10 locals recommend
Naughty Boy Cafe
499-501 Lygon StExcellent breakfast & lunch menu with a middle-east elements. Large serves. The 'naughty' refers to the outrageously huge Instashakes & smoothies.
This is great for breakfast or brunch, especially if you have young children or enjoy un-hassled mornings. Spacious. Tables are very spread out. Very child-friendly. Food is tasty blend of traditional and middle east.
10 locals recommend
Brunswick Foodstore
29 Weston StThis is great for breakfast or brunch, especially if you have young children or enjoy un-hassled mornings. Spacious. Tables are very spread out. Very child-friendly. Food is tasty blend of traditional and middle east.
A 15-20 min walk east along the bike path, this is a busy but child-friendly place. There is a children's playground attached. Food is excellent. A popular place for seriously good coffee and baby chinos.
56 locals recommend
Park St
815 Nicholson StA 15-20 min walk east along the bike path, this is a busy but child-friendly place. There is a children's playground attached. Food is excellent. A popular place for seriously good coffee and baby chinos.
Drinks & Nightlife
This is a very special haunt for a special occasion. Eccentric, unique, wonderful.
73 locals recommend
Gerald's Bar
386 Rathdowne StThis is a very special haunt for a special occasion. Eccentric, unique, wonderful.
Irish bar with rich tasty Irish cooking. Live music. Cosy on a cold night.
7 locals recommend
The Snug Public House
68 Sydney RdIrish bar with rich tasty Irish cooking. Live music. Cosy on a cold night.
Sightseeing
A stroll down Rathdowne St, North Carlton window-shopping is a must. A very gentle, heart-warming strip.
(Those needing more excitement should focus on Brunswick - Sydney Rd and/or Lygon St. Or further afield, Brunswick St, Fitzroy; Richmond; CBD; South Bank; or St Kilda).
Rathdowne Street
Rathdowne StreetA stroll down Rathdowne St, North Carlton window-shopping is a must. A very gentle, heart-warming strip.
(Those needing more excitement should focus on Brunswick - Sydney Rd and/or Lygon St. Or further afield, Brunswick St, Fitzroy; Richmond; CBD; South Bank; or St Kilda).
Parks & Nature
Our very own Hardy Gallagher Reserve. A great picnic spot in summer. A good place to kick footballs or throw Frisbees. Has a nice children's playground with slides & swings, etc.
There are also two free BBQs outside the Railway house.
Hardy Gallagher Reserve
Solly AvenueOur very own Hardy Gallagher Reserve. A great picnic spot in summer. A good place to kick footballs or throw Frisbees. Has a nice children's playground with slides & swings, etc.
There are also two free BBQs outside the Railway house.
One of the great Melbourne parks. Has a great running track around it. Just a lovely park to stroll around or walk through. Invariably, a few sports games to watch if you have time on your hands.
Also has a really excellent children's playground on Cnr of Gratton & Macpherson.
32 locals recommend
Princes Park station
One of the great Melbourne parks. Has a great running track around it. Just a lovely park to stroll around or walk through. Invariably, a few sports games to watch if you have time on your hands.
Also has a really excellent children's playground on Cnr of Gratton & Macpherson.
Entertainment & Activities
What more is there to say. Simply follow the bike path west and you will come to it. Too big to do in a single day with small children. Merits 2 or more visits every few years.
389 locals recommend
Melbourne Zoo
Elliott AvenueWhat more is there to say. Simply follow the bike path west and you will come to it. Too big to do in a single day with small children. Merits 2 or more visits every few years.