Port Phillip, Victoria Food Guide: 10 Australian food Must-Eat Restaurants & Street Food Stalls in St Kilda

March 20, 2020 Nicolette Lion

Find out what Australian restaurants to try in St Kilda including St LuJa, St LuJa, Donovans, Milk the Cow, Galleon Cafe, Claypots Seafood Bar, Fitzrovia, La Roche, Miss Jackson, Banff
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10. Banff

145 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria 3182 Australia Pizza, Cafe, Australian Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch, Late Night Outdoor Seating, Seating, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Takeout [email protected] +61 3 9525 3899 http://banffstkilda.com.au/
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4 based on 361 reviews

Banff

Reviewed By percicles

What a great little find. We visited here on our first night in Melbourne and absolutely loved the place! Gorgeous food, great atmosphere, good music and friendly staff. The Carbonara was the best I’ve ever tasted. We ate at the Banff on another 2 occasions on our short stay in Melbourne and each time it was equally as good.Great value for money too! Highly recommended

9. Miss Jackson

2/19 Grey St, St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria 3182 Australia Cafe, Australian, Contemporary Breakfast, Lunch, Brunch Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Highchairs Available, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Takeout [email protected] 9534 8415 http://www.missjackson.com.au/
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4 based on 178 reviews

Miss Jackson

Reviewed By urbandrifter

Once you find this place (in Grey Street) you enter a whole new world. Away from the funkiness of many other cafes, this is a gorgeous place to come and have a meal. Today I had the waffles - OMG they were amazing. And then served a coffee that the barissta should be given a gold medal. The staff were lovely and seemed to enjoy working at Miss Jackson. However, service can be slow. Takeaway available. Wheelchair friendly. Kid friendly. Pram/stroller accessible. Parking is okay.

8. La Roche

Acland st, St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria 3182 Australia Pizza, Australian Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch, Late Night Takeout, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Reservations +61 3 9534 1472 https://www.facebook.com/LaRocheStKilda/timeline?ref=page_internal
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4 based on 305 reviews

La Roche

Reviewed By Matnshaz

Dropped in on a rainy afternoon for lunch. This place serves the type of comfort food made for such occasions like lamb shanks and bangers & mash. Food was excellent, staff friendly and attentive and $5 pints to wash it down. Located at the end of Acland St where the trams stop, this place is worth a look.

7. Fitzrovia

155 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria 3182 Australia Australian, Cafe, European, Contemporary Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Brunch, Late Night, Drinks Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Accepts American Express, Accepts Mastercard, Accepts Visa, Free Wifi, Takeout, Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Highchairs Available, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service [email protected] +61 3 9537 0001 http://www.fitzrovia.com.au
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4 based on 695 reviews

Fitzrovia

Overlooking Albert park and breathtaking city views, Fitzrovia has pride of place in our beautiful Federation mansion house with pressed tin ceilings, hand-made brick work, stained glass, baltic pine floors and a host of wonderful original features. From

Reviewed By Dazdav

Return visit - still friendly & enthusiastic service, excellent (healthy) food - something for everyone i.e. vegan, vegetarian or carnivore, relaxed atmosphere, open (& busy) kitchen, small but good value wine list. Highly recommended.

6. Claypots Seafood Bar

213-215 Barkly St, St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria 3182 Australia Seafood, Mediterranean, Australian Lunch, Dinner, Late Night Outdoor Seating, Seating, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Accepts American Express, Accepts Mastercard, Accepts Visa, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Live Music, Jazz Bar [email protected] +61 3 9534 1282 https://www.facebook.com/claypotsstkilda/
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4 based on 503 reviews

Claypots Seafood Bar

Good food is shared food. The best seafood in town. Kitchen open 12pm - 10pm every day. Our side bar has live music daily and is open until 1am.

Reviewed By Tropicalshowers

One of the best seafood lunches (meals) we've ever had. Not only was the food fantastic and the decor fabulous, but our waitress was charming as well and we were so pleased we'd ventured inside. Actually the exterior of the restaurant was the first draw card! If we'd been staying in Melbourne longer, we would have ventured back, especially to enjoy a 'gig'. We shall definitely return when we venture south again. Many thanks to all :).

5. Galleon Cafe

9 Carlisle St, St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria 3182 Australia Cafe, Australian Breakfast, Lunch, Brunch Takeout, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service +61 3 9534 8934 http://www.facebook.com/Galleon-Cafe-142200179158789/
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4 based on 240 reviews

Galleon Cafe

Reviewed By Robyn C

Breakfast at the Galleon was just fantastic. The porridge with fruit as worth it alone, but then I had to have the tofu scramble too, couldn't miss out on that--just great! Tea was very good and the atmosphere is friendly and the staff are attentive.

4. Milk the Cow

U 1 157 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria 3182 Australia Australian, Wine Bar Lunch, Dinner, Late Night, Drinks Takeout, Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service +61 3 9348 4771 http://milkthecow.com.au
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4 based on 316 reviews

Milk the Cow

Reviewed By Eirene N

We came for an early father’s day celebration on Sunday 25th August. Very disappointed with the service. We ordered 3 wine flights and 1 whisky flight, and a farmer grazer platter. Our experience started with the waiter spilling water all over the table, but not returning to clean it up. We the received the wrong order 4 wine flights. We had to wait 15 minutes for this to be fixed. Half way through our experience I realised the serving size of the cheese that I received was only a third at best as those who also had the same large serve wine flight. The waiter then appeared to top up our water and proceeded to drip it all over our basket of bread and crackers making everything soggy. I raised the portion size issue and it was blatantly ignored. In order to make the most of our celebrations I left it. But I would not recommend this as the 5 star experience it professes to be. Aside from this I’ve tasted better Australian wine and cheeses and whisky than what they had on offer. The pairings however were done well. Something I can say we’ve now done, however their was no consistency and poor service so I would not bother to go again. When 5he waiter pulls out a note book and reads ad nauseous from his own scribbled notes to describe what you are about to taste is warning enough! I wish I could say I was alone on my review however the table behind us had much the same comments!Oh dear... Eirene, we hate hearing this was your experience. We are very sorry. It sounds like you might have had one of our newer staff members. Sunday was extremely busy for us and caught us off guard, so our more senior staff probably weren't as present as they should have been to advise our new staff member. We will have a chat to the entire team about this, as this is simply not the level of service we abide at Milk the Cow. Honest mistakes are one thing, not fixing them when you've clearly given them the opportunity is another entirely. We're very disappointed. Would you mind emailing our office with your details so we can follow up with you personally? As for the quality of our cheeses and whiskies, we may have to agree to disagree... we stock some of the most-awarded artisan products from both Australia and around the world, and if the ones you had were not to your taste there are definitely other options in our cabinet! With 180 cheeses to choose from and an extensive beverage list, there's something to appeal to every discerning palate. We hope we can tempt you to give us another chance to prove how good we can be.

3. Donovans

40 Jacka Boulevard, St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria 3182 Australia Seafood, Australian, Contemporary Lunch, Dinner Seating, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Wine and Beer, Accepts American Express, Accepts Mastercard, Accepts Visa, Free Wifi, Reservations, Private Dining, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Waterfront [email protected] +61 3 9534 8221 http://www.donovans.com.au/
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4 based on 957 reviews

Donovans

Welcome to Donovans - our ‘house on the beach’ and home we love to share. Donovans is located on the St.Kilda beach front offering guests a memorable dining experience in Melbourne. With a bay side view, beautiful mediterranean inspired food and the speci

Reviewed By G8449QXpeter

Where to start ? Location , tick . Food & wine , tick . Ambiance , tick . Service , tick .Feeling of contentment with the experience , always . Don't know how Kevin,Gail & the team keep doing it ,but it just gets better every time . Never had a complaint or any criticism for Donovans .Superb , just keep doing it . Thank you .

2. St LuJa

9 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria 3182 Australia Australian, International, Contemporary Lunch, Dinner, Late Night, Drinks Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Street Parking, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Wine and Beer, Accepts Mastercard, Accepts Visa, Free Wifi, Table Service, Parking Available [email protected] +61 3 9534 0002 http://stluja.com.au/
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5 based on 102 reviews

St LuJa

What we do here at St. LuJa is bring a venue with a home away from home feel, with excellent service, banter and some of the best cocktails in Melbourne without being pretentious and great food too. The guest is number one and we like to get to know the p

Reviewed By KasperSolingen

Nice restaurant with a very pleasant atmosphere. Service very friendly and helpful, good recommendations for food and drinks. Good cocktails, but not really cheap. We had an excellent starter and then a large meat platter to share, also very good. Tasty beer. A good recommendation!Hello Kasper,Thank you for visiting us and taking the time to review us. We are happy to hear you enjoyed yourself.St. LuJa Team

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1. St LuJa

9 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria 3182 Australia Australian, International, Contemporary Lunch, Dinner, Late Night, Drinks Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Street Parking, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Wine and Beer, Accepts Mastercard, Accepts Visa, Free Wifi, Table Service, Parking Available [email protected] +61 3 9534 0002 http://stluja.com.au/
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5 based on 102 reviews

St LuJa

What we do here at St. LuJa is bring a venue with a home away from home feel, with excellent service, banter and some of the best cocktails in Melbourne without being pretentious and great food too. The guest is number one and we like to get to know the p

Reviewed By KasperSolingen

Nice restaurant with a very pleasant atmosphere. Service very friendly and helpful, good recommendations for food and drinks. Good cocktails, but not really cheap. We had an excellent starter and then a large meat platter to share, also very good. Tasty beer. A good recommendation!Hello Kasper,Thank you for visiting us and taking the time to review us. We are happy to hear you enjoyed yourself.St. LuJa Team

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