Guidebook for Brunswick

Laura And Rich
Laura And Rich
Guidebook for Brunswick

Drinks & Nightlife

Great pub with an excellent menu, including heaps of vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options
64 locals recommend
The Cornish Arms Hotel
163A Sydney Rd
64 locals recommend
Great pub with an excellent menu, including heaps of vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options
Excellent local wine bar. Food trucks set up outside some nights, and you can bring your food inside.
82 locals recommend
Mr Wilkinson
295 Lygon St
82 locals recommend
Excellent local wine bar. Food trucks set up outside some nights, and you can bring your food inside.
Local bar with a nice beer garden.
50 locals recommend
The Penny Black
420 Sydney Rd
50 locals recommend
Local bar with a nice beer garden.
This pub probably has Sydney's Road's best beer garden.
100 locals recommend
The Retreat Hotel
280 Sydney Rd
100 locals recommend
This pub probably has Sydney's Road's best beer garden.

Food Scene

Pint-sized cafe with an old-school Italian vibe. Great coffee and sandwiches.
14 locals recommend
La Paloma
259 Albert Street
14 locals recommend
Pint-sized cafe with an old-school Italian vibe. Great coffee and sandwiches.
Great Sicilian bar and restaurant
61 locals recommend
Bar Idda
132 Lygon St
61 locals recommend
Great Sicilian bar and restaurant
Classy, Middle Eastern inspired modern Australian food.
65 locals recommend
Rumi Restaurant
2 Lygon St
65 locals recommend
Classy, Middle Eastern inspired modern Australian food.
Delicious Middle Eastern inspired pizza.
37 locals recommend
Mankoushe
323 Lygon St
37 locals recommend
Delicious Middle Eastern inspired pizza.
Contemporary food with a South-East Asian twist.
71 locals recommend
Tom Phat Restaurant
184 Sydney Rd
71 locals recommend
Contemporary food with a South-East Asian twist.
Pretty authentic Japanese Izakaya
22 locals recommend
Kumo Izakaya & Sake Bar
152 Lygon St
22 locals recommend
Pretty authentic Japanese Izakaya
Amazing Mexican dinner, snacks and drinks!
57 locals recommend
Los Hermanos Mexican Taquería
339 Victoria St
57 locals recommend
Amazing Mexican dinner, snacks and drinks!
Probably our favourite local breakfast spot
36 locals recommend
Cafe Ray
332 Victoria St
36 locals recommend
Probably our favourite local breakfast spot
Authentic Lebanese food on the cheap. Brilliant felafel and kebab. This is one of our regular haunts.
60 locals recommend
Tiba's Lebanese Restaurant
504 Sydney Road
60 locals recommend
Authentic Lebanese food on the cheap. Brilliant felafel and kebab. This is one of our regular haunts.
Delicious gelati.
37 locals recommend
Gelobar
74 Lygon St
37 locals recommend
Delicious gelati.

Essentials

Our local shopping centre. Has two supermarkets and a discount department store, as well as fresh food and produce and convenience dining
160 locals recommend
Barkly Square
90-106 Sydney Rd
160 locals recommend
Our local shopping centre. Has two supermarkets and a discount department store, as well as fresh food and produce and convenience dining
Wonderful fresh food market with well priced quality produce. The only place to buy fruit and veg.
24 locals recommend
La Manna Fresh
403-407 Sydney Rd
24 locals recommend
Wonderful fresh food market with well priced quality produce. The only place to buy fruit and veg.
Yet another local supermarket.
64 locals recommend
Woolworths Brunswick
300-304 Albert St
64 locals recommend
Yet another local supermarket.
A world of pasta and other quality Italian produce. Grab a cheap espresso from their in-store cafe while you browse.
49 locals recommend
Mediterranean Wholesalers
482 Sydney Rd
49 locals recommend
A world of pasta and other quality Italian produce. Grab a cheap espresso from their in-store cafe while you browse.

Shopping

Great, shop-made jeans at low prices. On site seamstresses will alter them to your needs on the spot.
42 locals recommend
Dejour Jeans
542 Sydney Rd
42 locals recommend
Great, shop-made jeans at low prices. On site seamstresses will alter them to your needs on the spot.
Screenprinting and t-shirt shop with designs by Melbourne street artists. Check out their amazing mural around the corner on Lobb St.
7 Beith St
7 Beith Street
Screenprinting and t-shirt shop with designs by Melbourne street artists. Check out their amazing mural around the corner on Lobb St.
The closest place to buy a Myki tram/train ticket.
Sydney Road Lucky Lotto & News
398 Sydney Rd
The closest place to buy a Myki tram/train ticket.
Nicely curated vinyl and book shop.
Title Store
341 Sydney Rd
Nicely curated vinyl and book shop.
One of Melbourne's most epic thrift shops.
61 locals recommend
Savers
330 Sydney Rd
61 locals recommend
One of Melbourne's most epic thrift shops.
Independent bookstore with an eclectic range of other stuff on sale.
98 locals recommend
Brunswick Bound
361 Sydney Rd
98 locals recommend
Independent bookstore with an eclectic range of other stuff on sale.
Beautiful gifts, kitchen doodads, vases, leather goods etc etc. Difficult to enter this place without acquiring a heap of swag.
19 locals recommend
Mr Kitly
381 Sydney Rd
19 locals recommend
Beautiful gifts, kitchen doodads, vases, leather goods etc etc. Difficult to enter this place without acquiring a heap of swag.

Everything Else

Local post office.
Australia Post - Brunswick East LPO
167 Lygon St
Local post office.
Local train station. Catch it south just six stops to Melbourne CBD.
28 locals recommend
Brunswick Station
28 locals recommend
Local train station. Catch it south just six stops to Melbourne CBD.
Local tram stop. Catch the #19 tram north to Coburg or south to the Melbourne CBD. This is stop number 22.
19 locals recommend
Albert and Sydney
382 Sydney Rd
19 locals recommend
Local tram stop. Catch the #19 tram north to Coburg or south to the Melbourne CBD. This is stop number 22.
Local bicycle shop.
Commuter Cycles
14 Prentice St
Local bicycle shop.
Bike path along the train line. A safe way to cycle around Brunswick, lined with street art and graffiti.
Upfield Bike Path
Upfield Shared Path
Bike path along the train line. A safe way to cycle around Brunswick, lined with street art and graffiti.

Sightseeing

Melbourne's beautiful zoo, only two stops from our local train station. Disembark at Royal Park.
389 locals recommend
Melbourne Zoo
Elliott Avenue
389 locals recommend
Melbourne's beautiful zoo, only two stops from our local train station. Disembark at Royal Park.