CuisineModern Asian
Price$$$
Neighbourhoodcbd
HoursDaily 11:30am until late

Must order: New England lobster roll and slow-cooked lamb shoulder

Location

Address: 180 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000

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Tipo 00 ★ 4.5

Italian pasta$$$cbdMon-Sat 11:30am-9:30pm

Tipo 00 on Little Bourke Street serves house-rolled pasta in a tight CBD room. The squid-ink tagliolini and wagyu mafaldine have been selling out for years.

Order: Tagliolini al nero with squid and bottarga

Grossi Florentino ★ 4.4

Italian$$$cbdMon-Fri lunch 12pm, dinner from 5:30pm daily

Grossi Florentino holds two Good Food Guide hats. The upstairs room is the classical Italian benchmark; the Cellar Bar serves the same food more casually.

Order: Hand-rolled pasta of the day from the cellar bar menu

Chin Chin ★ 4.2

Southeast Asian$$cbdDaily 11am-11pm

Chin Chin on Flinders Lane is Melbourne's reference for Southeast Asian cooking: loud, no-bookings, consistently packed since 2011 and the food holds up.

Order: Stir-fried green beans with holy basil and pork crackling

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Zareh ★ 4.6

Middle Eastern$$$collingwoodTue-Sat from 5:30pm

Zareh on Smith Street applies Armenian and Lebanese heritage to a wood-fired menu that was one of Melbourne's most talked-about openings of 2025.

Order: Wood-roasted lamb with spiced rice and labneh

Tipo 00 ★ 4.5

Italian pasta$$$cbdMon-Sat 11:30am-9:30pm

Tipo 00 on Little Bourke Street serves house-rolled pasta in a tight CBD room. The squid-ink tagliolini and wagyu mafaldine have been selling out for years.

Order: Tagliolini al nero with squid and bottarga

Grossi Florentino ★ 4.4

Italian$$$cbdMon-Fri lunch 12pm, dinner from 5:30pm daily

Grossi Florentino holds two Good Food Guide hats. The upstairs room is the classical Italian benchmark; the Cellar Bar serves the same food more casually.

Order: Hand-rolled pasta of the day from the cellar bar menu

Chin Chin ★ 4.2

Southeast Asian$$cbdDaily 11am-11pm

Chin Chin on Flinders Lane is Melbourne's reference for Southeast Asian cooking: loud, no-bookings, consistently packed since 2011 and the food holds up.

Order: Stir-fried green beans with holy basil and pork crackling

Daphne ★ 4.3

Modern Australian$$brunswick-eastMon-Thu 4pm-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 4pm-11:30pm

Daphne in Brunswick East is the Etta team's public house: seasonal European cooking, a natural wine list and a room that genuinely takes the food seriously.

Order: Pork chop with mustard and pickles on the daily specials board

France-Soir ★ 4.4

French$$$south-yarraDaily 12pm-12am

France-Soir has been Melbourne's Parisian bistro since 1982: the menu barely changes, the wine list is legendary and the room feels uncannily right.

Order: Steak au poivre with pommes frites and a glass of Burgundy

Tip: Book by phone. This is still a phone-booking-only restaurant and they mean it.

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