Bar Liberty ★ 4.6
Bar Liberty in Fitzroy holds one Good Food Guide hat: Melbourne's natural-wine bistro of record, with small plates, biodynamic pours and a polished kitchen.
Order: Seasonal raw bar plate and house bread with cultured butter
Restaurants in Fitzroy
Casual Dining in Fitzroy
Bar Liberty Bistro ★ 4.5
Bar Liberty in Fitzroy holds one Good Food Guide hat: Melbourne's best natural-wine bistro with seasonal small plates and a list that rewards exploration.
Order: Seasonal raw oysters and the cheese course
Cafés in Fitzroy
Bentwood ★ 4.4
Bentwood on Napier Street takes brunch seriously: seasonal produce, a Fitzroy brick-and-glass room and the kind of coffee that earns regular return visits.
Signature drink: Single-origin filter coffee
Industry Beans ★ 4.4
Industry Beans in a Fitzroy warehouse combines roastery and flagship cafe: a seasonal brunch menu alongside a coffee bar pushing processing and brew methods.
Signature drink: Experimental filter and espresso menu
Bakeries in Fitzroy
Lune Croissanterie ★ 4.9
Lune Croissanterie in Fitzroy is Kate Reid's engineering-informed pastry project: technically exacting croissants cited among the world's best by food media.
Worth the queue: Classic croissant with cultured butter
Coffee Roasters in Fitzroy
Industry Beans ★ 4.4
Industry Beans in Fitzroy runs its roastery inside an old warehouse: espresso and filter menus change with harvest cycles and classes run on the retail floor.
Wine Bars in Fitzroy
Bar Liberty ★ 4.7
Bar Liberty in Fitzroy North is the natural wine bar that launched a thousand imitators: ferments and pours that changed how Melbourne thinks about wine.
Wine focus: Natural and minimal-intervention, skin-contact, Australian and European
Neighbourhood Wine ★ 4.5
Neighbourhood Wine in Fitzroy North fills a double-fronted terrace with Victorian producers and low-intervention pours from a thoughtful and well-priced list.
Wine focus: Victorian cellar door range and Australian small-producer
Blackhearts and Sparrows ★ 4.5
Blackhearts and Sparrows is Melbourne's best independent bottle shop for discovering something new: natural and biodynamic wines across six Melbourne stores.
Wine focus: Curated retail with bottle-shop-meets-bar model
Builders Arms Hotel ★ 4.3
The Builders Arms on Gertrude Street does a double life as a local pub and a seriously chosen wine room: natural bottles, good food and a courtyard.
Wine focus: Victorian and Australian natural, craft beer backup
Marion ★ 4.5
Marion on Gertrude Street is the Fitzroy neighbourhood wine bar: an ever-changing natural wine list and snacks designed around what was opened.
Wine focus: Natural and low-intervention, Victorian and European small producers
Bars in Fitzroy
Black Pearl ★ 4.8
Black Pearl on Brunswick Street has been named among the world's best bars: serious craft cocktails in a Fitzroy corner pub built around technique above.
Signature drink: Seasonal bartender's choice cocktail
Naked for Satan ★ 4.4
Naked for Satan on Brunswick Street is the Fitzroy rooftop bar: pintxos, cheap vermut and a top-level terrace that draws weekend queues from midday onwards.
Signature drink: House vermouth and soda with olive
Street Food in Fitzroy
Huxtaburger ★ 4.3
Huxtaburger on Smith Street launched Melbourne's smash burger era in 2012: the double patty, American cheese and secret sauce that started the city format.
Order: Huxtaburger with American cheese and pickles
Breweries in Fitzroy
Tallboy and Moose ★ 4.3
Tallboy and Moose in Northcote makes unconventional craft beer: hazy IPAs, session lagers and some of the city's most distinctive can packaging.
Slowbeer ★ 4.4
Slowbeer on Smith Street in Fitzroy is Melbourne's best craft bottle shop: fridge-lined walls, knowledgeable staff and no mainstream macro product in sight.
Markets in Fitzroy
Rose Street Artists Market ★ 4.2
Rose Street Artists Market in Fitzroy runs weekends with independent makers and street food: the inner north's Saturday institution for craft and culture.
Cooking Classes in Fitzroy
Free to Feed ★ 4.7
Free to Feed in Northcote runs cooking classes taught by newly arrived migrants and asylum seekers: regional cuisines, genuine hospitality and a social.
Lune Croissanterie Pastry Class ★ 4.8
Lune Croissanterie in Fitzroy offers croissant-making workshops on laminated dough technique, beurrage and the science behind the world-famous croissants.
Brunch in Fitzroy
Bentwood ★ 4.7
Bentwood in Fitzroy applies wine-bar sensibility to brunch: benchmark granola plates, natural wine from midday and the suburb's best outdoor courtyard.
Order: House granola with seasonal fruit and labne
Late-Night Eats in Fitzroy
Evie's Disco Diner ★ 4.3
Evie's Disco Diner on Gertrude Street is the Fitzroy disco-diner: American comfort plates and cocktails in a converted ironworks open until 1am Fri-Sat.
Nightlife in Fitzroy
Naked for Satan (rooftop) ★ 4.4
Naked for Satan's rooftop deck above Brunswick Street is Fitzroy's most-used outdoor drinking terrace: vermouth, pintxos and a city skyline view from a building that feels like it should charge more than it does.
The Attic at Black Pearl ★ 4.8
The Attic above Black Pearl is Melbourne's most refined small bar: a 20-seat upstairs room at one of the world's best-rated bars, accessible only through the ground-floor venue, with a cocktail list built for unhurried drinking.
The Old Bar ★ 4.2
The Old Bar on Johnston Street is Fitzroy's authentic dive: live bands most nights from local and touring acts, sticky floors, a pool table and a crowd that knows the difference between a venue that has character and one that has only designed itself to look like it does.