The Best Hotel Restaurants in Melbourne For Stylish Dining
Whether you're staying the night or simply passing through, these hotel restaurants hold strong as destinations in their own right.
Wave goodbye to those old, prejudiced notions of hotel dining deemed inferior to standalone eateries, and say hello to the new wave of hotel restaurants burgeoning in the city. You'll find them in most of Melbourne's best hotels; and they are all destinations in their own right, whether you’re spending the night or just passing through.
Forget room service and lacklustre eats under a metal cloche. Instead, prepare for gastronomic delight in the same vein as any of Melbourne's best restaurants.
These are Melbourne's best hotel restaurants for stylish wining and dining.
Langlands Restaurant & Bar
Langlands Restaurant & Bar in the recently refurbed Hyatt Centric Melbourne is the perfect spot for after-work drinks, catch-ups with friends or a cosy date night. Dive into a luxurious modern Australian menu that heroes fresh ingredients from local farmers and producers. Indulge in starters including anchovy toast with burrata and tomato relish, smoky eggplant with garlic, lemon and parsley on crusty sourdough. For mains, the Barra with crushed kipflers, fried oyster, citrus & burnt butter and the Hazeldene's Free Range Bird with chilli sambal, celeriac & apple slaw can't be beat.
Hyatt Centric Melbourne, Level 25/25 Downie Street, Melbourne
Luci at Hilton Melbourne LQS
Hidden within the Hilton Melbourne Little Queen Street, Luci's contemporary Australian menu by Executive Chef Sam Moore nods to Melbourne's European accents and is designed to celebrate quality ingredients with refined simplicity at its core. As the dance of the dining room plays out beneath majestic marble columns, feast on fare like four cheese zucchini flowers with romesco and a vibrant octopus carpaccio, laced with nduja, chickpeas and pickled cucumber; hand-picked spanner crab with spaghettini verde, heirloom tomato and pangrattato, and bistecca alla Fiorentina.
18 Little Queen Street, Melbourne
Amphlett House at Ovolo Laneways
Ready to let the good times roll? Melbourne's newest taphouse, Amphlett House is one for the books. Located in the heart of Melbourne’s restaurant and theatre district, it's spearheaded by two of Australia’s hospitality finest, Andrea Gauldi (ex-Maybe Sammy, one of ‘The World’s 50 Best Bars’) and celebrated Melburnian chef, Ian Curley. Expect exceptional drinks and elevated pub classics coming together within a welcoming and upbeat atmosphere. The finger lime daiquiri is calling our name - we’ll see you there!
19-25 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne
La Madonna at Next Hotel
Dining decadence can be found on the third-level of Next Hotel. La Madonna is golden lit and cavernous, serving up riffs on Italian classics, as well as less obvious offerings. Treat yourself to a barrel-aged Negroni, share a plate of oysters or roasted quail arrosticini at the bar, then proceed into the depths of the restaurant to graze in a quiet corner with another cocktail in hand, or sink into a booth for an intimate dinner. The wine list favours Italian varietals, and the food menu is packed with flavours that are simple but striking. Buon appetito!
103 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
Strato at Oakwood Premier Melbourne
Fine dining gets taken to new heights (quite literally) at Strato, a sophisticated 60-seat restaurant located on the 40th floor of Oakwood Premier Melbourne, serving up sensational views, swanky LA vibes and a multi-sensorial experience where the ordinary is transformed into the extraordinary. The menu is inspired by seasonality, and by the five elements, bringing the best of the atmosphere (air), the hydrosphere (water), the cryosphere (ice and permafrost), the lithosphere (earth’s upper rocky layer) and the biosphere (living things) to each plate. With entry via a private elevator from the hotel lobby, and attached sister venue Sky Bar equally as enticing for a pre-or-post dinner tipple, the entire venue is set to blow you away - so much so you might need to lie down in one of the chic suites below.
40/202 Normanby Road, Southbank
Lona Misa at Ovolo South Yarra
Shannon Martinez, the queen of Melbourne’s vegan scene, has a blockbuster venue in South Yarra’s sleek Ovolo Hotel - and it's a rebellious renaissance from root to stem. Lona Misa is an all-day plant-based diner that transforms from café to restaurant to wine bar with ease. Start the morning with coconut yoghurt granola and huevos rancheros, or book in for luxurious Latin-inspired dinners and cocktails. Martinez continues to wield her kitchen magic by creating veganised versions of morcilla (Spanish blood sausage), peri peri chicken, and a mushroom pinchos morunos skewer and Brazilian seafood stew you must try to believe.
234 Toorak Road, South Yarra
Lollo at W Hotel
Under the creative culinary direction of Adam D'Sylva, W Hotel's Lollo is all about relaxed classics sitting alongside bold innovations. Chef D'Sylva has drawn inspiration from his mixed heritage, creating a menu that is as familiar as it is unexpected and highlights Australia's unmistakable local fresh produce for this unique Melbourne restaurant. The duck lasagna is a must-try dish. Taking diners from day to night and beyond, there's also a vibrant drinks list offering the best of Victoria's most coveted wineries and breweries, paired with playful cocktail creations.
408 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Warabi at W Melbourne
Another stylish spot gracing W Melbourne Hotel, Warabi is a modern Omakase Japanese restaurant which seats a mere 37 diners. The evolving nine-course menu explores the Kappo philosophy of cuisine, with ingredients including Zensai abalone, eel, black truffle, and Glacier 51 toothfish marinated in sake. Expect a contemporary food offering, delicious sake, and a full theatrical experience as you watch the chefs work their magic.
408 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Curious at W Hotel
For Melbourne dining with a style as impressive as the cocktail list (and the hotel in which it lies) stop by this striking bar. A unique all-night cocktail bar, Curious blends music programming, creative concoctions and a menu of small bites and share plates, evoking an experience to remember. The cocktails are designed to celebrate some of the defining cultural pillars of Melbourne; coffee, fashion and art. Pick your poison and then select a few bites to pair perfectly with it - think scallop tostadas with truffle ponzu, beef tartare, and miso baked eggplant tacos.
408 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Ms Parker at The Motley
The Motley is delivering a new level of sophistication to Richmond, without compromising Melbourne’s eclectic and authentic feel. Ms Parker is a bustling ground floor cafe and fine dining restaurant sitting pretty within, that takes its name from the original owner, costumier Ms Mary Parker, who worked alongside Melbourne’s busiest drapers, tailors and makers of the late 1800's. It's an eclectic dining destination patterned with diverse textures and flavours, interwoven with history and character.
You might start the day with a breakfast pavlova and expertly crafted coffee, then move on to dishes of kangaroo tartare and Hiramasa kingfish, rainbow trout with beurre blanc and dry-aged lamb rump at the end of the day, all washed down with a Yarra Valley Pinot Noir, of course.
205 Bridge Road, Richmond
Showroom Bar & The Conservatory at The Royce Hotel
Hello, luxury! Melbourne's iconic Royce Hotel has reopened, reimagined and revitalised, and with it comes a new brand of opulence and sophistication. Drinking and dining at The Royce is all about getting back to greatness - great dishes, good times and great tastes amongst lavish spaces in which to rendezvous and celebrate. On site is The Conservatory and The Showroom Bar.
At The Conservatory, a delicate botanic inspired interior is perfect for gathering with your nearest and dearest and relaxing into the ebb of a long champagne breakfast. The Showroom Bar offers an original vaulted ceiling, sink-in club chairs and a crackling open fire, a downstairs bar and adjoining lounge with the classic cool of a private club. Meet for pre-dinner cocktails, then settle in for a dinner of mushroom and stilton tartlets, oysters, sous vide chicken, steak and accompanying accoutrements; even a fancified cheeseburger.
It's a beautiful new boutique hotel and dining experience, inspired by the golden age of hotels; Melbourne is set to fall in love with it all over again.
379 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
Miss Mi at Movenpick Hotel
Located within the new Movenpick Hotel, Miss Mi sports a glamorous fitout befitting the occasion. It's a tasting menu restaurant pushing the envelope in Asian-Australian dining. Drawing on influences from Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Thailand, you’ll find dishes such as a “satay” kangaroo glazed in Vegemite and served with macadamia and avocado. Head chef Esca Khoo has worked at Longrain, Dinner by Heston and Sydney’s Noma pop-up, meaning every dish is imaginative and exacting, with a keen eye on fermentation and preserves.
Cnr Godfrey Street and Bourke Street, Melbourne
Sorolla at AC Hotel by Marriott Melbourne
Housed on Level 7 of the AC Marriott and lit by the lights of Melbourne’s city, Sorolla is a Spanish inspired eatery that offers a modern and minimalist menu. Authentic Spanish dishes are backed by an extensive wine list and an atmosphere that brings the essence of Spain, to the heart of Melbourne. Enjoy stunning city views paired with tapas of sardines and serrano, and glasses from their extensive, hand-picked wine list.
201 Normanby Road, Southbank
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Shush Burger at Courtyard by Marriott Flagstaff Gardens
Shush Burger is a new burger bar that will be located inside the Courtyard By Marriott and is set to open in March.
It'll be a New York-style, speakeasy space, with a secret entrance and all the delicious burgers, obviously. Highlights include The Standard. with a smashed beef patty, the Buttermilk Fried Chicken, with house slaw, a crumbed hake burger with smashed avo and the Love Bud, a plant-based patty burger.
Shush Burger will also feature a range of snacks and sides, such as oysters and soft shell crab sliders. For sips? Get set to enjoy a range of beer, cider, wine and sparkling, as well as cocktail favourites like Negronis, espresso martinis and Aperol spritzes.
50 Batman Street, West Melbourne
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