Guidebook for Kooyong

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Guidebook for Kooyong

Food Scene

Don't feel like cooking? Stop off for gourmet ready-made meals to take home from this iconic Kooyong Village store.
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Croutons Fine Food
475 Glenferrie Rd
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Don't feel like cooking? Stop off for gourmet ready-made meals to take home from this iconic Kooyong Village store.
Local Farmers' Market within walking distance held on the 3rd and 5th Saturday of the month, 8am-1pm. Fresh fruit and vegetables, seasonal produce, meat and deli items. Corner of Auburn and Toorak Road.
Boroondara Farmers Market
Local Farmers' Market within walking distance held on the 3rd and 5th Saturday of the month, 8am-1pm. Fresh fruit and vegetables, seasonal produce, meat and deli items. Corner of Auburn and Toorak Road.
Totally original and eclectic cafe within walking distance, known for it's delicious breakfasts, lunches and outstanding coffee. Always busy.
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Porgie & Mr Jones
291 Auburn Rd
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Totally original and eclectic cafe within walking distance, known for it's delicious breakfasts, lunches and outstanding coffee. Always busy.
Hop on the tram for a couple of blocks and discover this food and coffee emporium in a huge warehouse. Leave room for their sensational desserts!
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Axil Coffee Roasters
322 Burwood Rd
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Hop on the tram for a couple of blocks and discover this food and coffee emporium in a huge warehouse. Leave room for their sensational desserts!
An iconic institution that's been here forever and a day. I dare you to find a cheaper or more wholesome Japanese restaurant in Melbourne that's not a fast food outlet.
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Samurai
804 Glenferrie Rd
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An iconic institution that's been here forever and a day. I dare you to find a cheaper or more wholesome Japanese restaurant in Melbourne that's not a fast food outlet.
This is a bright and breezy café tucked away off Glenferrie Road. They are often open on public holidays or when other cafes are closed.
Short Straw
743B Glenferrie Rd
This is a bright and breezy café tucked away off Glenferrie Road. They are often open on public holidays or when other cafes are closed.
Fantastic fresh home-made Thai/Vietnamese/Chinese food made in-house by Michael's mother in this tiny corner cafe. Open Tuesday-Saturday 10.30am - 8.30pm, and Monday 10.30am- 2pm. Great take-away, too.
Nom Nom's
487 Glenferrie Rd
Fantastic fresh home-made Thai/Vietnamese/Chinese food made in-house by Michael's mother in this tiny corner cafe. Open Tuesday-Saturday 10.30am - 8.30pm, and Monday 10.30am- 2pm. Great take-away, too.
A fabulous 'to-die-for' ice cream/gelataria shop with all natural home-made ingredients made on site by the Italian staff. Irresistible!
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Piccolina Gelateria
296 Smith St
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A fabulous 'to-die-for' ice cream/gelataria shop with all natural home-made ingredients made on site by the Italian staff. Irresistible!
Super trendy café with great food with a twist and superb coffee, but you'll have to queue at the weekend!
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Bawa Cafe
248 Burwood Rd
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Super trendy café with great food with a twist and superb coffee, but you'll have to queue at the weekend!
One of our favourites. This inside/outside riverside café offers stunning views of the Yarra River, great coffee and original menu items, as well as live music on Sundays. We love it because you can cycle there (borrow our bikes) along the bicycle/walking track in under 15 minutes, or walk there in 45 minutes--and tram home. Avoid peak times at weekends.
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Kanteen
154 Alexandra Ave
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One of our favourites. This inside/outside riverside café offers stunning views of the Yarra River, great coffee and original menu items, as well as live music on Sundays. We love it because you can cycle there (borrow our bikes) along the bicycle/walking track in under 15 minutes, or walk there in 45 minutes--and tram home. Avoid peak times at weekends.
Trendy, modern Mexican.
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Fonda Mexican
144 Chapel St
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Trendy, modern Mexican.
This is without doubt the best pizza restaurant in the area. Close by if you have a car, otherwise try Santini in Glenferrie Road on the tram route.
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Pizza Religion
493 Tooronga Rd
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This is without doubt the best pizza restaurant in the area. Close by if you have a car, otherwise try Santini in Glenferrie Road on the tram route.
A pleasant 15-20 minute stroll up Scotch Hill, or twotram stops from the end of our street, will bring you to this bright and cheery café that has become so popular that they expanded into the place next door. Great coffee and a brunch style menu.
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Finders Keepers Cafe
87-89 Riversdale Rd
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A pleasant 15-20 minute stroll up Scotch Hill, or twotram stops from the end of our street, will bring you to this bright and cheery café that has become so popular that they expanded into the place next door. Great coffee and a brunch style menu.
OUR FAVOUTRITE LOCAL CAFE! An absolute gem of a café at the end of our street. Brilliant coffee, an excellent selection of food (including take home options), and friendly smiling staff. An undercover arty courtyard extends the dining area; perfect on sunny days. Open from 8am-4pm, closed Mondays.
Brothers Keeper Cafe
481 Glenferrie Rd
OUR FAVOUTRITE LOCAL CAFE! An absolute gem of a café at the end of our street. Brilliant coffee, an excellent selection of food (including take home options), and friendly smiling staff. An undercover arty courtyard extends the dining area; perfect on sunny days. Open from 8am-4pm, closed Mondays.
Melbourne's largest and oldest food market, the Queen Vic sells fresh fruit, vegetables, meat, fish and deli items as well as clothes, kitchenware, crafts and souvenirs. You can take a guided tour or do a self-guided tour (http://www.qvm.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Self-Guided-History-Tour.pdf). The summer or winter night markets are very popular, with hawker-style food stalls, craft stalls and entertainment. Open Wednesday evenings 5-10pm.
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Queen Victoria Market station
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Melbourne's largest and oldest food market, the Queen Vic sells fresh fruit, vegetables, meat, fish and deli items as well as clothes, kitchenware, crafts and souvenirs. You can take a guided tour or do a self-guided tour (http://www.qvm.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Self-Guided-History-Tour.pdf). The summer or winter night markets are very popular, with hawker-style food stalls, craft stalls and entertainment. Open Wednesday evenings 5-10pm.
Freshly-baked sourdough breads, tarts and coffee at the end of our street. They don't have a huge selection, but what they do make, they do well. Very friendly service. Closed Sundays.
The Purple Fig Artisan Bakery
485 Glenferrie Rd
Freshly-baked sourdough breads, tarts and coffee at the end of our street. They don't have a huge selection, but what they do make, they do well. Very friendly service. Closed Sundays.
Spot the local celebrities at this popular coffee/brunch hang out, where they take their coffee very seriously. Drip coffee? Not a problem.
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Liar Liar
90 Kinkora Rd
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Spot the local celebrities at this popular coffee/brunch hang out, where they take their coffee very seriously. Drip coffee? Not a problem.
Atmospheric Italian restaurant with loads of nooks and crannies, located right next to the Lido cinema. Very authentic Italian food, but fairly up market.
Vaporetto Bar & Eatery
675 Glenferrie Road
Atmospheric Italian restaurant with loads of nooks and crannies, located right next to the Lido cinema. Very authentic Italian food, but fairly up market.
Hip and modern Vietnamese restaurant with terrific roof top bar.
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St. Cloud Eating House
644 Burwood Rd
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Hip and modern Vietnamese restaurant with terrific roof top bar.
Absolutely authentic French food in a cosy, intimate setting., just at the end of our street. Fine dining where you can hear and converse with your fellow diners. If you prefer a more energetic buzz, it's hard to beat the eternally popular France-Soir in South Yarra.
Le Petit Bistro
479 Glenferrie Road
Absolutely authentic French food in a cosy, intimate setting., just at the end of our street. Fine dining where you can hear and converse with your fellow diners. If you prefer a more energetic buzz, it's hard to beat the eternally popular France-Soir in South Yarra.
The start of the picturesque walking/cycling trail in the park at the rear of our place that takes you into the city if you turn left at the River Yarra, or up to Abbotsford and beyond if you turn right. Spectacular views of the city and life on the river (rowers, river boats, etc) if you turn left (25 minutes by bike to the city), or feel like you are in the middle of the country if you turn right.
Capital City Trail
Capital City Trail
The start of the picturesque walking/cycling trail in the park at the rear of our place that takes you into the city if you turn left at the River Yarra, or up to Abbotsford and beyond if you turn right. Spectacular views of the city and life on the river (rowers, river boats, etc) if you turn left (25 minutes by bike to the city), or feel like you are in the middle of the country if you turn right.

Essentials

Pricey but handy local pharmacy offering a good range of cosmetics and gifts as well as the usual prescription items. Can home deliver. For cheaper chemist goods and prescriptions, try Chemist Warehouse in Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn.
Callister's Pharmacy
471 Glenferrie Rd
Pricey but handy local pharmacy offering a good range of cosmetics and gifts as well as the usual prescription items. Can home deliver. For cheaper chemist goods and prescriptions, try Chemist Warehouse in Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn.
Resource centre providing services, facilities, and information to visually impaired persons.
Vision Australia
454 Glenferrie Rd
Resource centre providing services, facilities, and information to visually impaired persons.
The closest grocery store to our place, the IGA stocks a great selection of regular groceries, and specialises in gourmet items. More expensive than our local Coles or Woolworths, it is, however, convenient for buying a few select gourmet or essential items.
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Renaissance Hawthorn IGA Plus Liquor
550 Glenferrie Rd
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The closest grocery store to our place, the IGA stocks a great selection of regular groceries, and specialises in gourmet items. More expensive than our local Coles or Woolworths, it is, however, convenient for buying a few select gourmet or essential items.
Good for a long stay grocery shop.
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Woolworths Hawthorn
674 Glenferrie Rd
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Good for a long stay grocery shop.
Good for a long stay grocery shop.
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Coles Glenferrie
689-699 Glenferrie Rd
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Good for a long stay grocery shop.
A huge Coles with easy parking, good for a long stay grocery shop and located in a small shopping centre.
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Coles Tooronga
Tooronga Road
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A huge Coles with easy parking, good for a long stay grocery shop and located in a small shopping centre.
Hairdresser and Beautician
Halo Hair Boutique
465 Glenferrie Rd
Hairdresser and Beautician
Bottle shop with good selection of wine, beer and other drinks. Open from midday to 11am-9pm daily, closes earlier on Mondays and Sundays.
Kooyong Cellars
473 Glenferrie Rd
Bottle shop with good selection of wine, beer and other drinks. Open from midday to 11am-9pm daily, closes earlier on Mondays and Sundays.
Local newsagent and post office.
Australia Post - Kooyong LPO
483 Glenferrie Rd
Local newsagent and post office.
Glenferrie Road Medical Centre
302 Glenferrie Rd
Local state of the art leisure centre with outside heated swimming pool, gym, fitness classes, accessible by tram.
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Hawthorn Aquatice and Leisure Centre
1 Grace St
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Local state of the art leisure centre with outside heated swimming pool, gym, fitness classes, accessible by tram.

Entertainment & Activities

We are so excited to have the recent addition of the Lido Cinema to our local suburb! Easily reached in a couple of tram stops, the Lido Cinema offers mainstream and art house movies, as well as a stunning rooftop cinema and an intimate live jazz room on Friday and Saturday nights.
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Lido Cinemas
675 Glenferrie Rd
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We are so excited to have the recent addition of the Lido Cinema to our local suburb! Easily reached in a couple of tram stops, the Lido Cinema offers mainstream and art house movies, as well as a stunning rooftop cinema and an intimate live jazz room on Friday and Saturday nights.

Drinks & Nightlife

Local bar housed in a heritage building.
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The Kilburn
348 Burwood Rd
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Local bar housed in a heritage building.
One of the best rooftop bars in the heart of Melbourne with a live music venue, great restaurant and rooftop movies during the summer.
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The Toff In Town
252 Swanston St
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One of the best rooftop bars in the heart of Melbourne with a live music venue, great restaurant and rooftop movies during the summer.
A terrific rooftop bar with a great vibe in hipster Fitzroy. Watch out for the queues, as this is a very popular joint.
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Naked For Satan
285 Brunswick St
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A terrific rooftop bar with a great vibe in hipster Fitzroy. Watch out for the queues, as this is a very popular joint.

Sightseeing

Malvern Historical Society Walks http://home.vicnet.net.au/~malvern/home.htm
Stonnington City Centre
1251 High Street
Malvern Historical Society Walks http://home.vicnet.net.au/~malvern/home.htm

Shopping

Good old fashioned bookstore with café attached. Browsing encouraged!
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Readings Hawthorn
687 Glenferrie Rd
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Good old fashioned bookstore with café attached. Browsing encouraged!

Getting Around

KOOYONG STATION Kooyong Station is on the Glen Waverley Line and is five stops from the city (Flinders Street Station) although sometimes it goes around the city loop ,depending on the time of day. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER 16 TRAM The number 16 tram (stop #65) is located at the end of our street next to the station on Glenferrie Road. The tram in this direction will go via Malvern, St Kilda Beach, and the City, ending at the University of Melbourne. If you cross Glenferrie Road, the no. 16 tram is located outside the Kooyong Village Shops and this direction will take you to the bustling Hawthorn precinct where the tram line ends. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER 8 TRAM A ten minute walk to the corner of Glenferrie and Toorak Roads will bring you to the beginning of the number 8 tram route. This tram route is a more direct line to the city and goes via Toorak Road, the boutique shopping area of Chapel Street (our equivalent of Kings Road, London), South Yarra, the Royal Botanical Gardens and the CBD.
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Kooyong Railway Station
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KOOYONG STATION Kooyong Station is on the Glen Waverley Line and is five stops from the city (Flinders Street Station) although sometimes it goes around the city loop ,depending on the time of day. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER 16 TRAM The number 16 tram (stop #65) is located at the end of our street next to the station on Glenferrie Road. The tram in this direction will go via Malvern, St Kilda Beach, and the City, ending at the University of Melbourne. If you cross Glenferrie Road, the no. 16 tram is located outside the Kooyong Village Shops and this direction will take you to the bustling Hawthorn precinct where the tram line ends. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER 8 TRAM A ten minute walk to the corner of Glenferrie and Toorak Roads will bring you to the beginning of the number 8 tram route. This tram route is a more direct line to the city and goes via Toorak Road, the boutique shopping area of Chapel Street (our equivalent of Kings Road, London), South Yarra, the Royal Botanical Gardens and the CBD.