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Bringing together Melbourne’s favourite international brands with their own exclusive range, Grace showcases the best of Melbourne fashion. Shop for your entire wardrobe from top to toe at one of this city’s best boutiques. Whatever your style is, Grace can provide. 

Adriano Zumbo’s newest venture involves a very classy high tea set menu, with a different dessert offering as the day turns into dusk. Did we mention cocktails too? Sweet-tooths, you're so spoilt in Melbourne. 

Stepping into new South Melbourne dessert shop Bibelot is like stepping into a scene from Willy Wonka—it is truly dessert HEAVEN! The luxe space, featuring monochrome mosaics and green velvet banquette seating, showcases the most exquisitely detailed, not to mention delicious, desserts created by the same team behind neighbouring South Melbourne patisserie, Chez Dré. Not only will you find some of the best desserts in Melbourne at Bibelot, you'll also find chocolate fountains (!!!), sorbets, high tea, and plenty more sugary sweet goodness.

Former Attica alumni are taking a more low-key approach to Melbourne dining with the opening of Lot 3 in Ripponlea—a casual, American-style eatery. Housed in the former train master’s house at Ripponlea Station, Lot 3 is designed to be a true neighbourhood restaurant, open from 11am to 9pm, capturing the commuter trade. Think high-quality hot dogs, bagels packed with cured meats, and a damn fine mac and cheese. It's not licensed, due to technically beuing part of the station, but the delicious homemade sodas will hit the spot. 

When we first discovered East Brunswick boutique The Boroughs, we nearly cried with joy! If you love quirky design objects, books, fashion accessories and jewellery, you'll love this Melbourne design shop, which is packed to the rafters with wares by local (and the odd international) designer. The Boroughs also run classes on site, so be sure to check their website for updates. Looking for a gift for the friend who's impossible to buy for? Trust us, you'll find it in The Boroughs.

South Yarra design hub A Good Space stocks homewares, ceramics, stationery and giftwares that are ethical and sustainable, making it the perfect spot for grabbing a gift that will do good! The store currently keeps a handful of the best Melbourne based labels (inclusing jewellery by KISAH, one of our favourites!), as well as a rotating collection of international brands. If you're looking to support the little guys while still picking up something stylish, A Good Space is for you!

Prosciutto Bros. Craft Bar is the real deal if you love cured meats and craft beer in Melbourne. The Eltham venue, run by two brothers, Jamie and Clyde, serves up delicious craft beer, tasty sharing plates, hearty meals and more in the venue's warehouse space. The breadth of the beers on offer, combined with the great menu and eager crowd makes it one of the best craft beer spots in Melbourne for an evening's indulgence—what more do you need?!

Nothing beats spending a Saturday afternoon leafing through books and vinyl, especially if it's at Melbourne record store The Searchers, Fitzroy. Specialising in second-hand gems, The Searchers stocks a wide variety of genres and styles including everything from jazz standards to hip-hop classics, soul divas to heavy metal. It's the perfect record store in Melbourne for picking up a gift for a music fan, or for treating yourself to a new discovery. 

Body Be Well is a Melbourne fitness and healthy lifestyle coaching service that helps your body to, um, be well! The personal training service combines exercise with education and healthy eating to lead to a sustainable, healthy lifestyle for its clients. Expect bespoke advice, top class coaching, enthusiastic and experienced trainers plus functional training that gets results. Better yet, you can pay as you go and classes fit around you, so why not give it a go?

Situated in the Melbourne mecca of all things cool that is Curtin House, Human Salon is one of Melbourne's best hairdressers for hair colouring and restyles. The salon itself is fitted out in beautiful Japanese furniture, making it the perfect place to relax, and the staff work wonders with warm blondes, tints, treatments and vibrant colours too. Looking for a fresh cut in the CBD? Look no further than Human Salon and its hairstyle whiz kids. 

One of Melbourne’s oldest milk bars doubles as a weekend breakfast pit stop and a gourmet grocery store for the truly busy among us. Camberwell’s Milkboy on Fordhams is one of this city’s best part-shop part-café destinations. Catch up with friends over fresh, homely meals and grab a few essential groceries on your way out! 

Step into the world of classic homemade sweets, milkshakes and jaffles at Grigons and Orr Corner Store—a retro, country-style milk bar in North Melbourne. Endearing childhood and modern sweets fill the walls, just to tempt you beyond their honest all-day menu. Accept that you’ll likely be walking away with a stash of goodies from one of Melbourne's best milk bars. 

From the team who brought you The Collection Bar in Richmond comes Port of Call Salon Bar & Grill, a new Melbourne bar inspired by the eats, treats and beats of the Caribbean. Located on Franklin Street in the Melbourne CBD, Port of Call boasts a mean rotisserie grill which will include jerk chicken and jerk pork amongst other delicious meats. You'll need a drink to wash all that down, of course, so you'll be pleased to know that Port of Call has some of the best rum-based cocktails in Melbourne, along with beer, wine and other spirits. But we're going for the rum, obviously. Take it from us, you're going to want to hit up this Melbourne bar ASAP!

3 Ravens Brewery in Thornbury produces some of the most delicious craft beer in Melbourne with a focus on rich flavours and small batch beers. Hidden a few hundred metres from the Darebin Creek Trail, the beer lovers' hot-spot is now also home to a bar where fans can sip on the latest brews at a large communal table and bar area. With a warehouse speakeasy vibe and the brewery itself tucked behind the bar area, you can be guaranteed an extra-fresh pint, as well as picking up something to go. We hear they are also installing a coffee roaster, making for some tasty locally roasted beans as well as a coffee porter, we hope!

Housed in a former warehouse in Cremorne, Denis the Menace is a new Melbourne cafe from Adam Wilkinson, formerly of Woodstock and St Edmonds. With ex-St Edmonds chef Simon Neale commandeering the kitchen and barista Damon Glover in charge of caffeinating the masses, Denis the Menace is sure to get the Melbourne cafe crowd excited. Expect plentiful healthy options, and dishes including ocean trout poached in coconut curry with chilli, sweet basil, mint, kaffir lime and brown rice, and a Japanese-style omelette with spanner crab and seaweed salad.

Some of the hospo guns behind Northcote’s Barry and both Pillar of Salt and Touchwood in Richmond have launched new East Melbourne cafe, Square and Compass—a 60-seater venue in the city's most beautiful central suburb. Expect healthy and delicious food, fresh drinks and some of the best coffee in Melbourne courtesy of Seven Seeds and Promised Land in this brand new East Melbourne cafe space.

If you're looking for the best manicure and pedicure in Melbourne, head straight for POLISH Ripponlea. The team at POLISH, led by salon director Melanie Lachal, offer everything from classic manis and pedis to deluxe treatments and nail art. Hands down, one of Melbourne's best nail salons.

Finally, one of Melbourne best bakeries, French patisserie Noisette, has made its way over to Bentleigh! Your decision-making skills will be challenged in this spacious area, from lunch or nibbles to pastries or cakes, we have no doubt you’ll be walking away with more food than you need. Accept it, embrace it. 

Up there among Melbourne's best yoga studios, Grass Roots Yoga in Richmond is perfect whether you’re starting out as a beginner, intermediate or expert at hot yoga. Get your sweat on at this wellness studio that will cleanse your body inside and out. Make sure you book in for one of their yoga retreats too!

The contemporary Light Space Yoga studio in Mitcham, spearheaded by mother-daughter pair Susan and Claire, is a Melbourne yoga studio specifically designed to relax your senses and create a feeling of calmness through its design. Enjoy a modern yoga session on white bamboo and coloured pillows, overlooking a skyline view of Melbourne. A beautiful space to nurture yourself. 

Light Space Yoga in Balwyn emphasises the importance of the yoga space as much as the teachers. Designed to feel light and airy the moment you walk into the studios, this Melbourne Yoga studio is ideal for the stress-heads and overworked among us. Maybe we’ll need to visit sometime. 

Slice Girls pizza in Melbourne's CBD has a menu with just nine options...but don't let that fool you! Toppings are fresh, creative and much, much tastier than your average run-of-the-mill takeaway pizza—tallegio, red vein sorrel and black truffle oil is our fave! And for a mere ten bucks, you’ll have change to splurge on their Date Killer Garlic Bread while you're there. WIN!

Oh how we adore you, Pressed Juices! Delicious, healthy and nutritious, this is true guilty free drinking. The infamous Melbourne cold pressed juice brand now runs a Juice Van, which visits different suburbs of Melbourne every day. Follow Pressed Juices on Instagram to keep updated on locations. Fresh juices are coming to you soon, Listers! 

The obsession with Gelato Messina has spread far and wide, across seas (they've just opened in Vegas!) and suburbs. It’s no wonder then, the Messina team decided to open a second store in Richmond to dish up more of Melbourne's best gelato. Although a little smaller than its Fitzroy-brother, Gelato Messina Richmond stocks the same addictive flavours. Ice cream, you scream, we all scream for Messina. 

Exposed brick walls, homely wooden tables and chalkboard menus make up this classic Melboure Italian restaurant. La Svolta Hampton proudly uses Nonna's and Nonno's recipes, so you can rest assured you’ll find plenty of hearty Italian soul food here. A local favourite for its tomato-y, cheesy, pizza-pasta-y goodness, if you’re in the area you’d be crazy not to swing by. 

Home to cold pressed juices, acai bowls and delicious raw treats, Soul Press is one of the best healthy cafes in Melbourne. Recently opened on Hampton Street in Brighton, this Melbourne clean eating cafe will keep your sweet tooth satisfied without the heavy tummy.  

Melbourne online florist Fig & Bloom is not your usual floral genius—rather than offer the same-old run of the mill bouquets (you know the ones...), Fig & Bloom creates customised one-of-a-kind bouquets to suit each individual's petal and foliage preferences. Fig & Bloom are also big believers in treating yourself to flowers, rather than always buying them as gifts—too right, we say! Next time you're looking for a standout Melbourne florist, look no further than Fig & Bloom—their flowers are INCREDIBLE!

With a crackling fire and low-hanging lights, Kitty Somerset in North Melbourne is the perfect cocktail bar to warm up at on chilly nights. A low-key, cosy establishment, Kitty Somerset is ideal for those wanting an entertaining night out minus the ringing ears and grotty floors. Oh and some of Melbourne's best cocktails help too!

Brunswick bar Joey Smalls serves up some of the best cocktails in Melbourne alongside tasty food and great music. The retro-inspired interior and creative drinks menu (chilli coconut margarita, anyone?) make it a killer venue for a session with mates, and the slew of local DJ talent behind the decks means that the music selection is always top notch. It gets better—Melbourne burger company Huxtaburger are now on-board serving up tasty burgers too! Love a late-night drink in Melbourne? Make Joey Smalls your next stop-off!

Fitzroy cafe and restaurant Grub Food Van is one of the most beautiful spots in the area for anything from a quick coffee, to a full lunch, to an evening meal made from the local area's finest produce. The coffee-serving van itself is a permanent fixture, and the kitchen serves seasonal dishes accompanied by a great selection of local organic sodas, juices, beer and wine, largely thanks to head chef Scott Blomfield (ex-Supernormal) and gardener in residence, Ben McMenamin.

Tucked away in a lane off Little Collins Street, Chuckle Park is definitely one of the best laneway bars in Melbourne. Decked out to resemble a camping-style outdoor space complete with faux grass, tealights and a caravan, Chuckle Park offers a relaxed vibe with Spanish influenced food and drink to match. Grab your mates, shot gun a few chairs and enjoy the jugs of sangria and nom-worthy pork sliders. 

Chuckle Deli in Melbourne CBD stocks all our favourite things, from smoked trout to bespoke beers, cheeses and wine, gourmet salads and sandwiches to die for. Hidden down the Hub Arcade off Collins Street, Chuckle Deli could whisk you away to New York with its tiled interior, checkerboard floors and walls lined with produce, but gladly this haven is in Melbourne, perfect for lunch or a gourmet take home dinner.

The second Brother Burger and the Marvellous Brew (known by most as Brother Burger) serves up some of the best burgers in Melbourne in its South Yarra restaurant. Founded in Fitzroy, the Melbourne burger bar plates up tasty fries, sodas and hard shakes (alcoholic milkshakes, aka the drink of dreams) as well as a great menu of burgers, including vego options too. The perfect venue for a fat feed!

Body Freedom Urban Spa Retreat in South Melbourne is a luxurious day spa offering a range of face and body treatments for women and men. From some of Melbourne's best facials and targeted skin treatments, to luxe massages and more, Body Freedom is one of our go-to Melbourne beauty salons when we're in need of some serious relaxation. With a range of skincare products and vouchers available, Body Freedom also makes for the perfect gift-giving destination.

Led by Head Chef Simon Tarlington, Highline Restaurant at The Railway Windsor is already staking a claim for Melbourne's best restaurant. The restaurant, awarded a chef's hat by the Australian Good Food Guide after only three months, uses the highest quality Australian produce to create dishes that fuse classical cooking with modern tastes. Try it for yourself and you'll soon see why Highline Restaurant is worth all the buzz.

Tart lovers, unite! The simply scrumptious Luxbite (South Yarra) is opening a new boutique patisserie featuring the very best tarts in every shape and form. Nestled in The Archway and available for pick up only, this is a perfect treat during work hours…or any hours, really.  

Cheap, charming and positively delicious, The Archway’s Delhi Streets is a great Indian restaurant in Melbourne. Bring the fun back into lunchtime with fluffy naan, perfectly spiced curries and Indian bevvies. With most mains under $10, Delhi Streets is a great option for cheap eats in Melbourne.

Melbourne dumpling house New Shanghai handcrafts some of the most delicious parcels of oriental meat and veggies in the city. Situated in the Emporium precinct, New Shanghai's dumpling masters make all of the Chinese restaurant's dishes from scratch, sourcing the best local ingredients and freshly blending sauces and spices each morning. 

Listers, who doesn’t love crepes?! We’ve found some of the best crepes in Melbourne—yup, served alongside cracking coffee, galettes (that’s the proper name for more substantial savoury crepes), cold beers, wine and more at Myrtles Crepes & Coffee in Northcote.

If you’re looking for wine tours in Mornington Peninsula and the Yarra Valley that offer that little bit extra, Wine Compass is the perfect solution for a great day out. The Melbourne wine tour company offers behind-the-scenes access to local wine and food producers, as well as bespoke tours for private groups—the ideal way of exploring the region with friends or family.

If you're on the hunt for traditional Japanese food in Melbourne, Peko Peko is a top northside spot for sushi, noodle dishes and more. The casual Fitzroy Japanese restaurant serves tasty dine-in meals as well as dishes to go, and the menu ranges from the super-healthy to the decadent—the Peko Peko Nutella dumplings are to die for!

Brunswick Street creperie Rue de Creperie serves up some of the best sweet and savoury crepes in Melbourne. Its intimate interior makes it the perfect spot for dates or, alternatively, if you're in a rush pick up a crepe to go from the window hatch. They do gluten free and vegan options too...More Nutella, please!

Melbourne is full of surprises, but we’re pretty sure that there’s no other bar in the city quite as spectacular as Melbourne glamping (that’s glamorous camping for you newbies) bar, Glamp. Situated on Little Collins Street in the space above modern African restaurant polēpolē, Glamp is the *only* venue in Melbourne that will let you drink mouth-watering cocktails and nibble on African-style snacks under safari-style canvas.

Relative newcomer to the Melbourne fashion game, búl in Fitzroy is a minimalist's new best friend. With a focus on quality natural fabrics, each collection draws inspiration from a unique coastal location. búl pieces are unfussy, modern wardrobe essentials, with a feel that is distinctly 'Melbourne'. When the designer (Virginia Martin) has a background that includes interning at Proenza Schouler, you know you're looking at no fashion flash-in-the-pan. Clever fashion for the understated Melbourne woman. 

If you're not in love with Zimmermann, you're pretty much un-Australian. An icon of the Aussie fashion industry with a sexy aesthetic, Zimmermann has riden the retail waves over the years in inimitable style (and a fancy bikini). The South Yarra Zimmermann store is pocket-sized perfection—step inside to find feminine dresses galore in a great range of colours, prints and fabrics, plus easy pieces to wear every day, and those famous bikinis. A must when shopping for swimwear in Melbourne. 

If you are looking for designer womenswear in Melbourne, chances are your first stop will be Ginger & Smart on High Street, Armadale. The savvy Sydney sisters have created a name for themselves among discerning fashionistas who favour quality, ladylike but forward-thinking fashion, rather than fleeting look-at-me trends. For a races-ready frock or cocktail dress, you really needn't pass go. 

Seriously, what did we gals do before Camilla and Marc arrived on the scene? The go-to for every special occasion (hello races, weddings, meeting the in-laws), this label may be Sydney born, but the High Street Camilla and Marc store is a Melbourne shopping institution. Head to Camilla and Marc for fab frocks and beautifully tailored pieces in the most gorgeous, high quality fabrics. A label for those who like to get noticed for all the right reasons. 

Our life mission is to find the best pizza in Melbourne and we think we may have found it after visiting Il Pizzaiola in Thornbury! Seriously, this Melbourne Italian restaurant serves up traditional Italian cuisine that tastes so authentic, you may as well be sitting in Naples chowing down. 

Bringing the good coffee to the North via the team behind Proud Mary, Stagger Lee's cafe in Fitzroy claims the title of Brunswick Street's best brew. Proudly serving all kinds of filter and drip coffee, alongside some lovely daytime drinks—wine, beer and cocktails—together with juices and milkshakes, Stagger Lee's mainly brunch based menu has something for everyone. 

A little away from the permanently hurried nature of Sydney Road sits Acustico. Quirky and cosy, this cafés homely interior houses a range of faded furniture and mismatched items, including an endearingly old, barely working piano. The menu, like the café itself, is small but hearty. We guarantee you’ll still struggle to choose just one item from Acustico’s options. 

Running since 1974, this particular deli has practically grown up with Melbourne’s much-loved Albert Park. Perhaps this explains their dedicated local (and non-local) following. Perhaps their daily rotating display of over 50 different home-style dishes is simply too hard to resist. Or perhaps its their outrageously long opening hours - from 5.30 am to past dinner. Either way, there’s plenty of love going around for this very special deli. 

For honest food and high-quality, natural wines, there's one wine bar in Melbourne that we'd definitely recommend! Located next door to Fitzroy restaurant Belle’s Hot Chicken, sophisticated sister venue Bar Clarine features fresh, seasonal ingredients and a delicious drinks menu. A far cry from the deep-fried, spicy menu of Belle’s, Bar Clarine's dining menu is designed to complement an extensive natural wine range, making it one of the best wine bars in Melbourne for those looking for a glass of something natural. #cleandrinking, anyone?

We can usually get a pretty good read on a cafe menu in the first 15 seconds. And our opinion of the new spread at Brighton Soul Espresso? Instagrammable as f*ck.

Move aside, northside brunch emporiums! Small Block cafe in East Brunswick is one of our favourite inner north hidden gems that has a cozy atmosphere, a killer menu and some of the best coffee in Melbourne. The dishes make the most of only the freshest ingredients, and the cafe's sidestreet outdoor seating area is the perfect sunspot. We'll be seeing you soon, Small Block—save us a seat!

If you're looking for a delicious brunch in Yarraville, look no further than Cornershop cafe—a beautiful breakfast spot that gives any CBD cafe a run for its money! Cornershop cafe also serves up amazing lunch and dinner options too, and its airy space has ample seating for groups (just make sure you book first). One of our favourites for a gossip over brunch in Melbourne!

Tiny eatery Piccolo cafe is one of our favourite places to pick up an early-morning coffee in Prahran—the staff always have a smile, the coffee is superb and the tasty bites are fresh and delicious! If you're in need of a cafe in Melbourne and you're south of the river, pop in, grab your caffeine hit, and tell them we say hello!

A homely local eatery, George Street Café is one of Melbourne’s best-kept secrets. If you’re looking for breakfast or lunch away from hungry crowds, George Street Café offers simple, quality meals and treats. Low-key and cosy, this spot is ideal for those who want to stay as little or as long as they like with good company and good food. One of the best cafes in Melbourne that nobody knows about...yet!

Kinfolk cafe is a wonderful social enterprise in Melbourne CBD. The cafe itself serves delicious coffee, served by a team of floor staff who are volunteers, and the menu is seasonal meaning you're getting the best local produce that they can find. In addition to some of the best breakfasts in Melbourne, Kinfolk cafe caters to local events and gives away 100% of its profits to charity—what's not to love?!

Away from the hustle and bustle of Brunswick Street, Grace Café provides a little bit of quiet and a lot of character. Graffitied walls, plain furniture and boutique mismatched items run rampant in this 'kind food' cafe which serves some of the best brunch in Melbourne. Grace Cafe's menu features meals which are kind to animals and the environment. We have no doubt the food will be kind on your palate and stomach too. 

Say hello to Serotonin Eatery, Melbourne’s new healthy cafe, exercise and education hub. Featuring delicious and (you guessed it) healthy, plant-based food, Serotonin Eatery's menu will leave you feeling full and happy. The wellbeing centre boasts a fully equipped exercise hub right next door to the restaurant, so there’s no room for excuses here! Take the opportunity for an afternoon filled with healthy exercise, healthy food and a healthy lifestyle.