Guidebook for Brunswick

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Guidebook for Brunswick

Shopping

Worst kept secret in Brunswick for $50, made to measure jeans in every style under the sun.
42 locals recommend
Dejour Jeans
542 Sydney Rd
42 locals recommend
Worst kept secret in Brunswick for $50, made to measure jeans in every style under the sun.
Favourite shop on Sydney Rd. Beautiful pinup style dresses and accessories.
Vicious Venus
155 Sydney Rd
Favourite shop on Sydney Rd. Beautiful pinup style dresses and accessories.
The mecca of down-and-dirty op-shopping.
61 locals recommend
Savers
330 Sydney Rd
61 locals recommend
The mecca of down-and-dirty op-shopping.
Cute clothes.
Friends of Couture
Cute clothes.
This shop is my kryptonite! I cannot enter without spending... Beautiful dresses and accessories.
Madame Farquah
193 Upper Heidelberg Rd
This shop is my kryptonite! I cannot enter without spending... Beautiful dresses and accessories.
A (thankfully) edited version of Savers. Have a dedicated section for better vintage, otherwise try your luck in the rows and rows of racks.
Value City Super Savers
1 Newman St
A (thankfully) edited version of Savers. Have a dedicated section for better vintage, otherwise try your luck in the rows and rows of racks.

Food Scene

Great coffee, breakfast & lunch and lovely staff. The gingerbread pancakes are out of this world.
27 locals recommend
Miss Marmalade
126 Union St
27 locals recommend
Great coffee, breakfast & lunch and lovely staff. The gingerbread pancakes are out of this world.
Good coffee & food, but always packed!
76 locals recommend
Green Refectory
115 Sydney Rd
76 locals recommend
Good coffee & food, but always packed!
Another option for good coffee, breakfasts and lunches. You'll usually get a table here when The Green Refectory is chockers.
89 locals recommend
Wide Open Road
274 Barkly St
89 locals recommend
Another option for good coffee, breakfasts and lunches. You'll usually get a table here when The Green Refectory is chockers.
Spanish and Moroccan food.
Abhiruchi
217 Sydney Road
Spanish and Moroccan food.
The ultimate in cheap-and-cheerful tasty Indian food.
7 locals recommend
Kake Di Hatti
128 Lygon St
7 locals recommend
The ultimate in cheap-and-cheerful tasty Indian food.
This unassuming block of shops on the wrong side of the tracks (!) is home to my favourite two breakfast spots. Jackson Dodds is always ridiculously welcoming, and the food delicious.
Jackson Dodds
611 Gilbert Rd
This unassuming block of shops on the wrong side of the tracks (!) is home to my favourite two breakfast spots. Jackson Dodds is always ridiculously welcoming, and the food delicious.
I can never decide which I like better - Dodds or Cheshire. Cheshire is the newer of the two, but shows signs of overtaking the masters. Always delicious.
8 locals recommend
Cheshire
583 Gilbert Rd
8 locals recommend
I can never decide which I like better - Dodds or Cheshire. Cheshire is the newer of the two, but shows signs of overtaking the masters. Always delicious.
An absolutely delightful spot to while away a sunny afternoon. The food ain't cheap, but the views are worth it. Scones and then a boat ride are the order of the day.
106 locals recommend
Fairfield Park Boathouse & Tea Gardens
Fairfield Park Drive
106 locals recommend
An absolutely delightful spot to while away a sunny afternoon. The food ain't cheap, but the views are worth it. Scones and then a boat ride are the order of the day.
A really lovely cafe. Good coffee, specials and service.
7 locals recommend
Apte Cafe
538 Heidelberg Rd
7 locals recommend
A really lovely cafe. Good coffee, specials and service.

Essentials

With two major supermarkets, a pharmacy, Kmart and specialty stores, it has everything you'll need.
160 locals recommend
Barkly Square
90-106 Sydney Rd
160 locals recommend
With two major supermarkets, a pharmacy, Kmart and specialty stores, it has everything you'll need.

Drinks & Nightlife

A good pub for a quiet drink, live music or a game of pool. Modestly priced pub grub.
100 locals recommend
The Retreat Hotel
280 Sydney Rd
100 locals recommend
A good pub for a quiet drink, live music or a game of pool. Modestly priced pub grub.
Another good live music venue, with really good food and a great vegan menu.
64 locals recommend
The Cornish Arms Hotel
163A Sydney Rd
64 locals recommend
Another good live music venue, with really good food and a great vegan menu.
Great beer garden, nice relaxed pub with good live music.
73 locals recommend
The Brunswick Green
315 Sydney Rd
73 locals recommend
Great beer garden, nice relaxed pub with good live music.
Top notch pub food and live music.
57 locals recommend
Union Hotel
109 Union St
57 locals recommend
Top notch pub food and live music.
A nice cosy place for a glass of wine or a cocktail.
166 locals recommend
Palace Westgarth Cinemas
89 High St
166 locals recommend
A nice cosy place for a glass of wine or a cocktail.

Everything Else

Great old-school salad rolls - from $3.30. Good for a cheap lunch!
84A Sydney Rd
Great old-school salad rolls - from $3.30. Good for a cheap lunch!
A 3.5km jogging track, exercise stations and plenty of green space.
121 locals recommend
Princes Park
200-590 Bowen Cres
121 locals recommend
A 3.5km jogging track, exercise stations and plenty of green space.

Arts & Culture

Grab dinner before hand from one of the many many restaurants and on Lygon St, and catch a film at the Nova. Screens a good range of mainstream and arthouse films.
321 locals recommend
Cinema Nova
380 Lygon St
321 locals recommend
Grab dinner before hand from one of the many many restaurants and on Lygon St, and catch a film at the Nova. Screens a good range of mainstream and arthouse films.