Guidebook for Brighton

Joan
Guidebook for Brighton

Food Scene

Serve great coffee and service is excellent. Open all day dining with reasonably priced breakfast and lunch. Fully licensed. Good food. Dinner nightly a la carte.
Cafe Florentine
22-24 Church Street
Serve great coffee and service is excellent. Open all day dining with reasonably priced breakfast and lunch. Fully licensed. Good food. Dinner nightly a la carte.
Downstairs, can sit forever and relax with a good book enjoying French Patisserie and coffee
Laurent Bakery Brighton
71 Church St
Downstairs, can sit forever and relax with a good book enjoying French Patisserie and coffee
All day dining. Good selection of food and very popular with visitors to Brighton. A place to be seen.
21 locals recommend
Pantry
1 Church St
21 locals recommend
All day dining. Good selection of food and very popular with visitors to Brighton. A place to be seen.
Has a healthy menu at reasonable price and certainly attracts the younger clientele
Brighton Soul
129 Church St
Has a healthy menu at reasonable price and certainly attracts the younger clientele
The food is great Italian although a little noisy.
Botticelli Ristorante & Bar
40A Church St
The food is great Italian although a little noisy.
Best Thai in Brighton but should book as very popular. Dinner only.
Siriphen Thai Restaurant
325 Bay St
Best Thai in Brighton but should book as very popular. Dinner only.
Situated in the Dendy Plaza Church Street, has great bread, croissants etc. European style. Quite expensive but worth it.
86 locals recommend
Woodfrog Bakery
108 Barkly St
86 locals recommend
Situated in the Dendy Plaza Church Street, has great bread, croissants etc. European style. Quite expensive but worth it.
Open all day for casual dining and coffee with a great outlook over the bay. Right near the Brighton Pier. Views of the city. A great place to go if walking along the Beach Path and feeling peckish.
9 locals recommend
Royal Brighton Yacht Club
253 Esplanade
9 locals recommend
Open all day for casual dining and coffee with a great outlook over the bay. Right near the Brighton Pier. Views of the city. A great place to go if walking along the Beach Path and feeling peckish.

Drinks & Nightlife

Great meeting place for a drink. Dining available.
16 locals recommend
Half Moon
120 Church St
16 locals recommend
Great meeting place for a drink. Dining available.
Has everything.
578 locals recommend
Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex
8 Whiteman St
578 locals recommend
Has everything.

Parks & Nature

It's a great place to see our Native animals in natural surroundings.
272 locals recommend
Healesville Sanctuary
272 locals recommend
It's a great place to see our Native animals in natural surroundings.
Beautiful walking areas with a variety of vegetation. Tranquil surroundings on the Yarra River near CBD. Simple lunch venue on site.
1262 locals recommend
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
1262 locals recommend
Beautiful walking areas with a variety of vegetation. Tranquil surroundings on the Yarra River near CBD. Simple lunch venue on site.
Watching the Penguin Parade is a true touristy thing to do. Lovely to watch them arrive at sunset each evening. As an alternative one can also see the Fairy Penguins at St Kilda Pier nightly, also at sunset.
319 locals recommend
Penguin Parade
1019 Ventnor Rd
319 locals recommend
Watching the Penguin Parade is a true touristy thing to do. Lovely to watch them arrive at sunset each evening. As an alternative one can also see the Fairy Penguins at St Kilda Pier nightly, also at sunset.

Arts & Culture

I always love going here to see the new displays they have from time to time. It covers our history of immigration in Victoria and Australia. Not to miss.
96 locals recommend
Immigration Museum
400 Flinders St
96 locals recommend
I always love going here to see the new displays they have from time to time. It covers our history of immigration in Victoria and Australia. Not to miss.
In St Kilda Road and have a good permanent display but always seem to have just wonderful short term exhibitions.
1737 locals recommend
National Gallery of Victoria
180 St Kilda Rd
1737 locals recommend
In St Kilda Road and have a good permanent display but always seem to have just wonderful short term exhibitions.
Near the EXhibition Buildings this Museum is well worth a visit.
593 locals recommend
Melbourne Museum
11 Nicholson St
593 locals recommend
Near the EXhibition Buildings this Museum is well worth a visit.
A fascinating building and worth a visit.
568 locals recommend
State Library Victoria
328 Swanston St
568 locals recommend
A fascinating building and worth a visit.

Everything Else

Always fun to visit an Aquarium
557 locals recommend
SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium
King Street
557 locals recommend
Always fun to visit an Aquarium

Shopping

There is so much variety in the Church Street shopping strip that it attracts visitors from all over Melbourne. Caters for all tastes but definitely upmarket. Thesaurus a great book shop. Don't forget the coffee shops when you've shopped until you drop.
29 locals recommend
Church Street
Church Street
29 locals recommend
There is so much variety in the Church Street shopping strip that it attracts visitors from all over Melbourne. Caters for all tastes but definitely upmarket. Thesaurus a great book shop. Don't forget the coffee shops when you've shopped until you drop.

Essentials

Huge range of take away frozen meals and a great Japanese Sushi bar at rear. Have everything for day to day living.
9 locals recommend
Woolworths Middle Brighton
104 Church St
9 locals recommend
Huge range of take away frozen meals and a great Japanese Sushi bar at rear. Have everything for day to day living.
Also in Church Street and is an alternative to Woolworths.
Coles Cranbourne
125 High St
Also in Church Street and is an alternative to Woolworths.