Guidebook for Footscray
Shopping
Footscray Market is a large indoor market with a wide range of fresh produce and general goods, opposite Footscray Railway Station and with easy access from trams and buses.
The market is one of Melbourne's best boasting wide variety of different produce. It is always buzzing with activity, and you'll be able to find produce and products ranging from fresh fruit and vegetable to meats, poultry, fish and seafood to exotic wares like lotus flowers, pigs' ears, and cassava root and other produce.
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Footscray Market
18 Irving StFootscray Market is a large indoor market with a wide range of fresh produce and general goods, opposite Footscray Railway Station and with easy access from trams and buses.
The market is one of Melbourne's best boasting wide variety of different produce. It is always buzzing with activity, and you'll be able to find produce and products ranging from fresh fruit and vegetable to meats, poultry, fish and seafood to exotic wares like lotus flowers, pigs' ears, and cassava root and other produce.
Highpoint features over 500 stores including Australian and international designer fashion, homewares and lifestyle brands.
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The Bavarian Highpoint
120-200 Rosamond RdHighpoint features over 500 stores including Australian and international designer fashion, homewares and lifestyle brands.
the largest open air market in the southern hemisphere
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Queen Victoria Market station
the largest open air market in the southern hemisphere
Contemporary shopping mall offering a variety of upscale retailers, plus restaurants & a food court
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Emporium Melbourne
287 Lonsdale StContemporary shopping mall offering a variety of upscale retailers, plus restaurants & a food court
DFO Essendon
100 Bulla RdMy personal favourite market not only for essentials but also food (there's a bakery that has some of the best pastries!)
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South Melbourne Market station
My personal favourite market not only for essentials but also food (there's a bakery that has some of the best pastries!)
Puckle Street
Puckle StreetChapel Street
Chapel StreetGetting Around
Footscray Station
Irving StreetBudget Car & Truck Rental Footscray
28 Whitehall StFood Scene
It has the best Vietnamese baguette rolls in the West!
It does get very busy during lunch time but it quite honestly is worth the wait. I also love their croissants which I've had since I was a child.
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Nhu Lan Bakery
116 Hopkins StIt has the best Vietnamese baguette rolls in the West!
It does get very busy during lunch time but it quite honestly is worth the wait. I also love their croissants which I've had since I was a child.
Most popular Vietnamese pho restaurant in the West!
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Pho Hung Vuong Saigon Restaurant
128 Hopkins StMost popular Vietnamese pho restaurant in the West!
Rudimentary
16-20 Leeds StMore refined cafe with great coffee!
experimental fine dining - quirky and actually not as expensive as first expected
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Dinner by Heston Blumenthal
8 Whiteman Stexperimental fine dining - quirky and actually not as expensive as first expected
Common Ground Coffee
225-229 Victoria StAuction Rooms
103-107 Errol StFootscray Milking Station
35 Bunbury StRice Paper Scissors
15 Hardware Lncontempory asian fusion
Fruits of Passion
188 Bellair StThe best croissants in Melbourne! Theres always a line so get in early!
Definitely try the ham and "cheese"
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Lune Croissanterie
119 Rose StThe best croissants in Melbourne! Theres always a line so get in early!
Definitely try the ham and "cheese"
The Glass Den
15 Urquhart StBest Japanese BBQ in Melbourne - they serve Wagyu and Kobe meats. Try their Kani Tempura salad (soft shell crab salad)
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Sugarcane Thai Restaurant
268 Park StBest Japanese BBQ in Melbourne - they serve Wagyu and Kobe meats. Try their Kani Tempura salad (soft shell crab salad)
Desserts By Night
38 Edgewater BlvdSt. Burgs Maribyrnong
41-45 Edgewater BlvdBest Burger!!
the patty has a crisp edge and a delicious centre YUM
This restaurant has been around for as long as I can remember. Not the best Italian but it stays open til wayyy late. Their pizza dough can be served with mushroom sauce which is yum andd they also serve food on volcanic rock for something a little different
Charlie's Pizza Restaurant
131 Droop StThis restaurant has been around for as long as I can remember. Not the best Italian but it stays open til wayyy late. Their pizza dough can be served with mushroom sauce which is yum andd they also serve food on volcanic rock for something a little different
I once told my family friend that Al Pacino owned this restaurant - he doesnt ahahah
Good Italian - I love their antipesto platter!
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Pacinos Italian Family Restaurant
300 Epsom RdI once told my family friend that Al Pacino owned this restaurant - he doesnt ahahah
Good Italian - I love their antipesto platter!
Drinks & Nightlife
Station Hotel
59 Napier StGreat food and awesome atmosphere!
Up in Smoke
28 Hopkins StGreat local drinking spot!
Back Alley Sally's
4 Yewers StCrown Casino and Entertainment Complex
8 Whiteman StCookie
252 Swanston StDeluxe Bar & Lounge
595 Mt Alexander RdParks & Nature
It is the most intact Edwardian period public garden in Victoria, Footscray Park is considered to have historic, aesthetic, scientific (horticultural) and social significance. With views across the Maribyrnong River to Flemington Racecourse.
Facilities include play grounds, large open spaces, BBQs, an outdoor stage, disabled public toilets and landscaped ponds that are popular for wedding photos.
The Park also has a designated dog off lead area.
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Footscray Park station
It is the most intact Edwardian period public garden in Victoria, Footscray Park is considered to have historic, aesthetic, scientific (horticultural) and social significance. With views across the Maribyrnong River to Flemington Racecourse.
Facilities include play grounds, large open spaces, BBQs, an outdoor stage, disabled public toilets and landscaped ponds that are popular for wedding photos.
The Park also has a designated dog off lead area.
Izimbali Zokuhlaliswa Kwabangaphansi KwakwaKumkani eVictoria
Pipemakers Park
Maribyrnong River Cruises
1 Maribyrnong StEntertainment & Activities
Sun Theatre Yarraville
8 Ballarat Stmovies in art deco luxury
Showgrounds Station
Scienceworks
2 Booker StGreat for families!
Arts & Culture
I-National Gallery of Victoria
180 St Kilda RdACMI
Flinders StreetFootscray Community Arts Centre
45 Moreland St