242 Restaurants in Melbourne: Australian

If you're a fan of keeping things classic, then Melbourne's Australian restaurants are the places to go. Visit Sage at Parkhill to feast on their succulent 500g steak cooked to perfection topped with mushroom sauce, hand cut chips and a fresh salad, or tuck into fresh seafood like oysters, barramundi, rock lobster and mussels or tuck into a gourmet burger with all the trimmings, washed down with an ice cold beer of course.

It’s a new and exciting time for Australian cuisine, and in Melbourne’s restaurants the creativity and experimentation is producing some of the best dishes in the city. One such restaurant in Melbourne that’s revolutionising Australian cuisine is Martini & Co. in Werribee. Sample dishes like the seafood mongers of grilled king prawns, squid, beer battered market fish, fresh oysters, mussels and mussels served with fresh focaccia, tartare sauce and mushy peas; pulled pork burger with apple and fennel slaw, jalapenos and chipotle sauce and crispy skin Atlantic salmon with roasted beetroot, asparagus, fennel, orange and dill cream sauce. Or, visit Waterfront Port Melbourne and feast on their exquisite wild barramundi served with quinoa salad, cashews and garlic yoghurt.