Guidebook for Toorak
Food Scene
Romeos is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner until late. I've eaten here quite a lot and everything I've tasted has been good.
You can sit at tables indoors or on the street.
Staff are friendly.
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Romeo's of Toorak
450 Toorak RdRomeos is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner until late. I've eaten here quite a lot and everything I've tasted has been good.
You can sit at tables indoors or on the street.
Staff are friendly.
Melbourne iconic dining spot. Opposite Royal Melbourne Botanical Gardens gate D.
Popular with locals. Upmarket dining and drinks. Big wine list.
On a budget, Thursday night special is Steak Night $25 for steak and a glass of wine, my favourite. Friday night special is linguinni and a glass of wine $25.
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Botanical Hotel
169 Domain RdMelbourne iconic dining spot. Opposite Royal Melbourne Botanical Gardens gate D.
Popular with locals. Upmarket dining and drinks. Big wine list.
On a budget, Thursday night special is Steak Night $25 for steak and a glass of wine, my favourite. Friday night special is linguinni and a glass of wine $25.
Essentials
Supermarket/grocery store sells any food you use in a kitchen, fresh fruit & vegetables, dry goods & alcohol.
Open 7am to 10pm 7 days a week.
Enter via arcade doors nest to the traffic light pedestrian crossing.
Late evening the front door is closed and you need to enter via the back entrance down the nearby alleyway.
Safeway Liquor
459-465 Toorak RdSupermarket/grocery store sells any food you use in a kitchen, fresh fruit & vegetables, dry goods & alcohol.
Open 7am to 10pm 7 days a week.
Enter via arcade doors nest to the traffic light pedestrian crossing.
Late evening the front door is closed and you need to enter via the back entrance down the nearby alleyway.
No need to leave the building. There is a laundry inside the building on the same level as the apartment. Open the apartment door, walk straight down the hall. It's the last door on right.
Machines need $1 or $2 coins. $4 wash, $2 dry.
If the machines are occupied there are more laundry rooms directly below on other floors.
Toorak Village Medical Centre
459 Toorak RdNo need to leave the building. There is a laundry inside the building on the same level as the apartment. Open the apartment door, walk straight down the hall. It's the last door on right.
Machines need $1 or $2 coins. $4 wash, $2 dry.
If the machines are occupied there are more laundry rooms directly below on other floors.
Gourmet foodies fresh produce market place heaven.
Full of stalls selling anything edible for the kitchen; deli's, fresh fish mongers, poultry, meat, specialist stalls for coffee, eggs, tea's, nuts, spices, organic's. One stall sells only mushrooms of all kinds.
Live music in the food court on daytime on weekends.
This is an iconic landmark in operation for over 100 years. My grandmother shopped here over 80 years ago.
There's an Aldi store nest door and a good health food shop (Prahran Health Foods) a few doors up.
Catch the tram or walk down Toorak Road to Chapel Street. Catch another tram heading South along Chapel Street. Get off at Commercial Road and walk West a few doors down to the pedestrian traffic lights.
Car parking as at rear.
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프라란마켓
163 Commercial RdGourmet foodies fresh produce market place heaven.
Full of stalls selling anything edible for the kitchen; deli's, fresh fish mongers, poultry, meat, specialist stalls for coffee, eggs, tea's, nuts, spices, organic's. One stall sells only mushrooms of all kinds.
Live music in the food court on daytime on weekends.
This is an iconic landmark in operation for over 100 years. My grandmother shopped here over 80 years ago.
There's an Aldi store nest door and a good health food shop (Prahran Health Foods) a few doors up.
Catch the tram or walk down Toorak Road to Chapel Street. Catch another tram heading South along Chapel Street. Get off at Commercial Road and walk West a few doors down to the pedestrian traffic lights.
Car parking as at rear.
Everything Else
Tram stop to the Chapel Street and city is on the corner of my street. You will see the shelter.
Grange Rd station
Tram stop to the Chapel Street and city is on the corner of my street. You will see the shelter.
NewsXpress Toorak Village
487 Toorak Road
You need a Myki card to use the public transport system (trams, buses, trains)
This newsagent shop sells Myki cards and fare top ups.
487 Toorak Rd
487 Toorak RoadNewsXpress Toorak Village
487 Toorak Road
You need a Myki card to use the public transport system (trams, buses, trains)
This newsagent shop sells Myki cards and fare top ups.
Shopping
Vintage market place full of little stalls selling anything and everything vintage.
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Chapel Street Bazaar
217 Chapel StVintage market place full of little stalls selling anything and everything vintage.
Sightseeing
Historic mansion and garden. This is the remains of the original local estate.
You can tour the house or just enjoy the gardens. There is a cafe in the stables.
Great for a sunny day. Sometimes closed in winter.
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Como House & Garden
Lechlade AvenueHistoric mansion and garden. This is the remains of the original local estate.
You can tour the house or just enjoy the gardens. There is a cafe in the stables.
Great for a sunny day. Sometimes closed in winter.
Parks & Nature
Melbourne's famous Botanical gardens. Perfect for picnics, walking or jogging. Also a cafe near the lake.
Gondola rides for hire on the lake, open lawns for lazing about and scenic walking tracks. Good collection of very old trees from all over the world.
Also home of the iconic "Tan" jogging track where the local joggers do their thing.
Free entry. Gates usually close near sunset.
From the apartment catch the number 8 tram down the hill. Get off at the corner of Park Street and Domain Road.
For dinner, upmarket bar restaurant Botanical on Domain road near gate D. Thursday night special is Steak Night $25 for steak and a glass of wine, my favourite.
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로열 보태닉 가든스 멜버른
Melbourne's famous Botanical gardens. Perfect for picnics, walking or jogging. Also a cafe near the lake.
Gondola rides for hire on the lake, open lawns for lazing about and scenic walking tracks. Good collection of very old trees from all over the world.
Also home of the iconic "Tan" jogging track where the local joggers do their thing.
Free entry. Gates usually close near sunset.
From the apartment catch the number 8 tram down the hill. Get off at the corner of Park Street and Domain Road.
For dinner, upmarket bar restaurant Botanical on Domain road near gate D. Thursday night special is Steak Night $25 for steak and a glass of wine, my favourite.
Arts & Culture
World class art collection. Check out the Australian Heidelberg School collection including the iconic Australian masterpiece The Pioneer by Frederick McCubbin.
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내셔널 갤러리 오브 빅토리아
180 St Kilda RdWorld class art collection. Check out the Australian Heidelberg School collection including the iconic Australian masterpiece The Pioneer by Frederick McCubbin.