Swan Street, Richmond. Food, culture & the best street in Melbourne.

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Where are you on Swan St?

Drag the tram to where you are, or tap a cross street. We’ll show you the six closest places.

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The best of the strip

Our 24 highest-rated right now, out of 78 on the street.

5.0

Burnt Butter

Dessert · cake shop and party store

A boutique cake shop and party-supply store in one, making custom birthday and wedding cakes onsite alongside balloons and tableware.

5.0

Miss Trixie Drinks Tea

Dessert · custom cakes and high tea

Nostalgic vintage-piped celebration cakes and cake-decorating workshops, run out of the Co.Bake Space by co-founder Alice Bennett.

4.9

Casa Mariotti

Restaurant · Roman Italian wine bar

Four siblings from Rome cook their mother's recipes in a heritage terrace: bucatini all'Amatriciana, suppli and maritozzi.

4.9

Matheson Wine Bar

Bar · wine bar and share plates

A neighbourhood wine bar in the former Pg.2 site, pairing a curated list with seasonal share plates and a standout handmade pasta.

4.8

Co.Bake Space

Café · bakery pop-up and pick-up space

A peach-fronted pop-up and pick-up bakery space at 239 Swan St, home to bakers Sweet Bakes and Miss Trixie, hosting workshops, tastings and rotating residents.

4.8

Lady T Bar

Bar · Latin American

A Latin American party bar hiding a speakeasy behind a vending machine, with salsa nights and $4 Taco Tuesdays.

4.8

Remo's Pasta & Tiramisu

Restaurant · Roman pasta and tiramisu

The cult CBD pasta and tiramisu bar's second home: every bowl under $20 and every tiramisu gluten free.

4.7

Bertie’s Butcher

Café · butcher and BBQ cafe

Bertie’s Butcher offers a wide assortment of meat coming from different locations. They are properly and carefully selected.

4.7

The Blacksmith Bar

Bar · cocktail bar

A prohibition-styled cocktail bar in a 1924 former ironmonger's, with backlit spirit shelves, antique fittings and a deliberately classic drinks list.

4.7

Hugo's Deli

Café · deli and sandwiches

A sandwich-led corner deli at 119 Swan St from a trio of local owners, big on cheese melts, fried-chicken sangas and Odyssey coffee.

4.7

Little Bertie’s BBQ and Cafe

Café · American BBQ

Little Bertie’s BBQ and Cafe proved to be a place where Richmond people can go to when they want to have a taste of clean and organic meat.

4.7

Pastarami

Restaurant · handmade pasta and wine

A sunny handmade pasta bar in the old Noir site, where six house-rolled pastas a day all land at $26 or less.

4.7

Pizzeria Da Bruno

Restaurant · Italian pizzeria and bar

Five levels and 250 seats of Milanese-inspired pizzeria, four years in the building, with two rooftops.

4.7

T&L Bakery & Cafe

Café · Vietnamese bakery and banh mi

Family-run Vietnamese bakery famous for its crispy-skin pork belly banh mi and one of the street's best cheap eats.

4.7

Waygood

Bar · wine bar and bottle shop

Half wine bar, half bottle shop: pick from a wall of 80 rotating local wines, drink in for $25 corkage or take it home.

4.7

YOKLI

Dessert · self-serve frozen yoghurt and açai

A self-serve frozen yoghurt and açai bar at 106 Swan St: swirl your own, pay by weight, and pile on the toppings.

4.6

1090 Burger

Takeaway · burgers

From humble beginnings, the burger masters at 1090 have now put down roots on Swan st and opened up their first dine in restaurant in Richmond.

4.6

300 Grams

Takeaway · smash burgers

Smash burgers from a brand that made the Financial Times' list of the world's best, trading until 2am on weekends.

4.6

Agapi Greek Cuisine

Restaurant · Greek

Agapi Greek Cuisine is a stylish restaurant with exposed-brick walls and white tablecloths, serving Greek mains and banquets.

4.6

Attria Wine

Bar · wine bar and modern Australian small plates

A sleek wine bar and kitchen with a modern-Australian menu of small plates, a produce-led wine list and late-night trading on weekends.

4.6

Bahari - The Hellenic Palate

Restaurant · Greek

An exciting taste of spicy and adventurous Mediterranean cuisine and then balance it with a subtle and sophisticated English taste, will leave you wanting more.

4.6

Clover

Bar · wine bar, everything cooked over fire

An intimate 48-seat wine bar where everything is cooked over fire, from the team behind the Alps and Milton Wine Bar.

4.6

Gelato Messina

Dessert · gelato

They have 35 basic flavors to offer and all the ingredients are freshly made. The pistachio and hazelnut (which are top favorites) are sourced from Italy.