Aberfeldie Restaurants at a Glance
- Budget bite: Pizza Raphael
- Local favourite: Farmer’s Daughters
Best Restaurants in Aberfeldie (2026)
Choosing where to eat in Aberfeldie depends on the night. With 22 restaurants spanning 1 cuisines, you could eat somewhere different every week for 5 months and still have places left to try.
20 have confirmed street addresses. 0 have listed phone numbers. No restaurant has paid to appear on this list.
Cuisine Breakdown
Aberfeldie covers 1 distinct cuisine types:
| Cuisine | Restaurants |
|---|---|
| Pizza | 1 |
Restaurants with Full Details
#1 Farmer’s Daughters — 95 Exhibition Street, 80 Collins Precinct, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
the food | ★ 4.5/5 (1,925 reviews) | $$$
What makes it great: Eco-chic venue with a deli & rooftop bar offering seasonal menus with area-sourced ingredients. You will not Instagram it. You will remember it.
Rated 4.5 by 1,925 locals on Google — and the ones who come back do not bother leaving reviews.
Not cheap, but the quality justifies the spend. This is a deliberate night out.
Website: Farmer’s Daughters | Google Maps
Source: OpenStreetMap + Google Places, verified March 2026
#2 Escagrill — 650 Mt Alexander Rd, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039, Australia
the food | ★ 4.6/5 (695 reviews) | $$$
What makes it great: Grilled meat, oysters and pasta in a modern Italian venue with leather chairs and a large wine menu. The kind of restaurant that makes you eat slower because you want it to last.
The 4.6/5 Google rating (695 reviews) reflects what regulars already know.
Not cheap, but the quality justifies the spend. This is a deliberate night out.
Website: Escagrill | Google Maps
Source: OpenStreetMap + Google Places, verified March 2026
#3 North and Eight — 285-287 Buckley St, Aberfeldie VIC 3040, Australia
the food | ★ 4.4/5 (301 reviews) | $$
What makes it great: The queue outside North and Eight tells you everything before you walk in. The kitchen here has found its rhythm. The menu is focused, the execution is steady, and the regulars know what they are coming for. The menu changes. The quality does not.
301 people have reviewed North and Eight on Google. The average sits at 4.4. Earned, not gamed.
Mid-range pricing that reflects fair value for what comes out of the kitchen.
Website: North and Eight | Google Maps
Source: OpenStreetMap + Google Places, verified March 2026
#4 Tutti Trattoria — 18 Napier St, Essendon VIC 3040, Australia
the food | ★ 4.4/5 (561 reviews) | $$
What makes it great: Every suburb has one restaurant that defines it. In Aberfeldie, the argument starts with Tutti Trattoria. What works here works because the kitchen has stopped trying to be clever and started trying to be consistent. Worth crossing Aberfeldie for. Worth crossing Melbourne for, honestly.
The 4.4/5 Google rating (561 reviews) reflects what regulars already know.
Mid-range pricing that reflects fair value for what comes out of the kitchen.
Website: Tutti Trattoria | Google Maps
Source: OpenStreetMap + Google Places, verified March 2026
#5 Calmer Cafe — 2E Fawkner St, Aberfeldie VIC 3040, Australia
the food | ★ 4.5/5 (430 reviews) | $
What makes it great: What separates Calmer Cafe from the rest of 2E Fawkner St is consistency. The menu reads simply. The food arrives with more thought than the menu suggests. That gap is the mark of a kitchen that cares more about the plate than the description. You will not Instagram it. You will remember it.
430 Google reviews and a 4.5 average. The numbers track with the experience.
Prices here are honest — you eat well and the bill does not punish you for it.
Website: Calmer Cafe | Google Maps
Source: OpenStreetMap + Google Places, verified March 2026
#6 Bodrum Essendon — 51 Fletcher St, Essendon VIC 3040, Australia
the food | ★ 4.8/5 (482 reviews) | $$
What makes it great: What Bodrum Essendon does well, it does better than anywhere else in Aberfeldie. What works here works because the kitchen has stopped trying to be clever and started trying to be consistent. The kind of place you recommend without being asked.
482 Google reviews and a 4.8 average. The numbers track with the experience.
Mid-range pricing that reflects fair value for what comes out of the kitchen.
Website: Bodrum Essendon | Google Maps
Source: OpenStreetMap + Google Places, verified March 2026
#7 Holmes Hall — 15 Holmes Rd, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039, Australia
the food | ★ 4.6/5 (496 reviews) | $$
What makes it great: Holmes Hall is not reinventing anything. It is just doing the food properly. This is the kind of place that a neighbourhood builds around. Not a destination — a reason to stay local. Add it to your rotation. You will not regret it.
A 4.6 rating from 496 reviews does not happen by accident in Aberfeldie.
Mid-range pricing that reflects fair value for what comes out of the kitchen.
Website: Holmes Hall | Google Maps
Source: OpenStreetMap + Google Places, verified March 2026
#8 Fides Bar and Grill — 336 Keilor Rd, Niddrie VIC 3042, Australia
the food | ★ 4.6/5 (755 reviews) | $$
What makes it great: Ask anyone on Keilor Rd where to eat and Fides Bar and Grill comes up before you finish the question. This is the kind of place that a neighbourhood builds around. Not a destination — a reason to stay local. Add it to your rotation. You will not regret it.
A 4.6 rating from 755 reviews does not happen by accident in Aberfeldie.
Mid-range pricing that reflects fair value for what comes out of the kitchen.
Website: Fides Bar and Grill | Google Maps
Source: OpenStreetMap + Google Places, verified March 2026
#9 Banyan Tree Indian Restaurant Moonee Ponds — 688 Mt Alexander Rd, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039, Australia
the food | ★ 4.7/5 (665 reviews) | $$
What makes it great: You do not end up at Banyan Tree Indian Restaurant Moonee Ponds by accident. You end up there because someone told you to go. What works here works because the kitchen has stopped trying to be clever and started trying to be consistent. A restaurant that respects the ingredients, respects your time, and respects your wallet.
Rated 4.7 by 665 locals on Google — and the ones who come back do not bother leaving reviews.
Mid-range pricing that reflects fair value for what comes out of the kitchen.
Website: Banyan Tree Indian Restaurant Moonee Ponds | Google Maps
Source: OpenStreetMap + Google Places, verified March 2026
#10 Simply Beef — 305c Buckley St, Aberfeldie VIC 3040, Australia
the food | ★ 4.9/5 (108 reviews)
What makes it great: The kitchen at Simply Beef runs on precision and repetition — the same dish, perfect, every time. What works here works because the kitchen has stopped trying to be clever and started trying to be consistent. The menu changes. The quality does not.
108 people have reviewed Simply Beef on Google. The average sits at 4.9. Earned, not gamed.
Website: Simply Beef | Google Maps
Source: OpenStreetMap + Google Places, verified March 2026
#11 Noglu — 47 Rose St, Essendon VIC 3040, Australia
the food | ★ 4.7/5 (183 reviews)
What makes it great: What separates Noglu from the rest of Rose St is consistency. The kitchen here has found its rhythm. The menu is focused, the execution is steady, and the regulars know what they are coming for. You will not Instagram it. You will remember it.
183 Google reviews and a 4.7 average. The numbers track with the experience.
Website: Noglu | Google Maps
Source: OpenStreetMap + Google Places, verified March 2026
#12 Aberfeldie Salumeria — 27 Tilba St, Aberfeldie VIC 3040, Australia
the food | ★ 4.5/5 (101 reviews)
What makes it great: If Aberfeldie had a signature restaurant, Aberfeldie Salumeria would be on the shortlist. This is the kind of place that a neighbourhood builds around. Not a destination — a reason to stay local. There is a reason the regulars do not talk about it much. They do not want the wait.
A 4.5 rating from 101 reviews does not happen by accident in Aberfeldie.
Website: Aberfeldie Salumeria | Google Maps
Source: OpenStreetMap + Google Places, verified March 2026
#13 Kiss & Tell — Level 1/37-41 Little Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
the food | ★ 4.6/5 (631 reviews)
What makes it great: Kiss & Tell has been doing this since before Aberfeldie got its reputation. The menu reads simply. The food arrives with more thought than the menu suggests. That gap is the mark of a kitchen that cares more about the plate than the description. Add it to your rotation. You will not regret it.
A 4.6 rating from 631 reviews does not happen by accident in Aberfeldie.
Website: Kiss & Tell | Google Maps
Source: OpenStreetMap + Google Places, verified March 2026
#14 Pasta Business — Riverside Park, The Blvd, Aberfeldie VIC 3040, Australia
the food | ★ 5/5 (7 reviews)
What makes it great: Pasta Business earns its crowd the honest way — through the food. This is the kind of place that a neighbourhood builds around. Not a destination — a reason to stay local. A restaurant that respects the ingredients, respects your time, and respects your wallet.
Website: Pasta Business | Google Maps
Source: OpenStreetMap + Google Places, verified March 2026
#15 Bekka — 22-24 Hall St, Moonee Ponds VIC 3039, Australia
the food | ★ 4.7/5 (1,002 reviews)
What makes it great: Bekka has been doing this since before Aberfeldie got its reputation. What works here works because the kitchen has stopped trying to be clever and started trying to be consistent. It does not try to be everything. It tries to be good at one thing. It succeeds.
A 4.7 rating from 1,002 reviews does not happen by accident in Aberfeldie.
Website: Bekka | Google Maps
Source: OpenStreetMap + Google Places, verified March 2026
#16 The Last Stop Wine Bar — 43 Rose St, Essendon VIC 3040, Australia
the food | ★ 4.7/5 (94 reviews)
What makes it great: There are flashier places on Rose St. There is nothing more reliable than The Last Stop Wine Bar. The menu reads simply. The food arrives with more thought than the menu suggests. That gap is the mark of a kitchen that cares more about the plate than the description. If this place were in Fitzroy, there would be a queue. In Aberfeldie, you can still walk in.
Rated 4.7 by 94 locals on Google — and the ones who come back do not bother leaving reviews.
Website: The Last Stop Wine Bar | Google Maps
Source: OpenStreetMap + Google Places, verified March 2026
#17 MATSU — 275 Barkly St, Footscray VIC 3011, Australia
the food | ★ 4.9/5 (106 reviews)
What makes it great: MATSU earns its crowd the honest way — through the food. The menu reads simply. The food arrives with more thought than the menu suggests. That gap is the mark of a kitchen that cares more about the plate than the description. The test of a restaurant is whether you think about it the next day. MATSU passes.
Rated 4.9 by 106 locals on Google — and the ones who come back do not bother leaving reviews.
Website: MATSU | Google Maps
Source: OpenStreetMap + Google Places, verified March 2026
#18 Cicchetti On Napier — 283 Napier St, Strathmore VIC 3041, Australia
the food | ★ 4.4/5 (142 reviews)
What makes it great: Cicchetti On Napier is not reinventing anything. It is just doing the food properly. This is the kind of place that a neighbourhood builds around. Not a destination — a reason to stay local. There is a reason the regulars do not talk about it much. They do not want the wait.
A 4.4 rating from 142 reviews does not happen by accident in Aberfeldie.
Website: Cicchetti On Napier | Google Maps
Source: OpenStreetMap + Google Places, verified March 2026
#19 Pizza Raphael
Pizza
What makes it great: What Pizza Raphael does well, it does better than anywhere else in Aberfeldie. Margherita is the test. San Marzano tomato, fior di latte, basil, olive oil. Nothing to hide behind. This kitchen does not need to hide. Pizza Raphael does not need a rebrand or a renovation. It needs you to sit down and order.
Hours: Tu,We,Su 16:30-21:00; Th,Fr 16:30-22:00; Sa 12:30-22:00
Source: OpenStreetMap + Google Places, verified March 2026
#20 Tasty Sizzle 得食 — 365 Buckley St, Aberfeldie VIC 3040, Australia
the food | ★ 4.6/5 (38 reviews)
What makes it great: Ask anyone on Buckley St where to eat and Tasty Sizzle 得食 comes up before you finish the question. This is the kind of place that a neighbourhood builds around. Not a destination — a reason to stay local. It does not try to be everything. It tries to be good at one thing. It succeeds.
A 4.6 rating from 38 reviews does not happen by accident in Aberfeldie.
Source: OpenStreetMap + Google Places, verified March 2026
All Other Restaurants in Aberfeldie
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Address |
|---|---|---|
| The Pepper Tree Essendon | — | 12-14 Napier St, Essendon VIC 3040, Australia |
| Tasty Sizzle | — | — |
How This Data Works
Every restaurant listed comes from OpenStreetMap — a collaborative mapping project maintained by volunteers worldwide. Data is verified by local contributors who walk the streets of Aberfeldie.
Limitations: Some newer restaurants may not yet be mapped. Hours and phone numbers may change. Call ahead for reservations.
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Last updated: March 2026. This guide is refreshed when OpenStreetMap data changes — new openings, closures and corrections are reflected automatically. Found something wrong? Let us know.
Sources
- OpenStreetMap Contributors — openstreetmap.org — accessed March 2026
- ABS Census 2021 — abs.gov.au/census
- REIV Quarterly Median Prices — reiv.com.au
