BYO Restaurants in Melbourne
How good is BYO? Whether you're eating on a budget or itching to try a bottle stashed at home, there's a certain satisfaction in walking through the door and pouring yourself exactly what you want to drink. Here are our favourites.
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Roast Duck Inn
Look for the crisp red ducks in the window. Enter for a sumptuous feast cooked by Cantonese chefs who have more than three decades of experience. There are two dinner sittings and the restaurant is BYO.
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Ling Nan
Offering no-nonsense Cantonese dining in the heart of the CBD, Ling Nan has been satisfying Melbourne’s late-night cravings for around three decades. New location, same must-order XO pippies.
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The Recreation
Buy a bottle of wine or BYO at this bistro and wine store.
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Southall
Bottled table wine only.
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Jinda Thai
The Tanpapat family has been been serving Thai food for generations. They opened at this spacious Richmond warehouse in 2013, serving traditional dishes just as you’d find them in Thailand. Think boat noodles, punchy larb and pla rad prik (deep-fried barramundi with tamarind sauce).
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Shanghai Village
A student favourite with plates of dumplings under $10.
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DOC
The mozzarella bar with the most.
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I Love Pho
A Victoria Street staple.
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Big Boy BBQ
Match your burgers with a $5 BYO drink.
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Laksa King
BYO for $8 a bottle.
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Mamak
Fluffy roti and Malaysian satay. BYO for $4 a head.
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Fratellino Pizzeria
There's few better matches than woodfired pizza and wine.
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China Red
Corkage is $3.50 a head. You know what to do.
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France-Soir
For lunch only Saturday to Thursday BYO with no corkage charge.
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Jim’s Greek Tavern
No menu here, but you're guaranteed an authentic Greek experience.
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Tiamo Coffee
More than just pizza.
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Tiamo 2
Nothing but pizza.
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Hutong Dumpling Bar CBD
Some of the best dumplings in town.
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Peko Peko
At its roots it’s Taiwanese, but modern Japanese and Western influences permeate the menu.
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Dainty Sichuan South Yarra
Bring your own wine or wet your palate with a cleansing Tsing Tao – you’ll need it.
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The Waiters Restaurant
Italian food with BYO vino.
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Supper Inn
Supper Inn is a BYO Melbourne institution. Just ask Melbourne’s top chefs.
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Afghan Gallery
BYO $5 per person.
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Ocha
Lunch and Wednesday night BYO for wine only. $15 corkage.
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Teta Mona
Twin brothers Antoine and Bechara Taouk serve up Lebanese soul food, just like their grandma did at home.
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Pacific House Restaurant
You might have seen the crimson Peking ducks hanging in the window. This affordable, bustling Cantonese barbeque and seafood restaurant is a Victoria Street institution. Rotating specials are handwritten on the wall, but don’t go past the Peking duck pancakes and char siew (barbeque pork).
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Estelle
“A touch of innovation without being scary or confronting” is how owner-chef Scott Pickett describes the menu here, and he’s bang-on.
