Best Date Places in Melbourne - Broadsheet

So you swiped right and got a match. The next step is harder: finding the right place to impress your date.

These aren't places for quiet, white-tableclothed romance. They're fun, energetic restaurants and bars packed with atmosphere, where there's rarely a chance for an awkward silence.

Neptune

Mediterranean food and wine from four rising stars.

212 High Street
Windsor VIC 3181

Chin Chin

Get acquainted over a few drinks downstairs at GoGo bar, then head upstairs.

125 Flinders Lane
Melbourne VIC 3000

Cumulus Up

The slimmer version of Andrew McConnell's Cumulus Inc.

Level 1 45 Flinders Lane
Melbourne VIC 3000

Mamasita

Bond over tacos and Margaritas.

Level 1 11 Collins
Melbourne VIC 3000

City Wine Shop

A bottle shop and bar that hasn't forgotten the Europe of yesteryear.

159 Spring Street
Melbourne VIC 3000

Tipo 00

Relive Lady and the Tramp over some of the city's best handmade pasta.

361 Little Bourke Street
Melbourne VIC 3000

Sun Moth Canteen & Bar

Share a beer in the evening and a coffee the next day at this bright, Scandi-influenced space.

28 Niagara Lane
Melbourne VIC 3000

Bomba

Tapas on a rooftop, with vermouth on tap.

103 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne VIC

Ombra Salumi

Share a crisp wine over some aged meats.

76 Bourke St
Melbourne VIC 3000

Izakaya Den

The best seats are at the bar at this subterranean Japanese restaurant.

Basement 114 Russell Street
Melbourne VIC

Tonka

Modern Indian hidden at the end of a laneway.

20 Duckboard Place
Melbourne VIC 3000

The Everleigh

Skip dinner and head straight to the cocktails.

1 150-156 Gertrude Street
Fitzroy VIC 3065

Black Pearl

Order a cocktail, have it delivered to your plush seats.

304 Brunswick Street
Fitzroy VIC 3065

Marion

Andrew McConnell's slick wine bar.

53 Gertrude Street
Fitzroy VIC 3065

Kaprica

Eat a slice and drink some red in the Italian family kitchen you always wanted.

19 Lincoln Square South
Carlton VIC 3053

Archie’s All Day

Turn a quick afternoon date into an entire evening.

189 Gertrude Street
Fitzroy VIC 3065

Gerald's Bar

Feel like a local at this understated bar.

386 Rathdowne St
Carlton North VIC

LongPlay

Two-parts Danish minimalist furniture store, one-part Italian wine and cocktail bar.

318 St Georges Rd
Fitzroy North VIC

Joanie's Baretto

A bar that's all about Italian aperitifs and salumi boards.

832A High Street
Thornbury VIC 3071

Heartattack and Vine

Eat cicchetti (Italian tapas) then head to a movie at Cinema Nova.

329 Lygon Street
Carlton VIC 3052

Rita's Cafeteria

A down-to-earth pizzeria that's rarely quiet.

239 Johnston Street
Abbotsford VIC 3067

Bar None

A speakeasy-style bar that's all about cocktails.

72 Auburn Parade
Camberwell VIC 3124

Ugly Duckling

Choose between this wine bar's moody and intimate front, or the sun-drenched back.

238 Swan Street
Richmond VIC 3121

Prohibition Food and Wine

A restaurant and bar that's as classy or as casual as you need.

1395 Toorak Road
Camberwell VIC 3124

Hawker Hall

The Lucas Group's bustling, South East Asian-inspired beer hall.

98 Chapel Street
Windsor VIC 3181

Bar Di Stasio

This wine bar is a bastion of old-school hospitality.

31 Fitzroy Street
St Kilda VIC

The Woods Bar & Kitchen

Get to know each other over a couple of Negronis.

108 Chapel Street
Windsor VIC

Bellota Wine Bar

3500 bottles of wine, with charcuterie to match.

181 Bank Street
South Melbourne VIC

Smalls Bar

If you can nab a seat, this tiny wine bar will deliver.

20 Yarra Place
South Melbourne VIC

Radio Mexico

Make it a Monday-night date, when the Margaritas are two-for-one. (Ditto for Northcote).

11-13 Carlisle Street
St Kilda VIC

Clever Polly's

A sit-in bottleshop that's big on charm.

313 Victoria Street
West Melbourne VIC 3003

Copper Pot

Take a Euro trip together.

105 Victoria Street
Seddon VIC 3011

Luxsmith

Order a "lucky dip" wine and have fun guessing what it is.

5 Gamon Street
Seddon VIC 3011

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