As any local will tell you, there's a lot to love about our city's cafe scene — but Melbourne's best bottomless brunch spots are really where it's at.
A weekend feast featuring plenty of breakfast foods (and sometimes more lunchy options), good company and a cheeky spot of day drinking — that's ticking a whole lot of boxes right there. Right now, Melbourne's bottomless brunch options are in very strong supply, so we've saved you the effort and rounded up 18 of the best.
Fancy some fried chicken and waffles teamed with a few fruity spritzes? Or perhaps you'd like some prawn rolls with a side of drag and a couple of gins? Round up the crew and book a table at one of Melbourne's best bottomless brunch spots.
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Bodega Underground, CBD
Bodega Underground's famed Mexican-inspired bottomless brunch takes over the CBD taqueria every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with seatings at 11am, 1pm and 3pm. Book your crew in for a brunchtime fiesta at Bodega, one of the best Melbourne CBD restaurants, for $75, and you'll enjoy a lively five-course spread (which just so happens to be entirely gluten-free).
The bottomless brunch features favourites like house-made brisket tacos, chicken chilaquiles, and chilli and lime-salted wings with chipotle mayo. Dessert is also taken care of: classic churros paired with loads of dulce de leche. Vegan brunch lovers can even their own five-course spread for the same price. To drink, there's 90 minutes of bottomless Mexican-themed sips, including Bodega's go-to guava-infused Mexi-mimosas. The quality and quantity of the offerings help make this one of the best bottomless brunches in Melbourne.
Half Acre, South Melbourne
With its light-filled atrium-style space and stunning open kitchen, Half Acre makes for quite the beautiful Melbourne bottomless brunch destination. And the huge buffet stacked with produce-driven, seasonal brekkie dishes sure doesn't disappoint, either.
Available for two-hour sittings on Saturday and Sunday, access to Half Acre's brunch buffet comes in at $69 per person, which includes a whole host of sweet and savoury options. On Sunday arvos, a special meat station also pops up. For just an additional $29 per person, you can get free-flowing sips, including seasonal cocktails, prosecco, wine and mocktails.
Moonhouse, Balaclava
Balaclava's Moonhouse is home to some of the best yum chas in Melbourne. It's also one of the few dim sum haunts that offers bottomless booze. Drop by Moonhouse on a Saturday or Sunday to nab the $59 endless yum cha that cycles through 12 different dishes — think XO scallops, chicken and prawn wontons, roast duck pancakes, char siu pork buns, salt and pepper calamari, and prawn dumplings. There's also a totally vegan option for the plant-based diners out there.
And if you feel like making a big party out of the whole affair, you can add on unlimited alcohol for $45 per person. Beer and wine are all that's available, but the Moonhouse crew isn't pouring the cheap and nasty stuff. Get around a Hop Nation pale ale, Stomping Ground pilsner, and the pinot grigio and MDI Friulano skin contact number from Mandi in Mildura.
The Smith, Prahran
Sashay right into your Sunday with a little help from The Smith's weekly Melbourne Drag Brunch series, hosted by local queens. Running two sparkly sittings each weekend (12pm–2pm and 3pm–5pm), it's the ultimate OTT Sunday session. Book a table and enjoy all the raucous fun, while tucking into your pick of brunch plate — maybe Belgian waffles or the prawn roll with shiraz gin caviar — and two hours of bottomless booze. Choose from a range of beer and wine, or opt for the specialty spritz lineup. All that for a not-too-shabby $74. This is where you head for some of the best bottomless brunch in Melbourne.
But if this seems a bit too much for you, or your mates just aren't into drag (how dare they?), then you can swing by on a Saturday for the crew's soulful gospel choir bottomless brunch that'll set you back $70 per person.
Leah Traecey
Tokyo Tina, Windsor
Chapel's Street's Tokyo Tina pairs its bingo competitions with bottomless booze and brunch fare every Saturday (12pm and 2.15pm). During this two-hour sitting hosted by Valerie Hex, guests can dab their way towards winning prizes while trying one of the best bottomless brunches in Melbourne.
Punters can choose four dishes each, including salmon tartare, crispy five-spice chicken, miso-baked cauliflower, and pan-fried market fish served with finger limes and ponzu. Complementary kimchi rice and edamame beans are also served at every table. You can either just get the four courses of food for $55, or you can add on unlimited spritzes, bubbles and beer for an additional $22.
Nomad, CBD
Boozy brunches in Melbourne are hugely popular. But the later-in-the-day bottomless lunch is on the up and up. These are for those of us who don't necessarily want to down a heap of mimosas with breakfast while surrounded by hen's parties. Sometimes we just prefer to eat a more grown-up meal paired with a good wine, beer or spritz.
Enter Nomad, one of the best restaurants in Melbourne. Here, the crew is showing us exactly what the boozy lunch should look like with its latest Lunch & Linger experience. Every Saturday and Sunday, from 12.30–2.30pm, lunchtime diners in the CBD can get a selection of mezzes and a dessert paired with 90 minutes of free-flowing wine, beer and spritzes for $110. We'd consider this to be one of the classiest bottomless booze experiences in Melbourne.
Hotel Jesus, Collingwood
Hotel Jesus is one of the best Mexican restaurants in Melbourne and is also home to a damn good bottomless brunch. From Friday to Sunday, guests getting the boozy brunch will immediately be greeted with a mimosa on arrival before the onslaught of food lands at the table. This will include house-made guac, salsa, and beans served with chips, as well as corn ribs, ceviche tostadas and a couple of tacos.
The set menu can't be edited (unless you're vegetarian or vegan), but you do have a bunch of boozy options. Apart from the mimosas, you can also order rounds of sangria, frozen margaritas and beer. This all costs $69 per person, and there's always the option to add more food if you're still hungry.
Magic Mountain Saloon, CBD
This CBD diner's gutsy modern Thai food and glowing red neon fitout has made it a firm favourite with the dinner crowd. But should you fancy starting your day with a bang instead, you can't go past Magic Mountain Saloon's bottomless brunch in Melbourne's CBD.
From 11.30am–1pm each Saturday, you can sit down to menu hits like barbecue chicken skewers, garlic chive dumplings, mozzarella curried rice bowls, prawn tom yum and a heap of fried rice. How much money you part with depends on your chosen drink situation. Include 90 minutes of bottomless booze — beer, wine, spritz and sangria — for $65 per person, or opt for some solid alcohol-free mocktails for an easier $50.
Zero Mode, Box Hill
The masters of envelope-pushing, innovative fare at Box Hill's Zero Mode are serving up one of the most impressive bottomless brunches in Melbourne. This one's on offer from 10am to 3.30pm every day of the week, priced at $79 a head.
For that, you'll score your choice of one main plate and 90 minutes of free-flowing cocktails, beer and wine. But if you'd rather get boozy at night, stop by for Zero's bottomless dinner, which includes three snacks, one main, one side and a dessert, as well as unlimited cocktails, beer, wine and non-alcoholic drinks for $109.
Fargo and Co, Richmond
Fargo & Co's bottomless brunch is a long-held weekend ritual that's not going anywhere, anytime soon. The Richmond venue's boozy brunch feasts run across two two-hour sittings every Sunday and one two-hour sitting on a Sunday, clocking in at $75.
The set brunch menu includes caviar bumps, hash browns, baby waffles, spicy chicken sangas, bagel boards and mango pancakes. And to match your food, you can look forward to a couple of hours of unlimited beers, prosecco, cocktails, and boozy snow cones and slushies. Fargo is easily home to some of the best bottomless brunch in Melbourne.
Peter Tarasiuk
Horn Please, Fitzroy North
You can't talk about the best bottomless brunches in Melbourne without raving about Horn Please. This much-loved North Fitzroy Indian restaurant runs its 90-minute 'proudly unauthentic' curry feasts every Saturday and Sunday from 12–3pm.
Expect a selection of Indian-inspired street food, creative mains, and desserts from the talented hand of North Indian chef Amar. The $69 feast also comes with an unlimited amount of beer, wine and your choice of the bar's top cocktails. If you want some top-notch Indian food and feel like getting boozy, this deal is a no-brainer.
Yakimono, CBD
There are stacks of Lukas Group restaurants in the CBD (Chin Chin, Kisume, Society and Grill Americano), but only Yakimono serves up a bottomless food and bev experience. From Friday to Sunday, anytime between 12 and 4pm, guests can get seven share plates and 90 minutes of unlimited alcohol for $66 per person.
Your Melbourne bottomless lunch eats might include a kingfish sando, barbecue corn ribs, karaage chicken, charcoal-roasted edamame and panko prawn rolls. And the Yakimono team isn't slinging cheap and nasty booze. Throughout the 90-minute experience, you can order unlimited amounts of Kiko highballs, hibiscus spritzes, prosecco, wine and beer.
Nicole Cleary
Fable Rooftop, CBD
Fable, the CBD's highest rooftop bar (don't worry, it's got heaters and a retractable awning), is home to one of the best bottomless brunches in Melbourne. Every Saturday, from 1–3pm, the team pairs two hours of unlimited vodka-based cocktails, prosecco, mimosas and beers with a huge array of canapes.
This includes fresh oysters, cured kingfish, harissa chicken croquettes, fried calamari and cauliflower nuggets. If it's a hot Melbourne day, the roof will open up and let the sunshine in while you brunch. But we also love dropping by during a rainstorm. There's something quite romantic about drinking the day away while you're encased in a glass room covered in raindrops.
New Quarter, Richmond
Unlimited noodles, bottomless booze. That's what's on offer every weekend lunchtime at Richmond's New Quarter. The Vietnamese restaurant — from the team behind Hanoi Hannah, Tokyo Tina and Firebird — has jumped on the Melbourne bottomless brunch train, but is swapping out eggs and avocado on toast for oodles of noodles.
For a very modest $49 per person, diners get to choose two snacks from a lineup of mini banh mis, hot and sour oysters, wagyu beef skewers and grilled corn tartlets — before they dive into bowls of unlimited noodles. You can either focus on the food, not letting anything else distract you as you work your way through the noods, or you can add a bottomless booze package to the whole affair. For $60 per person, you'll get two hours of unlimited tap beer, wine and carafes of the crew's house margarita made with makrut and ginger-infused blanco tequila.
Bang Bang, Elsternwick
Here's one you won't have to rise too early for: Bang Bang hosts its Indochine bottomless brunch from 12pm (and 2.30pm) every Saturday and Sunday, treating guests to a parade of shared snacks paired with unlimited drinks for an easy $59.
Plates might include the likes of tuna ceviche, crispy pork belly pancakes, chiangmai chicken, a crispy rice salad and plenty of roti. The drinks list offers plenty of choice, too. Wash down your brunch feast with free-flowing mimosas, prosecco, local wines and spritz, or a cheeky gin and juice. You can even amp up your Melbourne bottomless boozy brunch by adding free-flowing French champagne for an extra $45 per person.
Blacksmith Bar and Grill, CBD
Picture this: you, your mates, and a bottomless feast with a view that's as beautiful as the food on your plate. Every Saturday, for $75 a head, you'll have the chance to dive into a five-course sharing-style menu at Blacksmith Bar & Grill.
Indulge in kingfish crudo, Korean fried chicken, black forest cheese kransky with charred caramelised onion, and pumpkin and sage arancini. And let's not forget the Blacksmith Waffle, served with vanilla ice cream, fresh berries and chocolate sauce. Booze-wise, you've got two hours of wine, beer and a selection of spritzes. You can even upgrade to premium champagne for an additional $70.
Evie's Disco Diner, Fitzroy
The sparkly disco vibes of Evie's are the perfect antidote to a big ol' work week, so it's handy the venue's bottomless drag bingo brunch is now yours to enjoy between 11am and 4pm every Saturday and Sunday. Book in anytime before 11:45 to catch the bingo (which ends at 2pm), or opt for a later sessions to just get the food and booze.
Whichever you choose, you'll find yourself enjoying your choice of fun brunch dish; perhaps the chicken and waffles, sausage and egg muffins, or french toast doused in maple syrup and crispy bacon. There are vegan options aplenty and not one, but two different booze packages. Team your brunch plate with free-flowing mimosas, wine, beer and cider for $69, or enjoy all of that plus free-flowing espresso martinis, frozen margs and spritzes for an extra $30.
Neptune, Windsor
Neptune is one of the very best seafood restaurant in Melbourne. And we can think of no better way to experience it than on a Saturday afternoon when the team runs their unlimited oysters special. For $70, you get three courses of seafood and two hours of unlimited fresh oysters. This is a pretty great deal for oyster lovers, as you can get through a heap of these bad boys in a couple hours.
Of course, you've got to pair them with bubbles. Thankfully, the Neptune crew lets you have two hours of bottomless booze for just an additional $45 per person. Get around the bubbles, beers and other wines throughout this period, either snuggling by the fireplace or out on the street.
Top images: New Quarter by Ashley Ludkin.