Melbourne's best lunches - What's On Melbourne

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A light oak table with four burrito bowls.

Hotel Nacional

Spice up the working week this winter with a loaded burrito bowl for $20, Mon-Fri 12-3pm

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A porterhouse steak with mushroom sauce, and fried onion rings.

Reed House

Enjoy porterhouse steak and onion rings for $35pp, with $5 pots of tap beer. Tues-Thurs, 12-3pm.

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A chef in an open-concept kitchen at a restaurant with a fiery BBQ grill.

BKK

Enjoy a fire-fuelled $28 steak with Thai fries, salad and your choice of sauce, all day.

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Three gourmet bowls with various fillings on a restaurant table.

Jayda

Find a new $18 lunch bowl every fortnight this winter, available Tue-Sat, 12-3pm.

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Yakimono

Enjoy a Teriyaki Cheeseburger or Chicken Karaage Burger with fries for $22. Lunch only.

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Chin Chin

Enjoy a Chin Chin Cheeseburger or Rendang Curry Burger and fries for $22. Lunch only.

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Maison Bâtard

Enjoy Le Cheeseburger or Au Poivre Burger with fries for $22. Lunch only.

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Grill Americano

Enjoy a Cheeseburger or Piccante Fish Burger with fries for $22. Lunch only.

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Kisumé

Enjoy a Kisumé Cheeseburger or Chicken Teriyaki Burger with fries for $22. Lunch only.

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Om Vegetarian

Enjoy an all-you-can-eat thali, samosa, lassi/soft drink for $14.50. Daily, noon-9pm, to 31 Aug.

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A chef's specialty laksa dish with prawns, noodles and a green garnish, alongside other malaysian dishes.

Past / Port Dining Room & Rooftop Bar

Enjoy Past / Port's signature lunch Sarawak Laksa everyday from 12-3pm.

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Luci

First 25 diners daily can enjoy a $25 pasta with focaccia and a drink. Usually $29, from 12-3pm.

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Best spots for a lunch meeting

Two diners enjoying meals and a glass of wine, viewed from directly above the table.

Liminal

Cafe and wine store offering a sustainable, seasonal menu for breakfast and lunch.

Dame's bar with seating and drinks behind pink draped curtains.

Dame

An all-day dining cafe with everything from coffee to cocktails and snacks in between.

Frothed milk being added to a glass of coffee

The Journal Cafe

A relaxed cafe with plenty of reading material to browse while you sip a coffee, wine or dine.

Diners seated at communal tables in a soaring space with high arched windows and brick walls.

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A man ordering from the window of an onigiri cafe.

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A focaccia sandwich with pistachio and meat inside

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Turkish flat bread pastry on a white plate

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The interior of a minimalist burger bar

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A selection of bento boxes and Japanese dishes in takeaway containers.

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Three young people enjoying various dishes in a colourful, hawker-style Thai restaurant.

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A cheese toastie on a silver plate

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Overhead view of several dishes of healthy Asian food on wooden plates.

Pocket

Low sugar, low carb, high protein food created by fine dining chefs.

Small kiosk with a blue door, a window and blue stools out the front on the grey concrete path with a white, A-frame sign with incidental text behind.

Banh Mi Stand

A cute kiosk serving beloved Vietnamese Banh Mi and Vietmanese Salt Coffee.

View from the street into a small and cosy interior of a cafe, a table of diners on the footpath and people also dining inside the small cafe.

Ilza

The second city venue for this popular Japanese snack bar and izakaya diner.

Looking down at a table filled with food dishes and people clinking cocktail glasses.

Kan Eang

Unsung Thai dishes and range of family favourites.

A selection of Japanese-inspired desserts with a strawberry tea on bamboo trays.

Miyama Melbourne

Celebrate the spirit of Japanese hospitality infused with the bold charm of Melbourne.

Exterior of a restaurant with small stools on the footpath facing an open window.

Onigiri Kitchen and Sake Bar

A beautifully designed space with a simple philosophy – to enjoy simple Japanese food.

A bowl of Japanese clam ramen in a traditional japanese bowl, with a plate of sashimi in the foreground.

Sara Craft Ramen and Bar

A culinary masterpiece that redefines traditional Japanese ramen dining.

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Diner cooking hotpot on a bright blue table.

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