Best Casual Restaurants in Ascot Vale

201 restaurants available nearby

1. Lulu's Social Space

4.8

Exceptional(14)

Price: Moderate

• Comfort Food • Ascot Vale

A great range of cocktails, beer, wine & mocktails.Delicious simple food with a fresh approach.Shared plates.👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Great family options.🔥Cosy courtyard. 🍸 Cocktails🍔 Comfort Food🌱 Cosy undercover Courtyard🙌 Private functions🥂 Great Wine List🍺 Beer on Tap🐶 Dog friendly dining🍖 Onsite smoker cooking ribs and tacos🪑 High Top dining in Parklet🚃 57 Tram stop within 50m🍻 Beer Garden🕵️ Private Events🚗 Streetside Footpath Dining👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Fresh & tasty Share plates❌ Gluten Friendly options🙌 Run by Ascot Vale locals for Ascot Vale locals

2. Kata Kita

4.7

Exceptional(281)

Price: Moderate

• Asian • Melbourne CBD

Booked 5 times today

Kata Kita delivers a new layer of modern Indonesian dining, combining traditional recipes with luxe local ingredients and sophisticated flavours all designed to share with family and friends. Be prepared for flavour bombs of zesty lemongrass, tongue spiking chilli, homemade aromatic sambal underscored with zesty lemongrass, shrimp and sweet palm sugar, served tastily together on a plate!

3. Lagoon Dining

4.8

Exceptional(527)

Price: Expensive

• Asian • Carlton

Booked 17 times today

Lagoon Dining is a restaurant and bar dishing up food that leans heavily on Chinese culinary traditions. It is an expression of food we love to eat and to cook, dished up heartily alongside booze we like to swill - a place for friends and fun.

4. Yeonga Korean BBQ

4.9

Exceptional(603)

Price: Expensive

• Asian • North Melbourne

Booked 34 times today

Yeonga uses never been frozen fresh meat boasting highest quality.(However beef brisket and ox tongue are slightly frozen for slicing)Yeonga uses 100% genuine charcoal for extra juiciness of meats. Yeonga can cater any kind of functions with spacious 150 seats and free car park is located in front of restaurant for your convenience.(Any Function is available) In Korean, Yeonga means “Smoke House”. The colored roof in the logo represents the tiles (Giwa) commonly used in the construction of traditional Korean houses.The interior of this restaurant is built on the model of ‘Hanok’ which is the term used to describe houses built using traditional Korean architecture. Korean architecture lends consideration to the positioning of the house in relation to its surroundings, with thought given to the land and seasons. The structure of hanok is used tiled roofs (giwa) that not only enhanced its functional efficiency, but also possessed great artistic value.

5. Trattoria Emilia

4.8

Exceptional(1265)

Price: Expensive

• Italian • Melbourne CBD

Booked 17 times today

Trattoria Emilia is an authentic Italian restaurant focusing on seasonal produce and fresh pasta. Head chefs Francesco Rota and Luca Flammia hail from Modena in Emilia Romagna.At Trattoria Emilia we seasonally change the menu and source a large majority of our produce from regional Victoria, our meat is organic and sustainably grown in Tasmania and Victoria and we import some of the best Italian DOC products. Some dishes that are not to be missed are our Tortelloni Emiliani and the crowd favourite salumi misti with gnocco fritto and tigelle served with mortadella mousse.Rustic, yet refined, Trattoria Emilia boasts fantastic ambience, attentive and professional service whilst all the while remaining a great casual dining spot perfect for a quick lunch, a long relaxing dinner with friends and has always been a romantic date spot.

6. Dom's Social Club

4.8

Exceptional(209)

Price: Moderate

• Continental • Melbourne CBD

Booked 2 times today

Doms is a no frills, 3 level pizza wonderland from the crew that bought you Peaches, Cheek, Dexter & Takeaway Pizza. GOOD PIZZA, GOOD WINES, GOOD TIMES. Level 1 - Pizzeria/Restaurant Level 2 - Pool RoomLevel 3 - Walk-in Outdoor Rooftop BarFood is available on all 3 levels 🍕 Dining at Doms - It's old school and inviting. A menu of slow fermented wood fired sourdough pizza, alongside tasty snacks and a very deep wine list. The perfect venue for that date, that birthday, that catch up. Social, familiar, honest and good. Hot tip: drink Lambrusco, eat the salami! Please note unfortunately we do not have disabled access.

7. Mona Castle Hotel

4.7

Exceptional(235)

Price: Moderate

• Australian • Seddon

Booked 12 times today

The Mona Castle Hotel, located in Seddon, Victoria, is a historic pub that has been serving locals for over 150 years. Known for its warm, inviting atmosphere, it offers a mix of traditional charm and modern comfort. Guests can enjoy a cold beer at the bar, relax by the open fire with a glass of wine, or sip cocktails in the beer garden. The menu features pub classics, with weekly specials like Parma and Steak nights, as well as a Sunday roast with live music. The Mona Castle is perfect for casual drinks, dining, or hosting events

8. LaBurrata

4.5

Awesome(130)

Price: Moderate

• Italian • Moonee Ponds

The desire to serve good food to the people with our passion in the cooking led us to open La Burrata.La Burrata is an Italian cuisine which serves its customers with different variety of food. As we believe best Italian restaurants always serve the best Italian food and unrivaled quality. La Burrata is proud to serve fresh food prepared from freshly brought ingredients. Enjoying freshly home made pasta and quality hand stretched pizza when you dine in with us along with choices of seafoods, stake and main dishes. The customers can reserve the table, walk-in and enjoy the fresh dining with us.

9. Chocolate Buddha

4.6

Exceptional(2818)

Price: Expensive

• Japanese • Melbourne CBD

Booked 89 times today

Chocolate Buddha undertook an AMAZING renovation in 2019 by Maddison Architects. We have a 22 seater SUSHI TRAIN open Wednesday to Sunday lunches 12 - 3pm and Wednesday to Saturday Dinners 5 - 8pm it includes an EXPRESS train which delivers hot food ordered via a tablet. We offer QR menus at each table for ease of ordering, splitting bills and menu with pictures and descriptions. This type of ordering is optional so always let us know if you prefer to order with us. See you soon @ Chocolate Buddha

10. Alluvial

3.6

Very Good(141)

Price: Expensive

• Modern Australian • Melbourne CBD

Booked 1 time today

Nestled between the historic Rialto and Winfield buildings, Alluvial Restaurant effortlessly melds a mix of old and new, all imbued with the culinary and cultural charms of Melbourne. Alluvial Restaurant, named after Alluvial gold deposits in honour of the gold rush, when Melbourne was the richest city in the world. Situated under our iconic glass atrium, is the perfect setting to try our international buffet breakfast, all day dining menu or simply enjoy a coffee or wine in Bluestone Lounge Bar, for a more casual option. Sample modern Melbourne cuisine with the best local produce and flavours Melbourne has to offer. Melbourne’s electric dining scene offers a startling array of the world’s greatest cuisines, the hotel amplifies these diverse cultures that make Melbourne eating so unique.

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JacekG
New York City •5 reviews
5.0
Dined 4 days ago
Great food from passionate people. Well balanced flavours, great value for money.
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Lagoon DiningPrice: Expensive• Asian• Carlton
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4.8
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Ali
Melbourne •1 review
5.0
Dined 4 days ago
Great Korean bbq restaurant. Amazing wagyu meat and the kimchi was delicious. The staff were also amazing. Will definitely be a weekly visit!!
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Yeonga Korean BBQPrice: Expensive• Asian• North Melbourne
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4.9
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Diana
Melbourne •1 review
4.0
Dined on 25 Dec 2024
Food was great but was bit on the burnt side, otherwise the atmosphere was perfect
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Kata KitaPrice: Moderate• Asian• Melbourne CBD
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4.7
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Ranj
Melbourne •1 review
5.0
Dined on 20 Dec 2024
Excellent food, excellent service. We had dinner there for our wedding anniversary it was a wonderful experience.
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Trattoria EmiliaPrice: Expensive• Italian• Melbourne CBD
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4.8
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Ralph
San Francisco Bay Area •6 reviews
5.0
Dined on 14 Nov 2024
Been a few times and each visit we’ve enjoyed great local service from staff, yummy drinks and nice nibbles. This time we were seated in the footpath parklet dining area which was fab! Will be back again.
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Lulu's Social SpacePrice: Moderate• Comfort Food• Ascot Vale
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201 restaurants available nearby

1. Lulu's Social Space

2. Kata Kita

3. Lagoon Dining

4. Yeonga Korean BBQ

5. Trattoria Emilia

6. Dom's Social Club

7. Mona Castle Hotel

8. LaBurrata

9. Chocolate Buddha

10. Alluvial

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