Welcome to our comprehensive guide to Footscray, the vibrant suburb in Melbourne’s west. Discover the best places to eat, drink, shop, and immerse yourself in the cultural experiences this multicultural hub has to offer. Whether you’re a local resident or a visitor, our curated selection of Footscray’s gems will ensure you make the most of your time here.
Discover the vibrant charm of Footscray, Melbourne’s west. Hover over the dots in the below map to uncover some of our favourite spots, including the best eateries, shopping destinations, and cultural experiences, ensuring you make the most of this multicultural hub.
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Mr West Bar & Bottle Shop
Located at 106 Nicholson St Mall
A bar and a bottle shop in the heart of Footscray
Issan Thai
Located at 16 Paisley St
Slice Shop
Located at 101 Nicholson St Mall
Footscray Market
Located at 18 Irving St
Amaysya
Located at 134 Nicholson St, Footscray 3011
The Victoria Hotel
Located at 43 Victoria St
Up In Smoke
American BBQ
28 Hopkins St
Pride Of Our Footscray
Located at 1/86-88 Hopkins St
D&K Asian Grocery
Located at 17 Byron St
Lilac and the Cat Florist
Located at 21a Byron St
Misfits
Located at 30 Chamber St
Matsu
Located at 157a Barkly St
Ollie's Deli
Located at 7/158 Barkly St
Rudimentary
Located at 16-20 Leeds St
D&K Live Seafood
Located at 2/28a Leeds St
Bar Thyme
Located at 227 Barkly St
Littlefoot Bar + Kitchen
Located at 223 Barkly St
Ras Dashen
Located at 247 Barkly St
Bar Josephine
Located at 295 Barkly St
Pie Thief
Located at 297 Barkly St
8bit
Located at 8 Droop St
Nan's Bakehouse
Located at 16B Albert St
Footscray Doughnuts & Coffee
Located at 1/42 Irving St
Back Alley Sally's
Located at 4 Yewers St
Conway Fish Trading
Located at 11/21 Wingfield St
T. Cavallaro & Sons
Located at 98 Hopkins St
Footscray Milking Station
Located at 35 bunbury St
Cafe Lalibela
Located at 91 Irving St
Kariton Sorbetes
Located at 50 Leeds St
Cô Thu Quan
Located at Shop 11-12/10 Droop St
Pho Tam
Located at Shop 1 7/9 Leeds St
Casita
Located at Shop 250/18 Irving St
Cafe Larome
Located at 8 Warde St
The 2 Men Cafe
Located at 3/7-9 Leeds St
Cheaper By Miles
Located at 20 Paisley St
Footscray Records
1/40 Leeds St
Hamsa Tattoo
Located at 15 Paisley St
Mama Chen's
Located at 42a Albert St
Tan Thanh Loi
Located at 73 Nicholson St
Co Tham Can To
Located at 70 Nicholson St
Los Pollos
Located at 230 Nicholson St, Footscray
Hail Lilith
Located at 40a Leeds St, Footscray
Small Graces
Located at 57 Byron St, Footscray
Hanzo Babekyu
Located at 45 Leeds St, Footscray
Cà-Rem Gelato
45 Leeds St, Footscray
Footscray Community Arts
Located at 45 Moreland St, Footscray
Nhu Ngoc
Located at shop 223 Footscray Market, 18 Irving St
Roti Road
Located at 191/193 Barkly St, Footscray
To's Bakery
Located at 122 Hopkin's St, Footscray
Sapa Hills
Located at 112 Hopkins St, Footscray
Nhu Lan Bakery
Located at 116 Hopkins St, Footscray
Hong Kong BBQ
Located at 118 Hopkins St, Footscray
MC Dumplings
Located at 118 Hopkins St, Footscray
Ms Sue
Located at 100 Hopkins St, Footscray
Dumplings & More
Located at 96 Hopkins St, Footscray
Myrtle Cafe
Located at 45 Moreland St, Footscray
Pho-Hung-Vuong-Saigon
Located at 128 Hopkins St, Footscray
KFL
Located at 180 Barkly St, Footscray
Nathan Thai
Located at 9 Paisley St, Footscray
A multifaceted drinking space and one-stop booze shop in the heart of Footscray in the Nicholson St Mall that is welcome to all. A great selection of lo-fi wines, cocktails, craft beer and artisanal spirits along with an online store that ships nationwide.
📍 106 Nicholson St, Footscray
A shipping container bar with an outdoor beer garden in the heart of Footscray’s river precinct, sister venue to Back Alley Sally’s.
📍 38/40 Moreland St
Born in 2015 from the love of two locals for their beautiful, quirky, colourful neighbourhood and community. An inclusive, welcoming, friendly, venue where the community can connect and make memories together.
📍 223 Barkly St, Footscray
Hidden down a laneway, in the heart of Footscray’s River Precinct. Born from the love of 4People, this old t-shirt printing factory has been lovingly transformed into this great bar.
📍 4 Yewers St, Footscray
An intimate 25-person venue with a fully vegan menu and a Bourbon-focused drinks menu.
📍 40A Leeds St, Footscray
Bar Josephine is one of our go to spots. Craft beer, cosy vibe and a huge beer garden open until 1am every night.
📍 295 Barkly St, Footscray
Our go to Footscray Pub. One of the best Parmas we’ve tried!
📍 43 Victoria St, Footscray
Footscray’s one and only nightclub! LGBTQIA++ inclusive venue and great spot for a late night dance session.
📍 Level 1/86-88 Hopkins St, Footscray
Mama Chen’s is a live music venue located in the old Dancing Dog building. A place for musicians to share their music.
📍 42A Albert St, Footscray
Footscray’s newest edition! Misfits is a Bar, exhibition space and music venue brought to you by the team behind Ferdydurke, Section 8, and The Operatives. The perfect spot for a late night boogie!
📍 30 Chambers St, Footscray
Ollie’s are serving up some of Footscray’s best toasted sandwiches. The team here at Mr West are big fans of the BFC, Panko buttermilk chicken, pickles, lettuce + Ollie’s sauce.
📍Shop 7/158 Barkly St, Footscray
New Thai food and coffee spot. Recently taken over by new owners.
📍 57 Byron St, Footscray
Perfect spot to sit in for coffee and sunday brunch.
📍 35 Bunbury St, Footscray
One of our favourite spots for a pre shift coffee. Grab a seat in the garden if the weather permits.
📍 16-20 Leeds St, Footscray
Nan’s is one of the most recent additions to the Footscray café community. The team at Mr West are stoked to have another spot for their daily caffeine hit. Highly recommend a mini cinnamon bun with your coffee order!
📍16A Albert St, Footscray
Our beer buyer Jack’s favourite spot for Vietnamese Coffee.
📍 157/81 Hopkins St, Footscray
Located right by the Riverside Lawn. Myrtle Cafe is the perfect spot to sit back and relax for lunch or grab a take away before walking along the Maribyrnong River.
📍45 Moreland St, Footscray
One of the newer additions to Footscray. Café Larome is located at the base of the Vic Square apartments. Serving up delicious coffee and a Japanese menu including Katsu sando’s!!
📍8 Warde St, Footscray
Hot jam doughnuts made to order and coffee. Located right next to Footscray station it’s the perfect stop for your morning caffeine and sweet hit after commuting to Footscray.
📍 lot 1/42 Irving St, Footscray
Bar Thyme is one of our favourite Footscray spots and is a must when visiting Footscray. Friend of Mr West, Howard Stamp has created a warm, relaxed neighbourhood restaurant with a seasonal menu, seasonal cocktails, natural wine and rotating new and old vinyl.
📍227 Barkly St, Footscray
Ms. Sue was named after Chinese-Australian owner Jack Bradley’s Mother and founded with a passion to bring traditional Asian flavours into Jack’s contemporary, Australian kitchen.
📍100 Hopkins St, Footscray
New York style 18” Pizza sold by the slice or full pie with weekly specials. Sit back and enjoy a drink at Mr West and have the Slice Shop team deliver your pizza to your table. Located opposite Mr West the team continue to go back for more, it’s hard to resist!
📍101 Nicholson Street Mall, Footscray
Up in smoke has been serving up Footscray’s best BBQ since 2016.
📍28 Hopkins St, Footscray
Bustling Vietnamese eatery turning out ample servings of pho, broken rice, meat dishes & more.
📍118 Hopkins St, Footscray
Our favourite for Ethiopian Cuisine. A hearty menu with generous servings and friendly service.
📍247 Barkly St, Footscray
Great spot for a byo dumplings feast before exploring Footscray’s bar scene! Try the smashed cucumber salad.
📍 96 Hopkins St, Footscray VIC 3011
A Footscray institution! Traditional Cantonese cuisine. The menu includes all your favourites such as Peking Duck, BBQ Pork and roast chicken thighs.
📍 118 Hopkins St, Footscray
Los Pollos is known for their mexican style pollo asado – flame grilled chicken, mexican street food served with a Californian twist.
📍230 Nicholson St, Footscray
This popular Footscray spot is known for serving the harder to come by dishes of Northern Vietnam. They’re also our go to stop for Bánh xèo (crispy Vietnamese Pancakes).
📍Shop 11 &, 12/10 Droop St, Footscray VIC 3011
Tapping into the rich, intense and abundant flavours that Asia has to offer Kariton Sorbetes use the best ingredients money can buy and they have a wide library of technique within their arsenal to produce some of the best ice cream we’ve tried!
📍50 Leeds St, Footscray
Ca-Rem Gelato is the brainchild of two local friends whose fondest memories are chasing Ice-cream trucks as kids. We’re big fans of popping in for a scoop or two over summer. Expect not so run of the mill flavours such as Durian and Avocado Condensed Milk!
📍45 Leeds St, Footscray
T CAVALLARO & SONS PASTICCERIA
T Cavallaro & sons brought their handmade artisanal Sicilian biscotti, cannoli & cakes to Footscray way back in 1956. Do yourself a favour and pop in for one of their ricotta cannoli and an espresso shot!
📍98 Hopkins St, Footscray
One of Footscray’s most popular spots for Vietnamese. Sapa Hills offer an extensive menu with all the classics. The DIY crispy pork belly pancakes are a must try! Don’t be deterred if you can’t get a table, try your luck next door at their sister restaurant, Sapa Sister.
📍112 Hopkins St, Footscray
Our beer buyer Jack’s favourite Friday and Saturday morning stop for a mixed ham roll on tiger bread. Located inside the Footscray Market food hall.
📍18 Irving St, Footscray
Authentic Vietnamese Banh Mi. Nhu Lan is always pumping with people especially around lunch time but don’t let the line put you off. This Vietnamese bakery serves 9 different varieties and is a locals favourite although, there is a healthy rivalry between Nhu Lan and To’s we’ll let you decide.
📍116 Hopkins St, Footscray
Dim’s go to spot for a tray of take away dumplings. Delicious, fresh and perfect with a bottle of vino from Mr West!
📍106 Hopkins St, Footscray
Authentic Vietnamese Banh Mi. Nhu Lan is always pumping with people especially around lunch time but don’t let the line put you off. This Vietnamese bakery serves 9 different varieties and is a locals favourite although, there is a healthy rivalry between Nhu Lan and To’s we’ll let you decide.
📍116 Hopkins St, Footscray
The baked goods at Gordon St Bakery are some of the most mouth watering we’ve have. Every trip must involve a cheese twist!
📍142 Gordon St, Footscray
Busy popular spot for Malaysian and Yum Cha. The combination Laksa is a must!
📍189-193 Barkly St, Footscray
We’re big fans of the pies from local legends, Pie Thief. So much so we’ve even collaborated with Pie Thief for some flavours exclusive to Mr West.
📍297 Barkly St, Footscray
The newest kids on the block for your sandwich fix. The sandwiches at Say Cheese are packed to the brim with some of the freshest ingredients and the team at Mr West will definitely be going back for more.
📍Shop 7/119 Hopkins St, Footscray
Matsu brings a fine dining Japanese dining experience to Footscray. This semi-hidden gem has only four seats available in their small space where guests are hand delivered each dish from chef -owner Hansol Lee.
📍157a Barkly St, Footscray
We were stoked when we heard Footscray was getting a Thai restaurant! With unique Issan & Thai cuisine on the menu expect a spicy salty, sour & sweet meal.
📍16 Paisley St, Footscray
Stavs’ pick for broken rice! Best BBQ pork & chicken, the charcoal bbq aromas are enough to draw you in.
📍73 Nicholson St, Footscray
Affordable Vietnamese dishes and one of our favourite spots for a Pho.
📍70 Nicholson St, Footscray
Traditional Ethiopian fare at this Footscray gem. Expect hearty curry and stews served on Injera (Ethiopian pancake) without cutlery! The idea is to scoop up the curry with the pancake.
📍91 Irving St, Footscray
Premium live seafood. D&k have been shucking oysters to order for 20 years now with the largest oyster variety in Australia!
📍Shop 2/28a Leeds St, Footscray
Stocked with incredible products that you just can’t find anywhere else. After moving back from Tokyo, Vinnie brought his wealth of knowledge and began running DK Grocer. Think instant ramen you won’t find elsewhere, Japanese Mochi, rare premium condiments, Korean anti-hangover shots and Hibachi grills.
📍17 Byron St, Footscray
Sustainable flower design. Locally grown and mindfully created. With 24 years in the flower industry, Janelouise sources the blooms for Lilac & The Cat from farms and suburban backyards always foraging ethically. All designs are wrapped in recycled materials and pots & vases are-upcycled where possible.
📍21a Byron St, Footscray
Tight knit community of artists delivering top quality designs in a welcoming space.
📍Shop 15 Paisley St, Footscray
A cornerstone of Footscray’s Chambers St District. Yours Truly is a space for all, if you’re after a quality haircut Yours Truly is the place to go.
📍34 Chambers St, Footscray
Indian grocer with a wide variety of products, grab yourself a hot ready to eat Samosa on the way out.
📍49/51 Leeds St, Footscray
Discount Supermarket, Cheaper Buy Miles receives surplus stock from the big chain supermarkets and sells at heavily discounted prices. Fighting the war on waste. The team at Mr West are big fans of Cheaper By Miles!
📍20 Paisley St, Footscray
Footscray’s boutique general store. Serving up all the essentials plus coffee.
📍4 Yewers St, Footscray
With over 12000 records from all genres Footscray Records is you go to Inner West record specialist.
📍1/40 Leeds St, Footscray
Bustling market with over 65 stores. Huge variety of fruit, veg, meat, seafood and a food court with plenty of lunch options.
📍81 Hopkins St, Footscray
Nathan Thai was established in 2007 and is the first Thai Grocer in Footscray! The shelves are stacked with an extensive range of everything you need to whip up a Thai feast.
📍9 Paisley St, Footscray
SM Cosmetics is your one stop shop for all hair needs. Specialising in products for African hair types.
📍107 Nicholson st, Footscray
FOOTSCRAY COMMUNITY ARTS CENTRE
Founded in 1974 by a coalition of artists, unionists, and community activists, this organization was driven by a resolute mission of ensuring accessibility for everyone.
📍45 Moreland St, Footscray
