Our Melbourne city page lists four Spanish restaurants, and they fit neatly into a weekend. The plan below uses each venue's listed opening hours. Hours change, so check with the restaurant before you set out.
Saturday: Queen Victoria Market and El Rincón
Start at El Rincón, at 69 Victoria St. Its record places it in Queen Victoria Market. Its listing gives Saturday hours of 09:00 to 23:00. The restaurant is run by chef Manuel Jimenez-Navarro, and its record describes the menu as a tribute to his grandmother's recipes, with tapas and paellas inspired by the south of Spain.
Saturday evening: MoVida Original on Hosier Lane
For dinner, head to MoVida Original at 1 Hosier Ln, which its record describes as a graffiti-covered lane. Its listed Saturday hours are 12:00 to 22:30. Its record credits chef Frank Camorra and his team with introducing Melbourne, and Australia, to Spanish tapas and raciones, and the record describes the cooking as Spanish produce, technique and tradition seen through modern Australian food culture.
Sunday: sherry and seafood at MoVida Next Door
On Sunday, MoVida Next Door at 164 Flinders St lists hours of 12:00 to 21:30. Its record calls it an Andalusian bar built around sherry. Local seafood sits on crushed ice and is cooked to order a la plancha, and fifteen daily specials go up on the chalkboard above the bar.
The record names croquetas, the bomba, preserved seafood, clams and chargrilled octopus, with Fino, Manzanilla or Albariño to drink. Our guide to fino and manzanilla explains the two sherries. If Sunday lunch runs long, MoVida Original is also open on Sunday, 12:00 to 22:00 per its listing.
For a group: MoVida Aquí
Bringing a group? MoVida Aquí at 500 Bourke St is a large open space with an open kitchen, a private dining room and an outdoor area, according to its record. There are no hours recorded for it in our directory, so confirm with the restaurant before planning around it.
Before you go
- MoVida Next Door has no Monday hours recorded in its listing. MoVida Original lists Monday hours of 12:00 to 22:00.
- El Rincón's listed Sunday hours are shorter, 09:00 to 17:00.
For the wider picture, see our guide to Spanish restaurants in Sydney and Melbourne and the Melbourne city page.
