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Yarra Promenade Guide

Restaurants

Restaurants, from Level 3 down to the river

One restaurant sits inside the tower's own floors. The rest line Crown Riverwalk below it, most of them facing the Yarra.

Illustration: a chef's hands at a teppanyaki hotplate beside a pebble water garden
Illustration, not a photograph of Crown Towers.

Crown lists more than twenty restaurants across the complex, from fine dining to food-court counters. This page keeps to the ones a Crown Towers guest is most likely to walk to: Koko on the tower's Level 3, Conservatory, and the riverside rooms of Crown Riverwalk. Hours are as published on 31 October 2026; Crown notes that they are subject to change.

Inside the tower

Koko — teppanyaki, Level 3 Crown Towers

Koko gives its address as “Level 3 Crown Towers”. The room was designed by Tony Chi around a Japanese water garden, with views of the Yarra. There are four teppanyaki rooms and a separate space for à la carte dining, plus sushi, sashimi and a list of aged sake from Australia and Japan. Lunch is 12–2:30pm, Tuesday to Sunday; dinner 6–10pm Tuesday to Thursday and Sunday, 5:30–10:30pm on Friday and 5–10:30pm on Saturday. No Monday service is listed. Bookings are recommended and capacity is limited. Phone +61 3 9292 5777.

On the river

  1. RockpoolSteak
    Rockpool Bar & Grill

    Open kitchen and wood-fire grill; beef dry-aged on the premises, from David Blackmore Wagyu to Cape Grim grass-fed; a purpose-built fish room; three private dining rooms. Lunch 12–2:30pm daily, bar menu until 5pm, dinner from 6pm (5:30pm on Sundays).

  2. NobuJapanese
    Nobu Melbourne

    Chef Nobu Matsuhisa's Japanese cooking with South American influence, omakase menus, sushi counter. Open 12–10pm Monday to Thursday and Sunday, 12–11pm Friday and Saturday. Bookings essential.

  3. Spice TempleChinese
    Spice Temple

    Regional Chinese cooking from Sichuan, Yunnan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangxi and Xinjiang, overlooking the river and skyline. Dinner 5:30–11pm daily. Three private rooms for up to 72.

  4. GuillaumeFrench
    Bistro Guillaume

    Guillaume Brahimi's modern bistro with a Riverwalk terrace and a private dining room above. Open 12–10pm Sunday to Thursday, 12–10:30pm Friday and Saturday. 18+ only after 9pm or on special occasions.

  5. BellevuePub
    Bellevue Bar & Terrace

    A riverside terrace, a public bar, live music during the week and sport on screen. Open 11am–1am Sunday to Thursday, 11am–3am Friday and Saturday.

  6. LAYALMiddle Eastern
    LAYAL

    Mezze, grills and a balcony over the Riverwalk. Open 5–11pm Thursday and Sunday, 5pm–2am Friday and Saturday; kitchen to 10pm (10:30pm on Friday and Saturday).

Conservatory — the buffet

Conservatory is Crown's buffet room, with international stations, marble floors, Yarra views and a dessert bar with a chocolate fountain. Lunch is 12–2:30pm on weekdays and 12–3pm at weekends; dinner 5:30–10pm Monday to Thursday and Sunday, 5–10pm on Friday and 5–10:30pm on Saturday. Breakfast, 7–10:30am, is served only to Crown Towers guests, and only at weekends, on public holidays and in school holidays.

Rules that apply almost everywhere

  • No split bills; seating is at the restaurant's discretion.
  • A credit or debit card guarantees each reservation; set menus and special offers are paid in full in advance.
  • Groups of up to 12 can change or cancel up to 12 hours ahead; groups of 13 to 29 need 72 hours. Late changes or no-shows can cost up to $50 per person.
  • Weekend surcharges of 10 per cent at Koko, TWR, Bellevue and LAYAL; 10 per cent on Sundays only at Rockpool and Spice Temple; 15 per cent on public holidays.
  • Dietary requirements and allergies must be given when booking.

Crown takes restaurant bookings through its own website. The request desk on this site books rooms only; a dinner reservation mentioned in the notes is passed on as information, not booked.

Room request · Crown Towers Melbourne

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Dates, guests and the room you have in mind. One reply by email with what the hotel can confirm.

The request goes to the Yarra Promenade Guide desk, not to the hotel's reservations system. The desk checks availability and the rate with Crown's reservations team or a booking partner and answers by email. No card details are asked for and nothing is booked until you accept an offer.

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