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A guide to Oakleigh, Melbourne’s Greek hub
Updated 20 October 2026
Oakleigh, in Melbourne’s south-east, is often called the city’s Greek hub. Eaton Mall and Portman Street are lined with Greek cafés, restaurants, cake shops and grocers.
Oakleigh station is a few minutes’ walk from Eaton Mall, so it is easy to visit by train. Here is everything in our directory that is in Oakleigh.
Eat
Kalimera Souvlaki Art
Oakleigh souvlaki shop run by Thomas, making everything in house, including pork and chicken gyros in house-made pita. Regularly named among the best souvlaki in Melbourne.
Mythos Gyros Bar
Greek restaurant in Oakleigh focused on gyros and Greek street food, with grilled meats, seafood, dips and meze to share.
Meat Me Souvlakeri
Family Greek restaurant in Eaton Mall serving souvlaki, salads, meat platters and seafood, with online ordering and functions.
Greca Street
Sleek Greek restaurant in the Oakleigh precinct run by host Mike, offering traditional Greek and Mediterranean food and wine with a private event space.
Olympia
Rooftop wine bar and restaurant in a converted Oakleigh car park, with Santorini-style whitewashed décor and Greek small plates to share.
Coffee, cakes and sweets
Nikos Cakes
Greek café and cake shop on Portman Street since 1987, known for celebration cakes, Greek coffee and more than 90 kinds of sweets, including loukoumades and galaktoboureko. A second shop is in Fairfield.
Vanilla Lounge
Family-owned Greek and Mediterranean café, restaurant and patisserie in Eaton Mall since 2008, baking more than 100 traditional Greek biscuits and pastries plus celebration cakes. Also does functions and catering.
Sweet Filosophy
Greece-inspired continental patisserie and bakery in Oakleigh: savoury, sweet and "all things Greek".
Melissa Oakleigh
Greek café in Oakleigh, which describes itself as an iconic Greek café in Melbourne since 1969. Offers Greek treats and cakes, functions and catering.
Shop: delis, grocers and butcher
Athena Delicatessen
Family-owned deli, established more than thirty years ago, stocking Greek cheeses such as feta, kefalograviera and kefalotyri, plus olives, dips, pitta, Greek olive oil, honey, coffee and sweets.
Greece Express
Greek grocery shop in Oakleigh selling specialty products imported from Greece, from oils, coffee and biscuits to sweets, honey and cheese. Also sells online.
Limnos Butchers
Traditional butcher on Portman Street in the Oakleigh Greek precinct, described in its Oakleigh Traders listing as providing high-quality meats prepared how you want them.
Travel, schools and community
Caras
Melbourne Greek travel agency and gift shop dating back to 1968. It sells airfares, accommodation, tour packages and travel insurance, plus Greek books, music, icons and gifts.
Protypo Greek Centre
Greek language school founded by principal Dr Maria Gindidis, with baby and toddler sessions, Greek-immersion early learning for 3–4 year olds, and primary and secondary programs.
Oakleigh Grammar
Co-educational ELC–VCE school, founded in 1983 by the Greek Orthodox Community of Oakleigh as Oakleigh Greek Orthodox College. It still integrates Hellenic culture and the Orthodox Christian faith.
Sts Anargiri Greek Orthodox Church, Oakleigh
Greek Orthodox parish of Saints Anargiri in Oakleigh, part of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia.
Festival
The Oakleigh Glendi is one of Australia’s largest Greek community festivals.
Oakleigh Glendi
One of Australia's largest Greek community festivals, with music, performances, food stalls and rides at Warrawee Park, Oakleigh. The 2026 Glendi is on Saturday 31 October and Sunday 1 November.
Good to know
- Weekends are busiest. Go on a weekday afternoon for a quieter frappé.
- Take a cool bag if you plan to buy cheese and deli goods.
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