Eating In Dining Out Carlton Clocktower is located in the heart of Lygon Street Carlton with a near embarrassment of riches on offer - to tempt, tantalise, tease and entice every single one of your tastebuds. You will salivate just looking at the cakes, chocolates and nougats at Brunettis, whilst everywhere you wander you will smell the Latte. Located close by are winners of "The Age"Good Food Guide Chef's Hats such as Masani's, 235, Il Vicolo, Jimmy Watson's, Lemon Grass, Balzari, Universita, Cafe Italia, Donninis, Dimmatinas and Shakahari for those after a vegetarian experience, just to name a mere few. Carlton Clocktower in Carlton also offers the convenience of Restaurant Chargeback allowing guests to charge their restaurant bill back to their Carlton account at a selection of local restaurants. Local attractions As a guest at the Carlton Clocktower on Lygon Carlton, besides being located quite literally on the doorstep of Australia's restaurant and epicurean centre, you will also be positioned at the heart of many of Melbourne's Icons, Treasures and Tourist draw cards. The Melbourne Museum, IMAX Cinema, The Royal Exhibition Buildings and the Carlton Gardens are all located less than 500m away, whilst the Melbourne Zoo, The State Netball and Hockey Centre and The Queen Victoria Market are all only 1-1.5 Km away. The City itself and all that it has to offer such as Myer, David Jones, and the shopping possibilities that Melbourne is renowned for, are all only 1.2 Km away. Carlton itself also offers an absolute visual treat, as it is an entire suburb of glorious Victorian Architecture, which has not only been preserved, but renovated, restored and renewed. Likewise Moonee Valley Racecourse - home of the Cox Plate - and Flemington Racecourse where the race ''That Stops a Nation'', is run and won, and both located within 5 Kms of the Carlton Clocktower. Given what Carlton and its surrounds have to offer, its location with easy access to the city, and the gastronomic delights which it has to offer, why would you stay anywhere else? Let us look after you or if you prefer its easy to look after yourself !! Lygon Street Carlton is Australia's Culinary centre with over 300 restaurants and cafes located side by side, and the Carlton Clocktower on Lygon Carlton will place you right in the centre of all this.   Another Melbourne Culinary Icon - Brunetti's (Our corner cafe being only 60m away). Brunetti's is a Melbourne Institution and 1 which you will keep going back to again and again, as during your stay at the Carlton Clocktower on Lygon Carlton, it will become your local. Jimmy Watson's is located not 200m away from the Carlton Clocktower on Lygon Carlton, where wine legends and reality come face to face over a great glass of white, red or champers.   The Melbourne Museum and IMAX Cinema are located less than 600 metres away. MYER is Melbourne The Royal Melbourne Exhibition Building. Built for the Great Exhibition of 1880-1881 and it is the only 19th Century Great Hall still standing in the world. After the exhibition and Australia's Federation in 1901 it became the seat of Australia's Parliament until the A.C.T. was created and it moved to Canberra. It is classified by the National Trust and is listed on the World Heritage Register as a building of National and International significance and importance.