The Best Food Trucks in Melbourne and Where to Find Them

Some of Melbourne’s most delicious food is being cooked in food trucks parked on corners, in parks or at festivals. Wolf down restaurant-quality Vietnamese, gourmet pasta or crack into hot desserts all without the fuss of dining out. Hunting down the location of your favourite food truck is half the fun, with keen-eyed social media users spotting gems and beating queues.

Wondering how to find your favourite food trucks in Melbourne? We're here to help. Here's our round up of the best pick of the litter, and how exactly you can find them.

Pierogi Pierogi

Pierogi Pierogi is Melbourne's favourite Polish dumpling food truck - and now restaurant! They've opened up a permanent home in Brunswick East, so if you don't feel like chasing them down, head on there to get your beloved pierogi! However, their beloved food trucks in Melbourne are still operating, and you can often find them at the Queen Vic Night Market, Grazeland, or festivals happening throughout the year.

Live near Brunswick East? You can even have your pierogi delivered to you if you don't feel like leaving the house!

161 Lygon Street, Brunswick East

Or find Pierogi Pierogi via their Instagram

Vola Foods

There aren't many African food joints in Melbourne, despite our city being renowned for it's multicultural food landscape. Vola Foods is serving up unique, flavourful Cameroonian cuisine in Brunswick out of a vibrant orange shipping container (not technically a food truck, but too good not to include), and it has become a Melbourne hidden gem. Here you'll find jollof rice, corn, plantains, fish stew, and the tastiest wings to ever meet your tastebuds.

30 Ovens Street, Brunswick

Toasta

Toasta opened their first food truck in 2014, and have been delivering the cheesiest toasties you could ever possibly imagine to Melburnians far and wide ever since. They have given themselves the purpose of serving up a sense of nostalgia, and bringing people back to their childhood through warm, comforting toasties - and we can't get enough of it! You can chase them down through their socials. or even hire them for your next event.

Find Toasta via their Instagram

American Doughnut Kitchen

It's not a trip to the Queen Victoria Market if you don't stop to get the classic jam donuts from American Doughnut Kitchen. They've been serving out of their Melbourne food truck at the market since 1950, and have not changed their classic recipe since they started. And once you sink your teeth into their hot jam donuts, it's easy to see why there's almost always a line outside their truck. 

Queen Street, Melbourne

Nuggies 

A food truck dedicated to chicken nuggets exists, you are not dreaming. Nuggies is here to satisfy your very specific and serious craving for all things chicken nuggets. Whether you’re in the mood for a classic number or feeling a little adventurous, Nuggies has you covered.

Opt for salt and vinegar, honey, soy and garlic or jazz up your classic nuggs with one of many mouth watering dipping sauces on offer. Keep an eye on their socials to hunt down their next location and satisfy the chicken nugget shaped hole in your heart.

Find Nuggies via their Instagram

Señor Gusto

Señor Gusto is a Latin American snack van and Melbourne food truck serving up fresh, super tasty birria tacos, pupusas, grilled meat packs, tamales, loaded yuca and Jarritos soft drink. This food truck is a must-visit for anyone craving some authentic Latin American cuisine. Their new permanent location can be found in Berwick - check their socials here for more information. A fiesta of flavours transporting you to paradise, this is one of Melbourne's best food trucks and soul food at its finest. 

Open Friday nights, 6.00pm until late

Factory 3/20-26 Enterprise Avenue, Berwick

Mr Momo

These handmade Nepalese dumplings on wheels are simply must try! Comforting and magically delicious, you can find Mr Momo at various markets, festivals and urban food truck grounds around the city. Pan-fried chicken and steamed green vegan momos are the order of the day, freshly batch steamed and served to ensure you're being served up the best of the best, every time. 

Find Mr Momo via their Instagram

Tacos LA

This roving beauty is slinging out birria tacos and cheesy quesadillas to lucky baysiders. Owner-chef Angel Farias has Mexican heritage but his food is quintessentially Californian in style. Beef brisket tostadas, chorizo tacos and off-menu chicken-skin tacos can also be found on the menu. Tacos LA truly is one of Melbourne's best new food trucks, and can often be found outside Trinity St Kilda and at Urban Ground in Mordialloc. 

Find Tacos LA via their Instagram

Sparrow’s Philly Cheesesteaks 

Fitzroy locals may know this name well, seeing as The Catfish on Gertrude Street is the original, permanent home of Sparrow’s Philly Cheesesteaks. Expect oozey, cheesy decadence to the extreme, and the most authentic cheesesteak experience you’ll find this side of...not Philadelphia. 

30 Gertrude Street, Fitzroy

Woking Amazing

Woking Amazing is serving up 100% vegan fare that is 100% delicious, and they're always out and about around Melbourne. There's no shortage of indulgent snack options either, like their famous popcorn ‘chicken’ or the jumbo garlic vegan butter potato cakes. For something more substantial, try their tempura oyster mushroom burger with wasabi mayo with a side of fries.

Find Woking Amazing via their Instagram 

Dingo Ate My Taco

Described as a cross between a quesadilla and a taco, the indulgent quesabirria craze is still alive and kicking. Think tacos on steroids, with corn tortillas pan-fried in meat braising liquid, then filled up and dipped in a rich consommé before eating. Get your fix locally at Dingo Ate My Taco, where they’re topped with brisket and stretchy Oaxaca cheese, onion and cilantro. They also do regular tacos and quesadillas with great vegetarian options, plus a killer horchata spiked with cold brew.

Find Dingo Ate My Taco via Instagram

Greek Street Food 

The souva is one of Melbourne's most beloved cheap eats, so there's a reason why Greek Street Food is one of the city's longest-running food trucks. Go for the delicious range of cheap souvlakis, stay for the grilled kalamaki sticks with salad, dip and chips combo. They also have a permanent spot on High Street in Thornbury so you don't have to chase them down if the hankering for a classic Greek feed starts to preoccupy your every thought. 

Tuesday to Sunday, from 11.30am

794 High St, Thornbury

The Real Jerk 

Authentic Caribbean cuisine can be hard to come by in Melbourne, which is why it’s well worth visiting The Real Jerk when you see it pull up. They’re cooking traditional jerk chicken and pork served with coconut slaw and Jamaican rice plus burger and sides like crunchy cassava chips. Generously spiced, rich and saucy meat cut through by zingy slaw makes this one of the best meals you can have standing up.

Find The Real Jerk via their Instagram

Taco Truck

Taco Truck is one of the OGs of Melbourne’s food truck scene, and they’re still going as strong as ever. Chase down the truck (it’s most often in the Brunswick area) to score hot and tasty soft shell tortillas wrapped around crispy fish, grilled chicken, smoky birria, spicy beans and more. Add on a side of freshly fried chips and guac for a one-way ticket to flavour town.

Find Taco Truck via their Instagram

Beatbox Kitchen

Beatbox Kitchen has been a fixture at festivals and on street corners since 2009, and their American-style burgers are the reason why they're one of the best food trucks in Melbourne. They stick to the classics here – think hefty beef patties, cheese, pickles, onions and special sauce inside squishy white buns. Other options include buttermilk chicken and blue cheese sauce, portobello shroom burgers and our favourite, the crunchy crumbed fish burger with housemade tartare. Keep an eye out for their pie specials too, because a slice of banoffee pie for dessert never goes astray.

Find Beatbox Kitchen via their Instagram

Spanish Donut Van

Spanish Donut Van has been a fixture at Queen Victoria Market since 1976, making them a market tradition. Cap off your produce shop with a serve of crunchy, piping hot churros served from the fryer and dipped in your choice of Nutella, chocolate or caramel sauce. If you’re feeling extra, you can even get your churros curled into a bowl shape and filled with scoops of vanilla ice cream.

Queen Street, Melbourne

Cornutopia

Corn is the star of the show at bright and bubbly Cornutopia, a food truck trading in colourful, eco-friendly Mexican grub. They use free range and organic ingredients wherever possible in their tacos, burritos, nachos and quesadillas, and of course, you can’t leave without a side of their signature corn. Opt for classic corn on the cob smothered in melted butter and salt, or dig into spicy Mexican kernel cups that are perfect for sharing.

Permanent van situated at the Preston Market
30A The Centreway, Preston

Nem’n’Nem

Nem’n’Nem dishes up fresh Vietnamese street food that’s both filling and healthy. Think fluffy baos filled with slow cooked beef and crispy drunken chicken, refreshing vermicelli salad bowls and crispy dumplings served hot off the grill. Follow their Instagram to find out where they’re parked, or you can even hire them to cater your next function.

Fine Nem'n'Nem via their Instagram

Pasta Face

Pasta Face is one of Melbourne’s favourite food trucks, popping up all over the city with gourmet pasta cooked perfectly al dente every time. Whether it’s pillowy four cheese gnocchi, hearty ragu penne or silky tortellini carbonara, their packed bowls always satisfy. Don’t leave out the addictive sides either, especially when parmesan truffle fries are on the menu. Keep an eye on their socials for locations, pop ups and catering info for your next event, or head to their permanent spot in Airport West.

33A Hood Street, Airport West

Or find Pasta Face via their Instagram

Mr Burger

Since hitting the road in 2012, Mr Burger's buns have become so popular that they’ve now got four bricks-and-mortar stores (including two in Tassie). The trucks are still pumping though, and you’ll usually find them at Welcome to Thornbury and Welcome to Brunswick. Menu favourites include the Lot, a classic Australian milk bar burger with beetroot, bacon and fried egg, while vegans will love the Mr V2, which comes with a plant-based V2 patty and cheese.

520 High Street, Northcote

408 Sydney Road, Brunswick

Or find Mr Burger via their Instagram

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