Guidebook for Lyneham
Food Scene
Yummy affordable food, nice people, big and busy.
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Pho Phu Quoc Vietnamese Restaurant
5 Badham StYummy affordable food, nice people, big and busy.
Two Sisters Lao Thai Cuisine
38 Badham StreetGood, pretty standard, Thai food. Does home delivery.
Very good Chinese food. As name suggests, a large variety of dumplings.
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Dickson Dumpling House
2 Cape StVery good Chinese food. As name suggests, a large variety of dumplings.
Excellent food, does vegetable pho on request.
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Tu Do Vietnamese Restaurant
7 Sargood StreetExcellent food, does vegetable pho on request.
A ten minute drive to probably the best pho in Canberra. Have not tried any other dishes. Mostly Vietnamese clientele (ie a good sign).
Can Tho Vietnamese & Chinese Restaurant
38 Weedon ClA ten minute drive to probably the best pho in Canberra. Have not tried any other dishes. Mostly Vietnamese clientele (ie a good sign).
Legendary, supurb laksas but small and cramped restaurant, moderate charm.
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Dickson Asian Noodle House
29 Woolley StLegendary, supurb laksas but small and cramped restaurant, moderate charm.
Turkish Pide and Kebabs
4 Wattle PlTurkish food. Handy for Turkish bread (pide) to take home.
A nice selection of restaurants and cafes, Canberra's modest version of "Chinatown", but has food of many nationalities. Further east is a shopping centre.
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Dickson
A nice selection of restaurants and cafes, Canberra's modest version of "Chinatown", but has food of many nationalities. Further east is a shopping centre.
Actually has a different name now (can't remember) under different management. Out of the way from here, but is a nice place with good Lebanese food (a rarity in Canberra). (Beware the high corkage! But the grog they sell reasonably priced.)
Yummy Yalla Restaurant
51 Colbee CtActually has a different name now (can't remember) under different management. Out of the way from here, but is a nice place with good Lebanese food (a rarity in Canberra). (Beware the high corkage! But the grog they sell reasonably priced.)
Classic Cantonese place with roast duck etc hanging in window. Small, no nonsense, ok for soup, quick meal in, but does roaring trade in take-way roast duck, pork etc.
Tak Kee Roast Inn
10 Woolley StClassic Cantonese place with roast duck etc hanging in window. Small, no nonsense, ok for soup, quick meal in, but does roaring trade in take-way roast duck, pork etc.
Shopping
Saigon Asian Food Retail & Wholesale
22-28 Dickson PlMost comprehensive Asian grocery shopping.
IGA
1 Wattle PlGroceries.
Essentials
Pretty much what you expect in a big supermarket. A limited selection of interesting bread. :-(
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Woolworths Dickson
1 Dickson PlPretty much what you expect in a big supermarket. A limited selection of interesting bread. :-(
Has some more interesting options than Woolworths, eg in rye bread (delivered Thursdays).
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IGA Ainslie
11 Edgar StHas some more interesting options than Woolworths, eg in rye bread (delivered Thursdays).
Getting Around
Walk out of unit, turn right and this major road is 150 metres or so. The buses to the city leave from the other side of the street. Any bus will take you to the city ("Civic"). From there a 10 minute walk to ANU.
Northbourne Avenue
Northbourne AvenueWalk out of unit, turn right and this major road is 150 metres or so. The buses to the city leave from the other side of the street. Any bus will take you to the city ("Civic"). From there a 10 minute walk to ANU.
Everything Else
Next Gen Canberra
1 Riggall PlGym with pool and tennis courts, somewhat up-market. Close.
Drinks & Nightlife
Debacle
24 Lonsdale StDrinks and food.
Tilley's Devine Cafe Gallery
Wattle StreetDrinks and food. Mostly older clientele.