Papelon Melbourne
Papelon Melbourne
Venezuelan · Footscray · Melbourne
0% overall · #1 in Venezuelan
Quick facts
- Shop 190, 81 Hopkins Street, Footscray VIC 3011, 3011
- Price: $$
- +61 426 837 005
About Us
Bright orange Venezuelan diner on the fringe of Footscray Market from chef-owner Reveka Hurtado — a ghost-kitchen catering operation that opened a bricks-and-mortar shop in early 2024. Hurtado previously built Venezuelan restaurants with her family in Chile before migrating to Australia; Papelón is pitched as a cultural hub for Melbourne’s Latin diaspora as much as a canteen. The Age Good Food Guide (Critics’ Pick, 13/20, updated Oct 2025) praises generous empanadas, tequeños with cane-sugar papelón syrup, colossal patacón platters, pabellón and arepas including reina pepiada, plus Peruvian lomo saltado and other border-crossing plates. Quick-service restaurant with communal dine-in tables, dominoes and Polar beer — no reservations (Broadsheet). Square Online store at papelonmelbourne.com lists pickup/delivery menus (empanadas, arepas, cachapas, mains, sides, desserts); Instagram @papelonmelbourne remains the social channel.