I stayed in the French Suite for 3 weeks while visiting my folks in Melbourne. The room was superb, very spacious, clean and nicely furnished. Breakfasts were very nice and provided with great hospitality and warmth. Whilst I didn't really use it, the Lounge area was spacious and very nicely decorated with an open fire. Wireless internet was also available.
The hosts Marg and Roos were excellent and really went out of their way to ensure I had a good stay. Many times they went WELL beyond what normally would be expected of B&B hosts.
In summary, for me there is only one B&B near Melbourne to stay in, and this is it.

We are travelling around Australia from England and planned our trip around Melbourne Cup Week last week. Bishopsgate has just re opened after major renovations. One room that was a guest room is now a dining room meaning we had extra space although we didnt really need it.
The guest rooms have all been re furbished and look fantastic. We stayed in The Orient Rooms. Great value for $175.00 a night including breakfast. We were in an excellent location to get to the races despite public tranpsort problems.
The owners are real foodies and so breakfasts were fantastic using free range products which we demand. Bishopsgate also offers free coffees from its commercial coffee machine. A great extra.
We loved our stay and hope to go back there.

We have been travelling extensively around Australia. Our first stop was at Bishopsgate Bed and Breakfast in the wonderful bayside suburb of St Kilda.
On reflection it is still the best accommmodation on our trip.
They have just renovated and increased the guest lounge dining areas . We hardly needed more space as we were in the French Suite and it was just wonderful. We looked atthe room next to us the Orient Room and it is fantastic too.
Breakfasts are excellent and the hosts could not do enough for us.
We have been thrilled with this choice and cant recommend it highly enough. It surpassed our expectations.

My boyfriend and I have just emigrated from the UK to Australia. Before we settled into Aussie life we took the opportunity to travel to Hong Kong, Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne before arriving and settling in Adelaide.

We stayed in the Orient Room which was well presented but although it does have its own bathroom it is seperate to the bedroom and at the end of the landing, we were expecting an ensuite room.

We had looked on trip advisor and people had mentioned the great breakfasts but we had the same experience as the person on the review before. We were not given a choice of hot breakfast and on the first morning we were given an ommlette which seemed to contain cheese and we think spinach, which was not to our taste and after that we stuck to cereal and toast.

On a positive note though it was easter when we stayed and little easter eggs and chocolates were left out for the guests to help themselves to which was a nice touch.

The hosts were very friendly and welcoming and we liked the location in St Kilda and it is handy to get the tram into the city.

You are also able to connect to their wireless broadband which is handy if you want to keep in touch.