Described as a ‘once-shady suburb’ Maylands has rapidly made a name for itself over the past decade or so.

Just last week it ranked among the best for suburban lifestyle in a study by realestate.com.au and now it’s gone one better.

The inner-city riverside town has just been listed among the coolest neighbourhoods in Australian, and by Lonely Planet no less.

The globally famed travel guide, which released its latest publications today, asked its author-experts to hand pick the up-and-coming gems across Australia - ideal for the cool kids.

And up there with Adelaide’s West End and Brisbane’s Newstead was little old Maylands.

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Home to an already thriving coffee and cafe culture with plenty to choose from on Whatley Crescent and Eighth Avenue, the City of Bayswater suburb has continued to grow.

In little over a year Maylands has seen the opening of the popular bar and live music venue Henry on Eighth, and more recently hipster pizza joint Rosso Nero Pizza and specialist bakery The Woodfired Baker.

Add that to Small Bar of the Year winner in 2014, Swallow, and there is plenty going on.

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Enough it seems for Perth-based contributor to Lonely Planet, Fleur Bainger, to put it on the map for travellers.

In the guide, she describes it as the “once-shady suburb (which) has evolved into a buzzing community hub with a gritty, yet artisanal edge.”

Putting praise to street art and other touches to the inner-city suburb she said it was only a matter of time for it to make its mark among backpackers and tourists as well as locals.

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“Rather than the places we already know are cool, like Leederville, Mount Lawley, Northbridge and Subiaco, we really wanted to look at where was up and coming and where was going to explode next,” she told Gareth Parker on Radio 6PR

“Where travellers might not come across unless there told about it from locals in the know.

“Maylands has been bubbling away for a few years and we just feel like it’s really starting to get somewhere with the cool factor.”

“Places like Lyric Lane... You would never know it was there unless someone told you about, there the sort of things we want to tell people.”

But for hipsters not in the Maylands region, don’t fear. There were other Perth places on the short list before Maylands got the nod.

“I feel like Mount Hawthorn is really hitting its stride at the moment ... also I think East Fremantle’s George Street. It’s somewhere you could spend the whole day.”