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NewsFestive Feasts: Where to Have Christmas Lunch Around Melbourne
Switch up your Christmas celebrations this year.
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NewsGolden Century 2.0: The Legendary Dim Sum and Late-Night Chinese Diner Is Being Resurrected at Crown Towers
Bondi Icebergs Dining Room and Bar will also be opening a new outpost at The Crown in the biggest shake-up to the hotel's dining offering since it opened in 2020.
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NewsNow Open: A Punk-Powered Dive Bar From Cocktail Visionary Matt Whiley and the Maybe Sammy Crew Has Landed in the CBD
Come for the raw, rebellious energy and retro dive decor, but stay for the top-shelf cocktails from a rockstar bar team.
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NewsComing Soon: Stickybeak Is the New Woolloongabba Wine Bar That'll Let You Pour Your Own Vino
This 60-seat venue is opening in Thai Rose Cafe and Bar's old two-level digs on the corner of Logan Road, serving up 64 wines upstairs and 16 vinos downstairs.
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NewsHow to Avoid Common Hiccups When Starting a Hospo Business, According to Industry Legends
We spoke to the owners of two longstanding venues about their pointers for starting out and what they would have done differently.
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GuideSavour the Seasons: Where to Enjoy New Zealand's Most Exquisite Eats
No matter the time of year, there's something exciting to discover (and taste) year-round.
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NewsFive Food and Drink Stops You Can Take in Tasmania's North East Region
Hop between cellar doors, breweries and distilleries as you travel across Tassie's north east.
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GuideThe Best New Restaurants and Bars in Sydney You Need to Visit
Discover your next dining obsession with our cheat sheet to the best new venues in town.
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NewsEight Melbourne Parks Fit For a BYO Booze Picnic (and Where to Pick Up Snacks Beforehand)
Head to the park for a boozy picnic with the finest snacks you can find along the way.
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GuideThe 25 Best Japanese Restaurants in Melbourne
These Melbourne diners serve up some of the best sushi, ramen, gyoza, omakase and regional Japanese food in the city.
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NewsHistory and Highballs: How Suntory Continues to Bring Japanese Spirits to the World
Suntory is celebrating 125 years of leadership in Japanese drinking culture in 2024.
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NewsNow Open: Lucy Liu Co-Founder Michael Lambie Returns to Melbourne with a New Contemporary Asian-Fusion Diner
Michael Lambie is bringing his own take on contemporary Southeast Asian fare back to Melbourne's CBD with his new restaurant Juni.
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NewsNow Open: Aloria Is Pairing Brisbane Vistas with European-Influenced Steak and Seafood Dishes Atop Queen's Wharf Sky Deck
Sky Deck's three sky-high venues have all now opened their doors, with its signature restaurant joining openair bar Cicada Blu and all-day eatery Babblers.
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CafeThree Beans Chatswood Chase
345 Victoria Avenue, Chatswood
Brunch in a shopping centre just got better.
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RestaurantOsteria Il Coccia
40/189 Ocean View Road, Ettalong Beach
Where you'll find flame-cooked flavours with an Italian accent.
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RestaurantMelaleuca
22 Wharf Street, Port Douglas
Ocean views, afternoon snacks and next-level seafood dinners at this sleek Port Douglas spot.
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BarDal Zotto Wines
4861 Wangaratta–Whitfield Road, Whitfield
You go-to for pizza and prosecco in the King Valley.
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NewsMiddle Eastern Diner El Toro Hotel Is Celebrating Its Grand Opening with a Huge Kebab Giveaway
This hotel's new eatery is bringing Middle Eastern comfort cuisine to South West Sydney — and it's giving away a heap of eats to celebrate.
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GuideAll of the New Brisbane Openings That You Need to Add to Your Must-Visit List in 2024
Discover your next favourite dish or drink at one of these fresh Brisbane haunts.
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GuideMelbourne's Best High Teas for When You Want to Feel a Little Bit Fancy
From art-inspired creations to ultra-decadent chocolate degustations with bottomless sparkling wine, Melbourne's high tea scene is full of contemporary twists.
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NewsComing Soon: A Unique Multi-Kitchen Concept Is Creating a One-Stop Shop for Italian Wining and Dining at a Top Manly Hotel
From your morning espresso to your Campari and soda nightcap, Cibaria at the Manly Pacific Hotel will explore Italian fare from every angle, morning, noon and evening.
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NewsThe 21 Best Bottomless Brunches in Melbourne
At Melbourne's top bottomless brunch spots, you can pair free-flowing margaritas, spritzes, natty wines and beers with breakfast buffets, multi-course set menus, pizzas, curries and drag bingo.
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NewsComing Soon: Josh and Julie Niland Are Opening Their First Queensland Restaurant on Hamilton Island
The acclaimed duo will pair their fin-to-tail dishes with local ingredients and family-friendly fare as part of the new 59-room The Sundays hotel.
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NewsMelbourne Food & Wine Festival's 2025 Lineup Is Just as Stacked as Ever — With Over 200 Events Taking Place Across Victoria
Local and international chefs will be cooking up a storm all over the state — at fine-dining restaurants, neighbourhood wine bars, parks, wineries, farms and the MCG.
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GuideOn the Way: Upcoming Brisbane Openings to Put in Your Diary for 2024 and Beyond
Brisbane is about to look a whole lot different — these are the newbies we're counting the days for.
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NewsCP Staff Picks: The Best Summer BBQ Meals, According to Our Editors
These recipes pack maximum flavour with minimal effort.
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NewsBrighton Burger Joint Royale Brothers Has Changed Things Up, Now Operating as a Nostalgia-Fuelled Aussie Diner
All its classic burgers remain, but now you'll also find waffles, avo on toast, spaghetti bolognese and a heap of different schnitties.
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NewsNow Open: Noosa Chocolate Factory Has Launched a Permanent New Store in Brisbane Arcade
This Sunshine Coast-born brand has added a new outpost to its chocolate empire, alongside its Noosaville, Maroochydore and Adelaide Street shops.
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NewsThe Ultimate Singapore Food Guide (For More Than Chilli Crab and Chicken Rice)
You’ll be ordering like a local in no time.
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GuideThe Best Brewery Bars in Melbourne for 2024
Sip chilled pints just metres from away where the beer was was brewed at these much-loved taprooms.
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NewsNow Open: Parisian Bistro Mademoiselle Is the Latest Restaurant to Join Portside's Hefty Revamp
French gastronomy is in the spotlight at Hamilton's latest addition, which hails from Rise Bakery's Harry Ohayon and Maxime Bournazel.
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NewsIs This Sydney's Fanciest Sandwich? Sandoitchi Has Joined Forces with Vic's Meat to Create a Decadent Wagyu Sanga and Yes, We're Drooling Too
Diners can also sample a surprising dessert special featuring wagyu fat chocolate mousse fusing Japanese flavours with top-quality produce.
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Guide
The 27 Best Private Dining Rooms in Melbourne
These Melbourne private dining rooms can house your intimate birthday celebrations, luxe date nights and epic Christmas parties.
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NewsSouth Melbourne's 150-Year-Old Pub The George Is Reopening This Summer with a New Look and Fresh Food Lineup
The pub is getting a revamped public bar, bistro-style dining room, beer garden and upstairs function space.
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GuideThe 40 Best Restaurants for Group Bookings in Melbourne
These spots are large (and rowdy) enough to host all your mates for dinner.
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NewsComing Soon: Mischa Tropp's Sports Bar and Restaurant Kolkata Cricket Club Takes Punters Back to A Bygone-Era in India
This playful venue inspired by Bengali cricket clubs and members' bars represents the start of a new era for Crown, as the complex seeks to keep itself relevant.
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NewsKyiv Social Is Celebrating the Opening of Its New Dining Space on Grafton Lane with a $59 Six-Course Menu and a Super-Cheap Happy Hour
Sydneysiders now have even more delicious ways to support displaced Ukrainians and war orphans with these new deals from the Plate It Forward Hospitality Group.
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NewsComing Soon: BY.ARTISANS Is West End's Slick New Gin Distillery, Bar, Cafe and Creative Haven
You'll be able to sip, eat and learn at this sleek addition to Jane Street — and take some of the brand's native botanicals-heavy Signature Gin home with you.
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GuideMelbourne Bars and Restaurants That Are Undeniably, Unabashedly Romantic
Low lighting, jazz playlists, opulent cocktails — these top Melbourne date spots will help you to start planning the perfect Valentine's Day.
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NewsNow Open: Cucina Regina Is Queen's Wharf's New Italian Restaurant That Takes Inspiration From Old-School Trattorias
Hand-stretched pizzas, homemade pasta, panna cotta from dessert trolleys, and Italian wine and cocktails are all on the menu at Brisbane's first Cucina outpost.
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NewsComing Soon: Melbourne-Based Chef Shane Delia Is Opening His First Brisbane Restaurant in West End in 2025
Delia Group is heading north, bringing its chef's Middle Eastern flavours to Queensland Ballet's Thomas Dixon Centre.
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NewsComing Soon: Global Darts Bar Chain Flight Club Is Bringing Its Own Take on Competitive Socialising to Melbourne
A nine-million-dollar fitout has transformed this two-storey CBD space into a huge darts bar.
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NewsComing Soon: Bar Julius Is the Colourful Euro-Coded Bar and Diner at the New Luxe Boutique Stay The Eve
The team behind Sydney stalwarts The Gidley and Bistecca will be delivering multiple venues at the plush hotel at the Surry Hills Village development.
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GuideThe 16 Best Bars for Dancing in Melbourne
Forget about the week that was and cut some shapes on these tried and tested Melbourne dance floors.
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NewsNow Open: Byblós Has Relaunched at Portside with a Revamped Look and Refreshed Lebanese Menu
For 18 years, this restaurant has been part of Hamilton's riverside precinct — and it's just undergone a huge renovation.
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GuideThe Best Indian Restaurants in Sydney
Explore menus with hundreds of regional dishes — or just order a butter chicken and be done with it at these brilliant Indian restaurants in Sydney.
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GuideThe 22 Best Pubs in Melbourne
Looking for a new local? This list of classic Melbourne boozers and more contemporary gastropubs will suit all beer and parma enthusiasts.
