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    Now Open: Mukka's Third Restaurant Is Championing Traditional Multi-Regional Indian Eats in Carnegie

    Good Old Mukka is serving up street food snacks, curries, dosas, biryani, thalis and Indian-inspired cocktails.

  • Guide

    All of the New Melbourne Restaurant and Bar 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 Melbourne haunts.

  • Guide

    The 21 Best Italian Restaurants in Melbourne

    Melbourne's greatest Italian restaurants don't simply stick to the pizza and pasta game. These spots serve up all kinds of regional dishes that'll blow your carb-loving mind.

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    Going Alternative in the Coffee Capital: Which Oat Dealers in Melbourne are Right For You, Based on Desired Vibes

    Level up your daily caffeine consumption with a visit to these cracking venues across Melbourne.

  • News

    Where to Find the Upper Crust: The Nation's Best Pies Have Been Revealed

    As well as declaring Australia's best meat pie for 2024, the annual awards also gave out gongs for best sausage roll, best apple pie and more.

  • Guide

    The 17 Best Indian Restaurants in Melbourne

    Explore these Indian restaurants' menus with countless regional dishes — or just order a butter chicken and be done with it.

Latest Openings
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    Punters Club

    376 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy

    Millennials and Gen Zs might lament the loss of Kewpie, but Gen X music lovers will rejoice in seeing this old boozer return to Brunswick Street.

  • Bar

    Circl Wine House

    22 Punch Lane, Melbourne

    Circl is making it so much easier to try rare wines with over 150 drops offered by the glass.

  • Restaurant

    Elio's Place

    238 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

    Elio's Place is serving up breakfast, lunch, aperitivo snacks and late-night dinners every day of the week in the CBD.

  • Bar

    Flour Child Richmond

    432 Church Street, Richmond

    You’ve had sourdough pizza, US-style slices and dirty Aussie pizzas, but have you tried pinsa romana?

  • Bar

    Tombo Den

    100 Chapel Street, Windsor

    Fill your nights with sake martinis and street food-style sushi at Chris Lucas' Chapel Street restaurant and sake bar.

  • Bar

    Morena Melbourne

    71 Little Collins Street, Melbourne

    Alejandro Saravia is totally in his element with Morena Melbourne, masterfully executing his own take on contemporary Latin American fine-dining.

  • Bar

    Punters Club

    376 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy

    Millennials and Gen Zs might lament the loss of Kewpie, but Gen X music lovers will rejoice in seeing this old boozer return to Brunswick Street.

  • Bar

    Circl Wine House

    22 Punch Lane, Melbourne

    Circl is making it so much easier to try rare wines with over 150 drops offered by the glass.

  • Bar

    Flour Child Richmond

    432 Church Street, Richmond

    You’ve had sourdough pizza, US-style slices and dirty Aussie pizzas, but have you tried pinsa romana?

  • Bar

    Tombo Den

    100 Chapel Street, Windsor

    Fill your nights with sake martinis and street food-style sushi at Chris Lucas' Chapel Street restaurant and sake bar.

  • Bar

    Morena Melbourne

    71 Little Collins Street, Melbourne

    Alejandro Saravia is totally in his element with Morena Melbourne, masterfully executing his own take on contemporary Latin American fine-dining.

  • Bar

    Suzie Q

    247 Chapel Street, Prahran

    The Chapel Street restaurant is pairing underground 80s disco energy with contemporary Chinese eats, playful cocktails and karaoke.

  • News

    Coming Soon: Spencer Tunick's First-Ever Australian Exhibition Is Debuting in Brisbane This Spring

    This is also the first time ever that the New York-based artist has displayed the photographs and video from his live nude installations to the public.

  • News

    Nine 2024 Emmy-Winning TV Shows That You Should Watch Immediately

    Your new must-watch list of Emmy-winners includes 'Baby Reindeer' and its has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed tale, the history-making 'Shōgun' and, yes, 'The Bear'.

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    From 'Shogun' and 'Baby Reindeer' to 'The Bear' and 'Hacks': Here's What Just Picked Up Awards at the 2024 Emmys

    No series has ever won as many Emmys for a single season as exceptional Japanese historical drama 'Shōgun' did this year.

  • News

    The Six Best Ways to Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival in Melbourne 

    Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival) in Melbourne by hitting up cultural performances, noshing on mooncakes, and gathering together a big group mates for a yum cha feed.

  • News

    Dance the Night: Dua Lipa Is Bringing Her 'Radical Optimism' Tour Down Under in 2025

    Announcing 40-plus new dates worldwide, the Grammy-winner has locked in two Australian shows, plus one in New Zealand.

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    Social Discomfort, Toxic Masculinity and Holidays Turned Horrible: James McAvoy and Mackenzie Davis Chat 'Speak No Evil'

    Remaking the Danish film of the same name, this horror flick has plenty to say amid its unease — and two powerful performances at its centre.

Featured Events
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    You'll Be Able to Explore a House-Within-a-House Labyrinth When the NGV's 2024 Architecture Commission Pops Up

    First, you'll step inside the frame of an average Australian home — and then, drawing attention to alternative modes of housing, you'll enter a smaller-scale abode.

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    Win One of Five Philips Prize Packs That'll Help You Look Your Best This Winter

    Philips is giving away three garment-care gadgets to make your beloved clothes look and feel new again.

  • News

    Style Away the Cold with These Wardrobe Essentials for an Aussie Winter

    Winter wardrobe staples that'll withstand not only changing weather conditions but also changing trends. 

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    Now Open: Iris van Herpen's Stunning Couture Designs Have Arrived Down Under at GOMA's 'Sculpting the Senses' Exhibition

    Displaying in Brisbane after a season in Paris, the Australian-exclusive exhibition features 130 creations by the Dutch fashion designer.

  • News

    Open House Melbourne Weekend Has Announced the Full Lineup of Venues You Can Snoop Around in 2024

    For two days this July, you can explore private homes and heritage buildings, as well as sports stadiums, places of worship, art gallery archives and more.

  • News

    Australia's Most-Stylish Restaurants, Bars and Homes Have Been Revealed at the 2024 Interior Design Awards

    Melbourne's Reine and La Rue and Purple Pit, which are located in the same building, shared the Hospitality Design Award.

Latest Guides
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    The Best Things to Do in Melbourne This Week

    This week in Melbourne, you can join a restaurant crawl around St Kilda, score $15 Middle Eastern-inspired pasta and check out QVM's first Fringe Flavours Night Market.

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    Now Open: QT's Lavish New Singapore Hotel Boasts 134 Rooms, a Rooftop Bar and Pool, and a Stellar Location

    For the first time ever, the accommodation chain has set up shop outside of Australia and New Zealand.

  • News

    The Best Places to Go Glamping in New Zealand

    Choose from seaside glamping spots, campsites in the mountains and tents scattered about countryside farms full of roaming sheep.

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    Members of The Ritz-Carlton's New Wellness Club Get Access to All Its Sky-High Spa and Fitness Facilities

    This luxury private members' wellness club has some of the best views in Melbourne.

  • Guide

    The Best Things to Do in Melbourne This Weekend

    This weekend in Melbourne, you can shop at a neighbourhood makers' market, score an epic toastie made by one of the city's top chefs and pair K-pop performances with platefuls of Korean fried chicken.

  • News

    The Eight Best Places to Go Glamping in Victoria

    All these luxury Victorian glamping experiences are under two hours away from the Melbourne CBD — so you can easily have your weekend wilderness adventure and goose-feather down quilt, too.

Trending Bars and Restaurants
  • Restaurant

    Tandoori Den

    261 Camberwell Road, Camberwell

    It's the kind of place you can bring the whole family without having to settle for flavourless fare to please the kids.

  • Bar

    Tombo Den

    100 Chapel Street, Windsor

    Fill your nights with sake martinis and street food-style sushi at Chris Lucas' Chapel Street restaurant and sake bar.

  • Bar

    Morena Melbourne

    71 Little Collins Street, Melbourne

    Alejandro Saravia is totally in his element with Morena Melbourne, masterfully executing his own take on contemporary Latin American fine-dining.

  • Bar

    Flour Child Richmond

    432 Church Street, Richmond

    You’ve had sourdough pizza, US-style slices and dirty Aussie pizzas, but have you tried pinsa romana?

  • Restaurant

    Supernormal

    180 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

    Lobster rolls and karaoke, together at last.

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