32 Commercial Road, Prahran
From Paris to Prahran, this gastropub serves up French classics alongside a few contemporary twists.
188 Bourke Street, Melbourne
A multi-level hawker-style barbecue and karaoke joint in the CBD.
4 Lord Street, Richmond
Down a narrow street just off Bridge Road, there is a quiet oasis of calm — and an incredible omakase journey to be taken.
242 High Street, Windsor
Windsor's new modern Italian eatery with local flavours and a sleek design.
45 Spring Street, Melbourne
Part art gallery, part Italian restaurant, this CBD is the second outpost of St Kilda's Cafe Di Stasio.
14 Johnston Street, Fitzroy
Mile End is a bagel heavy district in Montreal; it's also the name of the best bagel joints in town.
37/41 Little Bourke Street, Melbourne
Jessi Singh's rule-breaking Indian restaurant has naan pizza and 70s Bollywood tunes.
338 Bridge Road, Richmond
Chef Thi Le's pet project on Bridge Road. And it's good. It's really good.
296-298 Rathdowne Street, Carlton North
Rathdowne Street's neighbourhood bar doing inventive food and delicate desserts.
76-78 Bridge Road, Richmond
A friendly neighbourhood osteria with buckwheat gnocchi, non-alcoholic pét-nat and a next-level tiramisu.
236 High Street, Northcote
An authentic Macedonian restaurant in Northcote with an open fire, fairy light-lit courtyard and live music.
312 New Street, Brighton
An Italian spot in Brighton with two Bar Carolina chefs, margherita cocktails and salted caramel mini 'Magnums'.
These new-look Italian desserts are made with local liqueurs, served as slices of 'pie' and fluffy as clouds.
29 Grattan Street, Carlton
Carlton's palatial home of Italo-American pizza and pasta from the team behind Leonard's House of Love.
651 Rathdowne Street, Carlton North
This Carlton North restaurant takes you on a tour of Italy with made-to-order tortelli and fluffy tiramisu.
87 Arthurs Seat Road, Red Hill
A sprawling barbecue joint on the Mornington Peninsula serving local meats cooked low-and-slow over local wood.
From a $70 multi-course journey through Peru to a cheerful $40 Vietnamese feast.
54 Lygon Street, Brunswick East
A Lygon Street institution has been transformed into a sleek late-night Italian bar and eatery.
Pt Leo Estate, 3649 Frankston-Flinders Road, Merricks
A faultless degustation-only restaurant in the middle of a 50-acre Mornington Peninsula winery and sculpture park.