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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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GuideThe 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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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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Guide
The 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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GuideWhere to Find the Best Burgers in Melbourne
Classic cheeseburgers, spicy fried chicken buns, and everything in between.
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GuideThe 50 Best Restaurants in the Melbourne CBD
Whether you're after fine-diners or cheap eats, you're truly spoilt for choice when looking for places to eat in Melbourne's CBD.
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GuideThe 14 Best French Restaurants in Melbourne
Live out your Parisian dreams with escargot, caviar, steak frites and lobster thermidor at these exceptional French diners in Melbourne.
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GuideThe Best Beachside Bars and Restaurants in and Around Melbourne
We may not have the abundance of beaches some other cities do, but we do have this nice little crop of seaside venues with options from St Kilda to Portsea and from Williamstown to Lorne.
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GuideWhere to Find the Best Pizza in Melbourne
From giant pepperoni-topped slices to vegan rounds, these Melbourne pizza joints have you covered.
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GuideThe 15 Best Seafood Restaurants in Melbourne
Here's where to find Melbourne's best seafood — across fine diners, messy crab shacks, local neighbourhood eateries and lavish omakase haunts.
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GuideWhere to Find the Best Sushi in Melbourne
These Japanese restaurants and grocers serve up the finest maki rolls, nigiri, sashimi and hosomaki — all stuffed with some of Melbourne's best seafood.
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GuideThe Ten Best Thai Restaurants in Melbourne
Discover fine-diners and neighbourhood haunts, or head down to a hidden CBD basement where robots deliver all your fave Thai dishes to the table.
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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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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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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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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.
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NewsComing Soon: Hong Kong Noodle Chain TamJai Mixian Is Opening Its First Australian Stores in Melbourne This Year
TamJai Mixian already has 240 noodle shops across Asia, and its first four Australian locations are all opening in Melbourne.
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Guide
Where to Find the Best Burgers in Melbourne
Classic cheeseburgers, spicy fried chicken buns, and everything in between.
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BarAmatrice Rooftop Restaurant
16 Stephenson Street, Cremorne
They had us at mini lasagne snacks, and then took it to the next level with uninterrupted views across the city.
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RestaurantD.O.C Osteria
326 Lygon Street, Carlton
20 years on, this Lygon Street stalwart is still one of the city's top Italian restaurants.
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RestaurantReine & La Rue
380 Collins Street, Melbourne
The NOMAD team has taken French fine-dining to the next level in Melbourne.
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BarRuckers Hill
83 High Street, Northcote
This French-accented wine bar and bistro stands out among the crowd on Northcote's High Street.
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RestaurantChiki Chan & Hiki Bar
6 Centreway, Mordialloc
Chiki Chan is serving up playful Asian-fusion fare in Mordialloc — plus plenty of creative cocktails in its adjoining Hiki Bar.
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RestaurantIl Mercato Centrale Melbourne
546 Collins Street, Melbourne
Melbourne's Il Mercato Centrale is serving up pizza, pasta, calamari fritti, gelato, cannoli, cocktails, wine and so much more — to have in or take away.
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BarCircl 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.
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RestaurantElio'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.
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BarFlour Child Richmond
432 Church Street, Richmond
You’ve had sourdough pizza, US-style slices and dirty Aussie pizzas, but have you tried pinsa romana?
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NewsQVM's Summer Night Market Is Back for a Massive 15-Week Season Packed with Food, Drinks and Shopping
The 2024-25 Summer Night Market season is going to be huge — expect 45 food traders, six pop-up bars and 60 makers market stalls every Wednesday night.
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NewsNow Open: Cheri Is South Melbourne's Sleek New Euro-Inspired Bakery and Cafe
You'll find Darling Group's latest all-day diner right across the road from South Melbourne Market.
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NewsThis Year's Eat Drink Design Awards Has Revealed the Nation's Most Beautiful Places to Dine, Sip and Stay
The winning designs showcase a range of interiors from the rustic and culturally rich to the modern and minimalist.
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GuideThe 21 Best BYO Restaurants in Melbourne
Head to your local bottle shop or pilfer your own wine collection before hitting these Melbourne BYO restaurants.
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NewsSebastian Beach Bar and Deck Has Officially Reopened, and the Team Is Throwing a Huge Party to Celebrate
Ring in the start of summer on Sebastian's beach bar and deck during a night filled with live music, $2 oysters and $6 sangrias.
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NewsQueen Victoria Market Has Launched a New Food Truck Precinct That's Open Five Days a Week
The new Food Truck Precinct features nine vendors offering a diverse range of cuisines as well as organic coffee and vegan snacks.
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EventEtta's Summer Seafood Towers
Fri, 22 Nov - Sat, 21 Dec 2024
Etta, Brunswick East
This incredible wine bar and restaurant is serving decadent seafood towers for just $75 per person every Friday and Saturday afternoon.
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EventPortsea Hotel's Summer Music Series
Multiple single dates
Portsea Hotel, Portsea
The Presets, Jake Webb, Darley and DJ Levi will be playing waterfront gigs this summer at Portsea Hotel.
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EventLong Live Longnecks at BANG
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
BANG at The StandardX, Fitzroy
You can get two-for-one Melbourne Bitter Longnecks and $1 homemade dumplings during this happy hour deal.
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EventMoon Dog's Fizzer BYO Cup Day
Sun, 1 Dec, 2024
Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne
BYO drinking vessel, get it filled with free Moon Dog Fizzer — and celebrate the first day of summer in style.
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EventALWAYS LIVE — Yerambooee
Sat, 7 Dec, 2024
Federation Square, Melbourne
A free communal celebration of First Nations legend and song.
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EventALWAYS LIVE — Garage Band
Sat, 7 Dec - Sun, 8 Dec 2024
Federation Square, Melbourne
A free event shining the spotlight on Victoria's talented young musicians.
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EventBridge Road Brewers' Spring Tasting in the City
Fri, 29 Nov - Sat, 30 Nov 2024
Bridge Road Brewers Brunswick, Brunswick East
This afternoon of tasting session let's you explore a lesser-known Victorian wine region (Beechworth) without leaving Melbourne.
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EventTerasu Japanese Dining Pop-Up at Portsea Hotel
Fri, 3 Jan - Sun, 19 Jan 2025
Portsea Hotel, Portsea
Chef Yukio Ozeki is serving up a a luxe six-course Japanese feed at Mornington Peninsula's beloved Portsea Hotel for only a few weeks in January.
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EventHome Truth
Wed, 13 Nov 2024 - Sun, 27 Apr 2025
NGV International, Melbourne
A house-within-a-house labyrinth has popped up outside the NGV International to get everyone thinking about small-scale architecture.
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EventSpanish BBQ Fiesta on Pinchy's Balcony
Sun, 1 Dec - Sun, 22 Dec 2024
Pinchy's, Melbourne
Hit up this CBD restaurant on Sunday arvos in December for unlimited food and drinks on its sun-soaked terrace.
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NewsComing Soon: Juni Is the New Southeast Asian Restaurant From Lucy Liu Co-Founder Michael Lambie
Michael Lambie is bringing his own take on contemporary Asian fare back to Melbourne's CBD.
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NewsComing Soon: Moon Dog Is Setting Up a Huge Beach Club Brewery Bar in Frankston This Year
The new bar will be home to a huge balcony beer garden with day beds and palm trees, four bars slinging cocktail buckets and boozy slushies, and a beer- and prawn-filled cabana hut.
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NewsLe Yeahllow Co-Founder Samsky Yeung on What it Takes to Run One of Melbourne's Fastest Growing Patisserie Brands
"At the end of the day, a cake is something for everyone, it shouldn’t be that expensive. It’s not like you’re buying Louis Vuitton."
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Guide
The 50 Best Restaurants in the Melbourne CBD
Whether you're after fine-diners or cheap eats, you're truly spoilt for choice when looking for places to eat in Melbourne's CBD.
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NewsCoastal Crawl: Where to Beat the Heat Near the Beach in Kingston
Join us for a wander along the shores of the bay and see what we can find.
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NewsNow Open: Gigi Is a Wonderfully Camp Parisian-Inspired Speakeasy Bar From the Team Behind Entrecôte
This totally luxurious hidden bar is inspired by the 1958 cult classic musical 'Gigi'.
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NewsLygon Street's Legendary D.O.C Espresso Has Reopened with a New Look, Menu and Name
You can now refer to this Lygon Street stalwart as D.O.C Osteria.
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NewsMelbourne's Caretaker's Cottage Has Taken Maybe Sammy's Crown as Australia's Best Bar
While both venues have appeared on The World’s 50 Best Bars rankings in the past, this is the first time the Melbourne bar has come out on top.
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GuideThe 20 Best Wine Bars in Melbourne
A guide for any wine lover in Melbourne, whether you want strictly organic, biodynamic and local drops or you don't really care — as long as they taste good and don't cost a fortune.
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Guide
The 14 Best French Restaurants in Melbourne
Live out your Parisian dreams with escargot, caviar, steak frites and lobster thermidor at these exceptional French diners in Melbourne.
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NewsComing Soon: Chris Lucas' Four-Storey French Mega Venue Maison Bâtard Is Finally Opening This November
After working on this ambitious project for almost a decade, Chris Lucas is just about ready to open the doors and let us in.
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NewsNow Open: Cremorne Scores a Sleek New Italian Rooftop Bar and Restaurant with Amatrice
They had us at mini lasagne snacks, and then took it to the next level with stunning views across the city.
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NewsNow Open: Kirbie Is Giving Effortlessly Cool European Wine Bar Energy in South Melbourne
Melbourne scores another European-inspired cafe, bistro and wine bar in Kirbie
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Guide
The Best Beachside Bars and Restaurants in and Around Melbourne
We may not have the abundance of beaches some other cities do, but we do have this nice little crop of seaside venues with options from St Kilda to Portsea and from Williamstown to Lorne.
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Guide
Where to Find the Best Pizza in Melbourne
From giant pepperoni-topped slices to vegan rounds, these Melbourne pizza joints have you covered.
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NewsNow Open: Holey Moley Funhouse Is the CBD's All-New OTT Challenge Room Bar
Think of the new Holey Moley Funhouse like a grown-up (and far sillier) version of those arcades you used to visit as a kid.
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NewsNow Open: Ophelia Is Challenging the Classic All-Day Dining Equation Up in Westgarth
Start the day with light breakfast bites and coffee before pairing your lunchtime share plates with martinis and natural wines.
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GuideThe 35 Best Bars in Melbourne Right Now
Whether you're on the hunt for an extensive wine collection, a luxe date-night spot or a place to have a little boogie, these are our picks for the best bars in Melbourne.
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NewsNow Open: Hotel Mexico Is Yarraville's Huge New Group Hang Spot That's Made for Long Margarita-Fuelled Sessions
The new Mexican-inspired pub has a sun-drenched rooftop and beer garden, games room, regular DJs and an extensive tequila menu.
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NewsFirst Look: Moon Dog's Massive Island-Themed Bar Doglands Is Opening at Marvel Stadium Concourse This Month
Get ready for Moon Dog's biggest venue yet, which is set to bring a heap of fun to Docklands.
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GuideThe 60 Best Rooftop Bars in Melbourne Right Now
Head to these sun-soaked Melbourne rooftop bars and pubs when you want to enjoy a cocktail and bite to eat skyward.
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NewsGame, Set, Feast: Here's Everything You'll Be Eating and Drinking at the Australian Open This Summer
Some of Melbourne's best chefs are serving up ace eats at the 2025 Australian Open.
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NewsFitzroy's The StandardX Has Opened Its Rooftop Bar to the Public — Serving Mexican-Inspired Snacks and Cocktails
To access The Roof, you'll need to first get a temporary keycard from the hotel's reception.
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Guide
The 15 Best Seafood Restaurants in Melbourne
Here's where to find Melbourne's best seafood — across fine diners, messy crab shacks, local neighbourhood eateries and lavish omakase haunts.
