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NewsFood with a View: What To Barbecue on Your Apartment Balcony, According to a Professional Grill Master
"There's something magical about barbecuing that goes beyond the food itself. I love how barbecuing brings people together."
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NewsOpening Soon: A Checklist For Starting a Small Business So You Don't Miss Anything
"At the time, we didn't know where this journey would take us."
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NewsLocal Legends: Ashley of Local Folk Talks How Community Support Forged His Kensington Cafe
"We love the village feel of Kensington with its community vibe and felt that the weatherboard charm of our former corner store was the perfect site for a local cafe."
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NewsGingerbread Croissants, Eggnog Cruffins and Stuffed Turkey Pastries: Here's What Lune Is Serving Up for Christmas in 2024
The bakery's choc peppermint twice-baked pains au chocolat are back, too — or you can pick up a brandy caramel Christmas pudding.
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NewsFestive Feasts: Where to Have Christmas Lunch Around Melbourne
Switch up your Christmas celebrations this year.
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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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GuideThe 14 Best Omakase in Melbourne or 2025
This multi-course Japanese dining experience has surged in popularity over the past few years — with sushi lovers fighting to get a reservation at the exclusive chef's tables.
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GuideThe 18 Best Indian Restaurants in Melbourne for 2025
Explore these Indian restaurants' menus with countless regional dishes — or just order a butter chicken and be done with it.
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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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GuideThe 25 Best Cafes in Melbourne for 2025
How does your favourite Melbourne cafe stack up against these brunch-filled, coffee-slinging, bloody mary-pouring haunts?
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GuideWhere to Find the Best Pizza in Melbourne for 2025
From giant pepperoni-topped slices to vegan rounds, these Melbourne pizza joints have you covered.
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GuideThe 16 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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NewsThe Best Things to Eat, See and Do to Celebrate Lunar New Year in Melbourne
Themed high teas, street parties, limited-edition cakes, karaoke, banquets and huge giveaways — now that's how you welcome in the Year of the Snake in Melbourne.
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GuideThe 25 Best Chinese Restaurants in Melbourne for 2025
From Chinatown institutions and neighbourhood haunts to CBD fine-diners and contemporary Asian-fusion eateries, here are our top picks for when you have a hankering for some top Chinese cuisine.
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GuideThe 51 Best Restaurants in the Melbourne CBD for 2025
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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NewsGame, Set, Feast: Here's Everything You'll Be Eating and Drinking at the 2025 Australian Open
Some of Melbourne's best chefs are serving up ace eats at the 2025 Australian Open, plus a couple big booze brands have set up huge pop-up bars.
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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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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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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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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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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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NewsCP Staff Picks: The Best Summer BBQ Meals, According to Our Editors
These recipes pack maximum flavour with minimal effort.
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RestaurantSt David Dairy
16-18 Saint David Street, Fitzroy
This Fitzroy establishment scales dairy back to its roots.
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RestaurantIshizuka
139 Bourke Street, Melbourne
This hidden CBD restaurant specialises in kaiseki — effortlessly serving up decadent (but seemingly simple) 11-course feeds to those looking to truly treat themselves.
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BarKolkata Cricket Club
Crown Melbourne, Southbank
Mischa Tropp's sports bar and restaurant at Crown Melbourne takes punters back to a bygone-era in India.
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BarOmnia Bistro & Bar
625 Chapel Street, South Yarra
The menu is stacked with contemporary takes on European classics — but you could simply drop by for the dry-aged roasted duck and a bottle of wine and be very happy.
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RestaurantAstoria Bar Kè Grill
302 Toorak Road, South Yarra
This Toorak Road terrace house is now home to a fab Greek restaurant.
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RestaurantAmatrice Rooftop Restaurant
16 Stephenson Street, Cremorne
Zip away to Italy in the back streets of Cremorne, with aperitivo sips and specialty pasta 10 stories above the ground.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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GuideWhere to Find the Best Burgers in Melbourne
Classic cheeseburgers, spicy fried chicken buns, and everything in between.
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EventFesta Del Pomodoro at Mister Bianco
Tue, 18 Mar and Wed, 19 Mar 2025
Mister Bianco, Kew
Celebrate the art of sugo-making with a three-course meal and cooking demo at this Italian restaurant in Kew.
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EventLightscape Melbourne
Fri, 20 Jun - Sun, 10 Aug 2025
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria - Melbourne Gardens, South Yarra
Another winter, another lit-up garden display, with this after-dark festival getting Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne a-glowing.
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EventAustralian International Documentary Conference
Sun, 2 Mar - Wed, 5 Mar 2025
ACMI, Melbourne
Must-see Oscar-nominees 'Black Box Diaries' and 'Sugarcane' lead the lineup at this celebration of factual filmmaking.
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EventNew Order: Australian Tour 2025
Sat, 8 Mar, 2025
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
After their 2020 tour was cut short due to the pandemic, these music icons are returning Down Under.
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EventGet Up and Glow
Sat, 8 Mar, 2025
Bossley Bar & Restaurant, Melbourne
Get your Saturday started in the best way with a yoga class, brekkie and beauty products — all for free.
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EventMelbourne International Flower and Garden Show
Wed, 26 Mar - Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Carlton Gardens, Carlton
This five-day flower and garden fest features landscaping inspiration, workshops for plant lovers, art exhibitions and a special after-dark experience.
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EventBBQs of the World
Sun, 30 Mar, 2025
Dandenong Market, Dandenong
Discover what makes barbecue the oldest cuisine in the world, complete with sumptuous bites from West Africa to Brazil.
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EventThat's Amore Cheese Ricotta Festival
Sun, 30 Mar, 2025
That's Amore Cheese, Thomastown
For one day only, the Thomastown lot will be filled with food stalls, bars, and a stage hosting cooking masterclasses and live music performances.
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EventTesselaar KaBloom Festival of Flowers
Sat, 29 Mar - Sun, 27 Apr 2025
Tesselaar Tulip Farm, Silvan
Give your autumn a blooming boost with this floral event, featuring flower displays, acrobats, food trucks and, for the first time, a soaring ferris wheel.
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EventCorteo — Cirque du Soleil
Fri, 22 Aug - Sun, 24 Aug 2025
John Cain Arena, Melbourne
Focusing on a clown imagining his funeral procession, this dazzling hit filled with acrobatic wonders features the Montreal-based company's first-ever central stage setup.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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NewsComing Soon: Crown's Californian-Inspired Restaurant and Bar Marmont Is Taking Over the Former Rosetta Site
DJ and Restaurateur Grant Smillie has come on board to help transform the riverside venue.
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NewsEight Melbourne Venues Where You Can Earn Credit on Dinner and Drinks
Unlock a new spend and save system on your next night out at these Melbourne gems.
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NewsTwo Hospo Heavyweights Are Behind the New Chiki Chan — Serving Up Playful Asian-Fusion Fare in Mordialloc
The team is ticking all the right boxes with this new opening — from the playful Asian-fusion eats and cocktail lineup to its high-energy vibes and fun decor.
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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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NewsNed's South Yarra Bakery and Bistro Will Soon Be Staying Up Late as It Introduces Its New Dinner Service
The Valarc Group — which recently acquired all Ned's venues — has ambitious plans for expanding its hospo empire.
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NewsLune and Arnott's Have Teamed Up on a Decadent Tim Tam Pastry — and You Can Only Nab One in October
Lune's latest month-long range of specials also includes birthday cake croissants, cinnamon buns and passionfruit coconut cruffins.
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NewsComing Soon: US Burger Chain Five Guys Is Opening Its Second Melbourne Venue in QV This October
Five Guys' second Melbourne venue will be home to all your fast-food favourites — burgers, fries, hotdogs, sandwiches and shakes.
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NewsScore a Private Omakase Masterclass and a $600 Bar Tab at Yugen Tea Bar
Sharpen your sushi skills at a private masterclass with a master chef.
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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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NewsComing Soon: Cheri Is the New Euro-Inspired All-Day Diner and Patisserie Located Across From South Melbourne Market
Cheri's pastry, breakfast and lunch offerings sound like absolute bangers.
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NewsTen of the Best Dumpling Spots in Melbourne for 2024
Here is everywhere you should go to find Melbourne's finest dumplings from siu mai to xiaolongbao, and everything in between.
