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NewsFive Epic Melbourne Burgers to Order When You Want to Treat Yourself
Wagyu cheeseburgers, plant-based patties and eye-watering sauce could be winging their way to you at the click of a couple of buttons.
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NewsBen Bayly's Contemporary New Zealand Restaurant Has Opened in Commercial Bay
Take a nationwide food tour at this inventive new restaurant in downtown Auckland.
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NewsThis New Koala-Shaped Paddle Pop Is Helping to Support and Raise Funds for Wildlife Conservation
The new ice cream marks the start of a new partnership between Paddle Pop and wildlife rescue organisation WIRES.
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NewsMas Tamales Is Now Delivering Traditional Mexican Food Across the Inner North
Get traditionally made, hand-wrapped tamales dropped to your door.
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News'Raph's Mean Cuisine' Is the Melbourne-Made Online Cooking Show Showcasing 80s Food Favourites
It's hosted by Beatbox Kitchen, All Day Donuts and Juanita Peaches' Raph Rashid — and everything from apricot chicken to Mars bar slice is on the menu.
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NewsVictoria's Country Cob Bakery Is Officially Serving Up Australia's Best Pie (Again)
And it's currently offering delivery to all of metropolitan Melbourne.
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GuideThe Best Mexican Restaurants in Melbourne
Head to these spots for seriously good tacos, rare mezcals and many, many margaritas.
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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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GuideAll the New Melbourne Restaurant and Bar Openings to Try This Summer 2026
Melbourne’s newest restaurants and bars are setting the tone for summer 2026 — from rooftop spritzes to laneway wine bars, here’s where to eat and drink next.
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NewsTen Road Trip-Worthy Restaurants You Should Visit in Victoria
Life is short, so it's imperative that once in a while you plan a road-trip to sample some of regional Victoria's exceptional food.
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GuideThe 25 Best Restaurants in Melbourne for 2025
From high-flying fine-diners in the CBD to tried-and-true neighbourhood haunts — these are the Melbourne restaurants we'd recommend to a friend (you, dear reader).
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GuideThe 50 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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NewsWhere to Find the Best Ice Cream and Gelato in Melbourne
Whether you like your scoops creamy, salty, vegan or sandwiched, you can find them in our guide.
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GuideThe Best Private Dining Rooms in Melbourne
These private dining rooms have you got you covered from private bartenders to suckling pigs, martini trolleys to luxurious sashimi platters.
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GuideThe 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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GuideThe Best Bakeries in Melbourne
Crusty sourdough loaves, flaky croissants, shiopans and shokupans, cookies and doughnuts, bagels and ficelles, pies and pasties, and everything in between.
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NewsMessina Has Created a Decadent New White Chocolate Version of Its Coco Pops Gelato
It's called 'Just Like a White Chocolate Milkshake' — and it's only available for a week.
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NewsMake-Out Meals Is the New Subscription Meal Kit with Recipes from Renowned Melbourne Restaurants
Whip up the pumpkin, gorgonzola and walnut risotto from Tipico or master La Tortilleria’s fish tacos.
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NewsBulla's Cinema Choc Tops Have Landed Back in Victorian Freezer Aisles for a Limited Time
The frosty cinema snacks have returned to supermarkets.
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NewsRaya Is Melbourne's New Bakery Brightening Up Lockdown with Malaysian Sweet and Savoury Treats
Baker Raymond Tan is now delivering his unbelievably fluffy chiffon cakes, giant matcha cookies and kueh to homes across the city.
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NewsMessina's Next Mouth-Watering Creation Is a Gelato Version of Italy's Cremino Dessert
It's inspired by the chocolate from Piedmont in the country's north, and features salted caramel gelato, gianduia fudge, fresh meringue and amaretti biscuits.
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NewsRockwell and Sons' Legendary Double Patty Smash Burger Is Making a Lockdown Comeback
With Bar Liberty's new DIY burger kits, you can recreate the magic at home.
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RestaurantLune Croissanterie
Situated beneath the Ritz Carlton at 670 Lonsdale Street, the mega store marks Melbourne's second production site.
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RestaurantTres a Cinco
3-5 Hosier Lane, Melbourne
The vibrant menu showcases classic dishes cooked with love and care, and packed full of flavour.
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RestaurantMamasita
1/11 Collins Street, Melbourne
The always-evolving menu spans snack plates and taqueria plates, tacos to generous sharing mains, all anchored by an enviable selection of margaritas and cocktails.
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RestaurantCoupette
90 Queens Bridge Street, Southbank
As a hotel venue, it moves seamlessly from morning coffee to late-night cocktails, and is well-suited to everything from a quick snack to a celebratory meal.
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RestaurantPinto Tiramisu
106 Leicester Street, Fitzroy
While the classic tiramisu variety is a menu staple, other flavours that change with the seasons may include strawberry matcha, gingerbread, or chocolate hazelnut.
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RestaurantFrankie's Tortas and Tacos
30 Johnston Street, Fitzroy
With some of the rarest and highest-quality tequilas and mezcals on offer, Frankie’s has even launched an agave club to help educate and showcase premium agave spirits.
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RestaurantBar Yarra
234 Toorak Road, South Yarra
Perfect for a post-work pop-in, Bar Yarra's boasts an impressive happy hour from 5 to 7pm, and even hosts DJs spinning nostalgic vinyls for Throwback Thursdays.
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RestaurantSantito
174 Smith Street, Collingwood
While the smell of fresh tortillas and spit-roasted meats may be familiar, Santito brings a refreshed energy and new direction to the Smith Street site.
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RestaurantGimlet at Cavendish House
33 Russell Street, Melbourne
Andrew McConnell's elegant cocktail bar and European bistro serves up caviar, champagne and truffles aplenty.
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RestaurantCleo, Hyde Melbourne Place
130 Russell Street, Melbourne
The rooftop drinking and dining destination welcomes Eastern Mediterranean flavours and old-world cooking techniques.
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NewsHaigh's Has Unveiled a Boozy Chocolate Collaboration with Three Aussie Gin Distilleries
The limited-edition choccies are made with spirits from Melbourne Gin Company, Archie Rose and Adelaide Hills Distillery.
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NewsBen & Jerry's Has Released a New Non-Dairy Fudge Ice Cream to Campaign Against Fossil Fuels
It's called 'Unfudge our Future'.
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NewsGelato Messina's Latest Indulgent Bake-at-Home Dessert Is a Super-Sticky Lamington Scroll Hybrid
It's stuffed with vanilla custard, chocolate chips, raspberry jam and chocolate caramel, then topped with desiccated coconut.
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NewsCarlton North's Babajan Has Transformed Into a Turkish Bakery and Shop — Permanently
The corner store is no longer filled with tables, but floor-to-ceiling shelves stocked with boreks, pistachio and rose cheesecakes, and spices.
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NewsSeven Melbourne Spots Delivering Next-Level Wine and Cheese Packs to Your Couch
Whether you've got a thing for d'affinois, are craving some camembert or only have eyes for cheddar, we've found a cheese and wine delivery service to suit.
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NewsGelato Messina and Hoy Pinoy Have Released Limited-Edition Filipino Dinner Packs
Recreate part of the Night Noodle Markets in your kitchen.
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EventFebruary at Peninsula Hot Springs
Tue, 27 Jan - Fri, 27 Feb 2026
Peninsula Hot Springs, Fingal
Soak up summer while it lasts with midweek two-for-one bathing, Lunar New Year festivities and romantic Valentine's escapes.
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EventSt Kilda Festival 2026
Sat, 14 Feb - Sun, 15 Feb 2026
St Kilda Foreshore, St Kilda
This beloved summer staple is back, serving up another edition loaded with exceptional local music talent and feel-good community vibes.
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EventDewberry Roller-Rama by The Body Shop at Queensbridge Square
Fri, 13 Feb - Sun, 15 Feb 2026
Queensbridge Square, Southbank
The fragrance of the 90s is officially back, so celebrate with a free, nostalgic roller rink experience happening over Valentine's Day weekend.
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EventRoyal Stacks 10th Birthday Celebration
Multiple single dates
Royal Stacks, Melbourne
Throwing it back to 2016, this Melbourne-born burger spot is celebrating a decade of mouthwatering takeaway with free burgers and OG prices.
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EventLaunch Weekend at Upstate Oakleigh
Sat, 28 Feb - Sun, 1 Mar 2026
Upstate Oakleigh, Oakleigh
Get in a high-energy workout in the southeast, as this rapidly growing brand of Pilates studios launches its latest wellness destination in Oakleigh.
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EventAfrica Film Festival Australia
Fri, 27 Mar - Sun, 29 Mar 2026
Cinema Nova, Carlton
Carlton's Cinema Nova will host three days of award-winning African films.
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EventJackalope Cinema 2026
Sun, 1 Mar - Tue, 31 Mar 2026
Jackalope Hotel Mornington Peninsula, Merricks North
Make your Mornington Peninsula stay even more picture-perfect, with this month-long open-air cinema program.
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EventUNO Social Club at Hotel Esplanade
Mon, 2 Feb - Mon, 2 Mar 2026
Hotel Esplanade, Saint Kilda
Combine nostalgia and nightlife, as this card game experience transforms this much-loved Melbourne pub into an UNO-themed escape.
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Event15th Birthday BBQ Summer Series at Toorak Cellars
Sun, 1 Feb - Sun, 15 Mar 2026
Toorak Cellars, Armadale
No ordinary backyard barbecue, this seven-week birthday celebration sees top Melbourne chefs team up to showcase their masterful skills with the tongs.
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EventRooftop Pickleball at Hilton Melbourne Little Queen Street
Wed, 21 Jan - Sat, 28 Feb 2026
Hilton Melbourne Little Queen Street, Melbourne
Level up your pickleball skills in style, as this CBD hotel brings back its sunny rooftop court for the tennis season.
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NewsBar Saracen Is Selling Tubs of Its Signature Hummus to Raise Relief Funds for Beirut
Nab a 300-gram tub of hummus, with sumac pita crisps — all for a great cause.
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NewsBetty's Burgers Has Added a Limited-Edition Steak Sandwich to Its Menu
The $16 rolls are filled with wagyu steak — and you can grab a couple with a bottle of wine, too.
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NewsGelatissimo Is Scooping Up Biscoff Gelato Complete with Biscuit Pieces Just for This Month
The buttery cinnamon biscuit gelato features layers of Belgium's famed Lotus Biscoff cookie butter spread.
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NewsThe Natural Confectionery Co Is Releasing a Vegan Version of Its Fruit-Flavoured Lollies
They're completely gelatine-free, and they'll be available in supermarkets from mid-August.
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NewsGelato Messina's Next Limited-Release Dessert Is a Super-Fancy Version of Viennetta
It combines fior di latte gelato with choc chips and chocolate fudge, then covers it all with piped vanilla chantilly as well as a chocolate velvet spray.
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NewsThis New Chocolate-Filled Advent Calendar Will Help See You Through Lockdown
Devour one chocolatey Kep Whitley treat for every day of stage four restrictions.
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NewsThe AWW Is Releasing a 40th Anniversary Edition of Its Beloved Children's Birthday Cake Book
Get nostalgic and find inspiration for your next at-home baking project.
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NewsMy Milkman Is the Inner North's New Plastic-Free Grocery Delivery Service
Score local products, in reusable packaging, dropped to your door each week.
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NewsThe UK Government Is Paying for Diners to Have Half-Price Meals at Restaurants for a Whole Month
It's hoped the scheme, called 'Eat Out to Help Out', will encourage residents to dine out and support struggling hospo businesses.
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NewsHere's Your Stage Four Grocery Shopping Guide to Melbourne's Food Markets
Drop by, click-and-collect, or get those essentials delivered to your door.
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NewsDavid Jones and BP Are Opening 21 Super-Fancy Convenience Stores Across Sydney and Melbourne
You'll be able to pick up pulled pork empanadas, rotisserie chicken and lasagne with your tank of petrol.
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NewsLucas Room Service Is Now Delivering Eats from Chin Chin and All Its Sibling Restaurants
You can order directly from Kisumé, Baby Pizza, Hawker Hall and Chin Chin.
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NewsSeven Classic Melbourne Menu Items You Can Now Get Delivered to Your Door
From world-famous pita to a secret-recipe French butter sauce and your very own viking-style drinking horn.
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NewsSydney Hospitality Giant Merivale Has Postponed the Melbourne Launch of Its Meal Delivery Service
The decision comes after local hospitality businesses slammed the idea, calling it "tone-deaf" and "out of touch".
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NewsCult-Favourite US Chain Five Guys Is Bringing Its Burgers and Shakes to Australia and New Zealand
Starting with Sydney, it'll open at least 20 stores in Australia alone.
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NewsLasagna Del Rey Is Melbourne's New Pasta Service Delivering Vegan and Organic Beef Slices
The teams behind The B.East and Ferdydurke are hiring out-of-work hospo and music staff to help make and deliver generous hunks of lasagne across Melbourne.
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NewsPiccolina Is Now Selling Nutella Ravioli, Cookie Dough and Puddings That You Can Bake at Home
And you can get them delivered to your door.
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NewsGelato Messina Is Releasing a New Bake-at-Home Fairy Bread Cookie Pie
It's topped with more 100s and 1000s than you've probably seen since your childhood birthday parties.
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NewsBritain's Iconic Penguin Chocolate Biscuit Has Landed in Australian Supermarkets
They've been called "the original Tim Tam" — and were invented three decades before the Aussie favourite.
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NewsThe Bagel Bosses at 5 & Dime Have Opened a Pop-Up Shop in Caulfield North
It's selling fan-favourite bagels and famed bacon maple cream cheese, alongside pastries, sourdough loaves and Rosso coffee.
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NewsChik Chak Is the New Vegan-Friendly Israeli Street Food Spot in Ripponlea
Roll in for pita pockets stuffed with spiced cauliflower shawarma and lush vegan shakes.
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NewsGelatissimo Is Scooping Up Bubble Tea Gelato Complete with Brown Sugar Tapioca Pearls
Fuel you boba obsession with tubs of this limited-edition gelato.
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NewsFifteen Percent of Melbourne's Hospitality Venues Are Unlikely to Reopen After Lockdown
A recent City of Melbourne survey revealed some concerning data about the hospitality industry.
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NewsFive Truffle Dishes You Can Order via Takeaway and Delivery in Melbourne This Winter
From truffle-topped toasties to truffle-filled pasta and even a truffle soup.
