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NewsEmbla Has Finally Opened the Doors to its Rustic Upstairs Restaurant Lesa
Dave Verheul and Christian McCabe's highly anticipated new restaurant is here.
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GuideWhere to Eat a Parma in Melbourne and Help Drought-Affected Farmers
Pubs across Melbourne are donating money from each parma (or parmi) sold to helping drought-affected communities.
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NewsTen Melbourne CBD Lunches Under $10 to Get You Through Until Payday
Even if you're on your last ten bucks, you can still feast on ramen, curry and Michelin-starred meals.
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NewsYou Can Support Drought-Affected Farmers By Eating a Parma at These Pubs
Pubs across Australia are donating money from each parma sold to helping drought-affected communities.
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NewsSocial Enterprise Cafe Kinfolk Is Crowdfunding a New Volunteer-Run Eatery
Donate and you can score tickets to masterclasses, dinners, hampers and three months of bottomless coffee.
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NewsThis Hosier Lane Tapas Bar Has Launched a New On-Site Spanish Food and Wine Store
You'll find it inside Bar Tini, stocked with Frank Camorra's favourite Spanish wines and artisanal products.
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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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NewsJapan's Much-Loved MOS Burger Is Set to Open More Stores Across Australia
After testing the waters with six stores in Queensland, the Japanese chain will open 100 eateries in the next five years.
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NewsFood Artists Bompas & Parr Have Invented Non-Melting Icy Poles
They "last immeasurably longer than conventional ice lollies", and if they prove a hit, the London-based outfit will look at rolling out the desserts in supermarkets.
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NewsAndrew McConnell's Supernormal Canteen Is Up For Sale
The acclaimed chef will focus on his other Melbourne restaurants, including the CBD's Supernormal.
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NewsFoodora Will Stop Delivery Across Australia Later This Month
It will withdraw from Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane on August 20.
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NewsBekka Is the Inner Northwest's New Modern Lebanese Destination
And it's claiming to have the city's best falafel.
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NewsWindsor's Alter Dining Has Closed Its Doors After Just Three Months
The original home of Saigon Sally will be used as a functions and events space.
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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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NewsTon & Co is Windsor's New Dedicated Tonkatsu Restaurant
It's taking Japan's traditional fried pork dish to new heights, using top Aussie meat cuts.
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NewsHow Cocktail Bitters Has Made Its Way onto Your Dinner Plate
And three recipes to try for yourself with a few drops of Angostura bitters.
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NewsCost Price Cafe Is Brisbane's Zero-Profit Coffee Truck
If it makes any profits, the prices of its food and drinks drop.
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NewsVeneziano Is Opening a Cafe Within Its Richmond Coffee Roastery Next Week
You'll be able to enjoy your cuppa in full view of the roasting operations
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NewsPreston's Much-Loved Food Truck Park Is Closing Next Weekend
But it has plans to reopen — bigger and better — in a new site soon.
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NewsMelbourne's 400 Gradi Has Claimed the Title of Best Pizza In Oceania
Johnny Di Francesco's acclaimed pizzeria was crowned this week at the 50 Top Pizza awards in Naples.
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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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NewsElichi Is Black Rock's New Modern Indian Eatery From the Babu Ji Team
Opening mid-August, it'll serve a contemporary take on Indian dining, blending traditional flavours with local ingredients.
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NewsThe Bar Liberty Team Is Opening a Modern Italian Bar in Carlton Next Month
Capitano will offer pizza and pasta alongside a long list of amari, cocktails and wine — and new wave Italo-disco tunes.
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NewsThe Leonard's House of Love Team Is Opening a Pizza Joint in Carlton
It'll serve up classic Italian-American-style pizza and is slated to open this summer.
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NewsWhere to Get Fries That Are More Than Just Fries in Your City
From haloumi chips and tater tots to fries loaded with slow-cooked brisket, feta and chilli, these dishes have taken the humble fry up a level.
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NewsBetty's Burgers Is Opening Its Second Melbourne Outpost in Windsor
The Queensland burger bar will soon be slinging its much-loved buns on Chapel Street.
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NewsFitzroy Favourite Moroccan Soup Bar Has Opened a Second Takeaway-Focused Outlet
Pick up a famed chickpea bake or Moroccan pizza to-go for lunch or dinner, seven days a week.
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NewsMelbourne's Beloved All-Vegan Pizza Joint Red Sparrow Just Doubled in Size
Which means more delicious dairy-free pizza and less lines.
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NewsHawthorn's New Chinese Eatery Naxi Folk Brings a Taste of Yunnan To Melbourne
Just-opened on Glenferrie Road, the bamboo-filled eatery dishes up authentic Yunnan fare all day.
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NewsTaco Bell Has Announced Plans to Open More Stores Across Australia
With new stores expected to open before the end of the year.
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NewsAn Ambitious Multi-Million Dollar Dining and Retail Centre Is Opening in Chadstone This December
Featuring two restaurants helmed by Michelin-starred chefs and a shop stocking luxe local and international delicacies.
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NewsNavi Is Yarraville's New 25-Seat Restaurant From Acclaimed Chef Julian Hills
It'll dish up a five- or eight-course tasting menu brimming with creative touches and innovative technique
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NewsYou Can Now Snack on Vegemite-Flavoured Popcorn for Some Reason
Pair your next cinema trip with this certain-to-be-polarising snack.
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NewsWe're Giving Away $200's Worth of Haigh's Chocolates
And we've got an indulgent recipe for you to try with your winning haul.
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NewsMelbourne Is Getting a New Riverside Food Precinct Curated by Acclaimed Chef Scott Pickett
The 2000-square-metre food precinct will be part of a new residential development in Melbourne's north.
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NewsWe're Giving Away a Year's Worth of Fries
Yes, that's right. You could win 365 days worth of fries.
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NewsMelbourne's New Four-Storey Barbecue Bar and Karaoke Joint Is Now Open
The latest venture from the Fancy Hanks team has a rooftop beer garden, Asian-style eats and private karaoke rooms.
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NewsSouth African Burger Chain RocoMamas Has Opened Its First Australian Restaurant
And it has landed on Melbourne's Chapel Street.
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NewsTop-Notch Restaurants Where You Can Actually BYO Beer in Your City
Bring along your six-pack (of beers) and let the kitchen sort out the rest.
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NewsEmbla Is Opening a New Upstairs Set Menu-Only Restaurant Called Lesa
If you've been mourning The Town Mouse, ex owners Christian McCabe and Dave Verheul will open an intimate eatery one level up from their CBD restaurant.
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GuideSix Kid-Friendly Spots to Hit When Everyone's Feeling Hangry
Calm the nerves and tanties and fill bellies at these spots for the fam.
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Guide
Where to Enjoy Your Champagne Tastes on a Beer Budget in Melbourne
Live the high life without the high price tag.
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GuideSeven Eateries to Hit When You're Trying to Make Meat-Free Monday a Habit
With options like these, you may even opt to go meat-free more than just once a week.
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GuideWhere to Eat Pizza When All Your Friends Are Doing Italian Summer and FOMO Levels Are High
From chewy Neapolitan rounds to some of the best slices in the word.
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GuideSeven Date Spots in Melbourne Perfect for Celebrating a Landmark Anniversary
Whether you're celebrating two months or two decades, these cosy spots will let you do it over date-appropriate martinis, dishes and dessert.
