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NewsItaly's Huge Food Theme Park Has Finally Opened
Featuring more than 40 places to eat, over 100 stalls and shops, and a dedicated parmesan cheese bar.
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NewsUncle Tetsu's Cult Favourite Japanese Cheesecakes Are Coming to Melbourne
The world's most coveted Japanese cheesecakes are coming to Melbourne.
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NewsA New Food And Entertainment Precinct Is Coming to Melbourne's Northern Suburbs
Westfield Plenty Valley's revamp will feature a diverse lineup of food vendors and a brand new cinema.
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NewsTen Things to Try at Melbourne's Night Noodle Markets This Year
Melbourne's Asian food scene will descend upon Birrarung Marr for 18 days. Are you prepared?
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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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NewsTwo Melbourne Cafes Are Giving Free Coffee to Anyone with a Reusable Cup
Save some money and help save the environment at the same time.
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NewsGood Measure Co Is Australia's New Personalised Artisan Chocolate Delivery Service
Send sweets with your own heartfelt message, with same-day arrival in Sydney and free delivery across the country.
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NewsGoogle's New Feature Will Help You Skip the Line at Your Favourite Restaurants
Find out just what kind of delay you're in for, and work out if that decadent dessert is really worth the wait.
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NewsSydney's Viking-Themed Carvery and Bar Mjolner Is Set to Open in Melbourne
The "contemporary Viking luxe" bar will take over the Hardware Lane space once home to Nieuw Amsterdam.
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NewsRené Redzepi's Noma 2.0 Will Take Bookings From Next Week
The two-Michelin star restaurant will open its next iteration in February 2018.
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NewsMelbourne's Inner North Has a New Weekly Food and Wellness Market
The new Rose Street market will showcase a top selection of local food producers each Saturday.
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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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NewsMelbourne's Home of Fairy Floss Hot Chocolate Has Opened a Camberwell Cafe
Hash Specialty Coffee has launched a second location for its decadent breakfast treats.
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NewsLaneway Greens Has Opened a New Licensed Late-Night Wholefoods Canteen
Unlike its 12-seat Flinders Lane venue, the Richmond restaurant has room for 60 diners and serves up coffee and booze.
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NewsThornbury's Moor's Head Has Opened a Second Middle Eastern Pizza Joint
As well as its much-loved pizzas, the Carlton eatery has added haloumi fries and a Middle Eastern tiramisu to its menu.
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FeatureNew in Town: Mount Erica Hotel
This Prahran pub's dormancy is over — and, thanks to the team behind the Marquis of Lorne, has many more glory years ahead of her.
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NewsFood critic Max Brearley's Top Ten Spots for Gastronomes in Margaret River
Eat your way across one of Australia's premier food and wine regions.
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Gallery: Our 'Four Elements'-Themed Dinner at The Stoneleigh Project
Earth, water, fire and air all combined to create a decadent meal paired with wild fermented wines.
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EventBaker's Dozen
Sat, 29 Mar - Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Federation Square, Melbourne
Melbourne's most-loved bakers and pastry icons are coming together for a huge pop-up bake shop at Fed Square.
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EventMoon Dog Bus and Beer Crawl
Sat, 22 Mar, 2025
Moon Dog World, Preston
Sample every brewery under the Moon Dog name on this intra-city adventure, which is travelling from Preston to Footscray for beers, bites and mechanical bull rides.
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EventMoomba Festival
Thu, 6 Mar - Mon, 10 Mar 2025
Yarra River, Melbourne
Viral stars are taking over Fed Square, human-powered gliders will defy physics and 1300 performers are set to enliven the streets across five days of fun.
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EventWindsor Wine Room x St Hugo
Mon, 10 Mar - Sun, 23 Mar 2025
Windsor Wine Room, Windsor
Fine, Barossa red wine and fresh pasta pairings, just in time for autumn.
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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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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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NewsWine Entrepreneur Glen Cassidy's Top Ten Foodie Hot Spots in Sydney
Experience one of the finest dining and drinking scenes on the planet, on the advice of a host with the most.
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NewsThis Tokyo Eatery Just Launched a Ramen Subscription Service
Tokyo residents can now get a bowl of ramen a day for a flat monthly rate.
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NewsEurope Is Getting Its First Underwater Restaurant
Eat seafood under the sea at Norway's marine-set and -themed eatery, Under.
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NewsWickens at Royal Mail Hotel Is Dunkeld's New Fine Dining Restaurant Surrounded by Bush
The menu is centred around produce grown on-site and the floor-to-ceiling windows capture striking views of The Grampians.
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NewsBehind the Cooking of Our 'Four Elements'-Themed Dinner
We asked Project Forty Nine head chef Tim Newitt how he harnessed the elements to create a sensory wine-matched dinner.
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NewsTokyo's Adorable Watermelon Ice Cream Sandwich Has Arrived in Melbourne
Originally created by Dominique Ansel, the dessert is now being served up by Milkcow.
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NewsMelbourne's Got a New Vegan Pub — and There's Not a Parma in Sight
Featuring house-made falafel, halva ice cream and sparkling kombucha on tap.
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NewsMelbourne's Waterside Hotel Has Relaunched as a Three-Storey Multi-Space Pub and Rooftop Bar
The historic building now features five separate hospitality spaces, including a Champagne lounge and a craft beer bar.
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NewsAustralia's First Ever Avocado Cafe Is Popping Up in Sydney
The month-long pop-up will have over 20 avocado items on the menu.
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NewsThe Ascot Lot Is Melbourne's Newest Pop-Up Food Truck Park
As well as food trucks on weekends, the Ascot Vale park will have a jaffle stand open seven days a week.
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NewsAll New Gourmet Adventures to Head the Line-Up at Taste of Melbourne 2017
Start planning your way through the four-day extravaganza of food, art and entertainment.
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NewsNew App EatClub Offers Last-Minute Discounts at Some of Melbourne's Best Restaurants
It allows restaurants to offer real-time discounts at specifically slow or off-peak periods.
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NewsYou Can Own a Piece of Noma's Luxe Scandinavian Decor
As the top restaurant prepares to move to a new Copenhagen site, it's selling off its existing furniture and tableware.
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NewsRyne Is the New Fitzroy North Fine Diner from Acclaimed Chef Donovan Cooke
The acclaimed chef is offering up a modern riff on classic French flavours.
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NewsMerah Is Northcote's New Home of Malaysian Street Food
Serving up fresh and spicy Malaysian flavours with a few Melbourne twists.
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NewsHawthorn's Piccolina Gelateria Is Opening a New Ice Cream Shop in Collingwood
It will be the gelateria's flagship store with a tiled pozetti bench, an open kitchen and a bar for lingering over ice cream.
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NewsMelbourne's Huge Outdoor Night Noodle Markets Are Back for Another Year
One of Melbourne's biggest Asian food events returns for 18 nights of noodles, dumplings and other delights.
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NewsAmsterdam's Dedicated Avocado Eatery Might Be Expanding to Australia
Featuring avo roses on toast, avo poke bowls, avo ice cream and avo daiquiris.
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NewsLello Pasta Bar Is Melbourne's New All-Day Mediterranean Eatery
Now serving up Italian breakfasts, early morning cocktails and eight types of regional-influenced pastas.
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GuideMelbourne's Least Awkward Spots for a First Date
Because first dates are nail-biting enough without the added challenge of picking a good place.
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GuideWhere to Become Human Again in Melbourne After a Big Night Out
Some of Melbourne's best places to turn your hangover around.
