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NewsComing Soon: Four Former 'MasterChef Australia' Stars Are Setting Up a Pop-Up Restaurant in Crown
It's like a real-life restaurant challenge that you can experience — and judge — for yourself.
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NewsThe Best Places in Melbourne to Take Your Mum This Mother's Day (or Any Day)
Here are the best spots to visit on Mother's Day in Melbourne, from luxuriously long lunches and boozy brunches to winery garden parties and one-off high teas.
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NewsThe 17 Best Set Menus in Melbourne That You Can Order for Under $100
Sample a large chunk of the menu without breaking the bank when ordering some of the top set menus in Melbourne.
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NewsKew's Much-Loved Cafe Ora Has Doubled in Size and Now Transforms Into a Wine Bar at Night
You can now stop by Ora for a late-night wine and snacking sesh without having to fight over a table.
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NewsNow Open: Mordialloc's Pan-Asian Street Food Restaurant Bang Bang Has Launched an Outpost in Hampton
The new outpost is cooking up a fusion of Southeast Asian, Japanese, Korean and Indian eats.
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NewsByron Bay's Caper Food and Culture Festival Is Back for 2024 with a Ten-Day Program Curated by Louis Tikaram
The chef from Brisbane's Stanley has put together a lineup filled with fellow culinary stars, long lunches, a yakitori party and a five-course smoke-fuelled feast.
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GuideThe 14 Best French Restaurants in Melbourne Right Now
Live out your Parisian dreams with escargot, caviar, steak frites and lobster thermidor at these exceptional French diners in Melbourne.
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GuideMelbourne's 20 Most Popular Cafes of 2024
Here's where you've been getting your breakfast, brunch, lunch and caffeine fixes during 2024.
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GuideMelbourne's 20 Most Popular Restaurants of 2024
These are the spots you went looking for this year, from stunning beachside restaurants and CBD fine-diners to neighbourhood haunts and hidden Chinatown gems.
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NewsTen of the Best Grown-Up Christmas Treats to Try in Melbourne for 2024
This Christmas in Melbourne, you can take home gelato-filled cakes, eggnog cruffins and decadent trifles, or go out for festive high teas and gingerbread house workshops.
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GuideThe 14 Best Omakase in Melbourne
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 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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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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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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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: Yarraville's TZAKI Will Be a Takeaway Cafe by Day and Contemporary Athenian Meze Bar by Night
Alex Xinis is bringing Athens to Yarraville with his new all-day diner TZAKI, set to open in May.
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NewsYou Can Give Mum a Taste of La Dolce Vita This Mother's Day with Piccolina's Gelato-Filled Bonbons
These decadent, bite-sized treats have all been handmade by Piccolina's pastry chefs.
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NewsVivid Food's 2024 Lineup Features Top International Chefs, Fire Kitchen at The Goods Line and a Messina Milk Bar
Manoella Buffara of Brazil's Manu Restaurant will get cooking in Sydney — and Michelin-starred chefs Max Coen, Sally Abé and Ivan Brehm are on their way, too.
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NewsNow Open: Peruvian and Cantonese Cuisines Combine at Brunswick's New Bar and Restaurant Casa Chino
Hospo veterans Vincent Lombino and Jared Thibault have brought Chifa cuisine to Melbourne.
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NewsNow Open: Niku Shiki Is Now Serving Up Its Premium Cuts of Wagyu in Melbourne's CBD
Melbourne Central's new wagyu-centric outpost operates as a sleek restaurant, a takeaway joint, and an in-house butcher and grocer all rolled into one.
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GuideA Day and Night Guide to Paddington
From fine art and fancy dinners to sublime pub feeds and twilight bevvies, Paddington's still got it going on.
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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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NewsArnott's Is Making Its 2023 April Fool's Joke a Reality by Releasing Jatz-Inspired Tim Tams
Can't choose between crackers and chocolate biscuits? Soon, you won't have to (although these new Tim Tams don't actually include any Jatz).
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NewsBen & Jerry's Free Cone Day Is Returning in 2024 to Give Away One Million Scoops Worldwide
Mark Tuesday, April 16 in your diary — that's when the ice cream brand is scooping up freebies this year.
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NewsDegustations Don't Get Much More Magical Than NEL's Returning 11-Course Disney-Themed Feast
This enchanted menu is back in Sydney for a fifth time, complete with dishes inspired by 'Frozen', '101 Dalmatians', 'The Jungle Book' and more.
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NewsYou Can Eat Your Way Through a Different Region of Asia Each Week at 2024's Hawker 88 Night Market at QVM
Spend your Wednesday nights jumping from food stall to food stall as you soak up the flavours, sights and sounds of Asia — no passport required.
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NewsWhat's Open in Melbourne Across the 2024 Easter Long Weekend
Want to fill your weekend with top-notch eating and drinking? Here's where to go.
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NewsNow Open: Babae Is Ballarat's New Degustation-Only Restaurant Championing Goldfields Produce
The hotel dining revolution has made its way to Ballarat as Hotel Vera launches its intimate fine-diner.
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EventThe Jungle Giants (DJ Set) at Canadian Club's Australian Open Party
Sun, 12 Jan, 2025
Canadian Club Racquet Club, Melbourne
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EventMelbourne Marriott Docklands Rooftop Infinity Pool Pass
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 - Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Melbourne Marriott Hotel Docklands, Docklands
Spend your summer days sipping spritzes and paddling around this rooftop infinity pool.
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EventBaby's Summer of Spritz
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
Baby Pizza, Richmond
Baby's summertime happy hour deal includes a bunch of $9.50 spritzes, $6.5 Peroni Rossas and a $7.50 house wine.
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EventUnderground: The Hidden Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto
Sun, 17 Nov 2024 - Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Melbourne Holocaust Museum, Elsternwick
This is the first time the archive has been exhibited outside of Europe.
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EventNGV Friday Nights: Yayoi Kusama
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 - Fri, 18 Apr 2025
NGV International, Melbourne
The NGV's big Yayoi Kusama exhibition is hosting after-hours parties so you can spend Friday evenings surrounded by dots and pumpkins.
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EventRenegades Cricket Derby
Sun, 12 Jan, 2025
Marvel Stadium, Docklands
Let the sparks fly as the Renegades Derby sees the Big Bash League reach fever pitch.
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EventDouble Shot Maggie: Irish Live Music
Sat, 7 Dec 2024 - Sat, 4 Jan 2025
The Quiet Man Irish Pub, Kensington
A night full of singing, dancing, and laughing is in store at The Quiet Man Irish Pub
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EventStars Melbourne Derby
Sat, 4 Jan, 2025
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Richmond
Experience the Stars Derby as the city’s most zealous cricket fans cheer their team to victory.
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EventThe Other Art Fair
Thu, 30 Jan - Sun, 2 Feb 2025
The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne
Showcasing works from emerging contemporary artists, alongside live tattooing, immersive installations and cocktails, this art fair does things a little differently.
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EventNew Year's Eve in Melbourne's Southside
Tue, 31 Dec, 2024
Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne
It’s officially time to start sorting out your New Year’s Eve plans.
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NewsBaker Bleu Will be Slinging Pizzas, Pastries and Loaded Sangas From Its New Cremorne Cafe This Spring
The Melbourne bakery is branching out into the all-day dining cafe scene with this new venture.
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NewsComing Soon: Sri Lankan Hoppers Get the Spotlight at This New Prahran Diner From the Founder of Entrecôte
These light, crispy bowl-shaped pancakes take centre stage at the Hopper Joint.
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NewsComing Soon: Chris Lucas Is Opening His Third Chin Chin Outpost at Geelong's GMHBA Stadium
Even though it's set within Kardinia Park, the new Chin Chin in Geelong isn't just for sports fans.
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NewsNow Open: D.O.C Has Landed in St Kilda with a Heap of Exclusive Site-Only Seafood Dishes
The new seaside site is the seventh notch in D.O.C's Italian restaurant belt.
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NewsLune Has Brought Back Its Hot Cross Cruffins and Triple-Choc Pains au Chocolat to Make Easter Extra Tasty
Add Lune's March specials to your Easter treat list — it's also whipping up a lamington-croissant hybrid just for the month.
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NewsNine of the Best Grown-Up Easter Treats to Try in Melbourne
Have your very own adult Easter hunt this year, running around the city to find the best hot cross buns, easter eggs, high teas and spiced cocktails.
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NewsA Bon Vivant's Guide to the Noosa Eat & Drink Festival 2024
Savour the Sunshine State with the return of the anticipated foodie festival.
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NewsPiccolina's Decadent Gelato-Stuffed Chocolate Eggs Are Back for Easter
Piccolina has pimped up its Easter eggs once again this year, filling them with limited-edition gelatos and creamy ganaches.
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NewsMessina's Easter 2024 Treat Is a One-Kilogram Egg Filled with Milo Gelato, Oreo Cookie Chunks and Hazelnut Caramel
This Easter egg is made to serve six — but if you're keen to keep it to yourself, we understand.
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NewsNow Open: Shusai Mijo Brings Sophisticated Omakase to Fitzroy's Less-Than-Formal Johnston Street
Three Warabi alums have struck out on their own, championing Kappo-style omakase in Melbourne's inner north.
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NewsTwo Australian Eateries Have Been Named in the Top Five Pizzerias in the Asia Pacific for 2024
Melbourne's 48h Pizza e Gnocchi Bar and Sydney's Al Taglio couldn't be split at the 2024 50 Top Pizza awards.
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NewsPidapipo Has Gone All Out for Easter with Special Edition Chocolate Eggs, Gelato and Hot Cross Buns
The team isn't only making gelato in Fitzroy — they've become bakers and chocolatiers this Easter as well.
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NewsLucia Is Melbourne's Latest Med-Inspired Restaurant and Wine Bar with Caviar Service and a 400-Strong Wine List
Even though this particular style of drinking and dining is all over Melbourne these days, Lucia has a team of local hospo heavyweights ready to fight off the competition.
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NewsNow Open: Ronin Is Reinventing Omakase in Melbourne, One Lit Night Out at a Time
Like an ancient ronin samurai, Chef Patrick Kwong has no master. He's breaking the rules and doing omakase his own way.
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NewsComing Soon: Royal Stacks Is Getting a Huge New CBD Home for All Things Burgers
The two-storey burger joint will be serving up its signature fast-food eats alongside a selection of new and exclusive creations.
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NewsComing Soon: D.O.C Is Taking Its Handmade Pasta and Woodfired Pizza Waterside with New St Kilda Outpost
This will be the seventh notch in the group's restaurant belt and its very first with seaside views.
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NewsCheese Alert: Australian Dairy Festival Mould and Its All-Inclusive Tastings Are Returning for 2024
More than 100 varieties of cheese will be on offer when this all-you-can-sample dairy festival starts touring the country from May.
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NewsPenny for Pound Is Teaming Up with Holla Gelato on Epic Hot Cross Bun Gelato Sandwiches for Easter
Hot cross bun season is already upon us — and these have got to be some of the most decadent ones out there.
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NewsChef Motokichi Yukimura From Kyoto's Kichi Kichi Is Bringing His Viral Omurice to Melbourne
The Japanese chef will cook his speciality dish, and collaborate with Ishizuka Head Chef Shin Kato to highlight Japanese flavours.
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NewsNow Open: Robin's Deli Is Feeding Melbourne's Obsession with Loaded Sangas Down in Cheltenham
It's serving up everything from sausage and egg brekkie rolls and four-cheese Vegemite toasties to healthy veggie sandwiches and decked-out meatball subs.
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NewsMorgan Hipworth Has Opened His Third Melbourne Eatery Maven in Fitzroy at Just 22 Years of Age
The rising star in Melbourne's hospo scene is showing how he can do more than just desserts.
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NewsKFC Is Giving Away Free International Trips So You Can Enjoy Its Fried Chicken Around the World
You just need to look for the chain's international products in the KFC app, then place an order — and you could win an overseas getaway.
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NewsKrispy Kreme Is Giving Swifties (and Everyone) a Free Doughnut Today If You Head in Wearing Friendship Bracelets
Whether you're lucky enough to be seeing the 'Eras' tour or not, you'll find some happiness in the form of free doughnuts.
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NewsSeaside Japanese Joint Ichi Ni St Kilda Has Been Sold and Is Shutting Down at the End of This Week
If you can't make it down for the restaurant's final week of service, you can always hit up its younger sibling Ichi Ni Nana Izakaya in Fitzroy.
