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NewsHow to Make Thievery's Burnt Butter Paprika Hummus at Home
Guaranteed to see you win your next drinks event.
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NewsNeil Perry Has Opened His Lauded Burger Project in Melbourne
The Rockpool executive chef has brought his burgers down south.
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NewsA25 Has Opened a New Pizzeria and Espresso Bar in Melbourne's CBD
Melbourne's latest Italian eatery comes from a team who really know what they're doing.
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NewsSMÄK Food House Is South Yarra's Newest Health-Focused Cafe
Brunch brunch brunch brunch brunch.
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NewsMr Ottorino Is Johnston Street's New Southern Italian Restaurant
Fitzroy just scored a new place for fresh fregola, cannoli and Sicilian beer.
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GuideThe Best French Restaurants in Melbourne
Live out your Parisian dreams with escargot, caviar, steak frites and lobster thermidor at these exceptional French diners in Melbourne.
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GuideWhere to Find the Best Breakfast in Melbourne's CBD
Make time to visit these CBD cafes and never turn up to work hungry again.
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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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NewsGelato Messina's Beautiful Handmade Chocolate Boxes Are Back for Mother's Day
Cream cheese gelato bon bon, Mum?
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NewsChef Adam Liston to Open New Yakitori and Seafood Restaurant Honcho in the CBD
The Northern Light chef's new venture will be built from the ground up.
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NewsGlen Huntly's Workshop Brothers Has Opened a Second Cafe in the CBD
These brewing brothers are bringing quality coffee to Queen Street.
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NewsThis Brooklyn Pizzeria Has Invented a Pizza Box Made Out of Pizza
Introducing your new pizza messiah.
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NewsWhite Mojo Is Melbourne's New Home of Croissant Burgers and Cauliflower Pannacotta
Melbourne, you've outdone yourself.
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RestaurantYakimono
80 Collins Street, Melbourne
This colourful Chris Lucas venture features a futuristic aesthetic and a menu filled with Japanese street food that's cooked over flames.
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BarHotel Nacional
23-25 Hardware Lane, Melbourne
Hotel Nacional is Hardware Lane's five-storey, totally gluten-free Mexican restaurant and bar.
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RestaurantGood Times
214 Saint Georges Road, Fitzroy North
A charmingly low-key joint with drawing paper on the tables and wallet-friendly negronis, wine carafes and pasta dishes for just $9 a pop.
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RestaurantRuzia's Wine
215 Balaclava Road, Caulfield North
When a venue is named after someone's grandmother, it's a telltale sign that the space is likely to be imbued with a lot of heart and soul.
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RestaurantToken
151 Toorak Road, South Yarra
Get around great sashimi and temaki from the raw bar and flame-kissed Japanese eats from the yakitori grill.
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RestaurantGarfield Pizzeria
297 Lygon Street, Carlton
The counter-service pizzeria, named for an orange cat who visited the building site, reimagines the traditional Italian restaurant experience.
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RestaurantKoi Toy
T16, Pentridge Shopping Centre, 1 Champ Street, Coburg
Menu highlights include angel hair tempura King Prawns, sake-cured Ocean Trout, and crunchy fried whitebait with yuzu tartare sauce.
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RestaurantFrenchie
15 Collins Street, Melbourne
Frenchie's big drawcard is that everything on the menu is priced at $14. Yes, you read that correctly.
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BarFlorentino
80 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Littered with Italian murals and quintessentially traditional food, this Italian institution has been pumping since '28.
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NewsHost Is Brunswick's New Nighttime-Focused Eatery
The couple that brought us Twenty & Six have opened a new venue with a focus on dinner.
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NewsWelcomeOver Is the New Australian Website for Crowdsourcing Dinner Parties
Like Airbnb, but pairing amateur chefs with your kitchen.
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NewsThe Ten Best Markets in Melbourne
Spend your Saturday shopping for produce and your Sunday sifting for hidden treasure.
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NewsLet's Waffle N' Shake Is Melbourne's Latest Food Truck and It Is Truly Spectacular
Where the waffles are covered in whipped cream and oreos and the milkshakes are made with salted caramel and popcorn.
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NewsFlour Market Is Launching a Raw, Vegan, Gluten Free Spinoff
Raw cookies, vegan brownies and other sweet treats to make you swoon.
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EventNational Spanish Paella Day at Anada
Sat, 28 Mar - Sun, 29 Mar 2026
Añada Bar & Restaurant, Fitzroy
Expect generous pans, complimentary wine and a lively vibe that evokes the best of sun-soaked Spanish lunches.
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EventSea of Light at Abbotsford Convent
Thu, 9 Apr - Sun, 12 Apr 2026
Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford
This April, swap screen time for something brighter as kids step into a glowing world of creativity and discovery.
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EventMFWF: Feast for Freedom — A Longer Table
Wed, 25 Mar, 2026
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Footscray
This one-night dining experience blends flavour and storytelling, bringing people together through refugee-led dishes that celebrate cultural richness.
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EventVera Blue x Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Orchestral Veil
Sat, 11 Jul, 2026
Hamer Hall, Southbank
The groundbreaking Australian artist is once again reimagining her music with Victoria's top orchestra this July.
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Event'Body Worlds: The Anatomy of Happiness'
Sat, 28 Mar - Sun, 26 Jul 2026
The District Docklands, Docklands
If you’ve ever wondered what’s really going on beneath the surface, this confronting exhibition uses real preserved human bodies to explore anatomy and emotion.
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EventMFWF: Grana After Dark
Thu, 26 Mar - Sat, 28 Mar 2026
Grana, Brunswick East
Bringing a late-night edge to this neighbourhood deli and wine bar, this three-night affair features dimmed lights, cranked volume and a bespoke menu.
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EventMelbourne Design Week 2026
Thu, 14 May - Sun, 24 May 2026
Various Melbourne locations, Melbourne
With over 400 events to explore, the latest instalment of this design-lovers dream spans big ideas and hands-on experiences across architecture, food, fitness, tech and more.
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EventMFWF: Pizza Pronto — James Lowe at Figlia
Thu, 26 Mar, 2026
Figlia, Brunswick East
Bringing London-born pizza innovations to Lygon Street, this one-night takeover combines Michelin-led cred with crowd-pleasing slices.
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Event'The Vinyl Factory: Reverb' at Rising 2026
Fri, 22 May - Mon, 31 Aug 2026
ACMI, Melbourne
Indulge your wax obsession with this immersive vinyl-led exhibition, spanning multiple genres, continents and musical energies.
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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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NewsMelbourne Burger Maestro Jimmy Hurlston to Open Sydney Eatery, Guilty
The Easey's founder is taking his burgs north.
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NewsVegans Rejoice, Smith & Daughters Are Releasing a Cookbook
This might just be your key to unlocking the vegan kingdom.
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NewsGROW Assembly Is Melbourne's New Hospitality Symposium
Get a leg-up into the world of hospo with the help of Melbourne food royalty.
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NewsRoyal Stacks Has Opened a Second Burger Joint in Brunswick
The wildly popular burgers and frozen custard creations have come to Sydney Road.
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NewsA Milkcow Soft Serve Pop-Up Has Opened in Melbourne
Soft serve sundaes topped with everything from fairy floss clouds to a shot of espresso.
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NewsA Food Theme Park Is Opening in Italy Next Year
As if you needed another reason to visit Italy.
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NewsMatcha Mylkbar Is Now Open in St Kilda
With beetroot lattes, coconut bacon, vegan 'eggs' and lots of matcha.
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NewsMelbourne Has a New Pizza Joint Dedicated to Beer, Wine and Calzone
The city's own low-cal calzone zone.
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NewsPierre Roelofs' Dessert Evenings Return to the Inner North
Definitely this week's most exciting resurrection.
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NewsA Chocolate Eating Competition Is Coming to Melbourne
Prahran Market's new chocolate festival looks set to ensure multiple chocolate comas.
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NewsThis Michelin-Starred Restaurant in Hong Kong Is Serving Art You Can Eat
Paint your plate with black garlic, brown truffles and sweet potato puree.
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NewsLVLY Is Delivering Shortstop Hot Cross Doughnuts to Your Door for Easter
Easter Bunny, take note.
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NewsHow to Make Kitchen By Mike's Cucumber, Mirin and Sesame Salad at Home
Eat it at Taste of Sydney, then make it yourself.
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NewsWin a Cocktail Masterclass with Ramblin' Rascal Tavern
Grab three mates and learn how to make signature cocktails — while eating All The Mary's Burgers.
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NewsThe Ten Best Breakfast Bowls in Melbourne
Bowls filled with everything from passionfruit to pudding and cacao to co-yo.
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NewsAustralia Is Getting a Death Star Canteen
You cannot kill catering with a thought at this new Eddie Izzard-inspired eatery.
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NewsThese Melbourne Restaurants are Doing $1 Meals to Help Fight Food Wastage
Eat cheap at Saint Crispin, Bomba and All Day Donuts and save perfectly good grub from becoming garbage.
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NewsUber Is Launching Its Food Delivery Service UberEATS in Melbourne
The only app you'll ever need.
