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NewsDessert Master Caroline Khoo Is Hosting a Pre-Valentine's Day Pop-Up
Because nothing says I love you like a chocolate pyramid stuffed with cookies.
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NewsNoma's Rene Redzepi Is Hosting His MAD Food Symposium at the Sydney Opera House
Spend a day with some of the biggest names in food at MAD SYD.
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NewsNorthern Light Is Closing with Chef Adam Liston Headed to the CBD
The chef's closing the doors to his Collingwood eatery to open much bigger ones in the city.
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NewsThis New Sydney Eatery Is Serving Fried Chicken in Sneaker Boxes
Complete with champagne pairings and butter. Lots of butter.
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NewsGourmet Burger Joint Motorhome Majestic Is Coming to Ascot Vale
Another mouth-watering burger joint from the guy behind Grand Trailer Park and Truck Stop Deluxe.
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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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NewsSeven Deep Fried Foods You Need to Try on Your Next Visit to Japan
Rice, Noodle, Fish author Matt Goulding gives us a guide to the deep fried.
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NewsHow to Barbecue Like a Kansas-Approved Barbecue Boss
It's time to go to the butcher and get serious.
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NewsUp in Smoke Is Footscray's Newest (and Only) Barbecue Joint
Expect slow-cooked meats, craft beer on tap and a grocery store selling all your barbecue needs.
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NewsNoma Australia Is Now Open and This is What the Food Looks Like
Abalone schnitzel, dried scallop pie and rum lamingtons with tamarind.
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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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NewsMelbourne's Getting a Twilight Cheese Festival
It's called Cheese Please because of course it is.
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NewsMelbourne's Newest Outdoor Cinema Combines Films with Gourmet Cuisine
The only outdoor cinema where the menu is matched to the movie.
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NewsFive Healthy Snacks for When You're Reaching for the Biscuit Tin
Afternoon slump at your desk? Avoid the Tim Tams.
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NewsThis Fitzroy Eatery Is Teaching You How to Make Your Own Delicious Food and Drink at Home
Cheese, coffee, charcuterie, craft beer — the works.
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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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NewsTen Food and Drink Trends That Will Be All Up in Your Face in 2016
We predict you'll be sniffing cocktails, sipping algae and eating potato for dessert.
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NewsFitzroy's Casa Ciuccio Now Has a Cafe and Wine Store
Natural wines, slow-cooked meats and a Big Ass Breakfast.
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NewsCoffee Flour Could Soon be Caffeinating a Baked Good Near You
You know what this means: caffeinated doughnuts.
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NewsDessert King Pierre Roelofs Is Opening a Pop-Up Soft Servery
Forget all about your healthy New Year's resolutions.
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NewsDoughboys Doughnuts Have Just Opened a Permanent Store
Doughnuts – is there anything they can't do?
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NewsCopper Pot Seddon Is the Inner West's New European Eatery
Try lesser-known dishes from Hungary, Croatia and beyond.
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GuideBest of Melbourne 2015: Our Favourite New Cafes
From lobster doughnut rolls to fairy floss hot chocolates, we've brunched pretty well this year.
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GuideBest of Melbourne 2015: Our Favourite New Restaurants
From hot meat doughnuts to sushi master sashimi, we ate well this year.
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NewsCadbury’s New Chocolate Flavours Take This Whole Sweet-Savoury Thing Way Too Far
Kale crème? You've got to be kidding.
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NewsAxil Coffee Roasters Open CBD Cafe With a Richmond Location on the Way
Axil's caffeinated empire expands.
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NewsEmbla Is the New Wine Bar From the Town Mouse Team
One of our favourite places now has a sister CBD wine bar.
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NewsHunter and Barrel Is Melbourne's New Home of Coal-Roasted Cuisine
Hearty, chargrilled food and barrel aged wine aplenty.
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NewsThese Coffee Gummy Cubes Could Replace Your Morning Cup of Joe
Keep some cold drip in your back pocket.
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NewsGelato Messina's Latest Creation Is a Christmas Decoration You Can Eat
Be the most popular person at Christmas dinner.
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NewsThe Incredible Potential of Native Foods and Why We Aren't Eating More of Them
Why aren’t we downing magpie goose and Kakadu plums?
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NewsMr Miyagi's Got a Cute New Addition, Yukie's Snack Bar
We knew there was a reason Miyagi loved Yukie.
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