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NewsSlim's Is Australia's New 50s and 60s-Inspired Burger Chain From Ex-Betty's Staff Members
Now open in Marrickville in Sydney with more stores to come around the country, it serves up classic burgs and ice cream sundaes in retro-styled digs.
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NewsHotel Sorrento Has Announced a Massive Expansion Including a New 30-Metre Pool and Rooftop Yoga Studio
Renovations won't be completed until 2023, but in the meantime the team will host a Summer Souvas pop-up bar.
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NewsDin Tai Fung Is Making Adorable Chocolate and Biscoff Tiger Buns for Lunar New Year
They're stuffed will molten chocolate and biscoff filling — and you can enjoy them in-store or get them delivered frozen to make at home.
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NewsTen Quintessential Places to Eat and Drink Like a Local in Tropical North Queensland
From fresh tropical fruit markets to luxe beachfront dining, there's something to please all palates in the tasty tropics.
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NewsYour Guide to the Best Food and Drink to Try Courtside at the Australian Open
The Australian Open ain't just about the tennis — Melbourne Park's got a slew of top-notch food and drink experiences to sink your teeth into in-between matches.
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FeatureHow to Make Pre-Batched Watermelon Margaritas for Your Next Summer Session
Elevate cocktail hour with this sophisticated food and drink pairing.
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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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NewsMessina's First Luxe Treat of 2022 Is a Box of Fairy Bread, Iced Vovo and Lamington Chocolate Bars
New year, new chance to tuck into Messina's tastiest gelato flavours turned into chocolate bars.
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NewsSeven Creative Cooking Projects to Tackle This Weekend
Hit the kitchen and try one of these culinary creations to pass your time in iso.
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FeatureHow to Make a Spicy Margarita (And What to Pair With It)
Elevate cocktail hour with this sophisticated food and drink pairing.
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FeatureRecipe: How to Make Kousa Mahshi with Sarah Shaweesh of Newtown's Khamsa Cafe
This popular Middle Eastern dish is healthy, wholesome and packed full of flavour.
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NewsDrink Victorian Is the New Initiative Championing Local Booze and Revamping the City's Drinks Lists
The six-month trial program is aimed at helping locals discover the world-class drinks talent found right here in our own backyard.
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NewsKorean-Born Fried Chicken Favourite Bonchon Has Opened Its First Australian Store in Melbourne
Busan's cult chicken brand has brought its signature sauces and hand-brushed, double-fried bird to Craigieburn — and it's celebrating by handing out free wings this weekend.
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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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NewsLune Croissanterie's Lamington Cruffin Is the Next OTT Dessert You Need to Try
It's filled with raspberry jam and whipped cream, then dipped in chocolate ganache and desiccated coconut — and it's only available until the end of January.
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NewsDeliveroo Is Starting 2022 with Free Delivery on Plant-Based Dishes From Over 1500 Restaurants
Kicking off 2022 by ditching meat? Get vegan katsu curries, fried cauliflower burgers and pitas with plant-based lamb brought to your door.
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FeatureHow to Make a Cartel Old Fashioned (And What to Pair With It)
Elevate cocktail hour with this sophisticated food and drink pairing.
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NewsWhat's Open for Eats and Drinks in Melbourne on New Year's Day
Hit one of these spots for a January 1 filled with good food and top-notch drinks.
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NewsWe Asked Top Aussie Butchers For Their Tips on Doing Christmas Meat Differently (and Deliciously)
Recommendations on how to properly pig out according to the ones who know best.
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NewsA List of 24 Melbourne New Year's Eve Events in Case You Haven't Made Plans Yet
Whether you're after a cruisy rooftop party, fancy dinner or lavish cocktail soiree, Melbourne's got your last-minute New Year's Eve plans sorted.
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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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EventPoodle Bar & Bistro's Fifth Birthday
Sun, 9 Mar, 2025
Poodle Bar & Bistro, Fitzroy
This birthday bash features hot Italian sandos, cocktails and other sips, and late-night DJs whipping up a ruckus.
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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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EventNew Order: Australian Tour 2025
Sat, 8 Mar, 2025
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
After their 2020 tour was cut short due to the pandemic, these music icons are returning Down Under.
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EventGet Up and Glow
Sat, 8 Mar, 2025
Bossley Bar & Restaurant, Melbourne
Get your Saturday started in the best way with a yoga class, brekkie and beauty products — all for free.
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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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FeatureSimon Toohey's Three Favourite Plant-Based Breakfasts
The MasterChef Australia alum shares three excellent ways you can start your day.
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NewsAnnouncing Concrete Playground Melbourne's Best of 2021 Award Winners
The very best new Melbourne bars, restaurants, events, lockdown pivots and spaces of the year.
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NewsFive Ways to Support Your Favourite Hospitality Venues This Festive Season
Want to send some extra holiday cheer to a local hospo legend? Here's how.
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NewsThese Are the Great Local Melbourne Cafes Keeping Our Writers Fuelled Right Now
Our writers' top picks for a great local brew.
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FeaturePantry Staples Grazing Platter
For the more last-minute kind of people (you know who you are) — where there's a will, there's a grazing platter.
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GuideThe Best Melbourne Lockdown Pivots of 2021
These takeaway options, food pop-ups and virtual music festivals gave Melbourne's 2021 lockdowns a much-needed silver lining.
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NewsHere's What's Open in Melbourne for Christmas Day Eats and Drinks
Spend Christmas eating and drinking with friends and family at Melbourne's top cafes, bars and restaurants.
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GuideSix Luxe Private Rooms Around Australia for Your Next Baller Night Out
Why book a table when you can book a whole room?
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GuideThe Best New Melbourne Bars of 2021
All the latest and greatest watering holes we welcomed to Melbourne's drinks scene this year.
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NewsB Wise Shares His Six Go-To Playlists to Set the Mood for Any Occasion
Set the mood with these standout playlists handpicked by ARIA-nominated rapper B Wise.
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GuideThe Best New Melbourne Restaurants of 2021
These are the newcomers that you need to try — or revisit — as soon as you can.
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NewsEight Cracking Aussie Wines to Stock Up on for All the Silly Season Festivities You Have Planned
From reasonably priced rieslings for backyard barbies to impressive biodynamic cabernets for the ideal dad gift.
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NewsHow Celebrated Baker Morgan Hipworth Created This Real-Life Take on a Virtual Dessert
The mind behind Bistro Morgan reimagined a classic culinary component of 'Ratchet & Clank: A Rift Apart' for PlayStation to Plate.
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NewsNorth Fitzroy's Terminus Hotel Has Unveiled Its New Fire-Driven, Modern-Australian Restaurant Cinder
The historic pub's new dining offering heroes dry-aged meats and elevated pub classics cooked on the Josper.
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NewsGelatissimo Is Scooping Up Super-Festive Gingerbread Cookie Dough Gelato Just for This Month
The December special pairs choc chip cookie dough with ginger cookie crumble, ginger creme and ginger caramel.
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FeatureFour Easy Gin Cocktails That'll Take You From Brunch to Nightcap
Whether you're after a brunch-time tipple, a breezy afternoon spritz or a sultry nightcap, these gin cocktails will elevate every cocktail hour.
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NewsFour Impressive Garnishes for Pre-Bottled Cocktails When You Want a Drink (But CBF Bartending)
Try these low-effort, high-reward garnishes to level up your next cocktail hour.
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NewsThe Queen Vic Summer Night Market Will Return from January for a Huge Three-Month Comeback Edition
The ever-popular summer night market is back with a weekly Wednesday night serve of food stalls, live music, pop-up bars and shopping.
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GuideSix Melbourne Venues to Visit When All You Want to Do Is Sip a Spritz in the Sunshine
Spend your summer soaking in golden rays and sipping cocktails with your mates at these must-visit Melbourne bars.
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NewsThese Four Wine Venues Have Been Dubbed Australia's Best by the 2021 Wineslinger Awards
Melbourne's Embla is the country's best wine-sipping spot for 2021, while Sydney’s P&V Merchants is the best new vino haunt.
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NewsThese Four Australian Venues Have Been Named in the World's 50 Best Bars for 2021
Sydney's Maybe Sammy came in at number 22, with Cantina OK! and Re also earning a spot — plus Melbourne's Above Board.
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NewsUber Eats Is Giving Away $350,000 Worth of Messina Prizes If You Need Some More Gelato in Your Life
You can score discounts ranging from ten to 50 percent off, free tub upgrades or, if you're particularly lucky, a year's supply of Messina's gelato.
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FeatureFestive Feast Grazing Platter
The most wonderful time of the year for your belly is just around the corner.
