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GuideMelbourne's Best New Cafes of 2020
Start your day at one of our favourite newcomers — there are spots dedicated to Japanese-style soufflé pancakes, rare coffee and incredibly flaky leatherwood honey croissants.
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NewsThe Yarra's Overwater Bar Ponyfish Island Has Just Reopened Following an Impressive Makeover
The long-standing bar now has a Miami-inspired fit-out, summery cocktails and, for the first-time ever, tap beers.
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NewsSeven Cocktail Bars to Dip Into When You Don't Want the Night to End Yet
Nip in for a nightcap at these top bars.
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NewsSeven Melbourne Venues Are Transforming Into International Holiday Destinations for Summer
Sip frozen margaritas surrounded by cacti, eat karaage chicken under cherry blossom trees and wear flower crowns on a Coachella-inspired rooftop.
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NewsBen & Jerry's and Uber Eats are Delivering Free Ice Creams to Celebrate the Start of Summer
You'll have to hunt down a code via Instagram first — and the giveaway is on offer in different cities on different days.
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NewsThree Blue Ducks' First Melbourne Outpost Has Made Its Home at Urbnsurf
You can eat vibrant farm-to-table dishes and sip sustainably focused drinks, overlooking a two-hectare surf lagoon, at this new Melbourne spot.
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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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NewsFour Simple Tequila Spritzes to Whip Up for Your Next Summer Fiesta
Liven up your summer drinks list with these easy-to-make cocktails.
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NewsZymurgy Is Footscray's New Outdoor Bar from the Minds Behind Hop Nation and Navi
This al fresco eatery celebrates the art of fermentation with elevated barbecue fare and local craft booze.
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FeatureThe Cake Tales
This year, more than ever, we've learned to appreciate life's small pleasures.
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NewsBass and Flinders Has Released a Spiced Christmas Brandy If You Need Something to Sip with Pudding
It's made with spices such as nutmeg, clove and cardamom, plus dried currants, cranberries and apricots.
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NewsWe're Giving Away Luxe Picnic Hampers to Help You Make the Most of Summer
Level up your next afternoon park session with dips, artisanal crackers, mini desserts and six bottles of Aussie vino.
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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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NewsHemingway's Wine Room Is East Melbourne's New Art Deco-Inspired Bar and Brasserie
The bar features cushy red banquettes, chic Euro-accented fare and a cocktail list filled with Ernest Hemingway favourites.
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NewsQueensland Is Now Home to a Self-Guided Wine Trail That Showcases More Than 70 Wineries
And vineyards and cellar doors, too — spanning from Scenic Rim to the Sunshine Coast.
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NewsYou Can Now Hang Tiny Bottles of Booze From Your Christmas Tree If You're Keen to Feel Extra Festive
They're Christmas baubles, and they're filled with ready-to-drink cocktails.
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NewsEverleigh-After Is the New Multi-Sensory Melbourne Dining Series Popping Up in a Futuristic Cube
This true feast for the senses is a collaboration between The Everleigh, Peter Gunn and new creative culinary concept SSIXX.
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NewsCraft Cartel Liquor Has Created Australia's Largest Case of Craft Beer for an Extra Merry Christmas
The giant timber box comes with 100 tinnies from 25 of Australia's best-loved indie breweries.
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NewsHospitality and Other Casual Workers Will Get Sick Pay Under a Two-Year Victorian Government Trial
The State Government-funded trial will see casual workers provided with up to five days of paid sick or carers leave.
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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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NewsNew Year Street Feasts Is Melbourne's New Citywide End-of-Year Food Festival
The inaugural two-day festival features 11 outdoor dining precincts and dozens of top local restaurants.
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NewsKitKat Has Released Christmas Feast-Themed Packs with Baked Ham and Pudding-Flavoured Chocolates
There's also a prosciutto, melon and champagne variety — and honey glazed carrots.
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NewsTop-Notch Local Tipples in Trying Times: Three WA Companies Making Must-Sip Drinks in 2020
Meet the standout local drinks brands that were voted the state's favourites as part of the BWS Local Luvvas initiative.
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NewsTop-Notch Local Tipples in Trying Times: Three SA Companies Making Must-Sip Drinks in 2020
Meet the standout local drinks brands that were voted the state's favourites as part of the BWS Local Luvvas initiative.
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GuideNine Summery Courtyards for When You Want to Kick Off Cocktail Hour Before Dark
Start the night with an openair old-fashioned or a sunset sour.
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NewsGum Is Collingwood's New 70s-Themed Tiny Pub with Retro Cocktails and Pies
You can pair Big Mac pies with banana cream daiquiris at Johnston Street's newest venue.
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NewsFour Pillars Has Been Named the World's Best Gin Producer for a Second Year
The Yarra Valley-based distillery took out top honours again at the International Wine and Spirits Competition in London.
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NewsYou Can Now Get DIY Gelato Messina Cocktail Kits Delivered to Your Door Just In Time for Summer
Cocktail Porter will deliver receive everything you need to make dulce de leche espresso martinis — or gin-fuelled coconut and lychee piña coladas.
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NewsThis Sydney Pub Is Now Serving Up 'Super Schooners' That Let You Carry Four Beers At Once
They're comprised of four wedge-shaped glasses, that bunch together to resemble one huge schooner.
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NewsFive Ways You Can Transform Your Outdoor Space for Parties This Summer
Make your get-together feel extra special this summer.
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NewsAn Openair Beer Garden Has Landed on the Rooftop of The Prince Hotel's Car Park
Enjoy gin cocktails, deep-pan pizzas and beer icy poles while overlooking the bay at this pop-up bar.
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NewsThe Mighty Is Moonee Ponds' New Three-Level Temple of Aussie Craft Booze
This light-filled, 14-tap gastropub is from the drinks collective behind Jetty Road Brewery, Brogan's Way and more.
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NewsNestle Has Announced the New Names for Two of Its Classic Allen's Lollies
Those chewy red lollies are now Red Ripper and the brand's chocolate-flavoured, people-shaped candy are Cheekies.
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NewsWe're Giving Away a Bottle of Glenmorangie's New Cake-Inspired Whisky
Get experimental with this limited-edition single malt scotch in your own home.
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NewsAttica Is Opening a Sprawling New Restaurant in the Yarra Valley This Summer
The fun and casual Attica Summer Camp will kick off a five-month stint in this December.
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NewsA Two-Day Food and Wine Celebration Is Coming to Melbourne for New Year's Eve
The NYE fireworks will not go ahead this year, but, instead, Melbourne will be filled with European-inspired pop-up dining precincts.
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NewsThe Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Has Released a Gin with All Profits Going to Bushfire Recovery
Only 1000 bottles of the special gin are available.
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NewsLittle Prince Wine Is the New Euro-Chic Bar and Cellar Inside The Prince Hotel
The final piece of the hotel's hefty four-year refurb features a 4000-strong wine collection and an elegant underground cellar.
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NewsA $1.3-Million Rooftop Bar Has Just Opened Atop Richmond's Harlow Pub
The expansive space offers sweeping city views, cocktails in bags and bottomless weekend brunches.
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NewsKilljoy Drinks Is Australia's Soon-to-Launch Curated Online Store for Non-Alcoholic Beverages
It's set to launch in December — just in time for the festive season.
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NewsDeliveroo Is Delivering $1 Meals Across Australia This Week to Celebrate Its Fifth Birthday
And it isn't charging to bring them to your door, either.
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NewsThese Four Wine Venues Have Been Named Australia's Best by the 2020 Wineslinger Awards
Wine lovers in Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Geelong, rejoice.
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NewsAward-Winning Restaurant Attica Is Offering Intimate Ten-Person Dinners for a Limited Time
The dinners will run until mid-December — and cost a cool $5000 per table.
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NewsCalia Has Opened the Doors to Its New Two-Storey Emporium Site
It's home to a gourmet grocer, modern Japanese restaurant and coffee bar.
