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NewsA Rundown of All the Things You Can Eat at Melbourne CBD's New Food Precinct Ella
Korean-style fried chicken burgers, Nepalese dumplings, organic Israeli feasts — it's a lot.
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GuideFive Beautifully Designed Eateries in Melbourne Where You Can Get a Visual (and Actual) Feast
These stunning spots are getting just as much attention for their decor as they are for the tasty food.
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NewsLeo's Is South Yarra's New Nostalgia-Heavy Restaurant Serving New York-Style Pizza by the Slice
Opening in the former Ramblr site, the neon-lit joint has a beer vending machine and a pie topped with vegan Chinese bolognese.
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GuideFive Melbourne Restaurants Perfect for a Date Night (and Every Budget)
Make your bank account one less thing to worry about on your next big date night with these affordable options.
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NewsThis New Vodka Is Made From Grain From the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
The artisanal tipple is radioactive-free — and you might soon be able to buy it.
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FeaturePerfect Pairing: Pork Hock with Thai Red Chilli
Spice things up in the kitchen with this fiery chilli and coconut dish.
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GuideAll the New Melbourne Restaurant and Bar Openings to Try This Summer 2025
Whether you’re chasing a rooftop spritz, a long lunch by the coast or a hidden laneway wine bar, these new openings are setting the pace for summer.
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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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GuideThe Best Greek Restaurants in Melbourne
You're in for good times, flowing drinks and belly-filling feeds at these Greek establishments.
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NewsThese Are the 15 Best Set Menus in Melbourne for Under $100
From set menus with a side of karaoke to omakase-style degustations, Greek feasts to vegan banquets, these are the best feed me menus around town.
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NewsWestfield Doncaster Shopping Centre Is Getting a New $30 Million Rooftop Food Precinct
With 14 restaurants, a sculpture garden and lots of leafy spaces.
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Red Rock Deli Secret Supper Recap: Chris Yan
A look back at all the happenings from Chris Yan's secret dinner inspired by Red Rock Deli's new limited-edition chips.
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NewsChunky Town Is Melbourne's New Hole-in-the-Wall Serving Up a Cheesy Korean Street Food Snack
The snack-on-a-stick is a little bit like a dagwood dog, but cheesier.
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NewsEverything You Need to Know About Rum Now That Warmer Days Are Ahead
Get acquainted with the spirit most commonly associated with tropical island vacays, pirates and Hemingway.
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NewsA New Breed of Breweries and Distilleries Is Opening in Melbourne's Inner City
These newly opened and soon-to-come spots are transforming Melbourne's craft booze scene.
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NewsA Look Inside QT Melbourne's Lavish New Plant-Filled Private Champagne Room
The hotel's new Art of the Wild private dining room lets you — and 19 of your closest mates — escape the city with fancy plates and Perrier-Jouët.
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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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RestaurantLaura
Pt Leo Estate, 3649 Frankston-Flinders Road, Merricks
A faultless degustation-only restaurant in the middle of a 50-acre Mornington Peninsula winery and sculpture park.
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RestaurantBar Sophia
161 Burke Road, Glen Iris
Central Park village has been reinvigorated with a new Aegean offering on Burke Road, inspired by the new wave of Athenian wine bars.
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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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RestaurantTokyo Tina
66A Chapel Street, Windsor
Located on the vibrant Windsor end of Chapel Street, Tokyo Tina is an energetic and modern Japanese restaurant, serving consistently top-quality food from its kitchen.
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RestaurantTo Be Frank Bakery
3 Village Avenue, Brunswick East
Here, you can watch the bread and pastries take shape, with this much-loved bakery's new location inviting customers closer to the action.
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Restaurant98 Lygon Street Bar & Bistro
98 Lygon Street, Brunswick East
The menu blends classic bistro dishes and Mediterranean flavours, while also showcasing local produce.
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RestaurantTyga
91 Koornang Road, Carnegie
The neo-Southeast Asian restaurant channels the energy, rhythm and flavour of 1970s Bangkok with a nostalgic retro fit-out, non-stop spinning vinyls, and a bold and creative menu.
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NewsMornington Peninsula's Jetty Road Brewery Is Opening a Multi-Storey Brewpub in South Melbourne
The Market Street beer oasis will boast a fully operational microbrewery and a 250-seat restaurant.
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NewsYou Can Now Get Your Weekly Shop from the Queen Vic Market Delivered Straight to Your Front Door
The market launched an online shop and delivery service that includes everything from prawns to steak, organic fruit and veg, bread and even wine.
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GuideThe Best Spots in Melbourne to Get a Next-Level Fried Chicken Burger
Eat your way through the city's best crispy, crunchy fried chook burgs.
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NewsThe Yarra Valley's Jamsheed Is Opening a Ground-Breaking Urban Winery in Preston
Complete with a fully functional winery, cellar door and woodfired pizza.
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NewsVincent's Marketplace Is Fitzroy's New 100 Percent Vegan Supermarket and Cafe
Everything — from the doughnuts to the dumplings, 'fried chicken' and condensed milk — is vegan.
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NewsBodriggy's Huge 400-Person Brewpub in an Abbotsford Warehouse Is Officially Open For Business
The former mechanics warehouse is home to a stack of brews (wines and cocktails) on tap, giant cauliflower steaks and a bottle shop is on the way.
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Eventadidas Block Party
Thu, 15 Jan, 2026
Sixty-Five Dover, Cremorne
Kick off the sport of the summer at this exclusive Block Party.
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Event2026 St Albans Lunar New Year
Sun, 18 Jan, 2026
Alfrieda Street, St Albans, St Albans
Get immersed in good vibes for the year ahead, as this sprawling LNY event takes over with street food, fireworks and live performances.
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EventCelsius 7-Eleven Pop-Up Party
Sat, 17 Jan, 2026
7-Eleven Brunswick, Brunswick
Be a part of Australia's first-ever convenience store rave.
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EventKeys Gone Wild at the Espy Melbourne
Fri, 23 Jan, 2026
Hotel Esplanade, Saint Kilda
Every Friday night head to The Espy's Sunroom for crowd sing-alongs, classic hits and chart-topping belters performed live on the piano.
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EventMr West Presents Northwest Connect
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 - Sun, 1 Feb 2026
Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne
Expand your horizons, as four venues — two in Footscray and two in Carlton — invite guests to drink and dine in celebration of the new Metro Tunnel's launch.
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EventYoung Franco at AO Hilltop
Sun, 18 Jan, 2026
Birrarung Marr, Melbourne
Ring in the start of the Australian Open's main draw action with this free high-energy gig set against the city skyline.
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EventLimited-Edition January Flavours at Pidapipo
Thu, 1 Jan - Sat, 31 Jan 2026
Various Melbourne locations, Melbourne
Available for one month only, this selection of limited-edition scoops might just be the best way to catch a break from the January heat.
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EventRooftop Racquet Club at QT Melbourne
Thu, 8 Jan - Sun, 1 Mar 2026
QT Melbourne, Melbourne
Keep an ace up your sleeve this summer, as this glamorous hotel serves up a rooftop pickleball court, signature cocktails and late-night DJs.
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EventSummer Under The Roof: Quealy Winemakers and D.O.C Gastronomia Mornington
Sat, 27 Dec 2025 - Sun, 25 Jan 2026
Quealy Winemakers, Balnarring
Fill your weekends with award-winning wine and top-quality pizza, as this vine-side collaboration takes over summer with culinary goodness.
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EventDome Under Fulldome Festival
Fri, 30 Jan - Sun, 1 Feb 2026
Scienceworks, Spotswood
Head to Melbourne Planetarium to see 39 films from around the world at Australia's only fulldome film festival.
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NewsHoly Crumpets Is Melbourne CBD's Cafe Devoted Entirely to the Golden Breakfast Snack
You can top your crumpet with the likes of dark roasted peanut butter, passionfruit curd with ricotta or truffle and pecorino.
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NewsThe 160-Year-Old Tooborac Hotel Is Opening a Pie Shop and Pub in a Carlton Warehouse
The historic country pub is bringing its famed beers and pies to the city.
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NewsA Bluffer's Guide to Minimal Intervention Winemaking
This cheat sheet won't just explain what wild fermented wine is — it'll tell you how to drink it and what to drink it with.
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FeatureThe Gin List
For a clear spirit, gin is full of complexities. So we've teamed up with Tanqueray to delve into its storied past, unveil its intricacies and help you become a seasonal gin connoisseur.
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GuideFive Melbourne Eateries for When You Want to Show How 'In the Know' You Are
These buzzing spots are guaranteed to impress.
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GuideA Food and Wine Lover's Guide to Spending a Weekend in Canberra
Turn your weekend getaway into an epicurean adventure.
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GuideWhere to Find a Banquet Menu Under $100 for Every Occasion
Whether you're celebrating a win at work or heading out for date night, these set menus will give you the biggest bang for your buck.
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NewsThe Pizza Slices to Seek Out When Nothing But Cheese, Dough and Sauce Will Cheer You Up
Hot, cheesy and chewy — there's nothing like the comfort that comes from a good slice of pizza.
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GuideThe Five Most Over-the-Top Takeaway Eats to Get in Melbourne
From pizza slices bigger than your head to a Korean sandwich packed with egg salad and jam (yes, really).
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NewsEther Is Avondale Heights' Lush New Cafe with a Dangerously Yolky Breakfast Burger
Head west for specialty coffee and Turkish twists on brunch favourites.
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GuideWhere to Have a High-Flying Feed When You Have a Win at Work
If you're going to celebrate, you may as well go do it at one Melbourne's top restaurants.
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NewsTokyo's Music Bar Is Taking Over Black Pearl For a Night As Part of a Global Bar Swap
The globe-trotting series is helmed by UK spirits label Ableforth's, so expect gin cocktails aplenty.
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NewsMelbourne's 400 Gradi Has Been Named the Best Pizzeria in Oceania, Again
It's the second year in a row that Johnny Di Francesco's acclaimed pizzeria has claimed the title at the 50 Top Pizza awards in Naples.
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NewsMiddle Eastern Restaurant Souk Is Sporting a Slick Makeover and a Brand New Bar
The neon-drenched space has had a revamp, welcoming the plant-based Handsome Bar.
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NewsMono-XO Is Fitzroy's Soon-to-Open Yakitori and Rock 'n' Roll Bar
A 25-seat bar by Romeo Lane's Joe Jones and an ex-Momofuku Seiobo chef.
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GuideFive Places to Go When You're Hungry and Only a Big Cheesy Bowl of Gnocchi Will Do
Whether you're looking to eat it for breakfast, grab some on your way home, or tuck into a bowl for dinner, these are the best places to get gnocchi in Melbourne.
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GuideWhere to Find a Big Bowl of Warming Noodles This Winter
Warm those winter-weary bones with steaming bowl of hearty broth (plus, a few extras).
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NewsFive Activities to Track Down That'll Keep Your Winter Nights Warm
Resist the urge to crawl straight home after work and warm up with these happenings instead.
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GuideFive Spots Dishing Out the Most Authentic Buffalo Wings in Melbourne
We might be a long way from upstate New York, but that doesn't mean you can't find fried chicken just as good (and without the long-haul flight).
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NewsTetto di Carolina Is South Yarra's Soon-to-Open Italian Rooftop Cocktail Bar
A sophisticated eatery with fun snacks and cocktails is opening atop Bar Carolina this month.
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NewsActivities to Plan For Your Birthday When You Don't Want to Make it a Big Deal (But Kinda Do)
Eight different things to do when it's time to celebrate little 'old' you.
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NewsThe World's First Drive-Through-Only KFC Is Opening in Australia
A trial concept store is being built in Newcastle, featuring multiple drive-through lanes.
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NewsHow to Experience the Best of WA's Food and Outdoors at This Sprawling Food and Wine Festival
Eat your way around some of the state's most picturesque spots —from boats and beaches to lakeside cabins and woodland estates.
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NewsBodriggy Is Abbotsford's Soon-to-Open 400-Person Brewpub in a Former Mechanics Warehouse
It will boast 64 taps, a bottle shop and Latin American eats by an ex-Vue de Monde chef.
