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NewsTrinket Is Flinders Lane's New Art Deco Two-Storey Cocktail Bar
A plush cocktail lounge with a secret basement bar, fireplace and boozy brunch sessions.
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NewsMelbourne Is Getting a New Riverside Food Precinct Curated by Acclaimed Chef Scott Pickett
The 2000-square-metre food precinct will be part of a new residential development in Melbourne's north.
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NewsWe're Giving Away a Year's Worth of Fries
Yes, that's right. You could win 365 days worth of fries.
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NewsMelbourne's New Four-Storey Barbecue Bar and Karaoke Joint Is Now Open
The latest venture from the Fancy Hanks team has a rooftop beer garden, Asian-style eats and private karaoke rooms.
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NewsSouth African Burger Chain RocoMamas Has Opened Its First Australian Restaurant
And it has landed on Melbourne's Chapel Street.
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NewsTop-Notch Restaurants Where You Can Actually BYO Beer in Your City
Bring along your six-pack (of beers) and let the kitchen sort out the rest.
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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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NewsEmbla Is Opening a New Upstairs Set Menu-Only Restaurant Called Lesa
If you've been mourning The Town Mouse, ex owners Christian McCabe and Dave Verheul will open an intimate eatery one level up from their CBD restaurant.
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GuideSix Kid-Friendly Spots to Hit When Everyone's Feeling Hangry
Calm the nerves and tanties and fill bellies at these spots for the fam.
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GuideWhere to Enjoy Your Champagne Tastes on a Beer Budget in Melbourne
Live the high life without the high price tag.
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GuideSeven Eateries to Hit When You're Trying to Make Meat-Free Monday a Habit
With options like these, you may even opt to go meat-free more than just once a week.
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GuideWhere to Eat Pizza When All Your Friends Are Doing Italian Summer and FOMO Levels Are High
From chewy Neapolitan rounds to some of the best slices in the word.
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GuideSeven Date Spots in Melbourne Perfect for Celebrating a Landmark Anniversary
Whether you're celebrating two months or two decades, these cosy spots will let you do it over date-appropriate martinis, dishes and dessert.
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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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GuideWhere to Eat Steak Every Night of the Week When You're Craving a Classic Pub Feed
And not one will cost you more than 25 dollarydoos.
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GuideWhere You Can Eat, Drink and Bring Your Fur Baby in Melbourne
Put an end to the separation anxiety.
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NewsFlinders Street's Duke of Wellington Is Set To Open a New Rooftop Bar Next Week
The space will boast sweeping views of the city skyline.
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NewsThe Best Bars with Fireplaces in Melbourne
Warm up with a few fireside bevs at these cosy bars and heritage pubs.
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NewsBrunswick Aces Is Australia's First Non-Alcoholic Gin
It's made in Melbourne from native Australian ingredients — and it has hit the shelves just in time for Dry July.
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NewsRustica Sourdough Has Opened a New Bakery and Cafe in Melbourne Central
It's the bakery's fourth location and it has the most extensive menu yet.
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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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NewsMelbourne's New Pop-Up Dessert Museum Is Here to Give You the Ultimate Sugar Rush
And every visitor receives free lollies, ice cream and snacks.
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NewsThe Mornington Peninsula's Vinehop Festival Will Return for a Second Year
The November festival lets you sample the best of the Peninsula's wineries, breweries and cideries, without the need for a designated driver
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NewsLentil As Anything Is Opening Victoria's First Pay-As-You-Feel Supermarket
The Inconvenience Store is stocked with rescued food and run by volunteers
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GuideThe Best Places in Melbourne to Watch the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Catch the big games on the big screens at these local pubs.
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NewsMelbourne's Attica Named in World's 50 Best Restaurants List
The restaurant cracked the top 20 for the first time.
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NewsTen Unexpected Dishes to Hunt Down Across Melbourne
Sometimes it feels like you've tasted it all — well, until you try ant lamingtons and crab crumpets.
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NewsMaster Den's Poppu Uppu Is Opening in The Former Kappo Site Tomorrow
The space has been transformed into a Japanese-style hot pot pop-up.
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NewsPentolina Is the CBD's New Dietary Requirement-Friendly Pasta Joint
It's serving fresh pasta made in-house daily, and it has gluten-free, dairy-free and vegan options.
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NewsThe Poor Toms Gin Duo on Inspiration and the Desire to Give Locals a Taste of Something New
And how what they created has won over the hearts of Sydney's gin lovers.
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NewsProject281 Is Brunswick's New Greenery-Filled Cafe and Coffee Roastery
Featuring its own giant herb garden — and serving up iced coffee spheres.
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NewsFood App MealPal Is Celebrating Its Birthday With a Week of 20-Cent Lunches from Melbourne Restaurants
Order lunch every day next week for $1.
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NewsMasterChef Successes Who Have Shaped Australia's Food Scene
Five chefs who have changed how we eat, what we eat and where we source our food.
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NewsRestaurateur Chris Lucas Is Opening a French Bistro and Wine Bar in Melbourne This Year
Complete with a rooftop bar and a basement cellar.
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NewsThe New-Look Holey Moley Opens on Melbourne's Bourke Street Today
It's sporting nine new holes and a new bar offering — and is the group's biggest revamp yet.
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NewsFive Bar Menus to Try in Melbourne's CBD This Winter
Tuck into incredible bites without spending the time or money on a full sit-down meal.
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NewsFive Late-Night Activities to Head to After Dinner in Melbourne
Get off the couch for a little after-dinner fun.
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NewsFive Delicious Dishes in Melbourne to Warm Your Belly This Winter
It's time to ditch the couch and dive into one of these culinary gems.
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NewsDrumplings Is Melbourne's Most Unconventional Dumpling Diner
A menu of classics is rounded out with creative dumplings like cheeseburger, beef rendang and chicken laksa
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FeatureMelbourne After Dark Guide
Being a culture vulture is part and parcel of living in Melbourne. But when winter arrives, it can be mighty tempting to crawl into our blanket forts and not re-emerge until spring rolls around. Well, not on our watch.
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NewsTen Food Trends That Have Shaped Australia's Dining Scene
From edible insects to ferments and a famous Snow Egg-shaped dessert.
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NewsYou Can Drink Wine for a Good Cause Thanks to The Homeless Grapes Project
All proceeds from the project will go to supporting Australia's homeless population.
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NewsScott Pickett's Impressive New Fire-Driven Restaurant Matilda Is Now Open
The sprawling, two-level venue marks a new direction for the restaurateur and chef
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NewsSydney's Cult Favourite Turkish Ice Cream Store Hakiki Is Opening in Melbourne
Hakiki's distinctive Maras-style ice cream will soon be available at two Melbourne locations.
