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New in Town: Melbourne
We've spoken to the teams behind Melbourne's most anticipated openings, so you can take a look inside before you make a booking.
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NewsTen Restaurants and Bars to Try in and Around Melbourne's Docklands
Drink, dine then digest with a stroll along the waterfront.
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NewsTen Cafes to Try in and Around Melbourne's Docklands
The top cafes dishing out the best brews, brekkies and even burgs.
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NewsTen Kid-Friendly Restaurants and Cafes in Melbourne Where You Can Eat Like a Connoisseur
Yes, we CAN have it all.
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NewsCarlton's Iconic Uni Pub the Prince Alfred Is Reopening Next Month
It'll sport a huge makeover and a new rooftop bar, courtesy of the group behind Belles Hot Chicken and Mr Burger.
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NewsAngus & Bon Is Prahran's Stylish New Steakhouse and Bottomless Brunch Spot
Plating up quality steaks and cocktail-fuelled feasts on weekends.
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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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NewsMassimo Bottura Has Opened an Ultra Luxurious Restaurant with Gucci
Part of Florence's brand new Gucci Garden, the 50 seater will serve globally inspired dishes from one of the world's most famous Michelin-starred chefs.
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NewsKey Tips on Opening an Attractive and Successful Cafe From the Brains Behind No. 19
It's all about good design, great people and excellent coffee.
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NewsDomino's Taps Into the Vegan Cheap Pizza-Lover Market by Introducing Vegan Cheese
You can add vegan mozzarella to your margherita for $2.95.
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GuideThe Ten Best Waterside Bars in Melbourne
Summer calls for spritzes by St Kilda Beach and a few cold ones on the banks of the Yarra.
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NewsFootscray Bar Mr West Has Opened the Doors to Its Craft-Focused Onsite Bottleshop
It's stocked with a huge selection of craft beers, natural wines and local artisan spirits.
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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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NewsFood Artists Bompas & Parr Have Predicted Seven Food Trends for 2018
Including meals enhanced by virtual reality, and eating dishes purely because they'll help you sleep.
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NewsAlcohol Might Be Banned From the St Kilda Beach Foreshore
After 5000 people partied in the area on Christmas day, the City of Port Phillip council is considering other measures.
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NewsThe Most Memorable Things We Ate in Australia in 2017
The standout dishes we're still thinking about — even months down the track.
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NewsSt Kilda's Village Belle Hotel Has Reopened After a $15 Million Revamp
With four new bars and a sustainable-focused menu.
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GuideMelbourne's Most Popular Restaurants of 2017
The new openings and old favourites you flocked to this year.
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GuideMelbourne's Most Popular Bars of 2017
The rooftop bars, themed hangouts, old-school pubs and cosy courtyards you flocked to this year.
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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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NewsThe Best Toasties in Melbourne
From bacon to lamb, Vegemite to bolognese — all sealed between golden slices of bread.
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NewsThis Melbourne Pho Joint Is Serving Up Steamy Bowls of Pho 24 Hours a Day
Twenty Pho Seven is now open on Russell Street.
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NewsThe Ten Best Beers To Drink This Summer
A beer snob's guide to the top hops for the summer months.
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NewsHWKR Is Melbourne's Modern New Rotating Hawker-Style Market
It'll feature a rotating lineup of Asian food vendors and play host to some of the world's best chefs.
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NewsThis Californian Winery Has Created a Marijuana-Infused Sav Blanc
Rebel Coast's THC-infused wine will be on the market as soon as California legalises recreational cannabis use on January 1.
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NewsNine Ice Cream Sandwiches to Try in Melbourne This Summer
The best ice cream sangas Melbourne has to offer.
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NewsAustralia Is Getting a New Big Thing — in the Form of a Giant Milo Tin
Big Banana, Big Pineapple, Big Milo Tin?
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NewsRatio Cocoa Roasters Is Brunswick's New Chocolate Roastery and Cafe
Head in for artisan chocolate bars, crafted on some of the world's best single origin cocoa beans.
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NewsA Look Inside Australia's New Five-Storey Cube-Shaped Winery, Restaurant and Cellar Door
d’Arenberg's new structure features an art gallery, a wine inhalation room, panoramic South Australian views and 70 types of vino to taste.
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NewsLittle Flock Is Northcote's New Produce-Driven Coffee and Brunch Spot
It's inspired by and named after the owners' backyard flock of chickens.
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NewsAnnouncing Concrete Playground's Best of 2017 Melbourne Award Winners
The very best new Melbourne bars, restaurants, cafes, pubs, events and spaces of the year.
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NewsVegemite Has Released an Icy Pole Recipe and People Are Confused
The most Aussie summer treat since the Sunnyboy (RIP).
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NewsNigella Lawson Is Coming to Australia to Talk All Things Food
She'll join social psychologist Hugh Mackay in both Sydney and Melbourne this January.
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NewsA Supernormal Pop-Up Restaurant Is Opening at the NGV Over Summer
Acclaimed chef Andrew McConnell is bringing modern Japanese flavour to the gallery in January.
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NewsCarlton's Nora Will Close Its Doors at the End of the Year
The envelope-pushing Elgin Street eatery will serve its last plate of food in three weeks time.
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GuideMelbourne's Best New Cafes of 2017
Honouring the best new additions to Melbourne's cafe scene this year.
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NewsBen & Jerry's Will Give Out Free Ice Cream Cones to Celebrate Marriage Equality
The frozen dessert brand tops off their long history of support with free sweet treats.
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NewsA Look Inside Mornington Peninsula's Revamped Winery Restaurant, Montalto
The more relaxed design highlights cooking over fire, sharing plates, enjoying long conversations and soaking up rural views.
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NewsBar Tini Is the New Laneway Bodega From the Movida Crew
Your new Hosier Lane destination for Spanish-style small bites and vermouth on tap.
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NewsBelles Hot Chicken's Morgan McGlone to Open Huge New CBD Venue Natural History
You'll be able to drop by for a coffee during the day, then settle into the dining room for steak tartare and natural wine at night.
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GuideMelbourne's Best New Bars Of 2017
Honouring the best new additions to Melbourne's bar scene this year.
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GuideMelbourne's Best New Restaurants of 2017
Honouring the best new additions to Melbourne's restaurant scene this year.
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NewsFancy Hanks Is Opening a Four-Level Open Flame Grill Eatery and Bar in the CBD
With a rooftop beer garden and four private karaoke rooms.
