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NewsDistillery Botanica Is Australia's New 'Garden Grown' Gin
From the brains behind Mr Black cold drip coffee liqueur.
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NewsCopper Pot Seddon Is the Inner West's New European Eatery
Try lesser-known dishes from Hungary, Croatia and beyond.
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GuideBest of Melbourne 2015: Our Favourite New Bars
Our bars conquered wine, whisky and everything in-between this year.
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GuideBest of Melbourne 2015: Our Favourite New Cafes
From lobster doughnut rolls to fairy floss hot chocolates, we've brunched pretty well this year.
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GuideBest of Melbourne 2015: Our Favourite New Restaurants
From hot meat doughnuts to sushi master sashimi, we ate well this year.
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NewsCadbury’s New Chocolate Flavours Take This Whole Sweet-Savoury Thing Way Too Far
Kale crème? You've got to be kidding.
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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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NewsAxil Coffee Roasters Open CBD Cafe With a Richmond Location on the Way
Axil's caffeinated empire expands.
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NewsEmbla Is the New Wine Bar From the Town Mouse Team
One of our favourite places now has a sister CBD wine bar.
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NewsHunter and Barrel Is Melbourne's New Home of Coal-Roasted Cuisine
Hearty, chargrilled food and barrel aged wine aplenty.
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NewsThese Coffee Gummy Cubes Could Replace Your Morning Cup of Joe
Keep some cold drip in your back pocket.
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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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RestaurantBar Bouni
153 Sturt Street, Southbank
Humble rotisserie dishes are elevated to the likes of juicy harissa chicken, crispy crackling pork belly, and tender, charry cauliflower.
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NewsGelato Messina's Latest Creation Is a Christmas Decoration You Can Eat
Be the most popular person at Christmas dinner.
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NewsThe Incredible Potential of Native Foods and Why We Aren't Eating More of Them
Why aren’t we downing magpie goose and Kakadu plums?
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NewsThese Beer-Loving Broads Are Paving the Way for Australian Women in Brewing
Two Birds Brewing and Pink Boots Society. Learn the names.
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NewsMr Miyagi's Got a Cute New Addition, Yukie's Snack Bar
We knew there was a reason Miyagi loved Yukie.
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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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EventLibrary on the Lawn: Kids Festival at State Library Victoria
Multiple single dates
State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
Add more reading time and kid-friendly entertainment to your summer holidays schedule, from storytime sessions to scavenger hunts.
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EventThe Royal Family Dance Crew Presents 'Defend the Throne'
Wed, 27 May - Sun, 7 Jun 2026
Hamer Hall, Southbank
Global street-dance icons The Royal Family Dance Crew will headline RISING 2026 with 'Defend the Throne,' a high-energy showcase blending 14 years of their most iconic choreography with brand-new work ...
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EventLu-Niverse: Countess Luann at Melbourne Recital Centre
Mon, 23 Feb, 2026
Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank
Be cool, as this reality TV star brings her infectious energy to Melbourne for a tea-spilling deep dive into a slew of wild moments.
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EventCarlsberg Beach Club
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 - Thu, 29 Jan 2026
Frankston Waterfront, Frankston
Get ready for European holiday vibes, sunset sessions, and free live music just 45 minutes from Melbourne.
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NewsTen Easy Summer Health Hacks You'll Actually Want to Try
Because avo's better than butter every day of the week.
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NewsRestaurant Booking Service OpenTable Is Coming to Australia
Keep this in mind next time you're slogged with the task of booking dinner.
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NewsThe Rose Hotel Is Getting a New Upstairs Wine Bar
They'll be temporarily shutting up shop for summer renovations.
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NewsPoor Toms Is Giving You the Chance to Turn Your Sins Into Gin
All you need to do is confess to the holy spirit.
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NewsA Post-Apocalyptic Food Truck Market Is Coming to Melbourne
Nothing like a fried chicken burger at the end of the world.
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NewsWin Tickets to Heineken's Huge VIP SPECTRE 007 Party in Melbourne
Live the Bond lifestyle surrounded by aerial performers, blackjack tables and plenty of beer.
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NewsHeartbreaker Launches American-Style Love Street Diner
Serving barbecue rib hoagies and pork scratchings with jalapenos.
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GuideThe Best Bars in the Melbourne CBD
Perfect for after work drinks or a Saturday night on the town.
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NewsMeet Australia's First Social Enterprise Beer Company, The Good Beer Co.
Half the profits from their maiden brew will be used to protect the Great Barrier Reef.
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News
Gelato Messina Is Now Delivering Ice Cream to Your Door, For Real
Netflix and chill just got turned up a notch.
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NewsThe Ten Best Late Night Greasies in Melbourne
Late night snacks with a good ol' dose of Vitamin G.
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NewsMelbourne's Imminent Bacon Delivery Service Will Likely Be the End of Us All
Get bacon delivered right to your face where it belongs.
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NewsThese 26 Melbourne Bars Are Teaming Up To Help Young Migrants Find Work
The more you drink, the more people you help.
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NewsMoroccan Soup Bar Chef Hana Assafiri Now Has a Cookbook and a Deli Cafe
Pop into the deli for mint tea and macaroons, and then make Moroccan Soup Bar's iconic chickpea bake at home.
