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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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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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GuideThe Best French Restaurants in Melbourne
Live out your Parisian dreams with escargot, caviar, steak frites and lobster thermidor at these exceptional French diners in Melbourne.
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GuideWhere to Find the Best Breakfast in Melbourne's CBD
Make time to visit these CBD cafes and never turn up to work hungry again.
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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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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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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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RestaurantHawker Hall
98 Chapel Street, Windsor
A roomy interior lit by neon signage, a menu packed with hawker-style delights and a standout offering of beers on tap.
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RestaurantYakimono
80 Collins Street, Melbourne
This colourful Chris Lucas venture features a futuristic aesthetic and a menu filled with Japanese street food that's cooked over flames.
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BarHotel Nacional
23-25 Hardware Lane, Melbourne
Hotel Nacional is Hardware Lane's five-storey, totally gluten-free Mexican restaurant and bar.
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RestaurantGood Times
214 Saint Georges Road, Fitzroy North
A charmingly low-key joint with drawing paper on the tables and wallet-friendly negronis, wine carafes and pasta dishes for just $9 a pop.
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RestaurantRuzia's Wine
215 Balaclava Road, Caulfield North
When a venue is named after someone's grandmother, it's a telltale sign that the space is likely to be imbued with a lot of heart and soul.
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RestaurantToken
151 Toorak Road, South Yarra
Get around great sashimi and temaki from the raw bar and flame-kissed Japanese eats from the yakitori grill.
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RestaurantGarfield Pizzeria
297 Lygon Street, Carlton
The counter-service pizzeria, named for an orange cat who visited the building site, reimagines the traditional Italian restaurant experience.
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RestaurantKoi Toy
T16, Pentridge Shopping Centre, 1 Champ Street, Coburg
Menu highlights include angel hair tempura King Prawns, sake-cured Ocean Trout, and crunchy fried whitebait with yuzu tartare sauce.
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RestaurantFrenchie
15 Collins Street, Melbourne
Frenchie's big drawcard is that everything on the menu is priced at $14. Yes, you read that correctly.
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BarFlorentino
80 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Littered with Italian murals and quintessentially traditional food, this Italian institution has been pumping since '28.
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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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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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EventNational Spanish Paella Day at Anada
Sat, 28 Mar - Sun, 29 Mar 2026
Añada Bar & Restaurant, Fitzroy
Expect generous pans, complimentary wine and a lively vibe that evokes the best of sun-soaked Spanish lunches.
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EventSea of Light at Abbotsford Convent
Thu, 9 Apr - Sun, 12 Apr 2026
Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford
This April, swap screen time for something brighter as kids step into a glowing world of creativity and discovery.
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EventMFWF: Feast for Freedom — A Longer Table
Wed, 25 Mar, 2026
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, Footscray
This one-night dining experience blends flavour and storytelling, bringing people together through refugee-led dishes that celebrate cultural richness.
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EventVera Blue x Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Orchestral Veil
Sat, 11 Jul, 2026
Hamer Hall, Southbank
The groundbreaking Australian artist is once again reimagining her music with Victoria's top orchestra this July.
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Event'Body Worlds: The Anatomy of Happiness'
Sat, 28 Mar - Sun, 26 Jul 2026
The District Docklands, Docklands
If you’ve ever wondered what’s really going on beneath the surface, this confronting exhibition uses real preserved human bodies to explore anatomy and emotion.
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EventMFWF: Grana After Dark
Thu, 26 Mar - Sat, 28 Mar 2026
Grana, Brunswick East
Bringing a late-night edge to this neighbourhood deli and wine bar, this three-night affair features dimmed lights, cranked volume and a bespoke menu.
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EventMelbourne Design Week 2026
Thu, 14 May - Sun, 24 May 2026
Various Melbourne locations, Melbourne
With over 400 events to explore, the latest instalment of this design-lovers dream spans big ideas and hands-on experiences across architecture, food, fitness, tech and more.
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EventMFWF: Pizza Pronto — James Lowe at Figlia
Thu, 26 Mar, 2026
Figlia, Brunswick East
Bringing London-born pizza innovations to Lygon Street, this one-night takeover combines Michelin-led cred with crowd-pleasing slices.
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Event'The Vinyl Factory: Reverb' at Rising 2026
Fri, 22 May - Mon, 31 Aug 2026
ACMI, Melbourne
Indulge your wax obsession with this immersive vinyl-led exhibition, spanning multiple genres, continents and musical energies.
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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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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.
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NewsBrisbane's Epic Doughnut Time is Heading to Sydney and Melbourne
Their insanely good orbs of pastry will soon be available all down the east coast.
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NewsSugar Mountain Reveals Tasty 2016 Food Lineup
Load up on banh mi, Biggie Smalls kebabs and local ice cream before you dance, dance, dance, ugh.
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NewsAustralia Has a New, Healthy Door-to-Door Food Delivery Service
Save time cooking, by not cooking.
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NewsFrankie Says Is Richmond's New Riverside Restaurant and Bar
The Hoy Pinoy team have opened a permanent venue along the Yarra.
