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NewsLondon's Getting Its First 'Real Time' Stock Market Bar
Where cocktail prices fluctuate in real time, according to supply and demand.
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NewsMelbourne's Small Bars Will Soon Be Able to Serve Booze After 1am
Late-night 2008 liquor ban, consider yourself lifted.
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NewsAdriano Zumbo's High Tea Salon Opens In South Yarra
Melbourne’s most sadistic dentists cackle maniacally.
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NewsFive Gin-Paired Dishes to Try at the Returned Project Botanicals Pop-up
Experience Gary Mehigan's food matched to the ten carefully selected botanicals of Bombay Sapphire.
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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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NewsThe Best Places to Take Your Dad This Father's Day in Melbourne
Here are the best ways to treat dad this Father's Day from yum cha feasts and luxe lunches, to free hair cuts, special Sunday Roasts and limited edition desserts.
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NewsThe Sold-Out Project Botanicals Pop-Up Is Returning for a Second Run
Bombay Sapphire's wildly successful pop-up bar is back, taking you beyond the classic G&T.
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NewsMelbourne's Attica Officially Ranked In World's 50 Best Restaurants
Joining the mighty ranks of Spain's El Celler de Can Roca, Italy's Osteria Francescana and Denmark's Noma.
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NewsWhich Australian Restaurants Made the World's 100 Best List?
The first half of the prestigious list has been announced, and we're in there.
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NewsMr Wow's Crew to Open Retro Arcade Bar in Fitzroy
Donkey Kong-themed cocktails, American tinnies and all the Street Fighter II you can play.
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NewsSydney's Getting an Official Hello Kitty Diner
Sydney's Instagram output is about to skyrocket.
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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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NewsTen Standout New Local Beers You Need In Your Fridge (And Your Life)
Fifteen new beers are released in Australia every week. Try at least a few of them.
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NewsThis Sydney Pub Has Made the World's Most Expensive Meat Pie
Let's hope tomato sauce isn't extra.
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NewsAustralian Financial Review Announces Inaugural Top 100 Restaurants List
Once again it's Sydney's Sepia and Melbourne's Attica jostling for top spot.
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NewsBrisbane's Story Bridge to Be Transformed Into a Food Market
Closed to traffic, open to feasting.
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NewsThe Five Best Cheap Eats in Glen Waverley
Dirt cheap, delish Malaysian and Chinese food in Melbourne's east.
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NewsScientists Have Found the Moneymaking Secret to Plating Up
New research suggests you'd pay more for this plate because of its arrangement.
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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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EventChristmas Sculpture and Qris Qringle at QV Melbourne
Wed, 26 Nov 2025 - Tue, 6 Jan 2026
QV Melbourne, Melbourne
Christmas has arrived at QV Melbourne, featuring a towering festive sculpture and mystery Qris Qringle giveaway loaded with daily prizes.
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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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EventSummer Music Series at Mr Mills
Multiple single dates
Mr Mills, Melbourne
Step into this chic late-night basement bar, where high-energy DJs will groove through the early hours all summer long.
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EventMidsumma Festival 2026
Sun, 18 Jan 2026 - Tue, 30 Dec 2025
Various Melbourne locations, Melbourne
Victoria's major LGBTQIA+ arts and cultural celebration is back, delivering over 250 events that champion queer creativity and community.
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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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NewsBrother Burger and the Marvellous Brew Opens New Store in South Yarra
Fitzroy's beloved burger bar has a second, bigger home.
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NewsGelato Messina Has Created Beautiful Handmade Chocolate Boxes for Mother's Day
Shiraz sorbet bon bon, Mum?
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NewsEasey’s Rooftop Burger Bar Is Doing Frosties-Coated Fried Chicken for Breakfast
The five-storey burger joint has opened — and they're not going quietly into breakfast.
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NewsBreaking Bad's Los Pollos Hermanos Could Become a Real Restaurant
Soft serve topped with blue pop rocks?
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GuideThe Five Best Places for Healthy Snacks On-the-Go in Melbourne's CBD
Even the time poor can eat raw.
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NewsMary's Burger Joint to Pop Up at Belle's Hot Chicken
Try the Sydneysiding burgs with a cult-like following for one day only.
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GuideCorona presents Cinco De Mayo
We've teamed up with Corona to throw ten Cinco De Mayo parties around Australia. ¡Ole!
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NewsWhat It's Like to Spend Your Life Brewing Craft Beer on a Greek Island
Alexandros Kouris has your dream life.
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NewsThe Best Chefs in the World Will Swap Kitchens on the Same Day
Like Wife Swap, for the best chefs in the world.
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GuideThe Ten Best Events to Drink at During Good Beer Week 2015
Put down your coffee, it's beer o'clock.
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NewsMelbourne's First Ever Toast Cafe Is Now Open
Meet Crompton Coffee, the team putting a new spin on this worldwide food trend.
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NewsMissChu Is Wresting Her Business Back From Administrators
Looks like Chu's out of the water, with big, big plans.
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NewsSmith & Daughters to Open Vegan Deli
Fitzroy's vegan rock and rollers have your weekday lunches covered.
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NewsSt. ALi to Open Victa and Hoist at Monash University
The team from St. ALi are fancying up breakfast and lunch on campus.
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NewsNew Gift Delivery Service LVLY Will Bring Doughnuts Right to Your Door
The new Melbourne start-up making Short Stop trips for you.
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NewsThe Archway Food Precinct Welcomes Two New Eateries
Fancy some Indian-style street food? Or perhaps something a little healthy and organic?
