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NewsCarlton's Astor Hotel to Reopen as Interactive Yum Cha-Style Eatery
The Roving Marrow is coming to Lygon Street.
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NewsWalk Don't Run to Armadale's New 'Mindful Gourmet' Cafe
Combining Japanese cuisine and superfoods.
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NewsMake Your Own Extravagant Peninsula Picnic Food at Home
We raided the recipe books of some of Mornington Peninsula's fanciest vineyard kitchens.
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NewsChin Chin's Chris Lucas to Open Hawker-Style Food and Craft Beer Hall
Chapel Street's own Singapore-inspired foodie market.
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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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NewsYou'll Soon Be Able to Drink Beer Brewed with Space Yeast
You might not be able to afford to go to space, but you can afford a beer that did.
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NewsNoir Opens Dessert Bar in Richmond
The former Swan Street Social space is about to get sweet and freaky.
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NewsBacardi Has Created What Could Be the World's First Tea Spirit
Breakfast drinking just got legit.
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NewsHop Thief: The Beer That’s New Every Year
James Squire's beloved American Pale Ale has a brand new recipe.
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NewsBluebonnet Barbecue Brings Brisket and Live Music to Geelong
Smoked Riverina Angus brisket, with a side of British India.
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NewsLittle and Olver to Open Their Kitchens with Free Weekly Feeds
That’s right. Free food. Every week.
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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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NewsThe Rise of Real Jerky
Salmon, pickleburger, Srirachuan. This isn't the jerky you know from the truck stop.
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NewsLe Bon Ton's 5 Points Deli and Longhorn Saloon Open in Carlton
Freshly shucked oysters, bagels with cream cheese and a 'world famous smoked pastrami sandwich'.
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NewsMörk Chocolate Brew House Opens in North Melbourne
This converted warehouse tasting bar is made for hot chocolate aficionados.
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NewsThe Nine Best Rum Bars in Melbourne
Where you'll find this city's best Zombies, Dark 'n' Stormys, Mai Tais, house infused apricot rum and more.
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NewsBelle's Hot Chicken to Open Natural Wine Joint, Bar Clarine
Cool wine and hot chicken: unlikely, delicious friends.
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GuideEight New Brunch Spots to Try in Melbourne
Brunch: that glimmering portal of a weekend moment when waiters don't bat an eyelid at your weird, weird mid-morning requests.
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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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NewsBrasserie Bread Appeals to Your Inner Food Snob with Single Origin Bread
Hardcore breadlovers can track the journey of their loaf from field to mill to sandwich.
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NewsBeach Burrito Fitzroy Will Have Its Own Indoor Skateboarding Pool
Go all Lords of Dogtown after your chimichangas.
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GuideThe Ten Best Things to Eat, Drink and Do at the Melbourne Food & Wine Festival 2015
This year it's all about parties, pastries and partaking in long, long lunches.
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NewsMelbourne's Longest Eatery The Arbory Is Now Open
Taking cues from New York’s Highline, Melbourne's newest spot runs 150m along the old Sandridge railway line.
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NewsEverything You Need to Know About Western Australian Wine
Discover why WA hogs Australia's ultra-premium wine market.
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NewsNew Food Precinct The Archway Opens in Flinders Lane
Homemade smores, chilli salt slices, maple bacon chipotle bagels. Lunch just got interesting in the CBD.
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NewsHow to Make, Eat and Love the Xiao Long Bao
How to create and — more importantly — devour the perfect xiao long bao according to a real-life dumpling master.
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NewsTwelve International Restaurant Dishes to Travel for in 2015
Turn your holiday into a pilgrimage by making one of these dishes your holy grail.
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NewsThe Ten Best Bottle Shops for Craft Beer in Melbourne
Tracking down that top notch craft beer you had at the pub? Don't even try the major bottle shops, try one of these gems.
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GuideEight Classic Melbourne Dining Institutions That Never Get Old
Hype is one thing, but tried and true resilience? That's a whole other ball game.
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NewsThe Best Annual Beer Events in Australia
From urban quaff-fests to setting sail on a vessel made of tinnies.
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NewsBar Exuberante is Melbourne's Newest Secret Rum Bar
Find a little piece of Old Havana in the back of Bar Economico.
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NewsThe Iconic Founder Launches Online Boutique Wine Store Spokewine
A user-reviewed online cellar. Like IMDb, but for your liver.
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NewsThe Original Iron Chefs are Ready to Do Battle in Australia
Kitchen Stadium has come to Melbourne.
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NewsMeet Tokyo Tina: Saigon Sally and Hanoi Hannah's New Chapel Street Sister
The family is growing.
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NewsGet Ready For Australia's First Ever Cereal Cafe
The nostalgia-fuelled global food trend is hitting Melbourne.
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NewsWhen Do the World's Best Cities Go to Sleep?
24-hour transport, late shopping and bars without lockouts are key to a global city. But some of the best don't have their nightlife sorted the way you'd expect.
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NewsAustralians Drink 25 Percent Less Than We Did in the '70s
Plus, alcohol related violence has decreased by 30 percent in New South Wales over the last six years. Wait, what?
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