All of the New Melbourne Restaurant and Bar Openings That You Need to Add to Your Must-Visit List in 2025

Discover your next favourite dish or drink at one of these fresh Melbourne haunts.
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Published on September 16, 2024
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  • Restaurant

    Harriot

    555 Collins Street, Melbourne

    This modern European diner is from the crew behind Tipo 00 — and it's the group's boldest move to date.

  • Cafe

    Tarts Anon

    658 Church Street, Richmond

    The cult-favourite tart shop has found a new home in Richmond, complete with seating and speciality tea and coffee.

  • Restaurant

    Suze

    6 Newry Street, Fitzroy North

    This North Fitzroy neighbourhood hangout is the kind of place Melbourne always does so well — grounded, generous and effortlessly cool.

  • Cafe

    Residence at the Potter

    815 Swanston Street, Parkville

    Breezy cafe by day, quietly elegant fine diner by night — Residence at the Potter is redefining what on-campus dining looks like.

  • Bar

    The Alps Wine Shop & Bar

    64 Commercial Road, Prahran

    This properly cosy neighbourhood wine and pizza bar channels the laidback warmth of an Italian mountain lodge.

  • Bar

    Bar Jayda

    19 Bond Street, Melbourne

    Shane Delia's sophisticated cocktail den brings old-world glamour to a CBD laneway.

  • Restaurant

    II.II.VI

    Basement, 226 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

    Fire takes centre stage at this sultry, subterranean Flinders Lane dining room.

  • Cafe

    Ophelia

    85 High Street, Northcote

    Start the day with light breakfast bites and coffee before pairing your lunchtime share plates with martinis and natural wines.

  • Bar

    Slowpoke Lounge & Lookout

    50 Gipps Street, Collingwood

    Serving up spiked yerba maté and hash brown fries, this Collingwood rooftop lounge takes its fun seriously.

  • Restaurant

    Middle Park European

    20 Armstrong Street, Middle Park

    The bayside suburb's leafy village has finally scored the sophisticated neighbourhood wine bar it deserves.

  • Restaurant

    Ishizuka

    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.

  • Bar

    Juni

    136 Exhibition Street, Melbourne

    Michael Lambie has brought his own take on contemporary Southeast Asian fare back to Melbourne's CBD with Juni.

  • Bar

    Kolkata Cricket Club

    Crown Melbourne, Southbank

    Mischa Tropp's sports bar and restaurant at Crown Melbourne takes punters back to a bygone-era in India.

  • Cafe

    Chéri

    285-287 Coventry Street, South Melbourne

    You'll find Darling Group's latest all-day diner right across the road from South Melbourne Market.

  • Restaurant

    Astoria Bar Kè Grill

    302 Toorak Road, South Yarra

    This Toorak Road terrace house is now home to a fab Greek restaurant.

  • Bar

    Espy Sunroom

    The Esplanade, St Kilda

    Just when you thought St Kilda's Hotel Esplanade couldn't get any bigger, it opens the 252-person Espy Sunroom next door.

  • Bar

    Mid Air

    130 Russell Street, Melbourne

    This banger of a rooftop bar sits on top of Melbourne Place hotel, and is open from breakfast right throughout to dinner.

Top image: Mid Air.

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