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.
Everyone has a favourite restaurant, pub and go-to bar. They're the types of places you revisit again and again, and you always know you're in for a good time. But Melbourne's busy hospitality scene is constantly welcoming new venues — and new spots vying to rank among your trusty faves.
We haven't made it all the way through 2025 yet, but Melbourne is always delivering when it comes to all things boozy and delicious. The city is abuzz with new restaurants, reopened and revamped cafes, and rooftop bars to while away your days and nights in. So call the apple of your eye and make a dinner date, or hop in the group chat and plan drinks with your best mates, because these newbies are all worth visiting.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Restaurant
II.II.VI
Basement, 226 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
Fire takes centre stage at this sultry, subterranean Flinders Lane dining room.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Restaurant
Astoria Bar Kè Grill
302 Toorak Road, South Yarra
This Toorak Road terrace house is now home to a fab Greek restaurant.
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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.
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Top image: Mid Air.