Best of Melbourne 2015: Our Favourite New Restaurants
From hot meat doughnuts to sushi master sashimi, we ate well this year.
Melbourne's restaurants continue to take risks, and they continue to prove that taking them certainly pays off. In a year that saw everything from vegan fine dining to hot meat doughnuts, and steak frites to super simple sashimi being served up on our plates, we ate from a diverse culinary pool — and we ate well. At Concrete Playground we encourage exploration and innovation in our city — and our food — every day, and these are our favourite restaurants to open in 2015. Nice work, guys — we love what you do.
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RestaurantMinamishima
4 Lord Street, Richmond
Down a narrow street just off Bridge Road, there is a quiet oasis of calm — and an incredible omakase journey to be taken.
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RestaurantAnchovy
338 Bridge Road, Richmond
Chef Thi Le's pet project on Bridge Road. And it's good. It's really good.
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RestaurantDexter
456 High Street, Preston
Hot, sugary brisket doughnuts await you at Preston's no-rules BBQ place.
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BarMagic Mountain Saloon
62 Little Collins Street, Melbourne
An eatery and bar spawned from one of Melbourne's best hospo pedigrees.
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RestaurantEntrecote
142-144 Greville Street, Prahran
Dine like a Parisian — late, simple, with fries.
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