Melbourne
It took three years to transform King and Godfree, an Italian grocer since 1884, into this multi-venue wonder. There's Johnny's Green Room, with 360…
Must-see restaurants in Melbourne
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Melbourne
Arguably Australia's best Japanese restaurant – if you care to empty your pockets and book two months in advance. It's hidden down a side street; the best…
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What was a small cart now has a shop complete with 40 seats, neon, pretty sage-colour tiling and Savignac-inspired posters. Cheap-eats favourite Maker &…
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The ironbark charcoal grill at George Calombaris’ northern outpost works overtime as long-time staff serve and chat with ease. The slow-roasted lamb…
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This contemporary Southeast Asian laneway restaurant sits in a former car park. It's slick, with metal scaffolding, raw brick, a long communal table and…
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Melbourne
The newest branch of Melbourne's favourite pasticceria chain occupies sleek, central digs right near Flinders St Station. Try not to drool as you walk…
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Seating 25 people, chef Julian Hills serves an eight-course tasting menu (five courses for $85 on Wednesday and Thursday), expertly prepared using local…
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Melbourne
The original of four locations, Gensuke only does one thing and does it extraordinarily well: tonkotsu (pork broth) ramen. Choose from four types – …
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This plant-based cafe (eggs and feta are on the menu, but a lot is vegan) on the cusp of Richmond is centred on happiness – the joy that comes from seeing…
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Insanely popular, bustling Chin Chin serves Southeast Asian hawker-style food with big flavours, designed to share. It's housed in a glammed-up warehouse…
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Melbourne's most impressive cafe looks more like an industrial designer hotel as it's housed in a former power station. Within 15m-high ceilings are nooks…
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Melbourne
Big, breezy eatery on Chapel St, with high ceilings, potted plants, and a touch of glam in its marble table tops and timber finishes. It’s a cafe during…
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Originating in Tel Aviv, Miznon is a fun and fresh option on iconic Hardware Lane. Book seats at tables outside, or sit on the 'steps' inside or on the…
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Established in 1975, Flower Drum continues to be Melbourne’s most celebrated Chinese restaurant, imparting a charmingly old-fashioned ambience through its…
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Melbourne
Get in early or expect a long wait – upstairs, Longsong is a beautiful holding space – before sampling this delicious Thai cuisine. Communal tables don’t…
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Melbourne
Quintessentially Melbourne, Cumulus is famed for its generous slow-roast lamb shoulder. It's all about beautiful produce and artful cooking here, served…
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Melbourne
A favourite among spice lovers and chefs since 2009, there's nothing Dainty about the numbing chilli effects of the food here. Among more challenging…
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Melbourne
Across from the Royal Botanic Gardens and beneath United Places, this classy restaurant focuses on cooking over flames, be it whole tiger flathead or…
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Melbourne
This handsome wine bar and bistro is an extension of adjoining Prince Wine Store, with an ever-changing wine list and seasonally driven dishes to match…
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Melbourne
Named after a Black Sorrows song, this Italian restaurant is big on wood-fired pizzas and also offers refined pub grub and pasta. It somehow manages to be…
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Melbourne
When a Melbourne restaurant repeatedly wins the title of 'Best Paella Outside of Spain' in Valencia, you know you're on to a good thing. This casual…
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Melbourne
Celebrating its 90 years in 2018, Grossi is an Italian institution. Gilded plasterwork, chandeliers and 1930s Florentine Renaissance murals engender a…
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Set in Melbourne's first courthouse, this romantic Italian restaurant has soaring ceilings with rustically peeling walls, powder-blue banquettes and a…
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This neighbourhood gem serves a produce-driven menu that gives vegetables the attention they deserve, while still offering locally sourced meat dishes. It…
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Melbourne
A more recent addition from the team behind Rumi, this restaurant-wine-bar 'of Middle Eastern appearance' is the ultimate pre- and post-show spot, just…
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Melbourne
Join the queue at Gelateria Primavera for gelati scooped from traditional pozzetti (metal tubs fitted into the bench). Next door the sandwich bar serves…
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From the school of Melbourne wine bars with fantastic food comes Embla, a no-reservations spot favoured by the hospitality industry and city workers…
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Melbourne
From the man behind Cumulus Inc, Andrew McConnell, comes this creative selection of pan-Asian sharing dishes, from dumplings to raw seafood to slow-cooked…
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Melbourne
Surveying the world from the old observation deck of the Rialto tower, Melbourne’s favoured spot for occasion dining has views to match its storied…
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A well-considered place that mixes traditional Lebanese cooking with contemporary interpretations of old Persian dishes. The sigara boregi (cheese and…
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Melbourne
In a glorious Victorian villa, Woodland House is home turf for young-gun chefs Thomas Woods and Hayden McFarland, former sous chefs to lauded Melbourne…
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Melbourne
The coffee is guaranteed to be good at this hideaway warehouse-conversion cafe. If you can't decide between house blend, speciality, black or white, there…
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Melbourne
A wonderful amalgamation of Southeast Asian and Australian cuisine, Anchovy is a gem on an otherwise underwhelming strip. The elegant space features…
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Melbourne
Melbourne's best pasta is served at this small Italian restaurant within a palette of muted teal and earthy shades against concrete and white-marble…
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Melbourne
Occupying an old brick warehouse down a fabulously scungy laneway, Lee Ho Fook is the epitome of modern Chinese culinary wizardry. The kitchen packs an…
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Pidapipo is the perfect pre-cinema, pre-theatre, post-pizza treat when hanging out on Lygon St. Owner Lisa Valmorbida learned from the best at the…
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When he's not at Rockpool or in one of his Sydney restaurants, chef Neil Perry pays homage to the spicy cuisines of China's central provinces on the…
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Capitano is a New York–style Italian restaurant in Melbourne's most Italian suburb. That means it's fun, busy and delicious. The plain 'tomato pie' is a…
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Melbourne
This tiny shop inside a multi-level city car park is straight out of Bangkok. DIY condiments adorn blue and red fold-away tables, where customers order…
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Melbourne
Tonka's dining room is long and elegant with billowy white mesh 'clouds' overhead. The food, however, is gloriously technicolour. The punchy flavours of…