Melbourne
If you eat with your eyes, White Mojo is your kind of cafe: the menu has been designed with Instagram in mind. The fitout – all blond wood and white…
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Victoria
The stylish but unpretentious GPO is rated highly by locals for its lively atmosphere and solid, all-round menu where you can't really go wrong. Choose…
HuTong Peking Duck & Dumpling Bar
Melbourne
This Prahran outpost of the city restaurant, known for flawless, made-from-scratch xiao long bao, also specialises in Peking duck. Other bite-size…
Melbourne
This enticing Italian deli has everything you need for the ultimate cheese and charcuterie board, as well as Italian groceries and affordable panini…
St Kilda, Elwood & Elsternwick
Around the corner from chaotic Acland St, this casually elegant Italian restaurant is loved for thin-based pizzas. At 5pm the venue next door, owned by…
Fitzroy, Collingwood & Abbotsford
From Russian blintzes to Georgian baked beans, European flavours infuse the lovingly prepared breakfast and lunch dishes at little local institution Babka…
Phillip Island
The vines here are solely for show – this is a winery that doesn't produce its own tipples, instead functioning as a restaurant and gift shop. It's a good…
Melbourne
Melburnians have long adopted the humble chicken parmigiana as their own, but Mrs Parma's takes things to a whole new level with 14 types of parma, of the…
Phillip Island
The food at Harry's can be a bit hit and miss, but it's the only restaurant in Cowes to have a licence to purchase seafood directly from the local boats…
Melbourne
In an Indian eating strip in West Footscray, this place specialises in crispy pancake-like filled dosas, biryanis (baked rice dishes) and a range of Indo…
Melbourne
The views of the city skyline are superb through this 35th-floor restaurant's floor-to-ceiling windows (there are even memorable views from the toilets!)…
Melbourne
The kitchen here is steered by Abla Amad, who arrived in Australia in 1954 and has since inspired a generation of local Lebanese chefs. The flavour-packed…
Melbourne
This down-to-earth meze bar might be tiny, but it's filled with big Greek flavours. Think cauliflower 'popcorn' and slow roasts, best shared and washed…
Melbourne
What's not to love about a 24-hour 'souva' joint? Especially when it's been doling out late-night lamb souvlakis in Melbourne for nearly 40 years. Located…
Melbourne
Gilson straddles the line between cafe and restaurant but misses the mark with snobby service. It's not a problem if you're just here to sip coffee and…
Fitzroy, Collingwood & Abbotsford
In a neighbourhood crammed with cafes, South of Johnston may not be trailblazing, but it stands out from the pack for its charming space in a warehouse…
Melbourne Region
A self-proclaimed cafe with a conscience, this friendly place on Belgrave's main shopping strip offers a 100% vegetarian menu that includes plenty of…
Victorian High Country
For an all-day breakfast, or lunch of antipasti, damper rolls, veggie burgers and quiches with a glass of local wine or hot coffee, this welcoming cafe is…
Victoria
The name alone should guide you to this quirky licensed cafe on the Esplanade, opposite the footbridge. There's good locally roasted coffee, all-day…
Melbourne
Since 1892 patrons have been nibbling pinwheel sandwiches here, taking tea (with pinkies raised) and delicately polishing off a lamington. Hopetoun's…
Melbourne Region
Housed in the Convent Gallery, this cafe is proud of its high teas, which are served at 11.30am and 2pm daily and include a glass of sparkling wine and…
Melbourne
It’s unclear whether you’re in a diner or trapped inside a video game at this popular takeaway, which serves the kind of juicy burgers in brioche buns…
Yarra Valley
The pizza makers working the wood-fired oven at this huge and noisy place near the eastern entrance to town are kept busy, especially on weekends. The…
Victoria
Tucked away off the main road is this friendly artisan bakery that uses an old wood-fire Scotch oven to bake its organic sourdough. It's only open on…
Melbourne Region
Housed in the old National Bank building, this hybrid cafe and vintage homewares store is a super-stylish recent addition to Trentham's eating scene…
Great Ocean Road
At the back of Timboon, across from the golf course, is this farm where you can pick your own strawberries and blackberries (250/500g $4.50/7) between…
Great Ocean Road
Rebuilt by volunteers from the community after succumbing to a fire in 2017, this much-loved supermarket specialises in regional, seasonal fruit and veg…
Victorian High Country
Open only during the ski season, Cattleman's Café is at the base of the Blue Bullet chairlift and serves breakfast, coffee or a bistro meal of steak,…
Melbourne
For the best-value veg meal in town, you can't go past this humble Hare Krishna–run institution. The food is both tasty and cheap: the 'feast plate' gives…
Geelong
Armageddon has outgrown its cosy laneway venue and relocated to this larger space on Malop St, but it's done its best to retain a casual, loungey vibe…
Melbourne
This basement deli is true to its NYC name, with bagels schmeared with the traditional (cream cheese and smoked salmon) to the local (Vegemite). It also…
Victoria
Taking over the former premises of a plant nursery, these sisters have opened a charming cafe with a herb-scented, plant-filled courtyard garden that is a…
Victorian High Country
Newspapers spread across couches and coffee tables, while locals mingle with tourists in this light-filled corner cafe that captures the essence of laid…
Melbourne
This bakery-cafe smells like warm bread and a comforting hug. Order a house pie (with a daily vegetarian and vegan option), panini, simple breakfast or…
Melbourne
Inhabiting one of those post-industrial spaces that Melbourne does so well, the Grain Store adds a touch of class to Melbourne's downtown cafe scene…
Victorian High Country
One of Buller’s originals, with Austrian-style food at the Hotel Pension Grimus, impromptu music and a pumping bar that will give you a warm, fuzzy…
Melbourne
Wonderbao does only one thing – no prizes for guessing what. Its bao (steamed buns) range from the traditional sticky-barbecue-pork variety to oddities…
Melbourne
A casual neighbourhood taqueria that packs out on weekends, with people visiting as much for tequila in the courtyard as they are for tacos in the small…
Port Fairy
Excellent for breakfast and light lunches, Rebecca’s has interesting items on the menu, including rich wild-rice porridge topped with rhubarb for…
Victorian High Country
Behind the visitor centre, the deck here overlooks the Ovens River and park. It's a great place for coffee, a cooked breakfast or a gourmet sandwich with…
