Victoria
The day you can order a turmeric latte in Meeniyan is the day you know country Victoria has come a long way. And here we are: this quality provedore…
Must-see restaurants in Victoria
Victoria
In the Wedge Theatre foyer, stylish Portside attracts a well-heeled crowd for lunch. Grab a coffee made with beans roasted by Proud Mary in Melbourne to…
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…
Victorian High Country
This unassuming restaurant may not look appealing from the outside, but its globally inspired menu is a Mt Beauty culinary highlight. Choices include…
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…
Victoria
This rustic-chic cafe run by a mother and daughter nails the balance between country charm and inner-city style. The brunch menu features French and North…
Victoria
Come by this wholefoods centre's cafe to pick up a vegan milkshake, a superfood açai bowl, a cleansing, detoxifying green blend or perhaps a paleo brekky…
Bellarine Peninsula
In a rustic purpose-built shed overlooking the vines, this popular cellar door does free tastings of its cool-climate wines. It also makes a decent beer…
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…
Bellarine Peninsula
Come for breakfast or dinner inside this lovely heritage home, or outside on the pretty garden deck. For dinner choose from a daily seasonal menu that may…
Geelong
Bringing a taste of fine dining to Little Malop is this Ligurian-inspired trattoria, which hasn't missed a beat since relocating from its acclaimed…
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…
Melbourne
Celebrating its 90 years in 2018, Grossi is an Italian institution. Gilded plasterwork, chandeliers and 1930s Florentine Renaissance murals engender a…
Great Ocean Road
This tiny cafe at the historic swing bridge (c 1934) has an appealing retro vibe. It's the place for single-origin coffee to go with a brioche filled with…
Great Ocean Road
Overlooking the Anglesea River is this spruced-up weatherboard that exudes a nostalgic endless-summer beach vibe. It's best known for smoky flame-grilled…
Victoria
Even if you're not staying here, you can experience some royal treatment by dining in the sumptuous, light-filled Gallery Bistro, which serves European…
Victoria
The former Mr Carsisi has relaunched itself under this new identity, and though it still has the same tasteful ambience, it's now serving a classy menu of…
Melbourne
This neighbourhood gem serves a produce-driven menu that gives vegetables the attention they deserve, while still offering locally sourced meat dishes. It…
Melbourne
Set in Melbourne's first courthouse, this romantic Italian restaurant has soaring ceilings with rustically peeling walls, powder-blue banquettes and a…
St Kilda, Elwood & Elsternwick
This hideaway of dark wood, subdued lighting and pencil sketches is a St Kilda institution. The menu is Italian, with dishes that might see signature…
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…
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…
St Kilda, Elwood & Elsternwick
With Nigella Lawson singing Tulum's praise during her Melbourne travels, this contemporary Turkish restaurant uses Australian ingredients and modern…
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…
Melbourne
From the school of Melbourne wine bars with fantastic food comes Embla, a no-reservations spot favoured by the hospitality industry and city workers…
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…
Melbourne
A well-considered place that mixes traditional Lebanese cooking with contemporary interpretations of old Persian dishes. The sigara boregi (cheese and…
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…
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…
Melbourne
A wonderful amalgamation of Southeast Asian and Australian cuisine, Anchovy is a gem on an otherwise underwhelming strip. The elegant space features…
Bellarine Peninsula
With outstanding views of the bay and surrounding vineyards, Terindah produces some of the region's best pinot noir, to go with quality cuisine. Head…
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…
Bellarine Peninsula
Not your ordinary takeaway barbecue-chook joint, the 'chicken shop' is straight outta Louisiana, with buffalo wings, pulled-pork rolls, slow-cooked…
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…
Victoria
Wine bottles line the walls in this beautiful former bank building (1876), which serves as a wine shop and bar specialising in central Victorian wines,…
Melbourne
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…
Victoria
Within the Brambuk Cultural Centre, this cafe is a must for those who have yet to sample native Australian flavours such as wattle seed, lemon myrtle and…
Fitzroy, Collingwood & Abbotsford
Prepare to queue before being seated by stalwart Hana, who goes through the vegetarian menu verbally while you sip mint tea (it's an alcohol-free zone)…
Great Ocean Road
Soak up Aireys' seafaring atmosphere at this teahouse set within a historic weatherboard cottage a few steps from the lighthouse. Stop by for morning or…
Great Ocean Road
Anglesea's dining scene just got a little hotter with the arrival of this spicy-chicken joint from Geelong. Opening in late 2018, its speciality is…
