Dunalley Waterfront Café & Gallery
Tasman Peninsula & Port Arthur
With its broad outdoor deck and views across the water, this bright, airy cafe is a Dunalley culinary hot spot. The menu ranges from seafood pie with…
Must-see restaurants in Australia & Pacific
Dunedin & Otago
The most sophisticated kitchen in Ōamaru serves superb seasonal food in a heritage dining room painted black and filled with plants. Try dishes like 55…
Barossa Valley
A decent cafe shouldn't be hard to create, but it's rare in the Barossa for good food, coffee, staff, music and atmosphere to come together this well. The…
West Coast Australia
Love doughnuts? Love burgers? This beachfront shack combines the two in a genius move by using doughnuts instead of buns – from its lunchtime Angus Beef …
Gold Coast
The hippest kid in Burleigh, this excellent cafe serves all the açai, chia seed and paleo muesli power bowls you could ever hope for, but we'll be…
Victoria
With a sublime harbourside location and the freshest local seafood, Wildfish is earning a well-deserved reputation for good food. By day it does crumbed…
Coromandel Peninsula
The Bistro at the Falls Retreat is located in a wooden cottage under a shaded canopy of trees. Gourmet pizzas and rustic meat dishes emerge from the wood…
Sunshine Coast
Head uphill to the top of the main drag to this rejuvenated garage for great organic coffee, muffins, big breakfasts, healthy salads and more. Using…
Victorian High Country
A vibrant, art-filled cafe run by a friendly owner, Milch does a good menu of breakfast rolls, house-baked breads and slow-cooked meats. Its bar is lined…
Fremantle
Be lured by the comforting aroma of the in-house bakery before staying on for cheese and charcuterie platters, or larger dishes such as lamb ribs, octopus…
Gold Coast
This stylish whitewashed brick building across from the beach is well known for its seaside specialities, with the best sustainably caught fish sourced…
Perth
A 50-seater wine bar that's fast become known for its great value and incredibly flavoursome food. Surprisingly, the bar's run by a young, qualified…
Outback Queensland
The narrow, darkened dining room gives way to a shady beer garden out the back at this stylish and deservedly popular main-street bistro. Steaks, pasta…
Cairns & Far North Queensland
The most beautiful-looking restaurant on the Esplanade is also one of the finest. Menus (breakfast, lunch and dinner) are inventive and well executed…
Victoria
Attached to a coffee roastery, Nash Lane's shared tables are popular with savvy locals enjoying brunch and lunch classics. Grab a spot under the…
Akarua Wines & Kitchen by Artisan
Queenstown & Wanaka
This joint venture between Akarua Winery and Queenstown caterers Artisan features a restaurant inside a cottage originally built as offices for a flour…
The East Coast
This expertly managed outfit does Italian staples much better than most – homemade pasta, wood-fired pizzas and arancini for example, with the occasional…
Melbourne Region
Translating to 'from the farmhouse', Du Fermier is owned by well-known chef and food writer, Annie Smithers. Her menu focuses on rustic French provincial…
City Centre & Haymarket
Prepare to queue for some of Sydney's best broth at this cordial ramen house in a popular but unglamorous Chinatown budget-price food court. They boil…
Darwin
Offering outstanding value for quality Indian cuisine, this place is widely regarded as Darwin's best Indian restaurant. It's positioned right on the…
West Coast Australia
The hippest cafe in town serves innovative, contemporary brekkies, light lunches and industrial-strength coffee, plus homebaked sweet treats. The menu is…
Surry Hills & Darlinghurst
Once the preserve of expat Thais, this little red-hot chilli pepper now has queues out the door – no mean feat in a town awash with Thai restaurants. But…
Tasmania
Well, here's an unexpected treat. Located at the entrance to the tourist park on the eastern edge of town, Splash serves delicious food and excellent…
The Southeast
The tame old Ranelagh General Store has been reborn as an inventive burger bar. Furnished like your great-grandparents' farmhouse, its burgers rely on…
Surry Hills & Darlinghurst
Some of Sydney's best breakfasts are served between the demure dark wooden walls of this small street-side cafe. Top-notch coffee and a terrific selection…
Melbourne
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…
Rotorua
Overlooking the village green, this bright and breezy restaurant sources herbs and edible flowers from its own yard. Doors peel back to merge the indoor…
West Coast Australia
If you happen to be exploring Chapman Valley, north of Geraldton, you may be lured inside this self-proclaimed 'Outback brewBQ' by the wafting scents of…
Christchurch
With so much to love, where to start? Perhaps with a cherry and pomegranate smoothie, a chocolate-fish milkshake or maybe just an exceptional espresso,…
Whanganui
In hot pursuit of the North Island's best burgers? Community-minded Citadel, 10 minutes' drive from downtown Whanganui, is a contender. Alongside the…
Hervey Bay
Deservedly popular with the locals, Maddigan's is an old-school Australian seaside fish and chippery that fries fresh. Grab coral trout and chips, or…
Kings Cross & Potts Point
Glide through the shiny brass sliding door and take a seat at the communal table that runs the length of this stylish Japanese restaurant, all polished…
Airlie Beach
Some food combinations are so perfect that they require little embellishment. Oysters and champagne are one such combo. Have your succulent Coffin Bay…
Cairns & Far North Queensland
If you dig dairy, this welcoming biodynamic dairy and farmhouse cafe with gorgeous green valley views is a must-visit. Taste various cheeses and yoghurts…
Melbourne
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…
Bay of Plenty
Cobbled together out of shipping containers, but with a very flash louvred roof, this mainly open-air cafe is Ōhope's best. The coffee is first rate and…
West Coast Australia
Perfectly aligned to snare the afternoon sun, fabulous Flic's is infused with city cool, with outdoor seating and a versatile menu spanning breakfast to…
Port Douglas
Port's newest Italian restaurant, My Italian Baby is a sophisticated but down-to-earth main street eatery that gets rave reviews from locals and visitors…
Victoria
Casual yet sophisticated, the acclaimed Mason's has an agreeable mix of inventive, beautifully plated fine food and great atmosphere. Order several…
Cairns & Far North Queensland
The prime position on the corner of the waterfront Esplanade, combined with fun, friendly and attentive service, sexy tunes and a huge airy deck, are all…
