Feed your curiosity at Australia’s biggest celebration of drinking and dining - 21 to 30 March.

Bars

Late night drinks at Aster.

Drink

What to order at Aster

Goodbye, Ferdydurke, hello, Aster. It's fancy cocktails without the fuss at Tattersalls Lane's new drinks hangout.

A delicious spread at Kolkata Cricket Club.

Restaurants

Forty-five of Melbourne’s best new restaurants, bars and cafés

Japanese. Mexican. Filipino. Venezuelan. Thai. Portuguese. French. Greek. Korean. A deliciously diverse 12 months for new restaurants, cafés and bars in Melbourne.

Raw scallop and tomato.

Bars

What to order at Tiny Bar

Tiny Bar is exactly what it says on the tin, and what’s inside is delicious.

Le Splendide, France-Soir's new bar

Venues

Inside France-Soir’s new bar, Le Splendide

What’s on the menu and the wine list at Le Splendide, South Yarra’s most sought-after new venue?

Drink

Johnny’s Green Room in three drinks

What’s better than a rooftop bar? A rooftop bar with a city view and a drinks list written by a legend of the game.

Afloat Viva Mexico.

Restaurants

What to order at Afloat Viva Mexico

Melbourne's favourite floating bar and restaurant has made its grand annual return to the Yarra.

A delicious spread at Molly Rose Brewing

Bars

What to order at Molly Rose Brewing

To the untrained eye, a fine-dining restaurant mightn’t have looked to be on the cards for Collingwood brewery Molly Rose.

Ruby grapefruit, bay leaf and elderflower at Reine and La Rue

Restaurants

What to Order at Reine and La Rue

Here comes top-drawer French food and a great new bar on Collins Street.

Allis's Wine Bar 10X dill-cured smoked salmon

Bars

Allis is the Mornington Peninsula’s hottest new wine bar

And truffle gougères and short-rib crumpets are just the beginning.

Gabriel de Melo Freire and Daniel Docherty at New Collingwood Bar Commis (photo: Tizia May)

Bars

New Collingwood bar Commis punches way above its weight

This hot new spot in Collingwood fronted by a pair of Gerald’s Bar alumni specialises in top-drawer tunes, great booze, quality snacks, fine art and … Butterbeer?

Botanik's Pretty in Pink cocktail

Drink

Botanik in three drinks

Botanik is a cocktail bar and specialist bottle shop inside the historic Royal George Hotel in Kyneton.

Andrew McConnell's Apollo Inn on Flinders Lane in Melbourne

Drink

Apollo Inn in three drinks

Andrew McConnell and Jo McGann’s debonair 30-seater is the biggest bar opening of 2023.