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

Venues

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.

Marmelo's suckling pig shoulder.

Restaurants

Melbourne Place is Australia’s tastiest new boutique hotel

As Melbourne’s chic new design hotel prepares to welcome your weary head, we have a look at what you’ll be eating before and after you kill the lights.

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.

Tom Sarafian at Zareh in Collingwood

Eat

Tom Sarafian is opening his new restaurant, Zareh, in Collingwood

The hummus king goes bricks and mortar in autumn of 2025 – on Smith Street.

Canard rôti de la Maison Bâtard (image: Pete Dillon).

Restaurants

What to order at Maison Bâtard

It’s time to go big – seriously big – at Chris Lucas’s pièce de résistance, Maison Batard.

Wood-roasted chicken, African spices, dried chilli.

Restaurants

What to order at Marmelo

Introducing the jewel in the Melbourne Place crown: Ross and Sunny Lusted’s Iberian fantasy Marmelo.

Amatrice's ink fettuccine with prawns, sorrel and stracciatella.

Eat

What to order at Amatrice Rooftop

Roman pasta, High Country amari and 10th-floor city views: welcome to Amatrice Rooftop.

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?

A delicious spread at Tzaki.

Restaurants

What to order at Tzaki

Welcome to Tzaki: Yarraville’s hot new wood-fired Greek wine bar.

Tombo Den sushi

Post

What to order at Tombo Den

Everything you need to eat at Chris Lucas’s gonzo sushi palace, Tombo Den.

Scott Eddington, Arnold's

Eat

What to order at Arnold’s

The leafy streets of Kensington just scored a little neighbourhood wine bar, and it packs a big punch.