Eating Out
Restaurant review
ANYONE for popcorn and gruyere salt with their sparkling? What about a pissaladiere with pinot? Wine 1160 in Armadale can even do you a pink lamington with moscato.
Best cafes in Melbourne’s southeast
CRAVING an Instagram-worthy brunch, but don’t want to travel to the inner suburbs? These are the best places to eat in Melbourne’s southeast.
Weekend review: Shanklin Cafe
Start the day with a porterhouse steak sandwich or green eggs and ham at this Hawthorn eatery where all-day breakfast and lunch is the way to go.
Our food and wine game changers
WE speak to 25 influential industry movers and shakers who have shaped and helped create our hospitality landscape.
Weekend review: Mr Humble
There’s no need to eat humble pie when the wood-fired oven at this bar and eatery in Melbourne’s sandbelt is pumping out dishes this hot.
Abacus serves up food to count on
MUCH of Chapel St’s cool dining cachet might have headed down the Windsor end in recent years, but this South Yarra brunch spot is redressing the balance.
Weekend review: Frank and Connie’s Kitchen
Come to take the waters, stay for the food, thanks to this country restaurant with a real spring in its step.
Melbourne’s 20 best city restaurants
OUT and about for the Food and Wine or Comedy Festivals and need a bite to eat? Fear not foodies—we’ve found Melbourne’s 20 best city restaurants. You’re welcome.
Melbourne’s top Italian eats
The Herald Sun’s food experts have twirled their forks around town to find Melbourne’s 12 best Italian restaurants.
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Elsternwick eatery brings out the heavy artillery
Bang Bang at the Rifle Club delivers delicious and bold pan-Asian dishes with French influence over several day and night menus. But is it the whole shebang?
Mr Morce cracks the culinary code
AS summer recedes, the locals are reclaiming the Mornington Peninsula and discovering a new local eatery perfect for all-day breakfasts, leisurely lunches and dinners that hit the spot.
Country dining to tempt your tastebuds
HEADING out of town this long weekend? Don’t drive past Victoria’s 20 best regional restaurants, as reviewed by the Herald Sun’s team of food experts.
Pure South a taste of Tasmania in Melbourne
SOUTHGATE fixture Pure South has its groove back with artful presentation, a multi-million dollar renovation and a menu with Tassie produce name-checked in almost every dish.
delicious.100 review: Dinner by Heston
Many, many things make Heston Blumenthal’s Dinner by Heston such a flawless dining delight.
delicious.100 review: Brae
Brae’s country-style dining room in the green hills of Birregurra offers a menu that changes with what’s in season locally and growing in Brae’s own garden.
delicious.100 review: Estelle by Scott Pickett
Estelle by Scott Pickett’s dining room is one of Melbourne’s sexiest and with service that is as sharp as the cooking, ESP keeps getting better.
delicious.100 review: Igni
Geelong’s Igni is so much more than the sum of its so-hot-right-now parts.
delicious.100 review: Attica
WITH emu feathers and quandong seeds on the table, Ben Shewry’s Attica is an evocation of Australia and it’s never been harder to get a booking.
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Look who KFC has cast as the new Colonel
KFC has announced the newest celebrity to play the company’s founder Colonel Harland Sanders in its latest advertising campaign. And it’s a surprising choice.
Woman shames her cheating boyfriend
A SCORNED woman has used a restaurant review on a pub’s Facebook page to publicly shame her cheating ex-boyfriend after spotting messages on his phone.
Forest Lodge is a foodie hub
FOREST Lodge is the epitome of inner-Sydney hip, and its food scene is an eclectic mix, ranging from modern pub grub to street cafes and the grand Tramsheds development.