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Best new restaurant nominees for the Good Food Guide - (left to right) Julieanne Blum and Stephannie Liu, chefs at Julie Restaurant, Abbotsford Convent.

Victoria’s New Restaurant of the Year finalists are...

From a four-seat sushi den to a fine diner in the former stock exchange, the Good Food Guide New Restaurant of the Year finalists are far from formulaic.

  • Dani Valent
Bar Bellamy in Rathdowne Street, Carlton.

The 30 best bars in Melbourne right now

A bevy of openings in the ’burbs prove that delicious drinking lies beyond inner-city limits.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Dame in Collins Street, where Saturday brunch is off to an enthusiastic start.

Melbourne CBD bounces back with weekend brunch on the menu (and here are four to try)

Melburnians are returning to the city at weekends, bringing an appetite for salmon bagels, cotoletta panini, dumplings and mimosas.

  • Dani Valent and Roslyn Grundy
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Chicken tikka curry recipe. Katrina Meynink's lockdown recipes for Good Food cover July 2021. Please credit Katrina Meynink. Good Food use only. 

Five creamy, comforting curries to make this weekend

If everything feels a bit hard right now, these soothing curries will help soften the blow.

Crispy chilli chicken burger.

How to make Donna Hay’s simple yet succulent chicken burger with her go-to crispy chilli oil

This easy-to-assemble burger is filled with tangy, spicy flavours and juicy marinated chicken, and is ready in just three steps.

  • Donna Hay

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Eating out

A selection of share-friendly snacks from the Mediterranean-inspired menu at the new-look Rooftop at QT.

First look: This revamped city rooftop bar is your new favourite spot for glam group catch-ups

Cosy booths, a private lounge, fried mortadella sandwiches – plus you can now book. QT Melbourne’s rooftop bar will sizzle this summer.

  • Dani Valent
Portuguese pork sandwich from chef Nuno Mendes of Lisboeta in London.
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Take a quick trip to Lisbon (via London) for a killer sandwich without leaving Melbourne

  • Dani Valent
George Milonas (left) blowtorches a lobster roll. He’s joined by his business partner Luke Louca.

Queen Victoria Market’s food hall steps into the 21st century with an oyster bar, burritos and more

  • Dani Valent
Cibi’s cafe is open for breakfast and lunch.

One of Collingwood’s best spots just got even better with sake on tap and homewares to covet

  • Dani Valent

Lists & guides

Puttanesca pizza will be on the menu, along with other variations on the theme.

11 new and revamped venues making the inner east cool (at last!)

Crab agnolotti with saffron veloute at Yuca.

October hit list: Hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out, right now

Mali Bakes’ new hole-in-the-wall in Fitzroy.

Top shots: 40 of Melbourne’s best cafes

Collingwood Yards

10 cool new-ish bars, breweries and restaurants in good old Collingwood (forever)

Smeg Young Chef of the Year finalist Stuart Teh.

The insiders’ guide to 47 great Melbourne food finds you probably didn’t know about (but should)

Gimlet’s burger is one of the best-value items on the menu.

These aren’t the cheapest dishes in Melbourne, but they’re some of the best value

The terrace at Stokehouse. For Gemima Cody column Good Food, Oct 19, 2021.

15 of Victoria’s best places to eat and drink on the waterfront

Delectable vanilla slice with custard and buttercream icing strxxwishdish Wish Dish  Vanilla slice  Ben Groundwater

The dishes the Good Food team would drive hours for (and where to find them)

Veal and mortadella tortellini in brodo at Grossi Florentino.

20 classic hatted restaurants to add to your bucket list

Bringing your own bottle of wine can help keep down the cost of eating out.

10 of Melbourne’s best budget-friendly BYO restaurants

Rigatoni arrabbiata comes with wood-fired chilli, stracciatella and olive.

Melbourne hit list September 2023: Hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out, right now

Central Club Hotel in North Melbourne has undergone a thorough spit and polish.

Melbourne’s best 30 pubs of 2023

Recent reviews

The margherita pizza passes with flying colours.
13/20

This newcomer boasts supermodel looks, but are its Naples-style pizzas the goods?

  • Larissa Dubecki
Diavola pizza, its thin crust blistered by the oven.
14/20

Guy Grossi made his name with pasta. But that’s not the best dish at his new Kew pub

  • Besha Rodell
Bustling Bourke Street restaurant Thai Baan.
13.5/20

Queue for the $14.90 boat noodles, stay for everything else at this Bourke Street hotspot

  • Larissa Dubecki
Louey’s pepperoni pizza is described as “fully loaded, very cheesy”.
13.5/20

This neon-lit New York-style Italian joint in a legendary St Kilda pub is cheesy in every sense

  • Besha Rodell
Is it a designer shoe sale? Is it a nightclub opening? No, it’s the queue for ramen at Mensho.
14/20

Is it really worth queueing for two hours to slurp Melbourne’s most-hyped ramen?

  • Besha Rodell

Recipes

Ricotta-stuffed mushrooms.
EASY

Make RecipeTin Eats’ ‘meaty’, cheesy stuffed mushrooms for meat-free Monday

Plus the secret to avoiding a soggy filling and guaranteeing a crispy topping.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • RecipeTin Eats

How to make a pair of lovely lemon tarts (one for you, one for a friend)

  • Tessa Kiros
Bacon sandwich.

‘Salty, fatty, simple pleasure’: The top chef’s secret to the ultimate bacon sandwich

  • Mat Lindsay
Lamb rissoles with beetroot yoghurt.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s lamb rissoles with beetroot yoghurt

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw

Recipe collections

Adam Liaw's canned tuna spaghetti.

14 no-fuss recipes for fed up cooks to make this week

Spring greens and cheese pie.

From vegie pie to stir-fries: The 20 most popular recipes of September

Karen Martini’s ricotta cannelloni with primavera sauce.

14 midweek marvels from Karen Martini to cook this week

Kettle chips with champagne creme fraiche and caviar. Christmas canape recipes for Good Food online feature December 2018. Please credit Katrina Meynink.

Crunch time: Five easy ways to make crisps even better

Scone slab with lots of strawberries recipe. Katrina Meynink's slab bakes for Good Food August 2020. Please credit Katrina Meynink. Good Food use only.

20 ways to make the most of berry cheap berries

Fast four-ingredient pizza with sopressa and tomato. Sage Creative summer recipes for Good Food online and Home Front. November 2021. Good Food use only.

14 no-fuss throw-together dinners to cook this week

Herb, spinach, halloumi, walnut and barberry fritters.

Five fabulous fritter recipes for a relaxed brunch this weekend

Honey lemon Sichuan chicken recipe

Light, bright and great when money is tight: 40 of the best spring chicken recipes

***EMBARGOED FOR SUNDAY LIFE, APRIL 3/22 ISSUE*** Adam Liaw recipe : Spring onion omelette Photograph by William Meppem (photographer on contract, no restrictions)

14 easy, speedy suppers and salads to cook this week

RecipeTin’s spring recipes

Put the zing into spring with RecipeTin’s five great recipes for easy entertaining

***EMBARGOED FOR SUNDAY LIFE, NOVEMBER 17/19 ISSUE*** Adam Liaw recipe : Canned Tuna and Frozen Pea spaghetti Photograph by William Meppem (photographer on contract, no restrictions)

14 of Adam Liaw’s most-loved family-friendly recipes to cook this week

Parmigiana meatloaf.

Five crowd-pleasing meatloaf recipes to cook this weekend

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Tips & advice

Danielle Alvarez's homemade fries (chips) recipe.

Trying to eat healthier? Eat your veg first (and save the chips and bread until last)

  • Anahad O'Connor

A fruitless crime: The issue with supermarket self-checkouts

  • Terry Durack
Illustration: Simon Letch

How to clean essential kitchen appliances using everyday household items

  • Jill Dupleix
Spectrum. Three blue ducks. Garlic bread. Styling by Emma Knowles. Photograph by Edwina Pickles. 20th May 2016.

The best way to get rid of garlic breath? It’s probably already in your fridge

  • Catherine Lough
Banana bread.

Seven ultra-processed foods you probably didn’t know you were eating

  • Susie Burrell

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Drinks

RecipeTin Eats’ grapefruit and rosemary spritzer.

Putting on the spritz: 10 refreshing drinks to add fizz to your Friday

Sommelier Angelica Nohra in her Surry Hills restaurant The Blue Door. Nohra has an exclusively NSW wine list.

Sydney restaurants fail to pour NSW wine as Australia drowns in oversupply

  • Katie Spain

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Best new restaurant nominees for the Good Food Guide - (left to right) Julieanne Blum and Stephannie Liu, chefs at Julie Restaurant, Abbotsford Convent.

Victoria’s New Restaurant of the Year finalists are...

  • Dani Valent
Dame in Collins Street, where Saturday brunch is off to an enthusiastic start.

Melbourne CBD bounces back with weekend brunch on the menu (and here are four to try)

  • Dani Valent and Roslyn Grundy
Chicken tikka curry recipe. Katrina Meynink's lockdown recipes for Good Food cover July 2021. Please credit Katrina Meynink. Good Food use only. 

Five creamy, comforting curries to make this weekend

A new twist on anchovy toasts.

The snack Melbourne restaurants are obsessed with just got even better at this new city bakery-restaurant

  • Dani Valent
No-mix potato salad.

You’ll make Adam Liaw’s no-mix potato salad again and again

  • Adam Liaw

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