5 h. ago Why this magical, miraculous Middle Eastern restaurant is more than the sum of its parts

Chef Tom Sarafian’s debut restaurant Zareh is so obviously built on love – love of culture, of music, of community.

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3 d. ago The 10 finalists announced for Good Food Guide’s New Restaurant of the Year

There’s a stylish ode to regional Indian cooking and a hard-to-book bistro with fire-licked Armenian food and a soundtrack of South Caucasian funk to match.

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4 d. ago Caretaker’s Cottage is a tough act to follow. The team’s new bar is off to a galloping start

Sherry fortifies everything from arctic margs to intergalactic nightcaps at Three Horses in the top end of town.

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5 d. ago Chef Hugh Allen’s next venue is nothing like what he’s done at Vue de Monde

At Yiaga, in a lush city-fringe park, the ambitious young chef has created a restaurant that’s defiantly his own: a celebration of Australia’s natural riches, from the ingredients down to the bricks.

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7 d. ago Fitzroy favourite Alta Trattoria had an overhaul. How does version 2.0 compare?

“A restaurant pivot is a tricky thing.” Besha Rodell wonders whether a turn to a more informal format would benefit Italian restaurant Cantina Moro.

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1 week ago Five Good Food Guide regional restaurant finalists to plan a road trip around

Build a future getaway with this snapshot of the state’s best, plus five affordable spots to visit while you’re there.

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1 week ago Shake Shack, Hector’s Deli, ‘habibi’ butter chicken: What the Australian Open is serving

Melbourne sandwich royalty and a cult American burger chain are making their tennis debuts, alongside the return of an item ordered 16,000 times at this year’s Grand Slam.

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2 w. ago Basement cocktail bar ushers in a new era for the old Coles cafeteria

A New Zealand label opens four levels of food, wine and fashion in the city’s most talked about art deco building.

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2 w. ago Sliding into a familiar site, Saadi reframes what ‘going out for Indian’ means, right now

After three years of pop-ups, partners in work and life, Saavni Krishnan and Adi Suresh, have found a permanent home for Saadi in the former Sunda space.

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2 w. ago From Lygon Street to London: Where restaurant service young guns dine off the clock

Five up-and-coming faces of Melbourne hospitality spill their best-kept dining secrets.

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2 w. ago ‘Not a gimmick’: Rockpool team to open Melbourne’s first steak frites

Replicating Sydney steakhouse 24 York, the venue only asks diners to choose if they want their steak medium or well done, and a sauce to go with it.

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2 w. ago This $10 snack is one of the Good Food Guide editor’s favourite cheap eats in Melbourne

Wang’s Crispy Pancake in the CBD has nailed its signature dish.

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2 w. ago It’s yum cha, karaoke and BYO wine at a mega new Chinese eatery in the CBD

Shunde Cuisine highlights food from China’s Shunde district.

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3 w. ago 10 great regional Victorian pubs, restaurants, wineries and more worth planning a road trip around

Need a break from big smoke? We hear you. Here are our new and recently reviewed country hotspots to check out whenever you get the chance.

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3 w. ago Nostalgia at first bite: This skewer would have been the perfect after

Upon eating Dodam’s food, I found myself pining for the Korean childhood I never had, writes Dani Valent.

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3 w. ago Why two hatted restaurants have closed – and what’s replacing them

One has been open for just 12 months; the other was from a big-name chef. But their respective teams are cooking up new dining concepts.

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4 w. ago I’ve been to this Thai restaurant three times already, and can’t wait to go back

Newcomer Boon Choou is an electrifying addition to our city’s vibrant Thai food scene, writes Besha Rodell.

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4 w. ago Find stuffed pizza and Tarts Anon sweets at this eatery inside a Carlton laundromat

Sega has taken over the defunct cafe space inside Soap Spot on Elgin Street.

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4 w. ago A Carlton Wine Room owner is now running this popular backstreet pub

But he doesn’t want to fancy things up. The goal is creating a relaxed vibe like ‘a country pub that’s landed in the middle of Carlton’.

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