Melbourne
This plant-based cafe (eggs and feta are on the menu, but a lot is vegan) on the cusp of Richmond is centred on happiness – the joy that comes from seeing…
Must-see restaurants in Victoria
Victoria
While the Bridge earned respect as a live-music venue, its new owners have added quality food to the mix, bringing in chefs from the highly regarded…
Victoria
With a sublime harbourside location and the freshest local seafood, Wildfish is earning a well-deserved reputation for good food. By day it does crumbed…
Victoria
Attached to a coffee roastery, Nash Lane's shared tables are popular with savvy locals enjoying brunch and lunch classics. Grab a spot under the…
Melbourne
Insanely popular, bustling Chin Chin serves Southeast Asian hawker-style food with big flavours, designed to share. It's housed in a glammed-up warehouse…
Melbourne
Melbourne's most impressive cafe looks more like an industrial designer hotel as it's housed in a former power station. Within 15m-high ceilings are nooks…
Victoria
Casual yet sophisticated, the acclaimed Mason's has an agreeable mix of inventive, beautifully plated fine food and great atmosphere. Order several…
Victoria
A beachside outpost of the much-loved Carlton cafe and pizzeria empire, this cafe and deli is the best place to eat in Mornington. Molto autentico Italian…
Victoria
In an unbeatable location overlooking Metung Wharf, this iconic pub has big windows and a deck, making the most of the water views. The bistro serves top…
Melbourne
Big, breezy eatery on Chapel St, with high ceilings, potted plants, and a touch of glam in its marble table tops and timber finishes. It’s a cafe during…
Victoria
Whoa there! If driving through Rye, be sure to stop for a gelato at this exceptionally good gelateria. The pistachio is as good as anything you'll eat…
Chris’s Beacon Point Restaurant
Great Ocean Road
Feast on memorable ocean views, deliciously fresh seafood and Greek-influenced dishes at Chris' hilltop fine-dining sanctuary among the treetops…
Victoria
Lucy’s is popular for delicious and great-value homemade rice noodles with chicken, prawn or abalone, as well as dumplings stuffed with ingredients from…
Great Ocean Road
Views just don't get any better than this: plonked directly on the beach, this cafe serves up homemade sausage rolls, fresh fish and chips, single-origin…
Victoria
Modern Japanese cuisine, perfectly prepared. Start with tender sushi or sashimi, and don’t miss the gyoza (dumplings) or tempura tiger prawns. There's…
Great Ocean Road
The guys from Portland's stylish Margaret & Agnes have opened a second venture within the lighthouse precinct, offering a similar menu of quality homemade…
Melbourne
Originating in Tel Aviv, Miznon is a fun and fresh option on iconic Hardware Lane. Book seats at tables outside, or sit on the 'steps' inside or on the…
Great Ocean Road
This well-loved general store has provisions and groceries, but it's most noteworthy for its contemporary indoor-outdoor cafe-bar. With polished-concrete…
Great Ocean Road
This health-conscious cafe has a prime location on the foreshore and a menu loaded with superfoods, protein balls, salads, vegan and paleo dishes, and…
Victoria
This breezy beach bistro along Sorrento's foreshore has undergone a smart revamp, as well as a shift in culinary focus to create a menu driven by…
Great Ocean Road
A tasteful cafe in a modern architecturally designed space, Platypi has a prime location overlooking the bush where you can enjoy its delectable homemade…
Melbourne
Established in 1975, Flower Drum continues to be Melbourne’s most celebrated Chinese restaurant, imparting a charmingly old-fashioned ambience through its…
Victoria
In Chewton, 5km east of Castlemaine, this beautiful 19th-century pub has a new Scottish owner who's given it polish while retaining its classic country…
Melbourne
Get in early or expect a long wait – upstairs, Longsong is a beautiful holding space – before sampling this delicious Thai cuisine. Communal tables don’t…
Victoria
It's pubs like this that make travelling in country Victoria so great. Built in 1865, the Criterion was restored in 2013 and is one of Sale's best spots…
Melbourne
Quintessentially Melbourne, Cumulus is famed for its generous slow-roast lamb shoulder. It's all about beautiful produce and artful cooking here, served…
Melbourne
A favourite among spice lovers and chefs since 2009, there's nothing Dainty about the numbing chilli effects of the food here. Among more challenging…
Victoria
The day you can order a turmeric latte in Meeniyan is the day you know country Victoria has come a long way. And here we are: this quality provedore…
Victoria
In the Wedge Theatre foyer, stylish Portside attracts a well-heeled crowd for lunch. Grab a coffee made with beans roasted by Proud Mary in Melbourne to…
Melbourne
Across from the Royal Botanic Gardens and beneath United Places, this classy restaurant focuses on cooking over flames, be it whole tiger flathead or…
Victoria
This rustic-chic cafe run by a mother and daughter nails the balance between country charm and inner-city style. The brunch menu features French and North…
Melbourne
This handsome wine bar and bistro is an extension of adjoining Prince Wine Store, with an ever-changing wine list and seasonally driven dishes to match…
Victoria
Come by this wholefoods centre's cafe to pick up a vegan milkshake, a superfood açai bowl, a cleansing, detoxifying green blend or perhaps a paleo brekky…
Melbourne
Named after a Black Sorrows song, this Italian restaurant is big on wood-fired pizzas and also offers refined pub grub and pasta. It somehow manages to be…
Melbourne
When a Melbourne restaurant repeatedly wins the title of 'Best Paella Outside of Spain' in Valencia, you know you're on to a good thing. This casual…
Melbourne
Celebrating its 90 years in 2018, Grossi is an Italian institution. Gilded plasterwork, chandeliers and 1930s Florentine Renaissance murals engender a…
Great Ocean Road
This tiny cafe at the historic swing bridge (c 1934) has an appealing retro vibe. It's the place for single-origin coffee to go with a brioche filled with…
Great Ocean Road
Overlooking the Anglesea River is this spruced-up weatherboard that exudes a nostalgic endless-summer beach vibe. It's best known for smoky flame-grilled…
Victoria
Even if you're not staying here, you can experience some royal treatment by dining in the sumptuous, light-filled Gallery Bistro, which serves European…
Victoria
The former Mr Carsisi has relaunched itself under this new identity, and though it still has the same tasteful ambience, it's now serving a classy menu of…
