Date night

• Review
• Collingwood

This all-day wine bar and its handwritten little black book has our reviewer hooked

Lunch, dinner or snacks and drinks at Bar Local Drop can stretch happily from “a quick one” to “one more” to “we might as well”...

• Dani Valent

• Recommended
• Melbourne

Buvons

Elegant French-Vietnamese cocktail bar.

• Tomas Telegramma

• Recommended
• Brisbane

Stilts Dining

Steak and seafood with cracking 270-degree river views.

• Matt Shea

• Recommended
• Carlton

Garfield Pizzeria

There’s no lasagne in sight at this rollicking Lygon Street hangout.

• Emily Holgate

• Recommended
• Fortitude Valley

Penelope

Clever bistro with the feel of a 1960s or ’70s European supper club.

• Matt Shea

• Review
• Carlton North

Opened in the shadow of its predecessor Gerald’s, Bar Carnation is startlingly bright

Gerald’s Bar’s successor continues the successful formula of good drinks plus good people plus good food equals the best times.

• Besha Rodell

• Recommended
• Fortitude Valley

Dark Blue

The follow-up to Hannah Wagner’s popular Dark Red wine bar.

• Matt Shea

• Recommended
• South Brisbane

Clarence

For a seasonal menu served at the base of a Fish Lane apartment building.

• Matt Shea

• Recommended
• Brisbane

Golden Avenue

Middle Eastern food in architectural surrounds, by the team behind Agne.

• Matt Shea

• Recommended
• Castlemaine

Mostyn Street Cellars

The perfect meeting spot for a Castlemaine bar crawl.