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Good Food Guide 2024

Dan Hunter and Danielle Alvarez in the kitchen at Brae.

A world-renowned restaurant is coming to Sydney. Here’s what you’ll find on the $450-a-head menu

Three-hatted Victorian restaurant Brae is popping up at the Sydney Opera House. Here’s what Dan Hunter and Danielle Alvarez have in store.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Scallops- France Soir in South Yarra- Good Food review of the best dishes for Bastille day- 9th July 2020 The Age News Picture by JOE ARMAO

France-Soir

The tri-colour neon sign has glowed for close to 40 years, but France-Soir remains a benchmark for Melbourne-French restaurants.

Pappardelle pasta at Cicciolina in St Kilda.

Cicciolina

Cicciolina has bohemian swagger in spades, personable floor staff and a menu geared to what the people want.

Jo Barrett, co-owner and chef at Little Picket in Lorne.

Award-winning chef Jo Barrett to close hatted Lorne restaurant Little Picket

Riding high with a Good Food Guide hat, Victoria’s Chef of the Year is quitting the bowls club to tackle new projects.

  • Dani Valent
Sink into a banquette, or nab a prized seat at the bar at Bar Lourinha.

Suburban favourites and laneway legends: 10 of Melbourne’s best Spanish restaurants

Here are our (gilda tooth)picks of where to settle in with a suite of share-plates and a glass of sherry or sangria.

  • Good Food Guide reviewers and Annabel Smith
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Enoteca Boccaccio’s veal agnolotti in broth is a standout.

Ten of Melbourne’s favourite hatted Italian restaurants (and one that’ll surprise you)

In a city spoiled for choice, these restaurants are the crema de la crema of Melbourne’s rich Italian dining scene.

  • Emma Breheny, Dani Valent and Good Food Guide reviewers
Her Rooftop, one of the city’s most photogenic sky-high bars.

From rooftops to floating bars: 10 of Melbourne’s best outdoor dining spots

What Melbourne lacks in coast-hugging restaurants, it makes up for with al fresco eateries in unexpected locations. Here’s where to find them.

  • Emma Breheny and Good Food Guide reviewers
Goldy’s Tavern has loads of outdoor seating and a fun menu of retro pub food.

15 of Melbourne’s best dining spots for relaxed and casual meals with mates

You’re all keen to catch-up over a bite to eat but where can you go that’s crowd-pleasing, relaxed and relatively affordable? We’ve got you.

  • Emma Breheny and Good Food Guide reviewers
The grandiose setting of Reine & La Rue.

Melbourne’s best new restaurants, bars and brunch of 2023

From cafes with bold breakfast menus to bars that spirit you to another era, these venues had us heading back for another bite.

  • Emma Breheny and Good Food Guide reviewers
The Good Food caps have arrived.

Want a Good Food hat? Now, for the first time, you can buy one (sort of)

Due to popular demand, introducing the Good Food cap - the essential summer fashion buy.

  • Sarah Norris