Good Weekend
- 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
- Review
- Beaumaris
‘Outstanding value’: A two-course dinner and a show (with a bit of skin on show) for $69
Le Bar Supper Club brings theatrical drinks and burlesque nights to a bayside suburb better known for its golf.
- Dani Valent
Three white wines you should be drinking right now
An early-autumn white should be light and dry, fruit-accented, unwooded and, above all, refreshing.
- Huon Hooke
- Review
- South Melbourne
As Melburnians, we know our coffee, but have you tried this strong coconut one?
There are a dozen different coffees and meals are mostly under $20 at this cosy new Indonesian eatery.
- Dani Valent
- Review
- Bentleigh
Lunchtime BYO, ‘glorious’ bruschetta: Count yourself lucky if this Italian is your local
The 30-seater from two ex-Caffe e Cucina stalwarts is slicker than your average middle-suburban restaurant, reviews Dani Valent.
- Dani Valent
- Review
- Melbourne
Why a fashion label’s fine-dining restaurant won over our cynical, shopping-phobe critic
Rodd & Gunn’s newly hatted restaurant is a very charming place, reviews Dani Valent. Plus: there’s free bread that’s good enough to pay for.
- Dani Valent
- Review
- Campbell
A bottle shop with a chefs’ hat? This surprising spot lives up to the hoo-ha
Intuitive service and bracing flavours are at the heart of Paranormal Wines, which created a “small hoo-ha” when it became the first bottle shop in NSW or the ACT to be awarded a hat.
- Callan Boys
We found the ultimate proseccos for a spritz (including one from Aldi for $12)
And if you like pet nat, try the bottle-fermented cousin of regular prosecco, which has bolder aromas and a deeper flavour, as if the volume has been turned up.
- Mike Bennie
- Review
- Melbourne
It’s easy to find dumplings in the CBD. But this ‘smashing’ new spot is doing things differently
Hoppy Dumpling combines two of its owner’s passions under one roof: dumplings and craft beer. Plus, there’s a basket of free, help-yourself prawn crackers.
- Dani Valent
- Review
- Fairfield
Discover a modern Middle Eastern restaurant tucked inside a grand old suburban pub
Head to the carpark at the back of the three-storey 1888 landmark and look for the pink neon sign that says “Sama”.
- Dani Valent