Modern Australian
- Review
- Brisbane City
The Star’s signature restaurant has an identity problem
Look past its faults and you’ll find a well-priced, sky-high diner that leans into its impressive, produce-driven cooking.
- Matt Shea
- Recommended
- Port Macquarie
Banks Cafe
A Port Macquarie cafe serving crab scrambled eggs on the water’s edge.
- Erina Starkey
- Review
- Dunsborough
Think avocado toast is passe? This neighbourhood cafe wants you to think again
A masterclass in doing the little things right, this joyous avo toast is just one reason this breezy cafe deserves a place on your summer hit-list.
- Max Veenhuyzen
- Review
- Perth
Small wonder: Willetton’s Little Gan’s rethinks the suburban, family-run Asian restaurant
Asian-influenced pastas plus a snappy wine and drinks package in a cosy 24-seat setting equals a blueprint for the neighbourhood eatery circa 2025.
- Max Veenhuyzen
- Review
- Mount Coot-Tha
The Summit restaurant has reopened. Is it any good?
The Mount Coot-tha icon’s location could be an excuse for mediocrity. But Summit finds a maligned operator and star chef striving to match its sky-high outlook.
- Matt Shea
- Recommended
- Coburg
Sweet Nectar Inn
A lo-fi neighbourhood bottleshop, bar and pantry in one.
- Emily Holgate
- Review
- Melbourne
He runs a two-hat city restaurant, so why is this chef serving pies?
The new project from Lee Ho Fook’s Victor Liong appears to have “affordable, healthy, and quick” as its watchwords.
- Besha Rodell
- Review
- Brisbane
The 10 Queensland restaurants you need to eat at this year
From Brisbane and the Gold Coast to Cairns and beyond, here’s where you need to eat in Queensland.
- Matt Shea and Callan Boys
- Review
- Melbourne
Ride the vertical version of the City Circle tram to get to this Mexi-Melbourne stalwart
This sky-high saloon in the heart of the city has been in business for 11 years, but there’s something special about where it sits right now.
- Dani Valent
- Recommended
- Darlinghurst
The Waratah
It’s an upstairs-downstairs affair at The Waratah, a cosy corner site infused with an Australian accent.