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The room buzzes during the burlesque performance.
14/20

‘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
Good Food hat15.5/20

Discover a tucked-away 12-seater jewel that goes beyond its Japanese roots

You can still go hard on the tempura at Haco. But its intimate omakase experience now also embraces grilled meats and international flavours.

  • David Matthews
Florentino's storied dining room.
Good Food hatGood Food hat16/20

Melbourne’s iconic Florentino enters a new era, but it has never been of this era

The Italian fine diner is a piece of living history. Its new stewards are leaning into its Old World spirit, but can they meet the expectations of modern diners?

  • Besha Rodell
Terrace seating looks over the CBD, Pyrmont and tree-lined Glebe.
14.5/20

Efendy chef’s new Sydney Fish Market venue is a winner for seafood lunches on the water

Stunning views, chardonnay by the glass and a smart Mediterranean menu is the winning trifecta at Turkish chef Somer Sivrioglu’s latest Sydney venture.

  • Callan Boys
If you crave raw fish, the Sachi don is one of the best uses of $35 you’re going to find.
13.5/20

This ‘bargain’ rice bowl is one of the best ways to get a fancy − but not too formal − sushi fix

Sachi proves dining on premium raw fish does not have to mean spending big bucks on a fine-dining omakase menu.

  • Besha Rodell
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Wonderful, natural light gleams on black floorboards of The Lodge Dining Room on level one of Rodd & Gunn’s flagship store.
Good Food hat15/20

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
Orson restaurant is housed in Rosebud’s former Broadway Theatre.
14.5/20

‘A true revelation’: Why you should book this peninsula destination diner in an old theatre

At Orson, you pay for the number of courses that suits you, and the value gets better as you get greedier.

  • Besha Rodell
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‘High-definition flavour’: Bentley Group’s new venue proves Med-cooking reigns supreme

It’s high-voltage Mediterranean snacking and staff who never miss a beat at the latest two-hatter by the team behind the Good Food Guide’s New Restaurant of the Year.

  • Myffy Rigby
The Corner.
Good Food hat15/20

This beachside bistro from The Boathouse Group feels like dining at an island resort

Palm Beach scores a hat for its new grocer-cafe-restaurant-bar-kiosk The Corner, which serves excellent produce and offering top-drawer deli goods and groceries.

  • Callan Boys
Moya & Co studio has designed an elegant dining room with a stunning cylindrical ceiling feature.
Good Food hat15/20

This elegant Japanese spot offers high-end sushi without the usual formality of omakase

Does omakase always need to be translated to a 20-course menu? Japasu by Sang proves there’s another way to hero premium seafood.

  • Kevin Cheng