Vegetarian or vegan

• Chip Month

Good Food ranked Melbourne’s best hot chips, and a surprise westside fish and chipper took top spot

From Mount Waverley to Maidstone, chicken shops to burger bars, we tasted 32 different hot chips. These 11 are the ones to know.

• Good Food team

• Review
• Canley Vale

Try Vietnam’s viral coffee at this new Sydney restaurant opened by a Mad Max stuntman

Michael Tang was repeatedly blown up in Furiosa, but now torches his popular beverage until brulee-like.

• Lee Tran Lam

• Review
• Stanmore

‘Things disappear quickly’: Set your alarm for bakes and bevs from this old-school charmer

This inner-west bakery is your go-to stop for drinks and an ever-changing menu of generous pastries, from sweet frosted buns to creamy, lush pistachio tiramisu.

• Lee Tran Lam

• Review
• South Yarra

Lona Misa

The premier plant-based eatery of the south.

• Review
• Melbourne

Patsy’s

Polished favourite where vegetables are king.

• Review
• Collingwood

Smith & Daughters Social Club

Funfair-style fare in an expansive warehouse.

• Review
• Melbourne

Gong De Lin

Noodles from the north and more.

• Review
• Doncaster

Vegie Mum

Marvellous mock meats on an unassuming shopping strip.

• Review
• Potts Point

Yellow

Inventive and inclusive fine-dining vegan food.

• Now closed

Hatted Flora vegetarian restaurant in Newtown closes after only seven months

The Continental Deli team unveiled its all-day vegetarian eatery earlier this year as part of a new Australia Street precinct.

• Scott Bolles