The Sydney Morning Herald logo
Saved
Marmelo.

Collection

Melbourne CBD

Every restaurant featured in The Age Good Food Guide 2026 in metro Melbourne.

88 stories
Wood roasted raviolini with rabbit.
14.5/20

Antara 128

Yellowfin tuna with fried rice noodle and watermelon radish.
Good Food hatGood Food hat16/20

Aru

Rock oyster with green chilli relish and grilled scallop inasal.
14.5/20

Askal

The Ritz-Carlton’s Atria restaurant and its floor-to-ceiling windows.
Good Food hat15/20

Atria

13.5/20

Aung Lo

Pork shoulder and hazelnuts at Bar Lourinha.
Good Food hat15/20

Bar Lourinha

Advertisement
Assorted dishes at Boon Choou.
14/20

Boon Choou

Beef rib and more prime cuts at Bornga.
13/20

Bornga

Inside Bossa Nova Sushi.
14.5/20

Bossa Nova

Baby octopus with red wine, tomato, olives and soft polenta.
Good Food hatGood Food hat16/20

Caterina’s Cucina e Bar

Cecconi’s tiramisu.
Good Food hat15/20

Cecconi’s Flinders Lane

13/20

Ceylon Wok

Snacks at Circl.
Good Food hat15/20

Circl

Chicken schnitzel with Italian coleslaw.
14/20

City Wine Shop

14-day aged roast duck with black garlic hoisin, pineapple Sichuan compote, pickled daikon, and pancakes.
Good Food hat15/20

Coda

Advertisement
Tuna tartare with green pea and mint.
Good Food hat15/20

Cumulus Inc.

14/20

Dao Noodle

Di Stasio Citta restaurant in Melbourne.
Good Food hatGood Food hat16/20

Di Stasio Citta

Doju’s salted calamari on seasoned rice.
Good Food hat15/20

Doju

Nasi lemak, braised duck, dry wonton mee with barbecue pork and chicken feet.
13.5/20

EatAlley

Assorted dishes at Elio’s Place.
14/20

Elio’s Place

December will mark the 10-year anniversary of Embla.
Good Food hat15.5/20

Embla

Poussin pithivier with Yarra Valley truffles.
Good Food hat15/20

The European

Lakes Entrance fish with grilled oyster mushroom and clam velouté.
13/20

Farmer’s Daughters

Advertisement
Flower Drum’s signature dish is the Peking duck.
Good Food hatGood Food hat16.5/20

Flower Drum

Pickled clams, saffron aioli and potato crisps.
Good Food hat15.5/20

French Saloon

Beef tartare with green strawberries.
Good Food hat15.5/20

Freyja

Outside the St Kilda road store.
13/20

Garam Merica

Gimlet at Cavendish House’s steak tartare service.
Good Food hatGood Food hat16.5/20

Gimlet

The Golden Treasure Cold Platter at Gong De Lin.
13/20

Gong De Lin

A selection of cocktails.
Good Food hat15/20

Grill Americano

Creamy tonkotsu ramen from Hakata Gensuke.
14/20

Hakata Gensuke QV

Spanner crab ravioli with pumpkin bisque.
Good Food hat15/20

Harriot

Sustainable produce is cooked over the flames at Hazel.
14/20

Hazel

“Laksa bombs”, a smash-hit from Junda Khoo’s Sydney restaurants.
14/20

Ho Jiak – Junda’s Playground

Char kwai teow at Ho Liao.
14/20

Ho Liao

Continue this series

The complete list of venues in The Age Good Food Guide 2026, by region
Up next
Creme caramel and calvados golden raisin.
  • Collection

Melbourne’s Eastern Suburbs

Every restaurant featured in The Age Good Food Guide 2026 in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne.

Assorted dishes at Cherrywood.
  • Collection

Melbourne’s Northern Suburbs

Every restaurant featured in The Age Good Food Guide 2026 in Melbourne’s Northern Suburbs.

See all stories