Tasting menu
- Review
- Sydney
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
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- Review
- Melbourne
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
Three-Michelin-starred American restaurant coming to Sydney with $690 menu
First came the L’Enclume residency. Now Bathers’ Pavilion will host a lauded Californian fine diner, complete with its showstopping signature floral course.
- Callan Boys
- Review
- Melbourne
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
- 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
- Rosebud
‘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
- Review
- East Melbourne
Melbourne has a new three-hat restaurant that’s beautiful and pointedly Australian
Vue de Monde “wunderkind” Hugh Allen’s ambitious Fitzroy Gardens project achieves a significant accolade out of the gate.
- Besha Rodell
Handcrafted spoons, custom clay bricks: What it takes to open a restaurant in 2025
A hot young Melbourne chef and a visionary architect combine to create a distinctive culinary establishment. Will Yiaga change the fine-dining game?
- Myffy Rigby
- Review
- Port Melbourne
Katy Perry booked out this entire venue, and you might find yourself belting out a tune, too
Dani Valent said this experience restaurant initially had the awkwardness of an office team-building exercise, but the ick was erased by a sustained good vibe.
- Dani Valent
