The wonderfully oversized tables in Lunas’ courtyard.

This laid-back inner west spot is like a vine-clad European backyard

Shared meals and outdoor dining give customers a taste of Portugal at Lunas in Petersham.

  • Lenny Ann Low

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Mid Air restaurant sits 12 storeys above Russell Street.

Russell Street’s stunning new rooftop serves up big Med flavours and all-new city views

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The optional seafood platter (market fish,mussels,salmon caviar and lemon-pickle-spiked butter sauce).
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This add-on is like the designer dress you stumble upon in an op shop:an absolute steal

Three-year-old Mauritian restaurant Manze is sitting in the sweet spot. Plus:its seafood platter is absolutely gorgeous.

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This seafood hot pot is some of the best value in the city right now

Our tip:split a steamboat between a group of four at the new-look Spice Temple.

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Caterina Borsato before the reopening of her basement restaurant,which has been closed for renovations after a flood.

This Italian CBD stayer is reopening after a flood and a seven-month rebuild

Owner Caterina Borsato is itching to get back to business,ushering in the venerated city restaurant’s 30th year.

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The original jam doughnuts of American Doughnut Kitchen are hard to beat.

From $2.20 doughnuts to cult chicken nuggets:Where to find Melbourne’s top 20 snacks

Whether you like your snacks palm-sized and less than $2 or built for sharing,this list from The Age Good Food Guide 2025 covers plenty of ground.

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Imogen Mitchen and Corey Rozario are doing great things with their pop-up at Margaret River skate park.
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This freewheeling Margaret River pop-up is blazing a new trail for modern Asian cooking

While BMX bandits practice bar spins and grommets drop-in,an emerging cooking talent is serving game-changing dahl,punchy pickles and other bold Burmese cooking.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Ben Shewry at Attica.

We know Ben Shewry doesn’t like the Good Food Guide. And we don’t care

Ben Shewry wants his restaurant Attica dropped from the Guide. This is why it won’t be.

  • Besha Rodell
Baker D. Chirico opened in Newstead last month.

After a six-year wait,a superstar Melbourne baker lands in Brisbane

One of the striking openings of the year is serving its famous sourdough,cream-stuffed bombolini,zesty maritozzi,and much,much more. Take a look inside.

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‘Really beneficial’:Next-gen talent given boost towards restaurant dreams

Two Good Food Guide awards handed out this week – Young Chef of the Year and Young Service Talent – have the potential to reshape the careers of two women in Melbourne.

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A statue of Neptune sits in the middle of the room at Neptune’s Grotto.

Clam Bar team opens subterranean Italian diner Neptune’s Grotto

The former Tokonoma space,right underneath Clam Bar,has been transformed into an atmospheric underground restaurant with a classic northern Italian menu.

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