MoVida Aqui returns after renovation,older,wiser and better than ever
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Melbourne

MoVida Aqui returns after renovation,older,wiser and better than ever

Thirteen years after opening,owners Frank Camorra and Andy McMahon have packed up their light installation and brought in the designers to their Bourke Street restaurant.

  • byLarissa Dubecki

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Pack your thongs,this cruisy country pub is perfect for ‘eating a pile of fat prawns with your toes exposed’
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Milton

Pack your thongs,this cruisy country pub is perfect for ‘eating a pile of fat prawns with your toes exposed’

The Milton Hotel on the NSW South Coast might look laid-back but its menu delivers everything a smart comforting lunch should be.

  • byCallan Boys
Live seafood tanks are back,but does this restaurant fill the hole left by Golden Century?
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Haymarket

Live seafood tanks are back,but does this restaurant fill the hole left by Golden Century?

The Golden Century is over – enter the era of the Royal Palace Seafood Restaurant,which is bringing back live seafood tanks,huge banquet tables,two levels of dining,and,yes,even pipis in XO sauce.

  • byTerry Durack
‘This place is a vibe’ but wildly popular Fitzroy restaurant Poodle isn’t for everyone
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Fitzroy

‘This place is a vibe’ but wildly popular Fitzroy restaurant Poodle isn’t for everyone

Poodle Bar&Bistro has all the energy of another restaurant’s Friday night on a Tuesday. But how does the service and food under a new chef stack up?

  • byBesha Rodell
The beer is cold and the fried squid is hot,but does The Dolphin pass the pub test?

The beer is cold and the fried squid is hot,but does The Dolphin pass the pub test?

Bella Brutta’s former head pizzaiolo joins the Surry Hills hotel’s kitchen,and most of the Italo-Oz menu is pretty darn good.

  • byCallan Boys
Little Black Pig&Sons is the sort of Italian local that will please everyone’s inner nonna

Little Black Pig&Sons is the sort of Italian local that will please everyone’s inner nonna

Inside us all there’s a headscarf-clad nonna with firm opinions on food. And she would approve of this hardworking suburban bistro.

  • byLarissa Dubecki
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A hearty welcome back to one of our all-time Melbourne favourites,French Saloon
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Melbourne

A hearty welcome back to one of our all-time Melbourne favourites,French Saloon

Operating as an events space since 2021,this distinctly Melbourne restaurant is back,and it’s as good as ever.

  • byBesha Rodell
‘The dishes should have their own Instagram account’ at this popping new Bondi spot

‘The dishes should have their own Instagram account’ at this popping new Bondi spot

The old A Tavola site is now Raw Bar’s spicy little sister,serving beautiful dishes and turning up the music for the beach crowd.

  • byTerry Durack
The cult charcoal chook is only part of the story at Chapel Street’s shiny Sydney import Henrietta
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Windsor

The cult charcoal chook is only part of the story at Chapel Street’s shiny Sydney import Henrietta

The best advice for anyone heading to this glam modern Middle Eastern restaurant is to take your mates:the bigger the army,the better.

  • byLarissa Dubecki
Hatted newcomer Raja is nothing like other Indian restaurants around Sydney

Hatted newcomer Raja is nothing like other Indian restaurants around Sydney

No one else is serving Indian food with this level of panache and with such youthful energy.

  • byCallan Boys
Bibs and napkins,sticky fingers,hullabaloo:Is this the messiest meal in Sydney?

Bibs and napkins,sticky fingers,hullabaloo:Is this the messiest meal in Sydney?

Sydney institution Harry’s Singapore Chilli Crab moves to Potts Point,proving once again that good chilli crab is a crazy assault on your tastebuds as well as your tablecloth.

  • byTerry Durack