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Emma Breheny

Emma Breheny

Melbourne eating out and restaurant editor

Emma is Good Food’s Melbourne eating out and restaurant editor and editor of The Age Good Food Guide.

Chicken katsu with Japanese gravy.
Critics' Pick

This inner-city terrace serves outrageously juicy katsu and boss-level drinking food

Craft beer hangout Benchwarmer breaks the mould with its brash and bold Japanese snacks.

  • Emma Breheny
Bloomwood cafe-bakery on Exhibition Street.

Melbourne’s cafes have always been world-class. But in 2025 they’ve got even better

As we announce Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries, Emma Breheny looks at the city’s shift from macchiatos to matcha, and the rise of third culture cooking.

  • Emma Breheny
Inside Onigiri Kitchen on Degraves Street.

Onigiri Kitchen

Hole-in-the-wall CBD shop specialising in onigiri.

  • Emma Breheny
Steak with “umami butter” is cooked over a wood grill.

Lost Cat

Familiarity and comfort with fine dining flare by an ex-Rockpool chef.

  • Emma Breheny
The GOAT and cold cuts banh mis from Banh Mi Stand.

Banh Mi Stand

For seriously stacked banh mi in the CBD.

  • Emma Breheny
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Milkbar is a new cafe in Docklands doing all-day breakfast, hearty salads and more.

Milkbar

All-day breakfast and grab-and-go lunches in Docklands.

  • Emma Breheny
From left: Andreas Papadakis, James Kelly and Luke Skidmore outside their soon-to-open restaurant, Harriot.

The next restaurant from the Tipo 00 crew is … not Italian

The team from one of Melbourne’s favourite pasta bars is rewriting the script with its fifth venue.

  • Emma Breheny
Ima Pantry stocks specialist Japanese groceries and everyday essentials.

Ima Pantry

A cafe, grocer and Japanese convenience store in one.

  • Emma Breheny
Pancakes with butter, blueberry compote and maple syrup.

Arthur’s MilkBar

Marcus Bontempelli’s American-style diner serving Aussie cafe staples.

  • Emma Breheny
Inside Wild Life in Brunswick East.

Wild Life Bakery

Specialty loaves, pastries and sandwiches in an airy, industrial-style space.

  • Emma Breheny

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