Eating out
The full list: Every venue in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries guide
From specialty coffee shops to cult sandwich spots, here are the best places to start your day in Melbourne.
- Recommended
- Coburg
Slow-cooked meats star at this barbecue joint where southern and South American cuisines collide
- Quincy Malesovas
- Recommended
- Melbourne
Load up a tray from the bain marie at Melbourne’s very own version of Malaysian rice stalls
- Tomas Telegramma
- Recommended
- Brunswick East
‘Not a kebab’: It’s all about chargrilled Lebanese chicken at Tawooq
- Quincy Malesovas
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Get disco-friendly ramen and snacks at Chapel Street’s new late-night izakaya
A music-loving ramen chef creates a venue for those craving Japanese food after midnight.
- Dani Valent
- Review
- Abbotsford
This office block restaurant was rebooted within a year. Does Molli 2.0 hit the mark?
It’s helmed by an exciting new chef, but feels like a small neighbourhood restaurant trapped in an airport lounge.
- Besha Rodell
- Recommended
- Coburg
Find riffs on Palestinian dishes at a homely Coburg cafe that honours its owner’s grandmother
Beit Siti serves fresh baked goods with Middle Eastern twists, grab-and-go sangers and more.
- Kosa Monteith
Torquay’s favourite sandwich bar is moving, but it’s good news for fans of carbs
There’s more to love at the new Mortadeli, including carbonara-inspired breakfast wraps, pasta all day, and Roman drinking food. Plus, a nearby cafe has an all-Australian menu led by jaffles.
- Emma Breheny
- Review
- Brunswick East
The hot new Lygon Street Italian restaurant where pasta starts at $6
Times New Roman is difficult to Google but easy to love for its affordable spaghetti, wine and penchant for Cheezels.
- Dani Valent
‘Melbourne’s Silicon Valley’ rises as a daytime dining destination. Here are five spots to try
Some of the most exciting new lunch venues are in a small pocket of the inner south-east.
- Tomas Telegramma and Quincy Malesovas
- Recommended
- Windsor
A Scandi cafe in the southeast is now open at night for steak carbonara, share plates and more
Oppen in Windsor has extended its hours from Thursday to Saturday.
- Dani Valent
- Recommended
- Brunswick
Maalu Maalu
One of the best all-you-can-eat Sri Lankan buffets in Melbourne.
- Tomas Telegramma and Dani Valent
- Review
- South Melbourne
This newly two-hatted laneway restaurant in an old warehouse is ‘a portal to Japan’
Tomo-An chef Tomotaka Ishizuka serves his Aussie-fied Japanese tasting menu to six guests at a time.
- Dani Valent
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