Fine dining
‘100% Australian for us’: Why chefs won’t open the door to US beef
“It’s like getting a cask wine versus a beautiful bottle that someone put time and care into. There’s just no comparison.”
- Bianca Hrovat and Emma Breheny
13 exciting restaurant openings we’re counting down to this year
Melbourne’s only Ukrainian restaurant, two very different charcoal chicken shops, and a bakery from a pastry master: there’s lots of good eating to look forward to.
- Dani Valent
If I order a bottle of wine and don’t like it, can I send it back?
Is that restaurant wine you splashed your hard-earned cash on not quite right? Here’s when it’s acceptable – or not – to request replacing it.
- Katie Spain
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‘Southgate is falling apart’: Riverside restaurant calls time after 21 years
One of Southgate’s premier dining tenants has left the city shopping centre, saying standards have slipped while rents have remained the same.
- Dani Valent
The Tipo 00 team’s new ‘destination diner’ feels a world away from its office tower digs
A first look at good-looking Harriot, which channels new-wave European bistros and makes magic with overlooked ingredients.
- Tomas Telegramma
Three Michelin stars, 14 courses and the once-in-a-lifetime chance for a front-row seat
Join Good Food Guide co-editor Callan Boys for an exclusive interactive dinner at the L’Enclume Bathers’ Pavillion residency.
- Bianca Hrovat
How late is too late to arrive at your restaurant booking? (Asking for a friend)
And how do you contact the venue when there’s no listed number? Here’s what hospo pros have to say.
- Billy De Luca
‘I’ve been chasing that feeling ever since’: Besha Rodell reflects on her most formative meal at a Melbourne icon
As a child, Besha Rodell lived in a hulking terrace house, but it was another majestic old home that kick-started her journey into a life in food.
- Besha Rodell
Sydney fine-diner moves up in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants longlist
The three-hatted seafood restaurant didn’t crack the top 50, but came in much higher than last year.
- Callan Boys
‘Is that legal?’ Hospo identities share weirdest customer requests
From a surprising celebrity encounter to interpretive dance in the dining room, restaurant workers strive to accommodate even the most surprising diner desires.
- Scott Bolles
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