NewsBite

Advertisement

Good Food recommends

The seafood tower at the Collins Kitchen buffet at Grand Hyatt.

Buffets are booming: Four of Melbourne’s best all-you-can-eat restaurants (plus one to avoid)

Five years on from COVID restrictions, the buffet resurgence is real. Here’s what’s driving the trend and tips for getting the most bang for your buck.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Fried chicken washed down with Cass beer at Seven Star Pocha in Koreatown.

Finger-licking late-night fun: An expert’s guide to eating (and drinking) in Koreatown

Good Food joins Doju chef Mika Chae for a tour of the city’s now-official Korean hub, Healeys Lane.

  • Dani Valent
Layered dark hot chocolate with baked crema Catalana custard and aniseed sugar.

Melbourne’s essential cafes for matcha and specialty drinks

From mont blancs to nom chompoo, here are some of our favourite cafe drinks beyond the flat white.

  • Good Food
Tyler's Milk Bar, a new cafe and general store in Preston, Melbourne.
For Good Food, 30 July, 2021

Melbourne’s essential family-friendly cafes

These cafes cater to kids without compromising on quality. We’re liking a brunch destination with cosy pockets, a family-run milk bar with jumbo milkshakes and more.

  • Good Food
Brunetti restaurant in Lygon St, Carlton.

Melbourne’s iconic cafes and bakeries

Melbourne’s cafes are the heart of the city and these are some of its best. There’s a tiny shop in an old-school mall, a Japanese breakfast expert and a 90-year-old bakery.

  • Good Food
Advertisement
YTB pastries are flavoured with matcha and calamansi.

Melbourne’s essential cafes for tea

If we’re reading the leaves correctly, Melbourne’s tea scene is entering its golden era. We’re loving a 20-seat basement venue and sipping fragrant masala chai at a top spot.

  • Good Food
A selection of cakes from Holy Sugar in Northcote.

Melbourne’s essential sweets and treats

Laced with chocolate, infused with honey and dusted with sugar, here are the city’s best spots for sweet freaks.

  • Good Food
Suupaa’s egg sando stars a slab of fried tamago.

15 essential Melbourne cafes for exceptional food (plus where to find this fried egg sando)

These cafes are strictly food-first. Slide into a booth for stacked toasties, eat French Toast while listening to vinyl or explore old-school Greek recipes at a cute eatery.

  • Good Food
Walrus’ diner-style booths are hot property.

These 12 cafes are all-star all-rounders, nailing the vibe, food and drinks, every time

Want the whole package? These favourites want to give it to you. Like a Euro-leaning corner spot, an exceptional cafe-grocer and a diner with retro American vibes.

  • Good Food
Freshly brewed coffee at Market Lane’s Queen Street location at Queen Victoria Market.

Melbourne’s essential cafes for coffee

In a field with no shortage of quality, these spots are the crema of the crop. Find a den of dark wood serving long blacks, coffee ceremonies at an Ethiopian cafe and more.

  • Good Food

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/topic/good-food-recommends-6fwa