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Snacky skewers, wonky forks: The dining trends we loved (and hated) in 2024
Sweet touches such as chocolate with the bill were a delight. But disintegrating sandwiches, edible flowers and mangled cutlery stood out for all the wrong reasons.
- Emma Breheny and Ellen Fraser
‘Back with a bang’: The restaurants with new hats (and lost hats) in The Age Good Food Guide 2025
An iconic fine diner reclaims its three-hat status. High-profile operators take hits. And omakase restaurants rise and fall.
- Tomas Telegramma
The finalists for the three biggest awards at The Age Good Food Guide Awards, revealed
Ahead of The Age Good Food Guide awards on Monday night, these are the finalists for the biggest awards. You can be guaranteed they will be great.
- Emma Breheny and Good Food Guide reviewers
The Good Food app is live, with new Guide reviews, maps, recipes and more
It includes 500 Good Food Guide reviews searchable via an interactive map and ‘nearby’ function, plus 10,000 recipes, a daily feed of restaurant news and healthy eating advice.
The Good Food app is live, with new Guide reviews, maps, recipes and lots more on the menu
It includes 450 Good Food Guide reviews searchable via an interactive map and ‘nearby’ function, plus 10,000 recipes, a daily feed of restaurant news and healthy eating advice.
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Your November hit list: The hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out, right now
From fabulous French bars to rooftop restaurants, Melbourne’s heaving with top quality new hotspots. Here are 21 to add to your spring hit list.
It’s an all-you-can-eat adventure at Dainty Sichuan’s new hotpot and barbecue buffet
Come hungry – and prepared to wait. This colourful 220-seater, complete with kid-friendly desserts, is already pulling crowds.
- Tomas Telegramma
One of Melbourne’s favourite cafe groups shakes things up with daytime diner Ophelia
Unlike siblings Terror Twilight and Convoy, the menu at this cinema-adjacent cafe-wine bar in Westgarth will likely be different every time you visit.
- Tomas Telegramma
Australia’s most ambitious Japanese food precinct has opened in Sussex Street
With four luxe restaurants and a stable of high-profile chefs, multi-level Prefecture 48 is taking Japanese dining in Australia to new heights.
- Scott Bolles
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Your October hit list: The hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out, right now
Wine bars slake locals’ thirsts in the ’burbs, revamped pubs, a rooftop cafe (and a cafe with a rooftop to come) … here’s where to eat and drink this month.
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