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The “Benny Nest” (eggs benedict on kataifi pastry).

Your March hit list: Hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out this month

Greek and Lebanese brunches, Southeast Asian and South Indian suburban gems, plus our top picks of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival program.

Satay roast chicken salad.

Five super satay recipes to make this weekend (starring Adam Liaw’s nutty new salad)

The popular peanut sauce is a guaranteed crowdpleaser – perfect for weekend get-togethers.

Bill Granger’s ricotta hotcakes.
EASY

How to make Australia’s most famous weekend brunch dish at home

Like the recipe’s creator, these fluffy hotcakes are the stuff of Australian legend.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Bill Granger
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Chilli crab linguine is a popular order.
14.5/20

Well-heeled locals are lapping up this restaurant (and its ‘bang on’ crab pasta)

Every table at Henrys seems to order the linguine and I get it, I really do. But don’t miss the exemplary dessert, too.

  • Dani Valent
Red Park is a new all-day eatery in Ocean Grove.

A laidback Victorian coastal town is now home to a famous porchetta roll

Locally minded Red Park serves sandwiches by day, and pizza and cocktails by night. Plus, more new openings to visit in nearby Geelong and beyond.

  • Tomas Telegramma

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Eating out

Divine Hotpot restaurant in Footscray.

Hot pot meets sushi train for a new style of DIY dining

We’ve got sushi and cheese trains, but this track boasts 50 trays of ingredients ready for dipping into your own personal hot pot station.

  • Dani Valent
A magic coffee at a Melbourne cafe.

Do we really have the best coffee culture in the world? Not if you want one after 3pm

  • Adam Liaw
Justin Hemmes pictured outside one of his Sydney venues in 2022.

What’s happening with Merivale’s original Melbourne restaurant?

  • Emma Breheny
Arnold’s wine bar in Kensington, complete with disco ball.
13.5/20

Local wine bar Arnold’s stands out from the crowd with its blue drink, Mexican-ish food

  • Besha Rodell

Lists & guides

Julia Busuttil Nishimura will prepare the World’s Longest Brunch in the Royal Botanic Gardens.

Everything you need to know about the 2025 Melbourne Food & Wine Festival

Oyster salad at Thai Baan, one of the spots in a booming Thai Town in Melbourne’s CBD.

10 of Melbourne’s latest and greatest Thai restaurants

Omnia’s pork cotoletta lunch special.

10 set menus for less than $50 at wine bars, hatted restaurants and more

Cocktails at Olympia sneak in Greek ingredients like ouzo.

From posh to party, these new rooftop venues are built for anything

Taverna’s menu is all about meze and large dishes to share.

February hit list: Hot, new (and unexpected) places to check out this month

Back to work? 10 new Melbourne CBD spots for noodles, banh mi, coffee

Back to work? 10 new Melbourne CBD spots for noodles, banh mi, coffee

Earl Grey and candied pistachio at Nuvoletta.

11 new and underrated ice-cream spots (and flavours) in Melbourne

Handmade pasta is a focus at Abbiocco.

10 of Melbourne’s best Italian restaurants (and how to dine for less)

Cambodian restaurant and cafe Mahob at Moo’s in Meeniyan.

The nine regional restaurants we can’t wait to dine at this summer

Lily McGrath is a chef at MoVida restaurant in Melbourne’s CBD.

Game, set, hats: 10 ace places to eat just a short walk from the tennis

Bobbie Peels is bringing the dining specials.

From $15 buffets to bottomless drinks: The skint diner’s guide to January’s best deals

Stokehouse Pasta & Bar: sand adjacent.

Victoria’s 10 best waterfront restaurants for great food with a view

Recent reviews

Chilli crab linguine is a popular order.
14.5/20

Well-heeled locals are lapping up breezy newcomer Henrys (and its ‘bang on’ crab pasta)

  • Dani Valent
Divine Hotpot restaurant in Footscray.

Divine Hotpot combines hot pot and sushi train for a fun new style of DIY dining

  • Dani Valent
Arnold’s wine bar in Kensington, complete with disco ball.
13.5/20

Neighbourhood wine bar Arnold’s stands out from the crowd with its Mexican-ish food

  • Besha Rodell
Amatrice Rooftop is a red velvet and stone salon up in the clouds.
13/20

Rooftop restaurant Amatrice has a lot going for it, but leaves our critic baffled

  • Dani Valent
Marmelo at Melbourne Place.
Good Food hat15/20

Avoiding what’s obvious and popular, hotel restaurant Marmelo feels properly new

  • Besha Rodell

Good Food Guide 2025

The Age Good Food Guide Awards 2025, held in the Plaza Ballroom, Melbourne.

Everything you need to know about The Age Good Food Guide 2025

***EMBARGOED FOR GOOD WEEKEND, JUNE 18/22 ISSUE*** Good Food  / Good Weekend review by Dani Valent : Amaru Photograph by Chloe Dann (photographer on contract, no restrictions)

Every Good Food Guide hatted restaurant to add to your bucket list

The Baba’s Place crew, winners of the inaugural Bill Granger Trailblazer Award.

Everything you need to know from the SMH Good Food Guide 2025

Former staff at top restaurant Moonah have made allegations of poor treatment.

Good Food revokes Moonah’s major award, hats, score

  • Charlotte Grieve
A selection of iconic dishes from Sydney restaurants for the 40th anniversary of the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide.

The 40 defining dishes from 40 years of the SMH Good Food Guide

  • Callan Boys and David Matthews

Recipes

Enjoy the flavours of lasagne in less than half the time it usually takes.

‘The gooey yumminess of lasagne, but in an instant’

Donna Hay’s one-pan wonder delivers all the comforting flavours of lasagne, but in less than half the time. Plus two more pasta recipes you’ll love.

  • Donna Hay
Helen Goh’s peach and raspberry Betty.
EASY

Helen Goh’s peach and raspberry Betty

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Helen Goh
Cos salad with tahini and molasses.
EASY

The two-ingredient dressing that makes lettuce something special

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Using store-bought dough gives you a fast track to American-style pepperoni deep-dish pizza.
EASY

Deep-dish pepperoni pizza with a golden secret

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook

Recipe collections

This easy pasta dish is freezer friendly and great for meal prepping.

From faster pastas to sweet treats: Your 20 favourite recipes from February

Tarragon and black-pepper chicken salad sliders

Last week of summer already? Its 25+ most popular recipes will help prolong the pleasure

RecipeTin Eats’ Greek chicken and potato tray bake.

14 Nagi and nice budget dinner winners to make this week

Helen Goh’s burnt honey cake with figs and whisky.

25 sweet and savoury ways to give a fig this season

20-minute stovetop beans

Five egg-free brunch recipes to make this weekend

This chicken and corn salad is inspired by the Mexican street food, esquites.

14 gluten-free summer dinners to make this week

Jill Dupleix recipe masterclass: Pad Thai.

40 Thai recipes to think about making while watching The White Lotus

Adam Liaw’s baked chicken and tomato risotto.

Pop the top: 22 recipes that start with a jar of tomato passata

Mexican street corn pizza.

Five cheat’s pizzas to cook this weekend (plus how to make dough from scratch)

Adam Liaw’s tomato spaghetti marinara.

Feeling saucy? 10 seafood pasta recipes to stir up romance

Greek chicken and salad.

14 easy peak-summer dishes (and a bonus side salad) to cook this week

Classic bruschetta.

Five things on toast to make this weekend (plus an expert’s guide)

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Tips & advice

Adam Liaw’s green curry noodles.

Four ways to use that forgotten jar of curry paste in your fridge

  • Becky Krystal
Scrambled eggs.

Five dietitian-approved ways to add more protein to your diet

  • Susie Burrell
Baker Emelia Jackson was a contestant on the reality TV series Dessert Masters.

Expert baker Emelia Jackson reveals the pantry ingredients she can’t live without

  • Emelia Jackson
Apple cider vinegar has many health benefits.

Apple cider vinegar is more than a TV show. Here’s everything you need to know

  • Jill Dupleix
Alice Zaslavsky with her doggy bag.

How to navigate the dos and don’ts of restaurant doggy bags

  • Alice Zaslavsky

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Drinks

Why are some wines more expensive?

  • Huon Hooke
A by Arras Premium Cuvee Rosé NV is “astoundingly good value”.

Why Aussie sparkling rosé is the best in the world

  • Katie Spain

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Australia’s authority on food goes daily, with the launch of a dedicated Good Food page

Australia’s authority on food goes daily, with the launch of a dedicated Good Food page

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The brand new Good Food app is like having a reviewer in your pocket.

The Good Food app is live, with new Guide reviews, maps, recipes and more

Popular on Good Food

Red Park is a new all-day eatery in Ocean Grove.

A laidback Victorian coastal town is now home to Heartattack and Vine’s famous porchetta roll

  • Tomas Telegramma
Chilli crab linguine is a popular order.
14.5/20

Well-heeled locals are lapping up this breezy restaurant (and its ‘bang on’ chilli crab pasta)

  • Dani Valent
This easy pasta dish is freezer friendly and great for meal prepping.

From faster pastas to sweet treats: Your 20 favourite recipes from February

A magic coffee at a Melbourne cafe.

Do we really have the best coffee culture in the world? Not if you want one after 3pm

  • Adam Liaw
Enjoy the flavours of lasagne in less than half the time it usually takes.

‘The gooey yumminess of lasagne, but in an instant’: Donna Hay’s easy pasta wins

  • Donna Hay

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