Dani Valent
Food writer and restaurant reviewer
Dani Valent is a food writer and restaurant reviewer.
- Review
- Elsternwick
The Melbourne chocolate shop using AI to design astronaut bunnies
This Easter Alessandro Luppolo embarked on a space odyssey to create egg-shaped rockets and oversized bonbon moons.
- Dani Valent
Where to sit, the total bill and best dishes: Your cheat sheet to Australia’s first Ministry of Crab
A Sri Lankan seafood restaurant with nine international branches has opened on Flinders Lane, bringing bibs, claw crackers and the theatre of wok-cooked mud crabs.
- Dani Valent
- Review
- Abbotsford
Abbotsford favourite goes from grungy to grown-up but is still finding its groove
New chef. New fit-out. There’s lots to like about the new-look Dr Morse. And still plenty of room for dancing out the back.
- Dani Valent
- Review
- Melbourne
Slurp down 16 different types of oysters at this tiny, casual CBD seafood spot
Stop Whining is a stay-a-while sibling to hole-in-the-wall oyster bar Muli Express, offering a casual spot for seafood feasting on Little Bourke Street.
- Dani Valent
- Review
- Fitzroy
Is it worth paying $30 for this cup of coffee at Fitzroy’s shiny new cafe?
Don’t worry, $5.50 flat whites, as well as bagels and other popular items, are also available at Toby’s Estate sleek new flagship venue.
- Dani Valent
- Review
- Melbourne
Il Mercato Centrale
An Italian food hub where 23 artisans sell their wares across three floors.
- Dani Valent
Why this much-talked-about restaurant is being overhauled in its first year
The owners admit the original menu “missed the mark” with locals – now they’ve gone back to the drawing board, revealing a new all-women leadership team with impressive international credentials.
- Dani Valent
- Review
- Aberfeldie
This cosy neighbourhood wine bar in an underrated inner suburb is worth seeking out
Bar Brillo is a welcome addition to this small, hilly pocket northwest of the city, serving natural wines and Italian-leaning small plates.
- Dani Valent
- Review
- Kensington
Inside a roller-doored garage in Kensington lies a truly great little dining gem
Ghanaian jollof, Nigerian jollof and even spaghetti jollof are on the menu at Jollof Vibe, a West African eatery operating out of a dark shared kitchen.
- Dani Valent
- Review
- Southbank
This hatted restaurant is a jewel, nestled in our critic’s least favourite location in Melbourne
Toddy Shop chef Mischa Tropp’s fire-driven, premium restaurant at Crown feels real, right and resonant.
- Dani Valent
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