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The 1110-person Hickens Hotel now has two additional levels.

A mega pub with a rooftop bar, private karaoke and more opens in Melbourne’s CBD

Hickens Hotel is now open in the four-storey space once housing the Crafty Squire.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Bistecca al pepe - eye fillet steak topped with a pepper sauce-filled raviolo - at Gambino restaurant in Glen Waverley.
14.5/20

Bet you’ve never had steak and pepper sauce like this before, Melbourne

Gambino restaurant and rooftop bar brings tricksy Italian dishes and Big Night Out energy to the ’burbs.

  • Dani Valent
A spread of crab blini with hollandaise, chips, steak Diane and Skull Island prawns with black pepper butter (clockwise from left).
Good Food hatGood Food hat16.5/20

Why this perpetually busy restaurant is one of Sydney’s most meaningful dining experiences

Cafe Paci might have the look and feel of a bistro, but the food tells a more complex story.

  • Myffy Rigby
Le Pub is the latest addition to the Kirk’s empire on busy Hardware Lane.

Le Pub

Aussie pub plus bottleshop by the French Saloon and Kirk’s team.

  • Kosa Monteith
Vera Wine Bar in Newcastle has plenty of natural wines to choose from.

Snack on tinned fish and cheese at a tiny light-filled wine shop in Newcastle

Vera Wine is one of the smallest bars in the state, with a mighty natural wine selection.

  • Callan Boys
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The Argyle nightclub has been reborn as The Dining Room.
14/20

Have we hit peak luxury grill? It seems so, at the new restaurant by the Rockpool team

There’s a lot to like at The Dining Room, but somehow it manages to mask complex and assured cooking behind decisions that strip it of the magic.

  • David Matthews
Dawn and Mabels feels cosy and classic inside.

Dawn and Mabel’s

An Art Deco-style bar with a globetrotting wine list.

  • Emma Breheny
Mixed Business.
14/20

The family-run bar our critic would be stoked to have on his own street

From the fried chicken sandwich on good-on-ya-mum white bread to the puffy salt-and-vinegar potato scallops, Mixed Business Enmore is nostalgia made manifest.

  • Callan Boys
Eurocentric snacks and cocktails are available at Lane’s Edge.

Lane’s Edge

Laneway hot spot serving Eurocentric bar snacks until late.

  • Emily Holgate
Bar Selecta bar director Joey Tai (left) and co-owner Masaki Hisaike.

Bar Selecta

A Tokyo-style listening bar in a suburban laneway.

  • Kosa Monteith

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