Fine dining
How late is too late to arrive at your restaurant booking? (Asking for a friend)
And how do you contact the venue when there’s no listed number? Here’s what hospo pros have to say.
- Billy De Luca
‘I’ve been chasing that feeling ever since’: Besha Rodell reflects on her most formative meal at a Melbourne icon
As a child, Besha Rodell lived in a hulking terrace house, but it was another majestic old home that kick-started her journey into a life in food.
- Besha Rodell
Sydney fine-diner moves up in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants longlist
The three-hatted seafood restaurant didn’t crack the top 50, but came in much higher than last year.
- Callan Boys
‘Is that legal?’ Hospo identities share weirdest customer requests
From a surprising celebrity encounter to interpretive dance in the dining room, restaurant workers strive to accommodate even the most surprising diner desires.
- Scott Bolles
- Exclusive
- Just open
Brighton finally gets the luxe big-name restaurant it has been waiting for
The 200-seat fine diner and wine bar is top chef Ian Curley’s first restaurant outside Melbourne’s CBD. Here’s what to look forward to when Baix opens next week.
- Tomas Telegramma
Top chef at three-hatted Vue de Monde to open ‘destination diner’ this year
A once-derelict pavilion is being rebuilt as a fine diner. Here’s what’s in store for Melbourne’s hottest restaurant opening of 2025.
- Tomas Telegramma
- Opinion
- The Empty Plate
Is caviar worth the exorbitant price? No, but here’s why I must buy it anyway
Terry Durack buys oscietra caviar for himself every birthday. And time stops whenever he eats it.
- Terry Durack
Backstreet pubs to pizza joints: 30 top spots from Victoria’s restaurant young guns
The next gen of front-of-house talent spills on the places you’ll find them on their days off.
Three-Michelin-starred restaurant returns to Sydney with $590-a-head menu
L’Enclume had a waitlist of 2000 tables at its first Bathers’ Pavilion pop-up. It now wants to take the experience to “another level”.
- Bianca Hrovat
- Exclusive
- Just open
Exclusive first look inside the new luxury grill from the Bentley and Monopole team
Eleven Barrack, the Bentley Group’s grand new CBD steakhouse, takes inspiration from luxe grills in New York, Paris and London, serving classic dishes with contemporary spins, such as pork bolognese with prawns.
- Scott Bolles
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