Licensed
- Review
- Bangalow
This country spot is the ‘pub’ every town wishes it had on the corner
If you can’t find an old pub, make one. That’s the approach the You Beauty team has taken to create this award-winning community-led venue.
- David Matthews
- Recommended
- Melbourne
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
- Review
- South Yarra
This Toorak Road taverna is hitting its stride with cheese pie and crackling filo pastry
Astoria Bar Ke Grill opened quietly last spring, but is now coming into its own with a host of dips, stews and a hefty moussaka.
- Dani Valent
- Review
- Terrey Hills
‘Beaut little hub’: This rebadged suburban spot crackles with community spirit
McCarrs on Mona Vale Road is an excellent place to sit by the fire and share pizza slices topped with pepperoni, honey and chilli.
- Callan Boys
- Review
- Glen Waverley
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
- Recommended
- Collingwood
The pizzas are punny at this popular northside spot
Collingwood’s Thin Slizzy offers cheap pizzas, cocktails and pints on Wednesdays.
- Tomas Telegramma
- Review
- Fitzroy
‘Ordering a burger here seems weird’: Our critic reviews Cutler’s flexible new menu
The restaurant formerly known as Cutler and Co. switches from pricey degustation dining to a more casual format.
- Besha Rodell
- Recommended
- South Melbourne
Aegli
For traditional Greek dishes executed in ways you might not expect.
- Tomas Telegramma
- Recommended
- Carlton
D.O.C Pizza & Mozzarella Bar
One of Melbourne’s most iconic spots for wood-fired pizza.
- Review
- Fitzroy
‘Melbourne wine bar’ has become its own genre, but this decade-old spot breaks the mould
Push past the orthodoxies at Fitzroy’s Bar Liberty, where spirit infuses everything from the playlists to the legacy of cheesy, peppery dishes.
- Dani Valent
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