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The premium Indian restaurant seats 130 in booths or on elegant folding chairs.
Good Food hat15/20

Indian restaurant Kolkata Cricket Club is capped with a hat

Toddy Shop chef Mischa Tropp’s fire-driven, premium restaurant at Crown feels real, right and resonant.

  • Dani Valent
Half-chicken with French onion soup toast.
14.5/20

Heritage farmhouse meets natural wine at this new bread fanciers’ hang-out

The All Purpose Bakery team brings “posh RSL” vibes and a no-bookings policy to a refurbished sandstone cottage on Oxford Street, serving rissoles, steak, oysters Kilpatrick and all things bread.

  • Callan Boys
Inside Stanley Street Bodega.

Stanley Street Bodega

New York bodega meets Japanese convenience store.

  • Emma Breheny
Pick up picnic provisions at Sweet Nectar Inn.

Sweet Nectar Inn

A lo-fi neighbourhood bottleshop, bar and pantry in one.

  • Emily Holgate
Sisig at Mrs Parks Kitchen.

Mrs Parks Kitchen

Contemporary Filipino cuisine in Melbourne’s west.

  • Cheyenne Bardos
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Mama Lor is found in both Werribee and Sydney’s Rooty Hill.

Mama Lor Restaurant & Bakery

Simple, traditional Filipino fare.

  • Cheyenne Bardos
December will mark the ten-year anniversary of Embla.
Good Food hat15.5/20

This dark, moody wine bar is our critic’s go-to because it’s exactly what Melbourne does best

This decade-old CBD favourite is still as dynamic as the day it opened.

  • Besha Rodell
Silog meal at Cafe Kusina.

Cafe Kusina

Filipino fusion brunch spot specialising in silog.

  • Cheyenne Bardos
Lunch at Sebastian comes with water views.

Sebastian Beach Grill & Bar

For Spanish-ish cuisine by the seaside.

  • Gemima Cody
Enjoy a Greek feast at Taverna.
14.5/20

‘Olive oily, lemony, salty deliciousness’: This corner is a rollicking Greek party once more

Taverna was created in a hurry, but it’s instantly timeless, writes Dani Valent. And there’s a lot of Hellenic history here.

  • Dani Valent

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