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Wine bar 81 Bay will serve snacks such as prawn toast, perfect for casual visits.

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
Duan Wong and Isabella Wong at The Malaya’s new home.

Beloved 60-year-old family-run restaurant The Malaya returns to George Street

It might be a new chapter for the Malaysian institution, but old favourites such as its signature laksa (made with cow’s milk) and beef rendang will still entice regulars.

  • Scott Bolles
Gracie’s lush courtyard is popular on weekends.

From lofty rooftops to leafy courtyards, five new bars for this gloriously sunny weekend

From South Yarra to Thornbury, these new watering holes (some of them sun-drenched) are worth making plans around to soak up the last of the warm weather.

  • Tomas Telegramma
Sippenham.

Find French snacks, espresso martini slushies and BYO wine at Sydney’s new bars

Seven new and soon-to-open bars to put on your drinks list for April.

  • Bianca Hrovat
Wok-tossed crab requires rolling up your sleeves and getting hands-on at Ministry of Crab.

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
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The Collective in The Rocks.

‘No one is opening 300-plus seat venues like this’: Rockpool team rebirths The Argyle

The Rocks’ heritage site is now known as The Collective, featuring a cocktail bar, breakfast courtyard and ambitious new dining room.

  • Scott Bolles
Chadstone

Chadstone’s shiny new Market Pavilion is a spectacle, but does it deserve the hype?

Recipe bots, pre-packaged meals and sweet treats are all there. But where do you sit down and eat? Here’s Good Food’s guide to the enormous food precinct.

  • Emma Breheny
Sana’s udon carbonara comes with charred kaiserfleisch, smoked dashi, a soft egg and heaps of black pepper. 

From udon carbonara to a hot-choc haven: Five new cafes to try (and what to order)

Find one in a famed Melbourne garden, another in Australia’s largest shopping centre, and others tucked in the backstreets.

  • Tomas Telegramma
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Your April hit list: The hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out this month

From newly hatted diners in Melbourne’s CBD to kebab vans worth travelling for, these were the venues that caught our attention in March for you to try this month.

Melbourne institution Caffe Greco is back open after a 10-plus year hiatus.

Four surprising new Italian venues taking their pasta and tiramisu to new places

Get pasta in shapes you’ve never seen before. Eat pizza topped with saganaki. And return to a Melbourne dining institution that’s been revived.

  • Tomas Telegramma and Emma Breheny

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