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The Keys serve hot wings, steaks and pub-like meals.

The Keys

Part bowling alley, part bar and rollicking fun for all.

The Age Good Food Guide 2025 Critics’ Picks.

Tacos to char kwai teow: 20 restaurants you’ll find Good Food Guide critics dining in their downtime

Loaded lobster rolls, best-in-class brisket, and noodles tossed expertly in the wok: our reviewers reveal their hitlists.

  • Emma Breheny and Good Food Guide reviewers
Burgers, fried chicken and other Americana classics are celebrated at Ghosty’s Diner in Bendigo.
Critics' Pick

Ghosty’s Diner

Comfort food in a comfy wood-panelled room. Download the Good Food app to see this review.

Critics' Pick

Houston’s Barbecue

Contender for the finest brisket on the east coast.

Critics' Pick

Good Good Burgers

A burger joint so good they named it twice.

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Tins of sardines, oyster shooters with Clamato dashi and “cold cuts” are among the snacks.
Critics' Pick

Humdinger

It’s a burger boogaloo at this music lover’s paradise.

JollyGood Diner in Collingwood serves burgers, pancakes, tap beers and cocktails.
Critics' Pick

JollyGood Diner

Textbook burgers, sweet pie and all-you-can-drink coffee.

Smoked ox tongue on sourdough focaccia at Tothy Brothers Deli.
Critics' Pick

Tothy Brothers Deli

Smoked meat celebration.

Boscaiolo pizza with pork sausage, mushrooms, garlic cream and grana padano cheese.
14/20

Fill up on first-rate pizza then fill your trolley five metres away at this supermarket spot

The Tonino’s International menu is built around pizza and pasta with a big ol’ fried chicken sandwich thrown in for good measure.

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This 80-seat restaurant leans hard into the culture surrounding “Australian barbecue”.
14/20

Smoke show: Newly opened Cassia brings modern barbecue to Fremantle

Where there’s smoke, there’s woodfire (and carefully grilled fish, chicken, addictive potatoes and a love letter to the winemakers and brewers of Western Australia).

  • Max Veenhuyzen

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