Cheap eats
‘If you see hi-vis, keep going’: Melbourne’s most hidden restaurants and takeaway spots
From Columbian hot dogs in car parks to barbecues at climbing gyms, some of the city’s best eating is increasingly found in unlikely locations.
- Dani Valent
Relive your magical trip to Japan at these nine Melbourne venues
Pocket-sized sushi restaurants, old-school Tokyo-style cafes, and affordable delis with build-your-own bentos are just the tip of a rapidly growing and highly specialised Japanese scene.
- Emma Breheny
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.
Doughnuts, ice-cream and nuggets: How this tiny shop puts a creative spin on tofu
A small-batch tofu maker is pushing perceptions of the vegetarian staple into new territory, using McDonald’s, low-waste cooking and more for inspiration.
- Emma Breheny
Is the Melbourne-invented dim sim Australia’s greatest snack?
The dim sim is this city’s most famous dish, and next month it’s being celebrated at a free event. But these will be like nothing you’ve had before.
- Emma Breheny
10 to book: Set menus for less than $50 at wine bars, hatted restaurants and more
From a $20 express lunch to a $45-a-head Italian feast, with some deals including a drink.
- Tomas Telegramma
This humble cafe in the ’burbs is taking Melbourne’s Greek food back to its roots
“Mixed grills, platters – that’s never the way Greeks have eaten.” A couple with 30 years experience are drawing people from all over with their homemade and ultra-fresh approach.
- Emma Breheny
A humble weatherboard in a tiny town is home to a thrilling new Thai restaurant
Settle in for a long lunch for just 14 guests at a time at this intimate, family-run eatery in the middle of northern Victoria.
- Quincy Malesovas
Back to work? 10 new Melbourne CBD spots for fast noodles, hefty banh mi and ace coffee
Impress your office pals with bright bakeries to sweeten meetings, lunchtime bargains that you can afford to keep on rotation, and cafes hidden in plain sight.
- Emma Breheny
A cult Japanese noodle shop arrives in Melbourne with summer-ready bowls
Everything you need to know about aburasoba, the “dry ramen” that ditches the soup but still packs loads of flavour into every squiggly bite of noodles.
- Emma Breheny
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