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The coffee flight at Saazaa Coffee.

Saazaa Coffee

This cafe is a finalist for best coffee in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Ima Pantry stocks specialist Japanese groceries and everyday essentials.

Ima Pantry

A cafe, grocer and Japanese convenience store in one.

  • Emma Breheny
Estate and guest wines share menu space with thoughtful non-alcoholic drinks at Glenarty Road.
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This cosy South West cellar door restaurant is leading the way in farm-to-table eating

An unwavering commitment to grow-it-yourself plus HR wins – including a dynamic cooking duo in the kitchen – sees this regional benchmark in career-best form.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Inside the Barragunda dining room.
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The Mornington Peninsula’s newest two-hatted fine-diner is very fancy – but still a bargain

Barragunda gives critic Besha Rodell hope for the future of dining in Victoria.

  • Besha Rodell
Barragunda’s dining room.

Barragunda Dining

One of Australia’s most ambitious farm-to-table experiences.

  • Besha Rodell and Emma Breheny
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Billy Van Creamy

Billy Van Creamy

All-natural scoops near the beach.

  • Dani Valent
Homely and warming at Earth Walker & Co.

Cosy up with flame-licked food at this candlelit cafe and restaurant

Lush and dramatic dishes made from seasonal produce over an open fire are at the heart of Coledale’s cosy coastal cafe-restaurant Earth Walker & Co.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Pancakes with poached rhubarb, baked apple, coffee caramel and mascarpone.

‘Best in the country’: Why this pancake topping is worth a stop on your next road trip

The secret to earthly delight is in pairing local fare with passion at Moonacres Kitchen in the Southern Highlands.

  • Lenny Ann Low
Saazaa’s spacious interior, including a new eight-seat espresso bar.

This surprising factory space is one of Melbourne’s most interesting coffee spots

The caffeination options are many at Saazaa Coffee, from a macchiato made with Kenyan and El Salvadorean beans to drip coffee made with Burundi single origin.

  • Dani Valent
Potato churros with fermented capsicum puree.
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This newly two-hatted Torquay restaurant delivers zero-waste and maximum enjoyment

Chef Graham Jefferies’ compelling, startlingly creative waste-not cooking sees his rejigged Samesyn restaurant gain a second chefs’ hat.

  • Dani Valent

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