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South Yarra

Market Lane at Prahran Market is the perfect shopper’s pitstop.

Market Lane

The flagship of this leading roaster has become a meeting place for Prahran Market shoppers.

Go-to dish: Tempura hot rolls filled with avocado and topped with a slice of strawberry.
14/20

Bet you’ve never had a hot sushi roll like this before, Melbourne

Over the past five years, we’ve welcomed about a dozen high-end omakase restaurants, but Oshan’s South American angle is interesting.

  • Dani Valent
Floral banquettes and chic lighting are features of the new-look, and renamed Dainty on Toorak.

Dainty Sichuan returns with a luxe new look, name and rejigged menu. But is the spice still right?

With more than 100 items on the rejigged menu, it’s easy to get confused – or greedy – at the renovated and rebranded Sichuan stalwart.

  • Dani Valent
France-Soir in South Yarra.
14/20

This Melbourne icon divides food snobs – but our critic keeps going back

It may not be Melbourne’s best French restaurant. But it might be the city’s best-loved bistro.

  • Besha Rodell
Chef Yu Orita passing one of eight rounds of sushi to Nidaime’s diners.
Good Food hat15.5/20

Is this hatted South Yarra spot Melbourne’s best value omakase menu?

Nidaime may be glitzy Yugen Dining’s diffusion label. But the South Yarra tea house, which morphs into an omakase restaurant at night, delivers value for money.

  • Larissa Dubecki
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Interlude is an Aboriginal-owned bar that puts native Australian culture and ingredients centre stage.

Aboriginal-owned Interlude Bar spotlights the people behind native Australian ingredients

At this South Yarra spot, that finger lime in your drink and green ants on the plate are there for a more powerful reason than flavour. It’s all about culture.

  • Emma Breheny
Spaghetti marinara at Bacash.
Good Food hat15/20

Icon review: If you’re a lover of seafood and wine, Bacash is the place for you

People who come to this 23-year-old South Yarra stalwart know exactly what they’re getting: fish cooked incredibly well.

  • Besha Rodell
Yugen Omakase’s six-seat counter.
Good Food hatGood Food hat17/20

Yugen’s omakase is one of the most thrilling dining experiences in Melbourne right now (if you can manage to snag one of six seats)

Forget the gilded birdcage table, this sushi counter is the precious jewel in the maximalist crown that is Yugen Dining.

  • Besha Rodell
Beef short ribs with sauteed kale.
14/20

Does smoky, mod-Asian Sydney-transplant Yan work in South Yarra?

Despite our extreme wealth when it comes to all kinds of Asian cooking in Melbourne, Yan offers something different.

  • Besha Rodell
Beverly rooftop restaurant in South Yarra offers a view Melburnians haven’t seen before.
13.5/20

California-cool rooftop bar Beverly serves up never-before-seen views and glam food

Chapel Street’s new drinking and dining destination boasts an extraordinary outlook over Melbourne.

  • Dani Valent

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