Gimlet is designed to impress. The soaring dining room in Cavendish House has been fully refurbished to its former 1920s glory, and the bar, now polished to a high shine, bustles with…
Mr. Moneybags ($75 Plus)
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European, Hatted, Melbourne CBD, Modern Australian, Mr. Moneybags ($75 Plus), Special Mention
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Tokyo Tina is one of the OG Asian fusion restaurants in Melbourne. And whilst we’re well and truly out of the fancy Asian food fad – wine bars are where it’s at…
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One of my favourite ever dining experiences goes to Attica, and especially the 10-odd courses of snacks served at the start that they encourage you to eat with your hands. So it’s…
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I seem to have been on an inadvertent streak of eating at restaurants named after animals recently, but I’ll say straight up that Firebird is easily the best of the lot. The…
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If you loved Rocco’s Bologna Discoteca, then get a load of Poodle, the bologna disco’s French cousin. It follows the same formula of reinterpreting traditional dishes into something more freewheeling and indulgent,…
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Asian, Best Of Melbourne, Fusion, Hatted, Melbourne CBD, Modern Australian, Mr. Moneybags ($75 Plus)
Aru
Aru was awarded the Good Food Guide’s best restaurant of 2022, and by god is it a doozy. The food, a very loosey-goosey Asian Fusion take on Modern Australian cuisine, is clever…