Eating out

• Budget

Pensioner-hour is now happy hour thanks to savvy discount dining app

Victorians who are happy to dine early will soon be rewarded with 50 per cent off when a new reservations platform launches this month.

• August 3, 2023
• Emma Breheny

• Just open

All roads lead to Torquay’s Mortadeli Pasta Bar for Rome-inspired classics

Walk through the doors of a deli and discover a full-blown restaurant inside, with laminex, timber and a full line-up of antipasti and Roman pasta classics.

• August 2, 2023
• Emma Breheny

• Review
• Maribyrnong

It’s a shop, a restaurant, a phenomenon: You could easily spend half a day at Asian megastore Foodle

Highpoint’s new supermarket-sized Asian grocer includes live seafood tanks, a premium butcher, sushi counter and oyster bar, Chinese barbecue restaurant, bakery, dumpling factory and canteen-style dining hall.

• August 2, 2023
• Dani Valent

• Review
• Carlton North

Icon review: Melburnians are obsessed with new restaurants, but 25-year-old La Luna shows we should value consistency, too

In a city enamoured with newness, this Carlton North stayer has a timeless quality that commands respect.

• August 1, 2023
• Besha Rodell

• Collection
• Hot & new

Melbourne hit list August 2023: Hot, new and just-reviewed places to check out, right now

Hawker stalls and Mexican street food spin-offs, top-quality lunchtime sushi bowls and more.

• Reader event

Good Food reader lunch with Karen Martini at Hero

Enjoy a Sunday feast and a Q&A with the celebrated chef at her hatted Melbourne restaurant.

• July 31, 2023
• Good Food

• Hot & new

Bargain noodles, schnitzels and strudel: Six Melbourne restaurants doing hot things this winter

Cafes are branching out into dinner, neighbourhood wine bars are making mid-week great again, and restaurants are firing on all cylinders. Who said winter was boring?

• July 31, 2023
• Emma Breheny

• Best of

From strangers to soulmates by dessert: The Melbourne restaurants serving social connection

Live dating shows, feasts for solo diners and “speed friending” nights are selling out at bars and restaurants across Melbourne.

• July 30, 2023
• Emma Breheny

• Exclusive
• Coming soon

Guy Grossi opening a relaxed Italian restaurant in a prominent Melbourne pub

Sydney’s rapidly growing Public hospitality group pairs up with the Grossi family for its debut Melbourne venue.

• July 28, 2023
• Emma Breheny

• Review
• Carlton

We join the queue for Sooshi Mango’s ‘baffling’ Italian restaurant, Johnny, Vince & Sam’s

The comedy group’s nostalgic restaurant conjures the immigrant Italian/Greek suburban home with affectionate accuracy.

• July 28, 2023
• Besha Rodell