Arcadia Cafe Restaurant
Have a look at this breakfast roll will you? Have you ever seen anything healthier and better looking in your life? The trouble with the internet is that... read more...
Shoya
From the outside, Shoya Japanese Restaurant looks pretty humble, even missable, like any other restaurant on the China Town strip. Positioned next to Flower... read more...
The Queen Victoria Night Markets
Most markets either compel you to search for things that aren’t there, like the cactus that makes peyote, or to come home with stuff you don’t... read more...
Ellis Street Cocktail Lounge
Although contemporary Melbourne is probably the antithesis of the prohibition era, the idea of a speakeasy is nevertheless inviting. Ellis Street Cocktail... read more...
Hopetoun Tea Rooms
Bad taste never goes out of fashion. How do we know? Because The Hopetoun Tea Rooms have been around since 1892. Charming & elegant to an unearthly... read more...
I Carusi
A safe distance from the spruiking dog fights of Lygon Street’s main drag, I Carusi’s unassuming exterior, hidden amongst the warehouses and car yards... read more...
Street Smart Australia
Street Smart Australia is a campaign created to help the homeless. Operating between 14 November and 24 December, Street Smart encourages diners at selected... read more...
Manchuria
You may look like a deviant ducking into a laneway with X-shops and peeps, and maybe you are, but if you’re not a pervert, Manchuria should be your... read more...
Goshen
With a menu that reads like the summer holiday movie program at a Hoyts Cinema, Goshen is a must-see for anyone whose knowledge of Korean cuisine is limited... read more...
Ilk Bar
What do you find at the Ilk Bar? Fresh ilk, of course, Ars bars perhaps, maybe even some ixed lollies? Apparently not. What you will find, is an interior... read more...
Flavours of Lakhoum
Flavours of Lakhoum is the perfect little Moorish-inspired oasis of cool, comfort and calm. The ambiance is set with turquoise and metallic gold wallpaper,... read more...
Jerry's Cafe
A trip to Jerry’s is exactly that – a trip. Seemingly gone were the days when all it took was some pocket change to quench your heart’s... read more...
Little Peninsula
Dainty, smart and elegant – Little Peninsula is like the new girl in your class whose natural grace is matched with just the right measure of shy... read more...
Pushka
PUSHKA IS NOW CLOSED. The best things in Melbourne are often the hardest to find; the perfect ‘Costanza’ parking spot, a good pair of jeans,... read more...
Waiter's Restaurant
What do gunfire sieges and ravioli have in common? On The Sopranos all that’s missing is a stiff drink served by a big-haired broad in a tight dress.... read more...
City Wine Shop
Rarely a meal is served so perfectly prepared, daringly executed, and exactly proportioned that you simply can’t remove it from your thoughts. This... read more...
Hõrõki
Apparently Japanese salary men aren’t eating sushi off naked ladies’ bodies any more. It’s a bit passé. And smutty and completely... read more...
Jock's Ice Cream
Sure, it’s bold to go sinking our teeth into summer’s delights so soon, but with these warm, languid afternoons coming out of nowhere and the... read more...
Batch Espresso
Happy tummy = not grumpy. Batch (or Bach) in New Zealandish means a kind of holiday shack, rustic and familiar. Batch in Carlisle St is like a retreat,... read more...
Thai Food to Go
Thai Food to Go is decorated with kookie, mis-matched home-wares including wall cabinets filled with miniature figurines and thei rprized electric garden;... read more...
A Seasonal Lunch
Big Mac is Whack. The Slow movement’s mission is to ‘protect the pleasures of the table from the homogenisation of modern fast food and life’.... read more...
Mamma's Boy
Restaurateur Nick Kutcher started Mamma’s Boy because he wanted a healthy alternative to working long night shifts in hospitality. That ‘better... read more...
Troika
Karl Marx once said that religion is the opium of the masses but in Melbourne it would seem that alcohol is the new religion. This is not only because... read more...
Dench Bakers
I have a friend who became so reliant on Dench savoury muffins that when she came within metres of the shop Leo, the affable Norwegian-looking bearded... read more...