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All the new and soon-to-open restaurants and bars in Melbourne to have on your radar.

Pre-order these pronto, these seasonal pork centrepieces run out fast.

The Queensland capital's restaurant scene is booming.

New restaurants and bars in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth that deserve a visit.

All the new and soon-to-open restaurants and bars around Australia to add to your hit list.

All the new and soon-to-open restaurants and bars in Sydney to visit this spring.

In 2025, we're all looking to dip in to fine-diners a little more lightly. Here's how to experience the best of Sydney for less.

Celebrated British chef Rick Stein is bringing his signature seafood fare to Coogee Beach in time for summer.

The former deli, café and cellar will be reborn as an osteria and wine bar, pizzeria and cocktail bar.

A historic park kiosk has been transformed into an innovative restaurant inviting the outside in.

The Oxford Street hotel has a restaurant, rooftop bar, lounge bar and cafe.

Chris Lucas's popular New York-style grill restaurant will open in Sydney’s CBD in spring.

Ready to try something new? These September openings in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane are worth a booking.

The Double Bay site has switched from Canto to Italo, transforming into a classic Italian restaurant split across two storeys.

The popular Melbourne Chinese restaurant now has a location in the Sydney CBD.

Pecorino Romano PDO proves great flavour never goes out of style.

Wood ovens and charcoal grills make for a heady atmosphere in the spacious CBD restaurant.

Named for the Melbourne chef's Armenian grandfather, Zareh celebrates a historic mingling of food cultures.

The Australian Open’s top-tier culinary experiences for 2026 have been revealed, listing a star-studded line-up of local and international chefs.

Customers are looking to dip in to fine-diners a little more lightly. Here's how to experience the best of Melbourne for less in 2025.

Flaminia will be a seafood-starring restaurant inspired by Italy’s port cities.

Harriot is set to stride in with a gun team and swish Euro plates at the fore.

First Nations chef, restaurateur and cookbook author Mindy Woods is honoured with the Champions of Change Award — the first Australian to receive the prestigious award.

We ask the revered Australian chef for his fine-dining hitlist.

Josh Niland's acclaimed fine diner has jumped 32 spots since last year. Plus, a daring new NZ restaurant makes its list debut.

Plus, it’s just 45 minutes north of Sydney.

Brunswick East will welcome the neighbourhood bar-restaurant this spring.

Sydney restaurant Firedoor celebrates a decade of fiery service this year, with chef Lennox Hastie at its coalface.

The British food icon on the Sydney restaurants, bakeries and cheese shops she's dreaming about ahead of her return for Vivid Sydney 2025.

The Carlton newcomer is set to make a splash when it lands on Rathdowne Street next month.

The long-time P&V collaborators make the official move to take over the food offering of the courtyard wine bar.

A round-up of some of the top restaurants and bars open across Australia for the upcoming Easter holiday long weekend.

The new food market delivers everything from a butcher and cheese shop to florists and dumpling stalls.

The new restaurant is paying it forward by sharing tasty Indian eats and providing meals for those facing food insecurity with every set menu purchased.

The former Gourmet Traveller Chef of the Year announces his new venture, opening his own restaurant later this year.

Flora and Mister Grotto are set to open on Australia Street this February — with a third to follow.

Fronted by Australian talent, Old Mates is bringing our unique brand of hospitality to the Big Apple.

One of our favourite Sydney rooftop restaurants now has an ex-Noma chef at the helm.

The news comes just weeks after the Nilands announced a new restaurant on Hamilton Island.

With a slew of new and upcoming food, beverage and retail openings, Wunderlich Lane is well worth a spot on your radar.

Croissant extraordinaire Kate Reid confirms Lune's Sydney flagship will open in Rosebery — this Saturday.

Josh and Julie Niland are bringing their whole-fish ethos to Hamilton Island’s newest boutique hotel, The Sundays, in the form of an elevated, family-friendly seafood diner.

Whether you're sipping and supping somewhere balmy and coastal or rugged up lakeside, these are the waterfront diners to keep front of mind.

We take a first look at The Grill, the luxe new restaurant at the heart of the CBD’s latest hot spot.

The ambitious project from Lucas Restaurants has been several years in the making. And it boasts a rooftop terrace.

Experience a taste of the Margaret River Region like never before.

S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy Competition 2024-25 Gala Dinner becomes a masterclass in making it as a top chef in Australia now. Hint: it’s not just about the cooking.

The winner will head to Milan to represent the Pacific region at the S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy grand final.

Step inside the heritage-listed space, right by the Capitol Theatre, for a fun drinks list and a menu that’s very French – but also not very French at all.

Perry considers this 230-seat, mostly Cantonese restaurant in Double Bay, to be a Chinese counterpart to Margaret, packed with his “greatest hits.” Downstairs, you’ll find Bobbie’s, a clubby basement bar fuelled by jazz and Martinis.

The neo-French restaurant from the Pellegrino 2000 team will serve last drinks on 3 November.

Josh and Julie Niland's ambitious revamp of Paddington hotel is finally open for service.

The popular Sydney restaurant by the Bentley Group is set to close following failed negotiations with a new landlord.

Etymon opens a new dining precinct, with two restaurants, a wine bar-bakery and an artisan grocer

From beachside Bellarine to the rolling hills of the Moorabool Valley and buzzing Geelong, a new drinking and dining frontier is waiting to be explored.

The chef's much-loved Asian restaurant is finally opening on Queen Street’s riverfront.

The award-winning bar collective behind Maybe Sammy and El Primo Sanchez is the latest operator to cut ties with Public Hospitality and its owner Jon Adgemis.

We chat to the Noma chef about his sizzling new eight-part documentary series.

The CBD wine bar has ushered in a new era.

The European-inspired bar will open alongside the highly anticipated opening of Supernormal Brisbane mid-2024.

Two new restaurants from Lucas will open in the forthcoming $1 billion precinct at 435 Bourke Street, slated to open in 2026.

Kylie Kwong marks the end of her illustrious decades-long career with Lucky Kwong's closure next month.

A curated edit for the discerning home chef.

The revered Sydney fine-diner is calling an end to its almost 40-year run.

Hannah Green’s seminal Brunswick East restaurant embarks on a new chapter, welcoming Lorcan Kan into the kitchen.

All the new openings, food-fuelled events and tasty things happening around the country.

We unpack the upcoming Vivid-inspired culinary offering at The Dining Room, featuring a three-course set menu led by head chef Brian O'Flaherty.

We spoke to the slick CBD restaurant’s head chef about its new BYO Cellar Thursday offer and its cocktail degustation collaboration with sister bar Eau de Vie – both exciting additions to a restaurant that’s all about celebrating special moments with unforgettable experiences.

Italian chef Alessandro Pavoni will take over the old One Penny Red site in Summer Hill to open a traditional neighbourhood osteria.

With the revered Danish fine-diner moving away from its traditional restaurant roots, the upcoming Noma Kyoto residency is sure to be one hot ticket for gourmets around the globe.

If you were hoping to tick Noma off your dining bucket list, you better book in quickly.

Australian chef Brett Graham wins three Michelin stars for his restaurant The Ledbury in Notting Hill, UK. He is the first Australian chef and co-owner of a restaurant to win three stars.

This new Carlton North wine bar with a gun team is a confident nod to European wine bars. The team here aren’t reinventing the wheel — and that is Brico’s charm.

A Cantonese headliner from Neil Perry, a Surry Hills stalwart reborn and excellent interstate imports are just some of the restaurants we’re looking forward to in 2024.

Josh Niland's first international restaurant, Fysh, has opened in Singapore's brand-new Edition hotel. And the pescatarian steakhouse concept might just be the chef's most extravagant venue yet.

Elevate your snack game with these best potato chips, as tested by expert chip connoisseurs — us. Here are our top chip picks.

Collingwood’s getting a new day-to-night dining destination with Latin American tunes, tipples and sticky snacks.

One venue has already closed while La Salut will now be operated by Public Hospitality.

Perched 55 floors above Melbourne CBD, Vue de Monde and sister bar Lui dazzle with fresh interiors, a brand-new 18-plate dégustation menu and the same spectacular city views.

Add these flavour-packed XO sauces to fried rice, steamed greens, braised meats and even inventive, umami-flecked pastas.

Set to open this December, the contemporary Asian restaurant will be led by former Aru chef Khanh Nguyen, and promises more fun, more noise and more buzz than the group's other popular establishments.

The taste of luxury is one that cannot be beat.

Parcs, the inventive low-waste Melbourne restaurant that closed suddenly in June, is back – and it’s headed up by Brae’s former head chef

The ACMI’s critically acclaimed in-house restaurant closed abruptly yesterday.

The former Fred's chef has been announced as culinary director of the Sydney Opera House’s event venues

The acclaimed chef opens a Thai restaurant-grocer in the Valley, and is bringing back some of the hits from his seminal restaurant Longrain

One of Australia’s trailblazing brewery’s chats to GT about balancing creativity with innovation; and tradition with a good dose of fun.

And Gourmet Traveller readers are invited to be the first to check it out next week.

The young South Australian chef is heading to Italy for the culinary contest's grand finale. His dish? A dazzling three-ingredient vegan plate of celeriac, apple and taro.

The Fish Butchery author and chef heads to the Lion City, in a partnership with Edition Hotels.

Foodlab Sydney is a social enterprise that has its kitchen open to all.

It's taking over the historic, cathedral-esque Melbourne Stock Exchange that has remained shut for over 20 years - and it's opening next month.

Kurumba will bring a dedicated hopper bar, lobster-spiked curried rice and rosewater soft serves to the south end of Crown Street.

The fermented soybean and paste is fundamental to Japanese cuisine.

Come for fine-tuned pub classics and counter meals, stick around for the diverse live music programming and an overnight stay in one of The Eltham's five character-filled rooms.

Two-night collaboration Hearth x Fervor brings foraged native ingredients to one of Perth’s premier addresses.

The intimate 30-seat cocktail bar is opening right next door to the stately Gimlet dining room for cocktails and neat snacks.

Don’t wing it: Use these chef-approved ideas to impress your dinner guests.

The glitzy New York-style steakhouse is set to take over the historic Bridge Room in Sydney's CBD.