Modern Australian

Two of Brisbane’s finest hospitality talents bring glitz and glamour to the new (and improved) GPO building.

Where once Automata stood, you’ll now find a playful aquatic adventure fuelled by some seriously skilful cooking.

Chef-owner Ben Willis continues to refine a menu that effortlessly drifts with the seasons.

Restaurant? Bakery? This carefully restored 1898 heritage-listed building is both.

A discreet façade in Perth's white-collar heartland.

A Launceston restaurant that only gets better with age.

This Canberra restaurant is soaring: confident, playful and polished.

This Margaret River pioneer has found another gear of late.

Celebrating the immediacy of the land and sea, the entire Van Bone experience is uniquely Tasmanian.

Uncomplicated, unruffled, and very, very fun.

With our growing familiarity with wattleseed and finger limes, some would say that the quest to bring Australian ingredients into the national vocabulary is over. Over 22 courses at Orana, it’s clear that we’re just getting started.

Changing cuisine every four months could lead to gimmickry. Not so at Atlas where Charlie Carrington's approach – a focus on essence over tradition – keeps things fresh and exciting.

The go-to joint for gonzo libations and none-too-serious snackage.

James Viles takes Mother Nature seriously. At Biota Dining, the kitchen and the environment are closely connected, with a focus on locally gathered and grown produce.

The distance from garden to the plate has never been shorter than at this white pavilion in the centre of Adelaide Botanic Gardens.

With expansive windows framing the bustle of Flinders Lane, there are few experiences more quintessentially Melbourne than a meal at Cumulus Inc. Now in its second decade, Andrew McConnell’s all-day diner makes the case that the simplest dishes are often the best. Tuna tartare, jewel-bright cubes adorned with nothing more than a whisper of fresh […]

REVIEW Cutler & Co is wearing its ten years well. The renovation two years ago didn’t hurt. Romantic booths for two, windows punched into the back wall and sleek metal and glass partitions breathed new life into the moodily lit dining room and transformed the bar into a sleek and sophisticated destination in itself. But […]

When a restaurant's very name references diversions, you'd expect it to eschew the straight and narrow.

Chef Philip Johnson and team ensure the whole production looks like an effortless affair.

Double-clothed tables, a capacious, sumptuously appointed room, discreetly eager staff in crisp uniforms - welcome to Est.

The menu at Liberté includes nods to owner Amy Hamilton’s French training (comforting steak frites, chicken liver parfait), much of the cooking is notable for its effortless use of Vietnamese flavours.

It could be one of the darkest dining rooms in town, but nine years in the ideas on the plate and in the glass at Monopole are brighter and sharper than ever.

It’s a winery restaurant with all the trappings: vineyard views, a tasting room with spittoons, that “escaped the city” feeling.

REVIEW Six years into his exploration of native ingredients within a fine-dining prism, Jock Zonfrillokeeps devising innovative combinations at a furious pace. His confidence lifts Orana’s modest dining room to showcase a maverick Australia-first philosophy that feeds all the senses, from lemon myrtle-scented hand towels to Aboriginal artworks and comfortable Australian hardwood furniture, backed by […]

Rockpool Bar & Grill delivers the glamour via its thrilling Deco-era dining room, all soaring pillars, mood lighting and lofty ceilings.

Lunch at Sean's couldn't be more Bondi if a surf lifesaver popped in to say hi to her mates mid-service.

When the bi-fold doors are retracted at this smartly appointed riverside restaurant, there isn't a more picturesque place in Brisbane to enjoy lunch.

Set between the CBD and university, Temporada bridges culinary and social divides.

There's nothing else like Tetsuya's in Sydney. It's an oasis of hush in a Japanese-styled building hidden in a gated compound right in the CBD.

Yes, The Agrarian Kitchen cooking school has a restaurant spin-off - and you can find it in the Instagram-friendly surrounds of the former New Norfolk asylum.

There's not a share plate in sight at this unassuming neighbourhood-style eatery. But you still may need to fend off forks when entrées land.

Vue de Monde impresses not just with the views that come with its lofty 55th-floor perch, but for holding its position in Melbourne's premier restaurant league for so long.

Welcome to the high temple of the vegetable – roots, shoots, leaves, crumbs and dust conjured to artful, textural and sustaining creations.

A former Attica staffer with a cracking wine list, and a talented new chef churning out snacks that leave you wanting more. Neighbourhood bistro Etta is going from strength to strength.