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Acciughe e macadamia pizza.
Good Food hat15/20

Forget pineapple: a’Mare’s new pizzeria is pushing delicious into unorthodox territory

Renowned Italian chef-restaurateur Alessandro Pavoni’s new venture offers a few divisive manoeuvres for adventurous diners. 

  • Myffy Rigby
The soup's base is a reduce beef stock of depth and distinction; its cheesy topping grilled to melty magnificence.
14/20

Find perfect French onion soup at a local favourite flying under the restaurant radar

The cheese is grilled to melty magnificence, atop a pearlescent broth that gleams like a sword tip.

  • Dani Valent
Sahtein operates in the former home of The Argyle.
13.5/20

Sahtein’s food is made to luxuriate over, but its dining room still lacks one thing

In the age of the two-hour turnaround, this beautiful new venue lets you linger. But something’s missing from this landmark site.

  • Myffy Rigby
Fringed lampshades glow above each table in the downstairs dining room.
14/20

Made in Casa

Crumbed tomahawks and deified pasta rule this polished southside ristorante.

Bar Lourinha's bric-a-brac filled wall.
Good Food hat15/20

Why this 20-year-old treasure should be on every Melburnian’s list of go-to restaurants

Dani Valent raises a glass of sherry to two decades of eating, drinking and being merry.

  • Dani Valent
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Bistecca fritta, a crumbed T-bone steak pan-fried in clarified butter then finished in the oven, is carved tableside at Made In Casa.
14/20

You won’t find this showstopping Italian-style steak anywhere else in Melbourne

It’s no small feat to perfectly cook a large bone-in piece of meat, and this one, carved theatrically tableside, is exemplary.

  • Dani Valent
Drunken chicken with aged shaoxing rice wine, red date and golden sesame.

Central

An ode to the frenetic heart of Hong Kong.

  • Matt Shea

Hiker Brewing Co.

200-seat brewing operation inside an unassuming shed.

  • Matt Shea
Claret Club.
14/20

Wine bar downstairs, restaurant up, this spot from gun sommeliers is revitalising Stanley St

Owners Harry Hunter and Bridget Raffal bring experience from three-hatted Sixpenny, Where’s Nick and Bentley to their new labour of love, which feels a little like the caves à vin of Paris.

  • David Matthews
Mishy's, Surry Hills.
14/20

Mishy’s is like a big-hearted dinner party. So why aren’t more people talking about it?

With hand-selected market fare, $600 worth of crystals and a menu reminiscent of Three Blue Ducks, this beautiful, sunlit restaurant has a bright creativity and personality all its own.

  • Bianca Hrovat