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Acciughe e macadamia pizza.
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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 warehouse space on Flinders Lane trades from noon until late.
Good Food hat15.5/20

Andrew McConnell’s genre-defining dining room comes of age, and is as buzzy as ever

Cumulus Inc. invented the Melbourne wine-bar-slash-restaurant game, and remains a standard-bearer of great service, fantastic wine and exciting share plates.

  • Besha Rodell
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
From left: Roma chef Matt Wilkinson, owner Con Christopoulos and manager Giovanni Patane inside the new trattoria.

Roma is Melbourne’s hot new Italian, with extra-large pastas and a shrine to antipasti

From the creator of The European and Kirk’s, it’s a love letter to the Italian capital. Here’s everything you need to know about this all-day restaurant.

  • Quincy Malesovas
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
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Chauvel citrus-fed wagyu rib-eye steak, pictured with beans with tarragon and feta.
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Does Rockpool still sizzle? Good Food revisits the riverside steak stalwart 20 years on

Fewer venues in town boast such a massive menu, and such wide appeal, but the exacting service has slipped.

  • Besha Rodell

The incredible, gravity-defying pizza putting Sydney’s Little Italy back on the map

It’s so tricky to make this pizza that you’ll rarely find it in restaurants, but this Naples-born chef is nailing it.

  • Erina Starkey
14/20

The Charles’ new Italian subterranean supper club is the place to split a spaghetti

Yes, it’s another Italian restaurant, but this basement restaurant is drawing the Gen Z crowds with its Rat Pack “swagger” and ramped-up theatre.

  • David Matthews
Beef is everywhere at The Embassy by Devlin’s.
14.5/20

This Subiaco restaurant champions and challenges conventional steakhouse wisdom

Meat might be the star of this sprawling Federation-style space, but thoughtful touches ensure everyone feels welcome.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
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.