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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
Night market crispy chicken  (with Sichuan seasoning).
14/20

Bubble tea in cocktail form? It’s the drink on everyone’s lips at this fun Surry Hills bar

Taiwan’s most famous export is given the grown-up treatment at Linla. Serve with crispy chicken, and you’re set.

  • Kevin Cheng
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
Chauvel citrus-fed wagyu rib-eye steak, pictured with beans with tarragon and feta.
Good Food hat15/20

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
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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
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.

Morcilla (blood sausage) and pork tongue pintxos.
Good Food hat15/20

Bar Lourinha

Celebrating 20 years of Iberian delight and sherry-heavy merriment.

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
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