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Located just far enough from the bustle of Lygon Street, Patris feels like a secret.
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Dining at this secret restaurant is like eating in a young and fun Greek aunty’s home

Located just far enough from the bustle of Lygon Street, Patris feels more like a stylish family room than a traditional restaurant.

  • Besha Rodell
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
Various dishes from Eightysix.

Eightysix

A lively hotspot for shared dining.

  • David Matthews

‘You’re meant to slow down here’: The day-to-night cafe bringing country vibes to Newtown

Former Rolling Penny chef Robin Butler swapped King Street for the Central Tablelands over a year ago. Now he’s back with a new cafe by day, restaurant by night.

  • Lenny Ann Low
The Farra Dining kitchen team is led by head chef Aaron Moore (second from left) and Jack Henderson (far right) -
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This elegant dining room in Perth’s east brings new ideas to the Greek and hotel dining room discussions

Farra doesn’t serve your yiayia’s cooking but she’d still enjoy it all the same.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
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Fiorinis in Orange.

Fiorini’s

Pull up for handmade pasta between wine tastings.

  • Callan Boys
The warehouse space on Flinders Lane trades from noon until late.
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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
14/20

Big flavour meets happy chaos at the legendary old Steki’s site in Newtown

Dinner feels like a rambunctious party at this friendly family-run Greek restaurant.

  • Myffy Rigby
AK's South East Asian street food curries.

AK’s

Soul food with great tunes inside the Ovolo Nishi.

  • David Matthews
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