Ethically sourced meat gets the pitmaster treatment at Red Gum BBQ.

Red Gum BBQ

A raucous beacon amid elegant winery restaurants.

Sophisticated dining at Punch Lane in Melbourne’s CBD.
14.5/20

Punch Lane

If sophisti-casual was a word,this place would define it.

The family-made food of Philhellene in Moonee Ponds.

Philhellene

Family-run institution for Cretan-influenced feasts.

Parotta flatbread being prepared.

Parotta Station

Tiny carb palace dedicated to flatbread.

Yellow curry with sweet picked crab meat.

Pa Tong

A tropical-tinged space for unbridled southern Thai cooking.

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Inside the Barragunda dining room.
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The Mornington Peninsula’s newest two-hatted fine-diner is very fancy – but still a bargain

Barragunda gives critic Besha Rodell hope for the future of dining in Victoria.

  • Besha Rodell
Hot Chicken Project

The Hot Chicken Project

Eye-watering Nashville-style chicken on Little Malop Street.

  • Emily Holgate
Dishes include Hopkins River sirloin,and roast pumpkin with green mole.

Alma

Elevated South American share-style dishes on Ryrie Street.

  • Gail Thomas
Point Leo General Store has been given a glow-up inside and out.

Point Leo General Store

A coastal general store serving fresh baked goods in a historic building.

  • Simon Cassar
Steak is available in three cuts.

Batesford Hotel

A revived pub with an epic beer garden just outside Geelong.

  • Gail Thomas