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
Pad kee mao made with rolled rice noodles.
13.5/20

Roll in to this Thai spot,order this comforting noodle dish,and you’re in for a happy time

Ari.BKK joins Melbourne’s maturing Thai food scene,but its imaginative menu isn’t trying to slot in neatly.

  • Dani Valent
The OG sandwich with dill-flecked ranch sauce.

Always juicy,sometimes humongous:Does this chicken ‘sandwich’ live up to the hype?

Looking like a crag of glowing meteorite and dripping with ranch,the OG fried chicken bun is worthy of gravitas. Just don’t call it a burger or ask for fries.

  • Sanka Amadoru
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.

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Outside Marios in Fitzroy.
14/20

Marios

The restaurant that pioneered breakfast on Brunswick Street celebrates the big 4-0.

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

Bar Lourinha

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

Taco platter with lamb barbacoa.
14/20

This Mexican food is so good,I want to go out on the street and start dragging people in

With its fantastic braised meats and just-right guacamole,under-the-radar Mercadito feels like a small but significant step forward for Melbourne’s Mexican food scene.

  • Besha Rodell
Dutch cream potato tortilla.
14.5/20

Bondi’s hot new tapas bar serves a small-plates menu of deeply flavourful Spanish food

Big flavours and warm vibes are on offer at the hot new spot by the group behind Aalia,Nour and Henrietta.

  • Myffy Rigby
Bartender Johnny Carr.

Come for the lager,stay for the chips on a stick at beer legend Chuck Hahn’s brewery

Excellent brews,family-friendly vibes and boutique bar snacks? Tick,tick and tick at this indie brewhouse tucked away in an inner-west warehouse.

  • Myffy Rigby