The Australian Open has dropped its biggest food line-up ever for 2025. More than 24 vendors will set up courtside over multiple food hubs for two weeks in January.

Some of the biggest names in Melbourne dining (Entrecote, Julia Busuttil Nishimura and A1 Bakery among them) will hit Garden Square. Grand Slam Oval will be the place for grab-and-go faves from DOC, Easey’s and newcomers CDMX Taqueria and Victor Liong’s Silk Spoon. There’s also an exclusive premium dining experience by Tedesca Osteria’s Brigitte Hafner.

Here are all the vendors you can hit up between the action.

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Garden Square

Entrecote
Prahan’s French brasserie is making its AO debut with its famous Entrecote cheeseburger served with a side of frites, plus a mitraillette (an open baguette loaded with Rangers Valley Black Market beef, frites and herb butter sauce).

Ostro by Julia Busuttil Nishimura
One of Melbourne’s favourite food personalities and prolific cookbook author Julia Busuttil Nishimura is bringing her Maltese pastizzi (crispy, flaky filled pastries) and fresh Mediterranean salads to the AO for the first time.

Piccolo Panini Bar
Hawthorn’s popular panini purveyor is serving up Italian sandwiches packed with cotoletta and meatballs, plus dessert.

A1 Bakery
Another AO debut from one of Melbourne’s greats, expect the north-side institution's signature pastries, including its crowd-favourite haloumi pies, and chicken wraps.

Western Courts

Good Days
Brunswick’s popular Vietnamese eatery is debuting at the AO with fresh salads and rice bowls.

Tennessee Wingboys
This Prahan newcomer does what it says on the tin. Expect Nashville-style crispy, golden, spicy fried chicken, plus burgers and fries.

Grand Slam Oval

DOC
The local institution is back serving up pizza al taglio (Roman-style pizza by the slice). Go for a classic margherita with San Marzano tomato, fior di latte mozzarella, fresh basil and extra virgin olive oil, or sub out the basil for prosciutto on the San Daniele pizza.

El Jannah
Sydney’s popular charcoal chicken chain (with 11 Victorian outposts) is debuting at the AO with a crispy chicken burger and fattoush salad with pomegranate molasses and crunchy fried bread.

CDMX Taqueria
The local taqueria (with spots in the city and Brunswick East) is serving its Baja beer-battered fish tacos and Chicken Tinga tacos in corn tortillas, with a side of crunchy house-made corn chips.

Silk Spoon
Another first-timer, Victor Liong’s new grab-and-go city spot will bring its canteen-style menu to the AO, with flavours inspired by the Silk Road.

The Filipino Project
Adelaide’s Filipino pop-up will offer barbequed chicken and beef skewers alongside empanadas, green papaya salad and sinagang fries.

Fishbowl
Score stacked poke bowls filled with things like miso-glazed salmon, cabbage, carrot, shallots, spicy shoyu dressing; and lemon chicken, house slaw, brown rice and “sesamiso”.

Easey’s
It’s not quite the setting of a rooftop train like at its Collingwood flagship, but you’ll still get Easey’s signature smashed cheeseburger and Southern-style fried chicken sandwich.

Stalactites
The CBD staple is serving up chicken and lamb souvlaki stuffed with hot chips, all the usual accompaniments and a dollop of its famous garlic sauce.

AO Ballpark

Balaclava’s social enterprise cafe All Things Equal is staffed by an all-abilities workforce, and it’s bringing classic cafe fare to the kid-friendly AO Ballpark, alongside chef Ray Capaldi’s crispy, golden Wonder Pies.

AO Reserve

Brigitte Hafner will bring her renowned Red Hill restaurant Tedesca Osteria to the exclusive Glasshouse restaurant in the AO’s final week. The set-menu experience is part of a premium ticket package (starting at $1200 per person) that also includes drinks and a seat at the men’s semi-final session at Rod Laver Arena. Other AO Reserve debutants include Shimpei Raikuni from Brisbane’s Sushi Room, Martin Benn & Vicki Wild (previously of Sepia) and Blake Shailes from Australian-owned Los Angeles hotspot Grandmaster Recorders.