Sit at the omakase bar for robata-grilled marron with kombu butter; clam and miso soup; and fried rice amplified with Wagyu, shiitake and cod roe. All in a heritage-listed building full of original bluestone features and brooding black marble.

A former Stokehouse chef putting a Spanish twist on traditional Argentinian cooking.

A laneway bar with unique liqueurs and classic Italian bites. Come for the spritz; stay for the cicchetti.

Hawker-style food from the streets of Bangkok, at South Wharf.

Late night burgers, steak sandwiches and duck-heart yakitori.

A vibrant pan-Indian diner serving sweet-and-sour fried cauliflower, “unauthentic” butter chicken and Tandoori-fired-pineapple cocktails.

A DIY okonomiyaki restaurant. There's also sushi, salads, fried chicken, donburi, gyoza and yakitori.

This three-storey love letter to Gippsland and its produce is by Alejandro Saravia, the chef behind CBD classic Pastuso. There's a deli with house-made pastrami rolls; a suave restaurant with a focus on cooking with flames; and a greenhouse-like rooftop oasis.

At Greta, you'll find breakfast pasta, crackling-coated porchetta rolls and free aperitivo snacks. Swing by this olive and mustard-toned sandwich and wine bar for Axil coffee and Penny for Pound pastries, or linger with a Martini made with Four Pillars Olive Leaf Gin.

The Melbourne outpost for Singapore's most famous chicken-rice vendor.

A world-famous ramen joint serving the Hakata-style noodle-soup dish from Japan’s Fukuoka prefecture.

This is one of the CBD's quintessential rooftops. It's appeared in Melbourne-set movies, has great outlooks, good drinks and vibey music. Plus, in summer, it morphs into a rooftop cinema screening cult movies and classic blockbusters.

An Argentinean restaurant and wine bar that features a traditional parrilla barbeque.

A family-run dumpling house specialising in seafood.

An elegant all-day bar and restaurant in an iconic building.

An Indian(ish) wine bar on Flinders Lane, where cheesy flatbreads star.

More than simply the Wheeler Centre's bar and cafe, The Moat is a food and wine destination.

This lively cantina is all about home-style Mexican. Expect beef tacos exactly how they're served in Mexico, prawn-and-chorizo tamales and a jiggly chocolate flan. Plus: eight different Margaritas and hard-to-find agave spirits.