This sprawling four-level dining destination is where you’ll find a supper club, terrace bar and silver service French restaurant offering lighter takes on French bistro classics.

Its couple owners met while working with Yotam Ottolenghi at Nopi in London. Their first restaurant is set in a charming old bluestone home. Come for ramen Scotch eggs, Welsh rarebit crumpets and Yorkshire tea punch.

Dining at Chris Lucas’s third Japanese restaurant is an immersive experience. There’s a daily sushi, nigiri and crispy rice menu; sake-based cocktails; and neo-noir AI-generated images on the walls.

Architect-turned-chef Audrey Shaw worked at London’s legendary River Cafe, followed by a stint with Tedesca Osteria in Red Hill. That experience is evident in her elegant weekly-changing menus, where whole fish cooked over coals is the only constant.

This south-side restaurant nods to Saint Lucia, with earthy hues and large-scale works by a Melbourne collage artist. Stop by for crab linguini and European-inspired cocktails – like Bellinis and “two-sip” Negronis.

Head here for two kinds of hoppers, accompanied by spicy sambals and rotating curries. And forget the cutlery, there’s a tap in the centre of the room to encourage eating with your hands.

This 1915 pub offers something for all across two distinct spaces. Visit the flaming grillhouse for whole flounder and Karen Martini’s lauded Bistecca alla Fiorentina. Or see its more-casual sibling for pub-style plates.

This backstreet bar focuses on wild-fermented drinks like saisons, lambics, organic lagers, sakes, mezcals and rums. Get them alongside punchy Thai dishes like house-fermented sausage, fried-banana-blossom salad and charcoal-grilled skewers.

The warm glow coming from the corner heritage building invites you to step inside and discover a new kind of venue. Here, jazz nights, farmers markets and chess are as key as the natural wine selection and the ever-changing menu.

Here, an ex-Longsong chef makes home-style Thai fare inspired by her grandmother's food stall. Find dishes that blend Thai and Western techniques, like prawn ravioli in a tom yum soup, alongside pad see ew and massaman lamb shanks.

Two of Melbourne's top hospitality players are behind this not-so-average sushi train. Come and pluck plates of tuna nigiri, seared bonito and eggplant agebitashi as they travel around a 28-seat train.

This slick restaurant and wine bar, by the Farmer’s Daughters chef, was decades in the making. Come for ceviche with a spicy Peruvian citrus-based marinade and Venezuelan spanner crab arepas served in a Tulum-inspired space.

Here, dishes are inspired by owner Esther Sun’s childhood meals, created through her lens as a first-gen Chinese Australian. Try her mum’s signature beef noodle soup, as well as prawn toast and san choy bow.

Showing that Korean food is more than just barbeque. At Sot, an ex-Nobu chef serves inventive spins on Korean classics – like K-style beef tartare, ceviche in chilled gochujang broth and a panna cotta spin-off.

This relaxed eight-seat omakase counter has an ever-changing menu showcasing local and Japanese ingredients. It’s prepared by chef and dashi expert Jun Oya, who brings 30 years of experience to the table.

Entrecote’s 60-seat sibling is adorned with Persian rugs and chandeliers. Order luxe (but playful) French-Australian bites like beef bourguignon party pies, “petit franks” and a standout chicken sandwich.

From acclaimed chef Michael Lambie comes this fun pan-Asian diner and cocktail bar. Come with a group and tackle classic Asian dishes, Lambie originals and cocktails riffing on Southeast Asian desserts.

Find 20 types of sambal – some substantial enough to be meals in themselves – at the Indonesian brand’s first Australian outpost.

A university supper club started by two friends is now a complete restaurant devoted to tandoor-baked roti, comforting curries and other northern Indian dishes.