Looking for the best restaurants in Melbourne? Here are our favourites from our 2015 Australian Restaurant Guide, compiled in 2014. Come back soon for our 2016 lists.
Attica
Attica
Attica now has the profile of a first-grade fine-diner (and prices to match), which means it can no longer be judged simply as The Sweet Little Suburban Diner that Tried, but as one of this country’s true restaurant pioneers.
Read our full review of Attica
Cutler & Co
Cutler & Co
Andrew McConnell’s flagship fine-diner joined the open-kitchen brigade last year, moving into the rejigged bar space at the front of the restaurant – a dramatic new entrance to an already dramatic dining room.
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Vue de Monde
Vue de Monde
There’s no arguing the drama of a dining room with floor-to-ceiling windows perched 55 floors above the city…
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Rockpool Bar & Grill
Rockpool Bar & Grill
No matter whether they’re from paddock, sea or garden, the quality ingredients at Neil Perry’s casino seafood and steakhouse are treated with utmost respect in the cavernous restaurant’s open kitchen.
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Flower Drum
Flower Drum
Four decades is a long time in this fine-dining caper, yet Flower Drum remains as essential as ever…
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Café Di Stasio
Café Di Stasio
We live, mostly happily, in a democratic age: that tattooed hipster may be your waiter, that Kombi-owner may be a celebrated food trucker. Still, each visit to Café Di Stasio is reminiscent of the joys of more classic, civilised pleasures…
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Grossi Florentino
Grossi Florentino
A grande dame of Melbourne’s dining scene, Grossi Florentino continues to be a place to celebrate and schmooze…
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The Press Club
The Press Club
The new version of The Press Club has shrunk in size but expanded in ambition…
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Pei Modern
Pei Modern
As the de facto dining room of the five-star Sofitel Hotel, Pei Modern needs to be all things to all people. With top-flight Sydney chef Mark Best at the helm, though, this smart restaurant of concrete, glass and serious carpentry always keeps things savvy.
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Woodland House
Woodland House
When Thomas Woods and Hayden McFarland reopened Jacques Reymond as Woodland House at the start of 2014, they demonstrated respect for the three-decade history of their alma mater and trust in the future of fine dining.
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