Victoria

• Review
• Warburton

Time slows at this 141-year-old pub in a quiet pocket of Victoria

In the heart of the Yarra Ranges, the refurbished Alpine Hotel serves elevated pub grub and stilling mountainside views.

• Sanka Amadoru

• Recommended
• South Yarra

Portside Market

A fishmonger with a fine dining difference.

• Emily Holgate

• Recommended
• Carlton

Garfield Pizzeria

There’s no lasagne in sight at this rollicking Lygon Street hangout.

• Emily Holgate

• Recommended
• Castlemaine

Mostyn Street Cellars

The perfect meeting spot for a Castlemaine bar crawl.

• Review
• Rosebud

Orson

Country fine dining in a historic silent picture theatre.

• Recommended
• Castlemaine

Johnny Baker Uptown

A bakery so good they opened two in one town.

• Recommended
• Castlemaine

Maurocco Bar

Quirky cocktail bar for live music within a historic hotel.

• Recommended
• Preston

MKS Spices’n Things

For South Asian short eats, dry goods and more.

• Sanka Amadoru

• Review
• Rye

Bring the gang: This pizza spot opposite the sea is a big, friendly party

It’s beach, pizza, spritz, repeat at this easy-breezy eatery that makes a perfect full stop to a day on the Mornington Peninsula.

• Emma Breheny

• Recommended
• Apollo Bay

Apollo Bay Fishermen’s Co-op

It doesn’t get much more local than this.