The Rice Den has been resurrected after its Chatswood closure in March this year. You’ll find a slick and improved version now in St Leonards to gratify North Shore foodies. You might remember a few of their staples – friendly and attentive service, an easy vibe, and authentic Cantonese flavours. All still here, and then...
The Antarctic Vortex had us shivering in our boots but, aside from the silver lining of getting to wear gloves, hat, coat and that giant scarf you’ve always wanted to pull out without feeling ridiculous, there’s another big bonus. You can drink mulled wine, tuck into a big bowl of fondue and almost believe you’re...
It’s no secret real estate is premium in the city. And there’s nowhere busier than the blocks on and around Geroge Street. When you can’t go up, you go down. Down to the basement. Basement 33 is a brand new restaurant right on the cusp of Chinatown and as the name suggests, it sits below...
Small bars and Chinatown. Two excellent things for a solid evening on the town in Melbourne. Union Electric, a new bar from Huw Griffiths (The Royal Saxon, Madame Brussels, and Le Bon Ton) and Shane Whiteley, is combining the two. Tucked down Heffernan Lane just off Little Bourke Street, you’ll need to be looking out...
Do you ever feel like you’re a little too old to be dancing until 1am, but miss the good music? Joey Smalls, from Steve Costa and Kyle Bush, the team behind New Guernica and Chuckle Park, has just opened in Sydney Road in Brunswick and is bringing us the perfect in-between. A bar that feels a...
The weather is getting colder, quickly. Right? Rooftop bars are less enticing and dark moody spaces that serve warming cocktails are topping your to-do list. But in a town like Melbourne it’s sometimes impossible to know where to go. We are spoilt for choice. So we’ve rounded up a list of cocktail bars we’re loving...
We like to be fed and given drinks while we wait to be fed and given more drinks. It’s a common theme here in Melbourne for restaurants that have large wait lists to open up smaller holding venues that offer cocktails and a taste of the food menu. We’re not complaining, it’s very clever really....
Newtown definitely doesn’t need anymore Thai restaurants. Or burger joints, dive bars, fro yo spots and chocolate bars. What it always needs is more spots away from the hustle and bustle, where you can walk up, sit down and spread out for a meal with friends. Cuckoo Callay has found the sweet spot in Newtown – good...
For those of us who have been to Hu Tong before, we know the dumplings are worth their weight in gold, if that makes any sense in reference to dumplings. You get the point though. Those who haven’t been need to take a long serious look in the mirror and ask themselves why. But, the...
Look out Eastern Suburbs, there’s a new hot spot in town. After a long hiatus, the beautiful building at 33 Cross St, Double Bay is open to the public. Previously The Ritz Carlton, then a Stamford hotel and empty for five years between then and now, The Intercontinental Sydney Double Bay’s doors swung open in its...
