It’s back! We've just dropped our 2025 Time Out Recommended lists for Melbourne, Sydney and the rest of Australia (as well as Singapore and Hong Kong), spotlighting the local businesses delivering epic experiences that our editors truly love.
Time Out Recommends is all about celebrating the spots that get us off the couch and out into our cities – whether that’s a hidden wine bar, a must-visit regional venue, an inspiring arts space, or a hotel that you can’t wait to return to. Our editors have been out eating, drinking, exploring and experiencing so we can share our favourites with you.
Want to know which experiences are really worth your time and money? Click through to see our editors' Time Out Recommended picks for 2025 in the following categories:
Time Out Melbourne Recommends 2025 results:
Things to Do
Restaurants & Bars
Regional Venues
Arts & Culture
Time Out Sydney Recommends 2025 results:
Things to Do
Restaurants & Bars
Regional Venues
Arts & Culture
Time Out Australia Recommends 2025 results:
Things to Do
Destination Restaurants & Bars
Hotels
They're all the round-ups of our editors' top picks for 2025 – congratulations to all the worthy businesses delivering excellent experiences that our editors want to keep returning for. And then we also handed some decisions over to you – for the People's Choice categories.
To check out your top picks, as voted by the public, click below:
Time Out Melbourne - People's Choice winners
Time Out Sydney - People's Choice winners
Time Out Australia - People's Choice winners
Use our Time Out Recommends guides to start compiling your own bucket-list experiences, eats and stays. Go!