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These are Australia’s top 50 restaurants for 2025, based on OpenTable bookings

The popular restaurant platform drew on diner reviews, bookings and search data to compile the top 50

Lauren Dinse
Melissa Woodley
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Lauren Dinse
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Melissa Woodley
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Photograph: Giselle Peters | Sails Restaurant Noosa
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Anyone who loves eating out in Australia will know OpenTable. Even if you don’t think you know it, you’ve probably used it to book a table – whether at your local go-to or the city’s hottest new bar. But OpenTable is more than just a booking tool; it also reveals the trends and habits shaping how Australians eat and drink when dining out.

Each year, OpenTable gathers data from thousands of venue reviews, plus reservation and search metrics, to come up with an intriguing set of reports. The latest? A definitive list of the top 50 restaurants in Australia for 2025, based on data from almost 200,000 diner reviews. This year, Victoria takes the crown as the state with the highest number of restaurants on the list at 17, while Queensland has 14 and New South Wales comes in third with 12. 

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Photograph: Supplied | Fiore at Down The Rabbit Hole Wines

Let's take a look at the restaurants Aussies are loving right now – at least if five-star reviews and repeat bookings are anything to go by. The top 50 includes plenty of spots on our very own list of the best restaurants in Australia, including Time Out Sydney’s Restaurant of the Year Neptune’s Grotto and beloved Melbourne fine diner Vue de Monde. But it also spotlights hidden and regional gems, from the intimate 14-seat Humble on Duke in Sunshine Beach to Fiore at Down The Rabbit Hole Wines in the McLaren Vale. You can check out the full list below, listed in alphabetical order by state/territory.

The top 50 restaurants on OpenTable for 2025:

ACT

  • Rebel Rebel, Canberra

New South Wales

  • 10 William St, Paddington
  • Chester White Cured Diner, Potts Point
  • Civico 47, Paddington
  • Ecco Ristorante, Drummoyne
  • Fontana, Redfern
  • Neptune's Grotto, Sydney
  • Osteria di Russo & Russo, Enmore
  • Paski Vineria Popolare, Darlinghurst
  • Pellegrino 2000, Surry Hills
  • Porcine, Paddington
  • Riverbank Moama, Moama
  • Sofia on Cleveland, Redfern

Queensland

  • A Touch of Salt, Townsville
  • Adelita Wine Bar, Wynnum
  • Bam Pow, Port Douglas
  • Bar Deco, Yandina
  • Deer Duck Bistro, Auchenflower
  • Eddy + Wolff, Robina
  • Etsu Izakaya, Mermaid Beach
  • Hikari, Teneriffe
  • Humble on Duke, Sunshine Beach
  • Montrachet, Bowen Hills
  • Restaurant Labart, Burleigh Heads
  • Rickys River Bar and Restaurant, Noosa Heads
  • Sails Noosa, Noosa Heads
  • Sopra Cucina & Bar, Bli Bli

South Australia

  • Asha, Goodwood
  • Fiore at Down The Rabbit Hole Wines, McLaren Vale
  • Melt Hyde Park, Hyde Park

Victoria

  • Attica, Ripponlea
  • Bansho, Armadale
  • Bellota Wine Bar, South Melbourne
  • Bistra, Carlton
  • Cecconi's Flinders Lane, Melbourne
  • Cognoscenti Food and Wine, Belgrave
  • Geppetto Trattoria, East Melbourne
  • Grazia Restaurant, Glen Iris
  • Holy Basil Thai, Croydon
  • Il Solito Posto, Melbourne
  • Lagoon Dining, Carlton
  • Merrijig Kitchen, Port Fairy
  • Paris Go, Carlton
  • Shelanous, Port Melbourne
  • Sir Loins, Bright
  • The Moat, Melbourne
  • Trattoria Emilia, Melbourne
  • Vue de Monde, Melbourne
  • Yeonga Korean BBQ, North Melbourne

Western Australia

  • Double Rainbow Bar & Eating House, Perth

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