Oyster happy hours in Melbourne
Kilpatrick, natural, or with a spritz of lemon on top – find your dream mollusc for $2 or more a pop
Food & Drink
The best of Melbourne restaurants, bars, cafés and pubs – these are the places we reckon you must try
The best sandwiches in Melbourne
These are 20 of the best things since sliced bread
The best noodle soups in Melbourne
Honey, it's cold outside. Warm yourself up with one of Melbourne's finest noodle soups
The best bottomless brunches in Melbourne
Make the most of your weekend with brunch and bottomless booze
The best Korean restaurants in Melbourne
From kimchi to yukgaejang, these Korean restaurants have it all
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Upcoming food events
Turkish Pazar: Tastes of Turkey
Turkey takes over the Queen Victoria Market for one big weekend of food, entertainment and culture
Melbourne
Good Beer Week
Eat, drink and be merry as brewers from Australia and beyond flock to the Southern Hemisphere's biggest beer festival
Melbourne
GABS Beer, Cider and Food Fest
A multi-day mega beer fest where experimental brews are the name of the game
South Wharf
Latest food and drink news
Riverland Bar is serving mugs of boozy hot Milo this winter
The drink of your winter has arrived
Watch a world record attempt with free cocktails at Welcome to Thornbury
Watch as keen bartenders and amateur mixologists shake things up for the title
Two Melbourne CBD pubs have launched bottomless AFL feasts
The AFL is back, so why not celebrate by watching the games and enjoy great food and drink?
Moon Dog Brewery is giving away 200 six-packs this Saturday
The beers will be given out to 100 lucky pairs of friends on May 8 (Mate Day)
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Where to eat in Melbourne
The 50 best restaurants in Melbourne
Welcome to the Time Out EAT List, our handpicked ‘best of’ Melbourne's food scene
The best cheap eats in Melbourne
Dine out without breaking the bank with our guide to 20 fantastic meals under $20 in Melbourne
The best new restaurants in Melbourne right now
Stay ahead of the crowds with our guide to Melbourne's new restaurants and cafés
The best steak in Melbourne
Australia’s got a hard-earned rep for producing some of the best beef in the world. Unfortunately, our track record at cooking the stuff hasn’t been quite as...
Where to drink in Melbourne
The best wine bars in Melbourne
Whether you're looking for a bar in the north, south, east, or west of our fair city, Time Out Melbourne has got all points of the compass covered....
Ponyfish Island has had a reno
Take a stroll over the Evan Walker pedestrian footbridge that runs from Flinders Street Station to Southbank and you’ll notice something happening...
The best wine bars in Melbourne
Whether you're looking for a bar in the north, south, east, or west of our fair city, Time Out Melbourne has got all points of the compass covered....
The best wine bars in Melbourne
Whether you're looking for a bar in the north, south, east, or west of our fair city, Time Out Melbourne has got all points of the compass covered....
Ponyfish Island has had a reno
Take a stroll over the Evan Walker pedestrian footbridge that runs from Flinders Street Station to Southbank and you’ll notice something happening...
The best rooftop bars in Melbourne
There's something about drinking on a rooftop that is at least 20 per cent more fun than drinking at street level. So jump on those stairs, hit that lift...
Brace yourselves, the Hawthorn Hotel is coming back
A night out at the Hawthorn Hotel was a rite of passage for many Melbourne students. The pool tables and pinball machines provided hours of...
Go on a boozy, spooky walking tour of the CBD
Melbourne is filled with newer constructions than your average ye olde European town, so it’s hard to imagine the troubled spirits that hide away in the...
Melbourne restaurants by area
CBD lunch guide: Cheap eats
Sometimes a brown bag packed with last night’s leftovers isn’t what you’re feeling at midday. But never fear, we’ve compiled a list of...
The best restaurants in Footscray
Footscray is rapidly becoming Melbourne's must-visit food destination, with new restaurants and cafés opening constantly. From American barbecue to...
The best restaurants in St Kilda
Here are some of the best restaurants in Melbourne's beachside suburb
The best Lygon Street restaurants
Where to eat along Melbourne's quintessential restaurant strip in Carlton
Melbourne restaurants by cuisine
The best Japanese restaurants in Melbourne
Say "konnichiwa" to Melbourne's finest places to enjoy sushi, sashimi, sake and so much more
The best Italian restaurants in Melbourne
Mangia, mangia! Sample the flavours of Tuscany to Sicily at Melbourne's finest Italian eateries
The best Japanese restaurants in Melbourne
Say "konnichiwa" to Melbourne's finest places to enjoy sushi, sashimi, sake and so much more
The best Japanese restaurants in Melbourne
Say "konnichiwa" to Melbourne's finest places to enjoy sushi, sashimi, sake and so much more
The best Italian restaurants in Melbourne
Mangia, mangia! Sample the flavours of Tuscany to Sicily at Melbourne's finest Italian eateries
The best French restaurants in Melbourne
From soufflés to steak frites, there's plenty of top-notch Gallic cuisine to be found
The best Mexican restaurants in Melbourne
Our guide to Melbourne's best Mexican eats, from the traditional to the unabashedly inauthentic
The best Korean restaurants in Melbourne
Our top spots for bibambap, barbecue and mouth-watering Korean fried chicken
Have you heard about...
Revealed: the drink you’ll be seeing in every bar this year
Bartenders are on notice. So are dinner hosts, and anyone organising after-work drinks, dinner or early-evening catch-ups. The alcohol trend of the moment is...
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New outdoor dining in Melbourne’s inner west
More than 35 new outdoor dining spaces are opening throughout the City of Maribyrnong
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This gift card can be used at restaurants across Australia that accept eftpos
There are several restaurant gift cards on the market and good reason to buy them for family and friends. After all, a nice meal in a good restaurant is...
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Head to this Richmond bar for bottomless everything
The Bottomless BBQ at Harlow is your new Sunday long lunch go-to
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Melbourne bars by type
The best gin bars in Melbourne
Gin's having a moment in Australia: here's where to get your hands on the best gin cocktails in Melbourne
The best rum bars in Melbourne
Get a taste of the tropics at these bustling rum bars around Melbourne
The best craft beer bars in Melbourne
The best beer halls and beer bars to sample the latest and tastiest microbrews from Melbourne and beyond
The best whisky bars in Melbourne
The best places to drink Scotch, Japanese whisky, American whiskey and much more
Melbourne bars by area
Melbourne CBD
Inner-city Melbourne has a bar for every type of drinker imaginable
Chapel Street
Say hello to tequila, dumplings and tiki drinks along Melbourne's famed shopping strip
Melbourne CBD
Inner-city Melbourne has a bar for every type of drinker imaginable
Melbourne CBD
Inner-city Melbourne has a bar for every type of drinker imaginable
Chapel Street
Say hello to tequila, dumplings and tiki drinks along Melbourne's famed shopping strip
Fitzroy
Strap on your party boots and cocktail helmets: nowhere does fun drinking quite like Fitzroy
Brunswick
Work your way from cheap beers to cocktails to sweet tunes along Sydney Road
Smith Street
With Prohibition-era cocktails, arcade bars and even a bocce bar, Smith Street's bar scene is a blast
Most popular restaurants
Butchers Diner
Surprisingly, it's not just for carnivores
The Boiling Crab
The messy, delicious joys of a good ol’ Cajun crab boil come to Glen Waverley with the opening of Australia’s first Boiling Crab outpost
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Butchers Diner
Surprisingly, it's not just for carnivores
Butchers Diner
Surprisingly, it's not just for carnivores
The Boiling Crab
The messy, delicious joys of a good ol’ Cajun crab boil come to Glen Waverley with the opening of Australia’s first Boiling Crab outpost
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Lune Croissanterie
The cult patisserie from Kate and Cameron Reid making among the best croissants in Melbourne
O.My
When fine dining meets farming, the combination is formidable. But there’s still room for fun at O.My
Most popular bars
Beneath Driver Lane
They’ve got the drinks on lock at this excellent bar in an old bank vault
Curious
Keen to find this hidden bar? You’ve got to find the wall of clocks first
Beneath Driver Lane
They’ve got the drinks on lock at this excellent bar in an old bank vault
Bouvardia
Climb up the stairs towards this moody bar that specialises in novel cocktails
Bar Margaux
A Melbourne bar by way of New York and Paris, Bar Margaux offers late-night perfection
Trinket
Turn the giant novelty key to enter a glitzy cocktail lounge making city drinking a lot more fun