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An intimate omakase experience that puts flavour at the heart of the action.
A.P Bread and Wine
The A.P empire makes its first night moves at this round-the-clock diner.
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Baba’s Place
This warehouse of fun cartwheels between cultures and cuisines.
Bessie’s and Alma’s
The most “Sydney” restaurant in Sydney right now.
How the Gourmet Traveller Annual Restaurant Guide works
Our team has travelled wide and far to compile our Restaurant Guide celebrating the top 100 restaurants around Australia.
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Revealed: Winners of the Gourmet Traveller Annual Restaurant Awards
Celebrating the best and brightest in Australian dining this year.
Hook, line and sinker: Josh Niland’s Saint Peter crowned Restaurant of the Year
Taking home our top honour, Saint Peter offers the most unforgettable meal you can eat in Australia today.
Berowra Waters Inn is the first NSW restaurant to win Gourmet Traveller’s Icon Award
This waterfront dining institution is the third Readers Choice Icon Award winner in GT history.
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It’s official: +81 Aizome Bar in Brisbane is the best bar in Australia
The moody blue-hued Japanese-style cocktail bar is the winner of our prestigious Bar of the Year Award.
Nik Hill of Porcine wins Chef of the Year, as voted by his industry peers
The chef-owner of Paddington restaurant Porcine presents French cuisine with a unique modern approach.
Maison Bâtard in Melbourne has been crowned Australia’s Best New Restaurant
Chris Lucas' four-level Parisian wonderland takes home one of our top honours.
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Tony Tan is this year’s recipient of our Outstanding Contribution to Hospitality Award
The chef and cooking school host is a master of hospitality, and a genius at making people feel comfortable cooking outside their comfort zone.
Staġuni in Barossa is the winner of our Best Destination Dining Award
Chef Clare Falzon channels her Maltese heritage, and the rural site's charming history.
Meet our Restaurant Personality of the Year, Angie Giannakodakis of Taverna
A champion of Greek food and the art of hospitality.
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Ozge Kalvo is the rising star awarded Best New Talent
The head chef at one of Sydney's hottest restaurants, Olympus Dining, Kalvo is one to watch.
Tom Sarafian’s first restaurant, Zareh, is now open in Melbourne
Named for the Melbourne chef's Armenian grandfather, Zareh celebrates a historic mingling of food cultures.
Wills Domain
This Imaginative, artful winery dining delivers on deliciousness.
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Lulu La Delizia
This northern (Italian) star is shaped by Joel Valvasori-Pereza’s bold, refined vision.
Le Rebelle
True to its name, this French bistro charts its own course.
Jungle Fowl
Vibrant Thai fare in the tropical heart of Far North Queensland.
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Onzieme
A charismatic Australian wine bar with Parisian charm to burn.
Tedesca Osteria
A long, languid lunch that dreams are made of.
Serai
A big-flavoured, wood-fired Pinoy party.
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Provenance
Provenance’s Japanese-esque mastery now includes an à la carte option.
All the chefs and restaurants popping up at the Australian Open 2026
The Australian Open’s top-tier culinary experiences for 2026 have been revealed, listing a star-studded line-up of local and international chefs.
Meet the finalists for this year’s Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Awards
The annual awards are back. Here are the finalists for this year's awards, from Best New Restaurant to Restaurant Personality of the Year.
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Finalists: Best New Restaurant
From farm-to-table dining near Adelaide to an exciting Greek gem in Sydney, meet our Best New Restaurant Award finalists.
Finalists: Best New Talent
We highlight the up-and-coming chefs excelling in Australia's hospitality scene.
Finalists: Bar of the Year
From moody mid-century wine bars to tiny blue-hued Japanese cocktail spots, meet our Bar of the Year finalists.
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Finalists: Best Destination Dining
Here are the finalists for this year's Best Destination Dining Award, celebrating the restaurants worth travelling for.
Finalists: Restaurant Personality of the Year
Meet the charismatic finalists for this year's Restaurant Personality of the Year Award.
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An omakase restaurant in Redfern delivers dinner and a show – without the cringe, writes ALEXANDRA CARLTON.
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Molli
A handsome neighbourhood bistro embraces fermenting and preserving, writes MICHAEL HARDEN.
The team behind Tipo 00 to open a European restaurant in Melbourne’s CBD
Harriot is set to stride in with a gun team and swish Euro plates at the fore.
The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2025 winners have been announced
First Nations chef, restaurateur and cookbook author Mindy Woods is honoured with the Champions of Change Award — the first Australian to receive the prestigious award.
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Snack attack: Have menus in Australian restaurants lost the plot?
As seductive as they are, snacks have shamelessly overtaken our restaurant menus and morphed into share plates, writes MICHAEL HARDEN.
Neil Perry’s top 10 restaurants around the world
We ask the revered Australian chef for his fine-dining hitlist.
It’s a shore thing: Melbourne’s Stokehouse events make a lasting impression
Where the iconic location is just part of the experience.
Brought to you by Stokehouse
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Australia’s Saint Peter reappears in The World’s 50 Best Restaurants longlist for 2025
Josh Niland's acclaimed fine diner has jumped 32 spots since last year. Plus, a daring new NZ restaurant makes its list debut.
Discover local favourites and world-class cuisine on the NSW Central Coast
Plus, it’s just 45 minutes north of Sydney.
On the pass: An interview with Agnes chef Ryan Carlson
We chat to the fire-focused chef about his love for dry-aging pork, using the whole beast and mentoring young chefs.
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Etta owner Hannah Green to open Daphne, a new venue in the former home of Bar Romantica
Brunswick East will welcome the neighbourhood bar-restaurant this spring.
Wines of While
Who says natural wine (bars) don’t age well?
36,000 hours of flames burning: A decade of Firedoor
Sydney restaurant Firedoor celebrates a decade of fiery service this year, with chef Lennox Hastie at its coalface.
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Nigella Lawson on her favourite Sydney restaurants and what’s on her dining hitlist for 2025
The British food icon on the Sydney restaurants, bakeries and cheese shops she's dreaming about ahead of her return for Vivid Sydney 2025.
Gigi
Prahran welcomes an enthusiastically theatrical Parisian-themed companion bar to a French favourite.
Kylie Kwong’s guide to her favourite dining spots in Western Sydney
“What I love about these places is their authenticity. Each time I dine in these eateries, I feel like I’m sitting at their family dining room table."
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Jayden Ong Winery & Cellar Bar
This excellent winery's food offering is on par with its vino, writes MICHAEL HARDEN
Station Road
French fare with a redeveloped Festival Plaza view lands in Adelaide’s CBD, writes KATIE SPAIN.
Cordelia is the soon-to-open seafood restaurant from the Don’s team
The Carlton newcomer is set to make a splash when it lands on Rathdowne Street next month.
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The Porcine and P&V teams debut a new courtyard wine bar, L’Avant Cave
The long-time P&V collaborators make the official move to take over the food offering of the courtyard wine bar.
Hay St Market has opened in beloved Paddy’s Markets after a multimillion-dollar renovation
The new food market delivers everything from a butcher and cheese shop to florists and dumpling stalls.
Golden Century
A reborn Cantonese classic still glitters, writes ALEXANDRA CARLTON.
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Former Firedoor chef Ahana Dutt to lead kitchen at Kolkata Social
The new restaurant is paying it forward by sharing tasty Indian eats and providing meals for those facing food insecurity with every set menu purchased.
Vue de Monde’s Hugh Allen is set to open Yiaga in Melbourne’s Fitzroy Gardens
The former Gourmet Traveller Chef of the Year announces his new venture, opening his own restaurant later this year.
Osteria Mucca, the penultimate piece of the Pasiano and Daughters’ Newtown precinct, is now open
Flora and Mister Grotto are set to open on Australia Street this February — with a third to follow.
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An Australian pub lands in New York City with proper parmis, pints and more
Fronted by Australian talent, Old Mates is bringing our unique brand of hospitality to the Big Apple.
The Grill at The International
Sydney’s latest chophouse is classy, confident and cosmopolitan in the same breath, writes Matty Hirsch.
No Taste Like Home is a delicious new series by Queer Eye star Antoni Porowski
In this new National Geographic series, Antoni Porowski travels the globe to explore the powerful living histories of A-listers
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The Michelin debate: Why there’s no Michelin Guide in Australia
Australia doesn’t have a Michelin Guide, but should it? DANI VALENT explores
the calls for and against.
V-Day or mayday: Why Australia’s hospitality scene hates the Hallmark holiday
From near-death proposals to demoralising dessert fails, author JESS HO asks the country's top hospo talent to share their agonising and amusing anecdotes.
Kiln reopens with a fresh new menu and incoming chef-partner Beau Clugston
One of our favourite Sydney rooftop restaurants now has an ex-Noma chef at the helm.
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Table for two: the best romantic restaurants in Sydney for Valentine’s Day in 2025
This one is for the lovers.
Anchovy
Thi Le and Jia-Yen Lee’s mod-Viet returns with gusto in its latest incarnation, writes MICHAEL HARDEN.
Botanic Lodge
Casual long lunches and leafy tranquillity still sit in the heart of
Adelaide Botanic Garden, writes KATIE SPAIN.
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GT’s summer reading guide for 2025
JESS HO guides us through the best new release books to transport you this summer.
Song Bird
Neil Perry’s presumed swan song in Double Bay has found its melody and pitch, writes MATTY HIRSCH.
Central
An underground dumpling bar and restaurant is bringing the flavours and energy of Hong Kong to Brisbane’s CBD, writes ELLIOT BAKER.
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25 restaurants, hotels and events to get excited about in 2025
Here are the top 25 reasons to get excited about 2025.
Asha
Contemporary Middle Eastern and North African fare in a neighbourhood setting is the bright new kid on the block, writes KATIE SPAIN.
Naldham House Brasserie and Terrace
A once-exclusive building now houses a European-style eatery blending modern elegance with old-world charm, writes ELLIOT BAKER.
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Reed House
Refined Anglo-Aussie comfort food is back in full force at the fringe CBD dwelling restaurant, writes MICHAEL HARDEN.
Petermen — CLOSED
Annual Restaurant Guide: NSW top 25
Josh Niland’s Petermen in Sydney’s north shore to close this weekend
The news comes just weeks after the Nilands announced a new restaurant on Hamilton Island.
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Wunderlich wonderland: glitzy new retail and hospitality precinct opens in Redfern
With a slew of new and upcoming food, beverage and retail openings, Wunderlich Lane is well worth a spot on your radar.
Lune Croissanterie is (finally) opening in Sydney this weekend
Croissant extraordinaire Kate Reid confirms Lune's Sydney flagship will open in Rosebery — this Saturday.
PorkStar celebrates 20 years of operation in 2024
Everyone knows "get some pork on your fork". So now it's time to meet the stars behind the slogan as they celebrate 20 years of operation.
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Show 2024 the door with the best New Year’s Eve events across Australia
Ring in 2025 with Australia's best parties and plates.
Josh Niland to open a restaurant on Hamilton Island, set within a new hotel coming in 2025
Josh and Julie Niland are bringing their whole-fish ethos to Hamilton Island’s newest boutique hotel, The Sundays, in the form of an elevated, family-friendly seafood diner.
Melbourne Food and Wine Festival’s 2025 program
The 2025 Melbourne Food and Wine Festival program delivers world's longest lunch, pop-up diners, bake sales, and international chefs aplenty.
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The best waterfront restaurants in Australia for alfresco sipping and snacking
Whether you're sipping and supping somewhere balmy and coastal or rugged up lakeside, these are the waterfront diners to keep front of mind.
Martin Place has just welcomed The Grill within its latest multi-tasking venue, The International
We take a first look at The Grill, the luxe new restaurant at the heart of the CBD’s latest hot spot.
Melbourne’s Bourke Street is finally welcoming Maison Bâtard later this month
The ambitious project from Lucas Restaurants has been several years in the making. And it boasts a rooftop terrace.
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Sexism in service: The brutal realities of Australian kitchen culture
Rape jokes, sexual assault and harassment are all an insidious part of Australia’s hospitality and kitchen culture. Rushani Epa speaks to hospitality professionals about their experiences – and what needs to change.
Brisbane restaurant Massimo from Michael Tassis reopens with an impressive new look
The Tassis Group venue is now serving its beloved house-made pasta and seafood-centric dishes in new Amalfi-inspired interiors.
Bossa Nova
Con Christopoulos’ new venture with chef Victor Liong brings a sushi train loaded with delicious hits and Brazilian good times, writes MICHAEL HARDEN.
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Doju
An intriguing, exciting addition to the burgeoning Melb-Korean food scene arrives in the CBD, writes MICHAEL HARDEN.
Maria
Sun-drenched flavours on the water’s edge get a Tasmanian twist, writes ALIX DAVIS.
The best private dining rooms in Sydney for celebrations, parties and work lunches in 2025
From intimate 12-person tables to towering glass rooms, these are the best private dining rooms to book for that big event.
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Margaret River has a brand-new wine and food festival, and it’s a corker
Experience a taste of the Margaret River Region like never before.
Brought to you by Pair’d Margaret River Region x Range Rover
Meet the rising star set to represent the Pacific at the S.Pellegrino Young Chef Competition
S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy Competition 2024-25 Gala Dinner becomes a masterclass in making it as a top chef in Australia now. Hint: it’s not just about the cooking.
Tickets on sale now: Starry night reader event with Chandon
Join us as we discover Chandon Étoile and some exceptional vintages alongside a special menu by Gourmet Traveller’s Chef of the Year.
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Meet the rising culinary stars competing to be named Australia’s best young chef
The winner will head to Milan to represent the Pacific region at the S.Pellegrino Young Chef Academy grand final.
Sydney welcomes Ennui, a handsome new restaurant with a wine bar soul
Step inside the heritage-listed space, right by the Capitol Theatre, for a fun drinks list and a menu that’s very French – but also not very French at all.
Song Bird, Neil Perry’s three-storey Chinese restaurant, opens alongside Bobbie’s – a basement cocktail bar
Perry considers this 230-seat, mostly Cantonese restaurant in Double Bay, to be a Chinese counterpart to Margaret, packed with his “greatest hits.” Downstairs, you’ll find Bobbie’s, a clubby basement bar fuelled by jazz and Martinis.
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The Waterloo Inn
Thanks to the work of a plucky young couple, the sleepy Tasmanian town
of Swansea is now a dining destination, writes MATTY HIRSCH.
Bistrot 916 in Potts Point is set to close in November
The neo-French restaurant from the Pellegrino 2000 team will serve last drinks on 3 November.
Muni
Annual Restaurant Guide: South Australia Top 10
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Mu Omakase
Mu’s 12-course menu, based on the Japanese omakase and served at a counter, delivers an array of small jewels both subtle and robust.
Nieuw Ruin
An easy-going Freo wine bar with a new French accent. Come for lovingly safeguarded old school classics (with the odd liberty taken), and a wine list with everything from newcomers to big-ticket Burgundies.
