The best restaurants in Tasmania right now
These are the best restaurants across the state, as reviewed for our 2023 Restaurant Guide.
Freyja: restaurant review
Bursting with Nordic culinary ideas, this clever diner always delivers flavour.
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Porkfat: Restaurant review
A reverence for Thai flavours is turning heads at this family-run Haymarket joint.
Ogee: Restaurant review
This Euro-style bistro is a welcome arrival to the Hobart scene.
Kiln: Restaurant review
A rooftop party palace atop Sydney’s Ace Hotel blends nostalgia with hope for better times ahead.
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March: Restaurant review
A clever new wine bar in Collingwood offers exciting pours and applause-worthy snacks to match.
Seafood, sun and a sustainably curated menu on-tap at RAFI
The flavours of the sea, in-season vibrant produce and great vibes, now open.
Revealed: Gourmet Traveller’s Restaurant of the Year and winners of the 2023 Restaurant Awards
Celebrating the best and brightest in Australian dining this year.
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Aru
Quite simply, this is one of Melbourne’s best places to be: a stylish bar-cum-casual-diner livened by wood fire and fermentation, curing and smoking, spotted gum and sandstone.
Hero ACMI
Melbourne doesn’t have a brilliant track record with restaurants in cultural institutions. Hero, at Fed Square’s ACMI, bucks that trend emphatically.
Gray and Gray
Think excellent flatbread served with “lumpy” butter and pickled green tomatoes, or parsnip dumplings with caramelised onion and yoghurt.
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The Corner Dairy
Surprise! Perth’s most polished bar food isn’t found in a wine bar, but in a lively neighbourhood hangout in upwardly mobile Doubleview.
Si Paradiso
Just how does one classify this Italianate house of cool?
Millbrook
A day trip to this Instagram-ready cellar-door restaurant in the Perth Hills remains one of the west’s finest lunch dates.
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Frui Momento
When it comes to more-is-more cooking, Frui Momento’s tightly composed plates are among the west’s best.
Arimia
Space is integral to the work of this organically certified, off-grid farm – and Arimia really is best considered as a farm with a restaurant rather than vice versa.
Lulu La Delizia Italian
Lulu La Delizia is a neighbourhood restaurant brimming with confidence.
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Magill Estate Restaurant
The modern dining space is set against the legendary Penfolds winery and has all the trimmings of fine dining without unnecessary pomp.
The Watervale Hotel
The word “epicurean” gets thrown around a lot, but the owners of this regional pub live and breathe it.
Ottelia
Recent renovations have enhanced the effortless charm of this family-run establishment, which is also home to Ottelia Wines.
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Herringbone
There’s an instant sense of comfort about Herringbone, tucked in a calm, almost suburban city backstreet.
Fugazzi
Energy pulsates through this New York-inspired Italian restaurant all seven days of the week.
Wilma
Canberra’s appetite for contemporary Asian-inspired food seems unquenchable, with glitzy Wilma joining the ranks of established hotspots plying updates on classic Chinese dishes and familiar flavours from the rest of the continent.
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Corella
Corella might be the kind of sunny wine bar/restaurant hybrid that would feel at home anywhere in the country.
Gerard’s Bistro
Bring an open mind to this benchmark for innovative Levantine cooking. You’ll experience familiar flavours in novel ways and encounter ingredients not found elsewhere, thanks to tireless chef Adam Wolfers.
GOMA Restaurant
Take a seat in this light-filled, gallery-like corner room, and prepare to have your senses stimulated by Matt Blackwell’s nuanced cooking.
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Elska
Elska requires commitment. The simply furnished, dégustation-only venue has just 12 tables and opens three days a week.
Porcine
It all comes to life on the upper level of a Paddington terrace crammed with Parisian curio.
Una Más
The menu spotlights Spanish-accented hits from Gildas, patatas bravas and croquetas through to a Basque cheesecake that rules them all.
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Mr Wong
The fact that Mr Wong – a walloping 240-seater offering 70-plus dishes and 40-odd pages worth of wine – continues to fire on all cylinders is a downright masterstroke.
Eschalot
From the hearths in the dining rooms to the heart on the plates, Eschalot offers the kind of home-style dining experience you just can’t get at home.
Sáng by Mabasa
Sáng’s mission is to present the breadth and depth of traditional Korean cuisine in a contemporary setting.
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Shell House Dining Room and Terrace
A laneway lift takes you up to the Dining Room and Terrace, where serious cooking with share-plate generosity awaits
Sixpenny
From start to finish, a meal at Sixpenny – complete with beautiful ceramics, smart service and imaginative beverage pairings – is a rare and exciting treat.
Pellegrino 2000
This is Dan Pepperell's kitchen, so of course there are twists on the seemingly straightforward menu.
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Lucky Kwong
The food is simple, honest and made to nourish.
Lana
What was initially billed as a Mediterranean fine-diner has become a far more intriguing proposition under head chef Alex Wong.
Restaurant Hubert
How easy is it to love Hubert? It all begins the second you step from an ordinary city street into this parallel universe heaving with life and laughter.
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Cafe Paci
The menu at Cafe Paci might feel familiar at first glance, but the thrills lie in the idiosyncrasies.
Berowra Waters Inn
Accessible only by boat or seaplane, Berowra Waters Inn is as close as you can get to dégustation dining on the water without getting wet.
Beach Byron Bay
Few dining rooms in Australia are as true to their name as Beach.
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The finalists in the Gourmet Traveller 2023 Restaurant Awards
The annual awards are back. Here's how to watch the announcement of the winners online, and a full run-down of the award finalists.
Di Stasio Carlton
Big flavours and attention to every detail make this new Italian in the neighbourhood a must-visit.
First verdict: Topikós Dining Room and Bar, Sydney
Beachside Greek-ish eats dished out within a well curated dining room. Topikós will surely become a long lunch destination for many.
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Bar Rogue
Perth's favourite nouveau bistro unveils its wine bar spin-off that has eaters as well as drinkers in its sights.
Paski Vineria Popolare
In a city fuelled by chic wine bars, this Italian newcomer holds its own.
Rickys in Noosa is bigger and better than ever
GT visits the stately Noosa stayer as it sails towards its second decade. It's in sparklingly good form.
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The Top 80 restaurants in Australia for 2022
The best of the best of the nation's dining.
The best restaurants in South Australia
A CBD favourite with a new fit-out, a restaurant that doubles as charity, and some must-visits out of town. Here's where to eat in South Australia, according to our 2022 Restaurant Guide.
The best restaurants in NSW right now
A restaurant where it's near-impossible to score a booking, thanks to Netflix; an agrarian fantasy in the Southern Tablelands; and a family-run eatery reimagining Korean flavours. These are the best restaurants across the state, as reviewed for our 2022 Restaurant Guide.
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Victoria’s best restaurants right now
A luxe newcomer, the best bar seat in the city, and a Ballarat venue open two days a week. These are Victoria's best restaurants, as reviewed for our 2022 Restaurant Guide.
Africola
A menu shift to more plants has only amped up the sense of exploration.
Anchovy
Besides the thrilling, original cooking, the most exciting thing about this modern Vietnamese-Australian restaurant is its constant evolution.
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Attica
Ben Shewry recognises the expense of his world-famous 10-ish course meal and strives to honour Indigenous culture and ingredients. He succeeds, completely and beautifully.
Aubergine
Chef-owner Ben Willis continues to refine a menu that effortlessly drifts with the seasons.
Bar Lourinhã
Bar Lourinhã's emphatic 15-year influence on Melbourne's dining scene DNA has it nudging institution status, even if its fresh, modern energy makes that label seem odd.
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Brae
Brae is one of Australia's great food offerings, bringing an experience that's unforgettable, educational and unmissable.
Bread in Common
Restaurant? Bakery? This carefully restored 1898 heritage-listed building is both.
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Balthazar
A discreet façade in Perth's white-collar heartland.
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Di Stasio Città
An utterly familiar menu of Italian perfection right in Melbourne's CBD.
Chaco Bar
To have the complete Chaco Bar experience one must surrender all inhibitions at the fabric-draped door.
Gather at Coriole
A thoughtful experience from beginning to end, peppered with creative surprises.
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Dier Makr
Expect magnificent flavours to emerge from this Hobart restaurant.
Embla
Since opening five years ago, Embla has offered one of Melbourne's quintessential dining experiences: eating at its kitchen bar.
Fico
A Hobart restaurant that embraces and interprets local produce with flair.
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Firedoor
There's a lot more to Firedoor than just meat. Ignore the hype, trust the chef and enjoy the show.
Fleet
Fleet, the exceptional Brunswick Heads fine-diner, is getting ready to welcome diners back in January 2022.
Flower Drum
Whether celebrating life's milestones or simply treating yourself, dining at the Drum is the ultimate expression of self-care.
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Gerard’s Bistro
A rich, multi-layered menu that draws from Lebanese, Sephardic and Ashkenazi traditions, and is boosted with an arsenal of techniques.
GOMA Restaurant
Forget what you know about gallery restaurants. Brisbane's GOMA is a cut above the rest.
Grossi Florentino
With chandeliers, meticulously ironed linen, charming service and menus that riff on grand Roman ristorante, Grossi Florentino is one of the foundations of Melbourne's dining scene.
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Igni
Featuring a mysterious six-course dégustation menu that's the best thing to happen to Geelong since the Cats won the flag in 2011.
Kazuki’s
Behind a monochrome shopfront is Kazuki's, an oasis of minimalist, mustard-carpeted calm, where Japanese and European flavours are fused brilliantly.
Lake House
Lake House provides many applause-worthy moments and deserves every ovation.
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Lee Ho Fook
Victor Liong's new-style Chinese food takes its cues from the lilting elegance of Cantonese, but heads off in its own unique direction.
LuMi
Set in an ultra contemporary yet cosy glass "box" on Pyrmont Bay, LuMi is unlike anything else in Sydney.
Minamishima
The Japanese notion of "ichigyo zammai" – doing one thing excessively well – is on vivid display at this backstreet Richmond sushi temple.
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Mr Wong
After nine years, Merivale's answer to Cantonese cuisine is still a CBD favourite.
Nomad
Nomad has never been an intimate venue, but the food is deeply familiar and personal.
O.My
Since grabbing attention in 2013 with their low-waste farm-to-table concept, O.My has only gone bigger and better.
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Osteria Oggi
Sink into a booth under trailing plants while easy, breezy, super-smart staff bring a succession of pretty plates.
Otto Brisbane
New riverfront lodgings means Otto is an even more alluring prospect for diners keen to push the boat out.
Peel St
Always bustling, but rarely raucous, this bright, buzzing place hasn't faltered for a second since opening in 2013.
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Provenance
The elegantly refreshed Provenance has never shone brighter, promising diners a riot of colour, slow food and ceramics.
Quay
Post-lockdown, Peter Gilmore is back, and he's unveiled a new signature tasting menu that's as ingenious as ever.
Shōbōsho
A space that channels Tokyo's jumble of cheap grills and thrills, with a dash of Korea and kitsch.
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Stillwater
A Launceston restaurant that only gets better with age.
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Templo
From a softly glowing shopfront on the fringe of the CBD, Templo serves Hobart's best Italian food.
Tulum
Refreshingly modern takes on traditional dishes, Turkish wine, pretty cocktails and well-versed staff shine through at Tulum. Clever delicious.
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XO
A punchy pan-Asian party in sunny Scandi-esque surrounds, with a Savage Garden soundtrack.
Pilot
This Canberra restaurant is soaring: confident, playful and polished.
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Restaurant Dan Arnold
Come for the tasting menu, stay for the snacks.
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Labart
A Gold Coast diner that deftly balances the old-school and the on-trend.
Lankan Filling Station
The aroma of fried curry leaves, mustard seed and cardamom lures diners to O Tama Carey's hot-to-trot Sri Lankan eatery.
Raes
It would be easy for this Byron mainstay to rely purely on its good looks, but chef Jason Saxby brings genuine substance to the table.
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Sunda
Khanh Nguyen, Melbourne's latest chef hero, deftly mixes a grab-bag of Malaysian, Indonesian and Vietnamese traditions with native ingredients to deliver something shockingly new.
Fleur
A pub, a French floral name, a modern Japanese menu. It just works.
Le Rebelle
For fans of new-wave French cuisine.
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Si Paradiso
Perth is crushing hard on this fantasy of '60s Roman cool.
Vasse Felix
This Margaret River pioneer has found another gear of late.
