Must-see restaurants in Australia & Pacific

  • Finns Store

    New South Wales

    This cafe-shop-cellar-door space makes for a delightful stop when in town and is located next door to a gallery.

  • King Island Bakehouse

    Tasmania

    Best pies for miles, with unusual fillings including wallaby and crayfish. Also makes cakes, bread and coffee.

  • The Village Grocer

    New South Wales

    Delicious cakes, outstanding coffee and light meals are available at this light-filled and airy country cafe.

  • Mocka's Pies

    Port Douglas

    Local institution serving classic Aussie pies with exotic fillings such as crocodile laksa and bush kangaroo.

  • Cooktown RSL

    Cairns & Far North Queensland

    Steaks, pizzas and generous servings distinguish the RSL kitchen. Pokies and occasional live entertainment.

  • Floravilla Ice Cream Factory

    The Daintree

    Try one of the 26-plus tropical, biodynamic ice-cream flavours at Floravilla's lovely little shop and cafe.

  • Emerald Creek Ice Creamery

    Cairns & Far North Queensland

    Drop in for superb homemade ice cream as well as fudge and, for the savoury lovers, biltong (dried beef).

  • Raku Izakaya

    New South Wales

    This new-in-2018 modern Japanese eatery is all about share plates (all meticulously presented) and sake.

  • Oaks Bakery Cafe

    Great Ocean Road

    Delicious pies, including the signature prawn and scallop ($7), and a cauliflower and cheese for vegos.

  • Lake Barrine Teahouse

    Cairns & Far North Queensland

    Try an award-winning Devonshire tea with homemade scones at the popular teahouse overlooking the lake.

  • Naam Pla Thai Kitchen

    Victoria

    A fine, fragrant den of excellent Thai cooking in the heart of town, though perhaps a tad overpriced.

  • Cambridge Farmers' Market

    Waikato & the Coromandel Peninsula

    Local flavours abound at this excellent weekly market held in the leafy surroundings of Victoria Sq.

  • Portsider

    Dunedin & Otago

    Duck into this snug gastropub for good-value meals, a wide range of tap beers and friendly service.

  • Beach Burrito Company

    Brisbane

    Beach-shack style and a predictable Mex repertoire of tacos, burritos, quesadillas and margaritas.

  • Massimo's Place

    Southern WA

    Authentic, Italian-style pizzas cooked in a wood-fired oven imported from Italia.

  • Bunbury Farmers Market

    West Coast Australia

    Fresh local produce, as well as sushi and self-catering platters for picnickers.

  • Annabel's Pantry

    Cairns & Far North Queensland

    Popular bakery offering around 25 pie varieties, including kangaroo and veggie.

  • Coles

    Darwin

    A large, well-stocked supermarket in the town centre.

  • Pak ’n Save

    Fiordland & Southland

    A large, centrally located supermarket.

  • Woolworths

    Darwin

    A large supermarket in the town centre.

  • Krimper Cafe

    Melbourne

    Venture down Melbourne's most picturesque laneway, lined with old red-brick buildings and potted greenery. Hidden behind a set of weathered wooden doors…

  • Bodega Underground

    Melbourne

    Melbourne's love affair with Mexican food continues apace in this downstairs restaurant wallpapered with colourful film posters. Share slow-cooked lamb…

  • Ampersand

    Ampersand

    Auckland

    Catch a train from Auckland's downtown Britomart transport hub to Orakei station to explore the city's new Orakei Bay Village development. Filling a high…

  • Miss Istanbul

    Miss Istanbul

    Ponsonby & Karangahape Rd

    Part of the Ponsonby Central complex, a stylish food precinct offering flavours from around the world, Miss Istanbul channels a backstreets-of-Beyoğlu…

  • Café de Vili's

    Café de Vili's

    Adelaide

    Vili's pies are a South Australian institution. Next to its factory, west of the CBD, is this all-night diner, serving equally iconic 'pie floaters' (a…

  • Royal Oak

    Royal Oak

    Adelaide

    Winning pub grub at this enduring/endearing local: enjoy steak sangers (sandwiches, for the uninitiated), curries, lamb-shank ragu, southern fried chicken…

  • Tiger Burger

    Tiger Burger

    Auckland

    Formerly starring at markets and food-truck pop-ups around town, Tiger Burger has graduated to a hip permanent space in the city-fringe suburb of Grey…

  • Carnevale Coffee

    Rise & Grind Cafe

    Adelaide

    This raffish shopfront in suburban Clarence Park started life solely as a coffee-roasting business, but soon transformed into a full-blown cafe. A hit…

  • Morepork

    Morepork BBQ

    Auckland

    Texas-style barbecue comes to Auckland at this smoke-infused shrine to superb brisket, pulled pork and ribs. Rubs and sauces are prepared in-house, and…

  • Perryman's Bakery

    Perryman’s Bakery

    Adelaide

    Down on the corner, Perryman’s is the kind of simple, reliable, affordable bakery that all neighbourhoods should have. Baked on-site for the last 80…

  • Boulangerie 113

    Boulangerie 113

    Adelaide

    Goodwood Rd is a long way from the backstreets of Montmartre, but Boulangerie 113 does a reasonable job of impersonating a French patisserie. Roll up for…

  • Sit Lo

    Sit Lo

    Adelaide

    One of a new breed of quick-fire city eateries, with clever interior design (wood panelling, bicycle wheels, communal tables and artful lighting) and…

  • Cafe at the Australian War Memorial, Treloar Cres, Campbell

    Poppy's Cafe

    Canberra

    While this cafe doesn't live up to the sophistication of the concrete pavilion in which it's housed, it's a handy spot to fuel up if hunger strikes during…

  • Sukhumvit Soi.38

    Soi.38

    Adelaide

    As the after-work brigades trudge between the East End pubs and the West End bars, sometimes they get hungry. That's where this street-food joint enters…

  • The Wharf

    Wharf

    Adelaide

    All things to all people, the democratic, unsnooty (though reasonably pricey) Wharf is big on SA seafood (Coffin Bay oysters, Kangaroo Island whiting, SA…

  • Gondola Gondola

    Gondola Gondola

    Adelaide

    When the late-night food attack hits, duck out of the bar and into Gondola Gondola – a bright, buzzy, fishbowl diner on the corner of Peel St and Hindley…

  • Ying Chow, Chinese restaurant

    Ying Chow

    Adelaide

    This loud, fluoro-lit, bossy-staffed eatery is a culinary gem, serving cuisine styled from the Guangzhou region, such as 'BBC' (bean curd, broad beans and…

  • Jerusalem Sheshkabab House

    Jerusalem Sheshkabab House

    Adelaide

    A skinny, lived-in, age-old Hindley St room among the strip clubs and hookah-pipe bars, serving magnificent Middle Eastern and Lebanese delights: falafels…

  •  Store

    Store

    Adelaide

    Store is a long-running combo of casual Parisian bistro and jazzy cafe. The vibe is retro-kitsch (art nouveau posters, stag horns, Tretchikoff prints),…

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