Food tours and tastings to book

Best rated first, weighted by reviews, from the cities on this list. One per city.

Everything to book in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane

All 30 casual dining

Ranked by our editors.

Pho Hung Vuong 2

The defining pho on Victoria Street: long-simmered beef broth with rare beef and brisket in a no-frills Richmond room that has fed the city since the 1980s.

Zareh

Zareh on Smith Street brings Armenian and Lebanese cooking with a charcoal focus that makes it one of Melbourne's most exciting casual rooms.

El Jannah

  • ★ 4.8
  • $$
  • Lebanese
  • Granville
  • Sydney

El Jannah Granville, at 4/8 South St, opened in 1998 and is where its charcoal chicken recipe was perfected and the lines outside became a local sight.

Osteria Coogee

Osteria Coogee is an Italian restaurant at 31 Alfreda Street, Coogee, with a seasonal menu, fresh pasta and focaccia made in-house and imported wines.

Cairo Takeaway

Cairo Takeaway is a little corner dine-in restaurant at 81 Enmore Road in Newtown, with falafel, koshari and meat cooked over a charcoal pit.

Biànca

Biànca brings the spirit of a classic trattoria to Ada Lane, with simple, classic Italian dishes, pastas and breads made in house and a long antipasti menu.

Roma

Roma on Collins Street is Melbourne's most disciplined Roman trattoria: cacio e pepe tableside, proper tonnarelli and a small menu that refuses to overstep.

Rita's Abbotsford

Rita's in Abbotsford makes semolina-crusted pizzas with wood-fired char most pizza rooms approximate: small room, short menu, real consistency.

Mamak

  • ★ 4.7
  • Malaysian
  • Haymarket
  • Sydney

Mamak is a Malaysian restaurant at 15 Goulburn Street, Haymarket, named after the roadside stalls of Kuala Lumpur that peddle Indian Malay street food.

Bills Darlinghurst

  • ★ 4.7
  • All-day Breakfast
  • Darlinghurst
  • Sydney

Bills Darlinghurst, at 433 Liverpool Street, is closing temporarily from Monday 5 October for repairs and maintenance and will reopen in late November.

Restaurant Hubert

Restaurant Hubert is a French restaurant beneath Sydney's CBD at 15 Bligh Street, serving escargot with XO butter, duck l’orange and kimchi gratin.

Naïm

Naïm reimagines traditional Middle Eastern flavours in Paddington; its banquet of the most popular dishes is a three-course meal served family style.

Tipo 00

Tipo 00 on Little Bourke Street is Melbourne's pasta room of record: squid-ink tagliolini daily, short seasonal menu and a room that stays full every service.

A1 Bakery

A1 Bakery on Sydney Road has been Melbourne's Lebanese bakery anchor since 1992: thick manakish, fresh flatbreads and meat pies at a walk-in counter.

Pho Pasteur

  • ★ 4.6
  • Vietnamese
  • Haymarket
  • Sydney

Pho Pasteur is a Vietnamese restaurant at 709 George Street, Haymarket NSW 2000.

The Apollo

The Apollo serves contemporary Greek dining at 44 Macleay Street, Potts Point, with heart, soul, seasonal ingredients and dishes designed to be shared.

Bisou Bisou

  • ★ 4.5
  • $$$
  • Brasserie
  • Fortitude Valley
  • Brisbane

Bisou Bisou is a French restaurant and cocktail bar at Hotel Alva on Brunswick Street, serving modern French cuisine at breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Rosmarino

Rosmarino, in the Stewart & Hemmant Building in Fortitude Valley, pairs house-made pasta and Sardinian ravioli with over 350 international and Italian wines.

Pappa Laksa

Pappa Laksa in Burwood slow-cooks its coconut broth for five hours: rich, layered and served with barramundi or king prawns over rice noodles.

Ho Jiak

Ho Jiak on Rainbow Alley references Penang and KL regional traditions: precise Malaysian cooking with handmade roti at the counter in a compact laneway space.

Bar Liberty Bistro

Bar Liberty in Fitzroy holds one Good Food Guide hat: Melbourne's best natural-wine bistro with seasonal small plates and a list that rewards exploration.

Pho Tau Bay

  • ★ 4.5
  • Vietnamese
  • Cabramatta
  • Sydney

Pho Tau Bay is a Vietnamese restaurant at Shop 5, 117 John Street, Cabramatta NSW 2166.

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