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 Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane

All 30 fine dining

Ranked by our editors.

Brae

Brae in Birregurra holds three Good Food Guide hats and features in the World's 50 Best list.

Agnes

Agnes, at 22 Agnes Street in Fortitude Valley, is built entirely around the concept of cooking on an open fire: no electricity, no gas, just fire.

Joy

Joy is a small set-menu restaurant run by chef Sarah Baldwin at Shop 7, 694 Ann Street, on Bakery Lane in Fortitude Valley.

Minamishima

  • ★ 4.8
  • A$325
  • Koichi Minamishima
  • Richmond
  • Melbourne

Minamishima earns three Good Food Guide hats for Edomae nigiri omakase: one set menu, 40 seats and one of Australia's tightest reservation systems.

Saint Peter

  • ★ 4.8
  • Josh Niland
  • Paddington
  • Sydney

Saint Peter is a seafood restaurant at 161 Underwood Street, Paddington, with three hats in the Good Food Guide and a bar for drop-in meals.

Sixpenny

  • ★ 4.8
  • 320 per person
  • Stanmore
  • Sydney

Sixpenny is in a historic building erected in 1907 on Percival Road, Stanmore, with a Main Dining Room and a Private Dining Room overlooking the kitchen.

e'cco bistro

e'cco bistro opened in 1995 and now sits at Haven in Newstead, cooking premium Australian seafood and seasonal produce with wood-fired technique.

Bennelong

Bennelong, in the Sydney Opera House, has a three-course menu in the Restaurant, a la carte at The Counter and Two Hats in the Good Food Guide 2026.

Firedoor

  • ★ 4.7
  • Lennox Hastie
  • Surry Hills
  • Sydney

Firedoor is Lennox Hastie's Surry Hills restaurant, with no gas or electricity: two wood-fired ovens, three grills and a wood burning hearth.

Hellenika

Hellenika is a Greek restaurant on Level 1 of The Calile Hotel; groups of 10 or more dine from one of its set banquet menus, designed to be shared.

Lee Ho Fook

  • ★ 4.6
  • A$195 tasting menu
  • Victor Liong
  • Cbd
  • Melbourne

Lee Ho Fook on Duckboard Place: Victor Liong reinterprets regional Chinese dishes with Australian produce across tasting menu and a la carte formats.

Ester

Ester is a licensed restaurant (no BYO) at 46-52 Meagher Street, Chippendale, with an a la carte menu and set menus for lunch and dinner, bookable online.

Cafe Paci

Cafe Paci is a restaurant at 131 King Street in Newtown, open for dinner Monday to Saturday from 5.30pm to 10pm and for lunch on Saturday from 12pm to 2.30pm.

Donna Chang

Donna Chang gives the centuries old traditions of Cantonese and Sichuan cuisines a modern approach, inside a heritage-listed former bank on George Street.

Yellow

  • ★ 4.5
  • Brent Savage
  • Potts Point
  • Sydney

Yellow is a fine dining restaurant at 57-59 Macleay Street in Potts Point, with plant-based botanical cuisine and a six-course tasting menu.

Margaret

  • ★ 4.5
  • Neil Perry
  • Double Bay
  • Sydney

Margaret is Neil and Sam Perry's flagship neighbourhood restaurant in Double Bay, built on family values, seasonal produce and wood-fired cooking.

Stokehouse

  • ★ 4.4
  • The Van Haandel Group kitchen
  • St Kilda
  • Melbourne

Stokehouse sits on the St Kilda beachfront and holds one Good Food Guide hat for a seafood-forward modern Australian menu paired with panoramic bay views.

Harriot

Harriot is the Tipo 00 team's French-leaning Collins Street bistro: classical technique, Victorian produce and serious wine from a confident kitchen.

Shell House Dining Room

The Dining Room at Shell House, 37 Margaret Street, serves Australian produce with the mark of the Mediterranean, and holds Two Hats in the Good Food Awards.

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