Hawthorn's go-to Italian — generous portions, a full vegan menu, and floor manager Sunny who remembers your order.
Hawthorn & Kew's best tables
Vaporetto's Venetian wagyu carpaccio and Raju Omlet Centre's legendary egg dishes anchor Hawthorn. Pot House serves Beijing hotpot with secret-recipe broths.
Hawthorn's go-to Italian — generous portions, a full vegan menu, and floor manager Sunny who remembers your order.
Hawthorn's Venetian hideaway where impeccable pasta meets hospitality that ends with free limoncello
Hawthorn's Indian egg obsession: Maharashtrian street food built around the humble omelette.
Kew's Beijing-style lamb spine hotpot — ancestral broth, no weekend surcharge, free ice cream.
Camberwell's warmest Greek table — generous banquets, superb saganaki and service that remembers your name.
Kew's white-tablecloth Italian institution — chandelier-lit, set-menu, and seriously good.
Hawthorn's authentic Indonesian warung — nasi goreng, sambal, and generous portions for under $15.
Camberwell's reliable Korean kitchen with cracking fried chicken and table-grill BBQ
Camberwell's cosy pan-Asian gem with banquet rooms, cocktails, and crowd-pleasing classics.
Camberwell's tiny Korean-Japanese kitchen serving outstanding ramen and rice bowls at prices that feel almost too good
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