Awarded 2019 Best Restaurant of the Year - Hotel Category by the Restaurant and Catering Awards, Dock 37 Bar and Kitchen offers diners a contemporary dining experience in the heart of South Wharf. The culinary team at Dock 37 Bar and Kitchen utilises local Australian produce, seafood and meat in a delectable array of Italian-inspired dishes. Explore the magnificent walk-through wine gantry, which is suspended above the bar, housing an exceptional cellar of over 500 wines from around the world.

Every detail of Vue de Monde, on the 55th floor of the Rialto tower, elicits emotion. The brooding, black licks of paint, kangaroo leather and suspended lights create a sense of mystique as you enter, matched in intensity by unbeatable city views and a dinner performance like no other. Lucky visitors can dine from the a-la-carte or degustation menus, with the modern Australian establishment’s expert chefs running through the fantastic feast dish by dish, much of the produce freshly plucked and pulled together from their own farm, some 40 kilometres east of Melbourne.

The menu of renowned Australian Chef Neil Perry’s beloved Italian Southbank restaurant, Rosetta, was inspired by his extensive travels through regional Italia. It is both classic Italian and classic Perry – ingredients are fresh and cooked well; everything plated a delight for the tongue – a surprise then that it took the top chef such a lengthy time to open an Italian venture in his growing empire. The daily choice of seafood is always a joy and the dining space itself is a playful nod to the ornate architecture of the Italian renaissance.

It was a natural choice for the first Australian outpost of celebrated Japanese restaurant Nobu to be Melbourne. The river city’s populace are among the world’s most respectful and appreciative diners, a trait that would earn them good favour when it comes to a cuisine that celebrates simplicity and quality. Signature dishes include yellowtail sashimi with jalapeno and black cod miso, the contemporary take on Japanese cuisine well matched to the Southbank restaurant’s lively basement space.