Just like its namesake, Lucy Liu is geared up and packing a mean punch. Lucy takes signature Melbourne elements with its tiny laneway entrance and Asian fusion cuisine, and adds its own twists that result in an all day dining and drinks venue.
The experience starts right at the entrance, a narrow passageway off to one side of Oliver Lane … Read More
Mayday mayday mayday! Food is needed! The newest offering from the team behind Axil in Hawthorn will solve your hunger and thirst. With its prime location on busy Bridge Road, Mayday Coffee and Food brings another option to the growing list of specialty cafes opening along the strip.
The street-corner cafe is a large open space that wraps around one … Read More
“Let there be smoke” reads the large street corner billboard that marks the spot for Footscray’s newest addition. Brought to us by the team behind famed burger outlet 8bit, Up In Smoke brings smoked barbecue meats to the west in the form of a modern diner-style restaurant and cocktail bar.
The interior is an intimate affair with black painted brick … Read More
East meets, well, the East at Hawthorn’s newest all-day dining destination. St Cloud prides itself on its honest, healthy, fresh and home-style Vietnamese food.
St Cloud’s design is sleek. The white painted brick exterior carrying through to the interior with its contrasting white ceiling, black concrete floor and black tiled bar and counter areas. The furnishings also follow a white/black … Read More
The lights are on and someone is definitely home at Lights In The Attic.
Situated in Hawthorn East, this local gem is a bit of a surprise to find in a suburb that is mostly residential and a bit of a middleman between bustling Hawthorn and Camberwell.
Located unassumingly at the base of an apartment building, the cafe takes on … Read More
Abbotsford is quickly becoming one of the newest members to Melbourne’s arsenal of destination cafe suburbs. Its newest addition comes in the form of Kitty Burns. Hiding in the rear courtyard area of an apartment complex, this gem of a cafe is easily missed which at the same time adds an element of exclusivity with its existence being “need to … Read More
Late night bustling hawker markets in Malaysia and Singapore form the inspiration behind the latest addition from the team behind Chin Chin and Kong. Hawker Hall’s very name describes it well; classic hawker market-style dishes in a large open warehouse, hall if you will, venue.
The space is amass with seating, with exception to the kitchen in the rear corner … Read More
Hawthorn newcomer Short Straw literally appeared out of nowhere. Quietly launched over the Christmas break with little fanfare, it was only a passing glance down a side street off bustling Glenferrie Road that pointed out its existence. Brought by the team behind Tall Timber, Touchwood and Coin Laundry, there is no surprise that Short Straw’s menu is filled with an … Read More