Welcome to the Gourmet Traveller Annual Restaurant Guide, celebrating the best dining experiences to be found in Australia for the year ahead. Our team has travelled far and wide to visit — and revisit — dozens of restaurants, seeking out the most exceptional meals and memorable experiences in each state.
This year we celebrate the country’s top 100 restaurants, from regional fine-diners to city wine bars, bistros, trattorias, izakayas and many more. Each venue must excel from welcome to farewell, with service, design, originality, consistency and atmosphere each carefully considered. But the most crucial area of excellence is always the food. It’s an exciting snapshot of how we like to eat out in 2025 and beyond. Happy dining.
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How the Restaurant Guide works
The Guide is divided by states, with an individual winner leading each. All remaining entries are listed alphabetically and not ranked. Rather, every restaurant featured in this Guide should be considered gold standard.
All of the restaurants reviewed were visited anonymously between March and July 2025 with reviewers paying their own way. On that note, the price guide has been updated this year to convey the average cost for two people. While we’re big fans of solo dining, restaurant visits are more often a shared experience, and this adjustment reflects that.
Price guide
Average cost for two diners, not including drinks.
$ = under $100 $$ = $100 to $175 $$$ = $175 to $250 $$$$ = $250 to $325 $$$$$ = $325+
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