Grapevine

This year has seen many front-of-house managers and chefs play the restaurant shuffle...

Brisbane began the year under water with many venues in and around the city inundated and incapacitated for months.

Sydney has developed a ?complex? mentality over the past few years as far as fine dining is concerned.

It?s difficult to clear my mind of any preconceptions of Nobu restaurant as I head there for lunch...

Adelaide has never had any shortage of good, inexpensive Chinese restaurants...

After a period of depressing non-activity the Adelaide restaurant scene has sprung to life over the past year...

There was the occasional biffo among bikies in the front bar...

A rash of Central European restaurants has opened in Sydney and Melbourne lately...

For the past couple of years Queensland has welcomed with open arms a plethora...

Restaurants occupy a tough commercial sector. Management issues such as decor, hygiene and desire to create appealing food and wine lists make a complex situation.

1907 is an okay name for a restaurant, especially when the number is part of the facade of the refurbished warehouse ...

Sports and RSL clubs are on the horns of a dilemma.

Steer bar and grill, which opened on South Yarra?s Chapel St in early September with great aplomb is the latest addition to the Art Series Hotels in Melbourne.

When Michael Platsis sold his eponymous fine diner at the Riverside Centre a couple of years ago and moved to the Gold Coast...

FROM humble takeaways to grand temples of gastronomy, Australians embrace eating out with gusto and glee. We hunger at every option, with choice shaped only by whimsy, occasion and money in our pockets.

THE WINE list is succinct, and knowledge for finding balance with the diverse menu is evident through Old and New World choices from some lesser-known producers along with some familiar, reputable labels.

NEVER take your eye off the ball and never, ever allow anything to come out of the kitchen that fails to measure up to diners' expectations.

ENTER Jellyfish, a stylish, absolute waterfront restaurant that specialises in the procurement and delivery of great, fresh fish.

ADELAIDE'S Skycity top guns thought differently and shrewdly have brought in not one but two master tacticians to make the impossible a reality.

THE Red Cabbage is a great place to dine.

As good as all those new rooftop views are, the garden surrounding Trunk is definitely among the best of the city's great outdoors.

It?s easy to miss Rocket Restaurant, perched on the first floor of an office block in Chatswood.

Giovanni Spinazzola says he's staying put at Da Gianni Trattoria for the foreseeable future.

NEWS on all the Queensland coastal fronts is all good, with new venues opening on both the Gold and Sunshine coasts and all with seasonally sensitive and site-appropriate menus.

A booming economy in the west means higher prices, and that includes restaurant meals. Costs have gone up alarmingly but you can still find quality food with a good dollop of value thrown in.