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Bentleigh

Tavola Italian restaurant in Bentleigh.
14/20

This Italian restaurant in middle-suburban Melbourne is slicker than your average

The 30-seater from two ex-Caffe e Cucina stalwarts is a very accomplished operation, and locals should count themselves lucky, reviews Dani Valent.

  • Dani Valent
Kan Masuda has developed his own special flour mix for chewy udon.
13.5/20

Musashino Udon Kan

The delicious passion project of a noodle-obsessed railway engineer.

Wagyu meatball toastie.

Little Z

This cafe is a finalist for best food in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Musashino Udon Kan

An engineer was so obsessed with chewy udon noodles, he created his own. Lucky us!

Kan Masuda quit his job to perfect the art of udon making, before bringing his signature recipe to Bentleigh. Say hello to Musashino Udon Kan.

  • Dani Valent
Legless chicken is a rum-soaked spin on jerk-spiced chook.

Wolfe & Molone brings the Caribbean to the 'burbs

Two Tanyas serve up a taste of Trinidad at this six-year-old wine bar in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs.

  • Dani Valent
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Burger and chips, plus potato gems.

Good Times cafe is a retro gem

This former Bentleigh milk bar lets the good times roll.

  • Larissa Dubecki
Duck rillettes on pumpkin brioche at District Brewer.

District Brewer

This slick new cafe has a chunk of postcode to itself, but the adventurous menu is a work in progress.

  • Matt Holden
Aragvi Georgian Cafe

Aragvi Georgian Cafe

These soup dumplings are good enough to launch a listicle. But they're from Georgia, not Shanghai.

  • Simone Egger

Sumalee

While this little den is as noisy as a Thai street market, its cheery disposition and

Little Tommy Tucker

Here’s a sharp newcomer: a sparkle in Centre Road, honey for locals. Decked