Best Eats
Best Date Night Venues
26/10/2023
If you're a parent in need of a well-deserved night out with your significant other, look no further. We've scoured the enchanting cities of Australia for those romantic restaurants that are perfect for date night. Whether you're in the mood for candlelit dinners, live jazz melodies, or exquisite wine pairings, these venues have something to offer every couple looking to rekindle their love. So, leave the kids with the babysitter, and get ready to embark on a delightful journey through some of Australia's most captivating date-night dining and drinking destinations.
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Pilu at Freshwater
Freshwater, Sydney, New South WalesThe view alone is reason enough to call a sitter, with Freshwater Beach sparkling through enormous bay windows. Fortunately, the Sardinian fare and sommelier-curated wine list are every bit as breathtaking. Don’t miss the gold band snapper sprinkled with salty bottarga and native herbs.
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La Belle Vie
Bardon, Brisbane, QueenslandWith crisp white linen, Michelin-trained service and views of Mount Coot-Tha eucalypts through floor-to-ceiling windows, this French-in-the-forest restaurant is pure romance. Try the pan-fried duck breast, sticky with rosemary-infused honey.
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Dolly Restaurant at Le Meridien Melbourne
Melbourne CBD, Melbourne, VictoriaThe gleaming art deco restaurant underneath the five-star Le Méridien Hotel is cinematic, nostalgic, and utterly glam. Channel silver screen stars as you throw back freshly-shucked oysters with champagne sorbet, black cod and Portarlington mussel broth with saffron braised fennel, and bombe Alaska filled with salted caramel ice cream, torched before your eyes.
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Restaurant Hubert
Sydney CBD, Sydney, New South WalesThis underground gem has all the trappings for a romantic tête-à-tête: sultry lighting, oysters, and smooth live jazz played from a vintage grand piano. Slide into a deep burgundy leather booth with a martini as you savour French fare like escargot and chicken fricassée.
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Chiswick Woollahra
Woollahra, Sydney, New South WalesThe lush Chiswick Gardens don't just look pretty through the French doors of Matt Moran's Woollahra restaurant. Some produce on the seasonal menu is harvested from their own garden, such as the spring peas served with snapper, to the potatoes accompanying melt-in-mouth lamb shoulder. Perfect for when you feel like a romantic country escape – without actually leaving the city.
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Corella Restaurant & Bar
Braddon, Canberra, Australian Capital TerritoryThis sophisticated wine bar takes local to the next level with Indigenous flavours and playful nods to iconic Australian foods (think saltbush focaccia with whipped ‘buttermite’ and lilly pilly granita). The pastel green colour scheme offers a relaxing milieu to enjoy a conversation-starting set menu and cocktails bursting with bush botanicals.
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Casa
Mount Hawthorn, Perth, Western AustraliaThis intimate wine bar and restaurant is a recent addition to the Perth dining scene. Still, it already has a cult following for its minimal intervention wines, mid-century decor, and a genre-busting menu. Share the pappardelle blanketed in oyster mushrooms, pecorino and seaweed – it’s practically a religious experience.
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