Classic Restaurants to Dine with Your Colleagues

Hungry for a dining experience that's tailor-made for you? We’ve got you covered. Here are our top restaurant picks for your next outing. Bon appétit!

Credit: Cecconi's Flinders Lane

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Updated June 29, 2023

Trattoria Emilia

Price: Expensive

Italian

Melbourne CBD

4.7

973 reviews

Great traditional Italian restaurant with to die for home made ravioli and mouth watering Gnocco. Reasonably priced. Service was amazing. Felt like we were the only ones there even though they were quite busy. Will definitely dine there again.

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Cecconi's Flinders Lane

Price: Very Expensive

Italian

Melbourne CBD

4.7

978 reviews

Beautiful spot with excellent service and long menu (ie lots of choice). However, the food was quite mediocre. My partner had calamari and they were so salty. You could barely eat them. I had one he beef carpaccio, which was delicious. I ordered the seafood pasta (bland). My partner had the rabbit pasta (which was salty). Both dishes were not particularly tasty given the high quality of ingredients used. The wines were excellent, as was the choice. A nice place for dinner, but the pastas were subpar.

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Chaco Bar

Price: Expensive

Yakitori

Potts Point

4.6

98 reviews

Good food, just a touch noisy. Food value good as well

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Donovans

Price: Very Expensive

Modern Australian

St Kilda

4.7

1272 reviews

Very nice food, lovely setting. Only thing I would say is they the service is a little slow… we waited almost one hour for our food. But otherwise lovely place.

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Warabi

Price: Very Expensive

Japanese

Melbourne CBD

4.7

104 reviews

Absolutely incredible omakase one of my favourite menus I have tried for Japanese food. Wow stunning! Thanks for such a wonderful evening

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Steersons Steakhouse

Price: Very Expensive

Steakhouse

Barangaroo

4.5

486 reviews

Amazing steaks cooked to perfection

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The Dining Room by James Viles

Price: Very Expensive

Modern Australian

Sydney CBD

4.2

815 reviews

What a beautiful location and food to match. We were celebrating a special family occasion and the food and service made it extra memorable.

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Rick Shores

Price: Very Expensive

Contemporary Asian

Burleigh Heads

4.8

4119 reviews

Food was amazing, staff were fantastic. Such an awesome experience Thank you

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OTTO Brisbane

Price: Very Expensive

Italian

Brisbane CBD

4.4

118 reviews

The food was truly outstanding. Loved the new tasting menu and all the treats were a credit ti the chef and his talent. The only suggestion I could offer is that the waiters night be a little more consistent in offering drinks to those who are not wine drinkers. The cocktails were exceptional and we would have ordered more but perhaps they knew tomorrow was a work day. Lol

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Kitchens on Kent at The Langham Sydney

Price: Very Expensive

International

Sydney CBD

4.1

622 reviews

Can here for NYD with my mum as a treat to her and we very much enjoyed ourselves and the food. We are looking forward to coming back and eating once again at your lunch buffet. So much on offer and such a good variety of cuisines and drinks included within the price 10/10

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