NEW SOUTH WALES

Celebrate Greek Easter on 12th April at Homer Rogue Taverna, with a special set menu. Featuring a selection of family favourite dishes that owners Harry and Mario Kapoulas grew up with. The table of 10 dishes, designed to be shared Homer family style, is available for lunch and dinner and features pistachio tsoureki, a traditional Easter sweet bread, as well as slow-roasted lamb and pumpkin cinnamon scrolls.

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On the last Sunday of every month join Nina and her fabulous divas at Bar Nina’s Drag Brunch. Get the gang together for a day of frivolity and fun as you enjoy a two-hour bottomless brunch including espresso martinis, mimosas, pastries and your choice of main.

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The Bob Hawke Beer & Leisure Centre has opened their newest space, The Backyard, a brand-new al fresco area built around a towering gumtree in tropical Far North Marrickville. Think the sizzle of the barbie, the clap of a cheap plastic cricket bat, sunscreen at the ready, and the mozzie zapper working overtime. They’ve tried to capture a little bit of that unmistakable Aussie backyard energy and bottle it into this new space.

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Western Sydney café IFTAR has confirmed its popular IFTAR Nights will continue beyond the holy month, following strong demand for an after-dark Middle Eastern dining option in the area. Originally introduced as a limited Ramadan offering, the evening sittings quickly booked out, with diners embracing the long-table, share-style format designed for groups and families.

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Le Frérot is kicking off the week with M&M Mondays, offering $10 martinis and margaritas all night from 4pm. Expect classic martinis shaken just right and margaritas at a price point that makes it easy to say yes to one more. On Tuesdays will be serving up a $99 1kg T-bone steak with bottomless fries. Designed to be shared between two, you can expect a beautifully aged cut, cooked to your liking, with golden fries that keep on coming.

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Linla, a Taiwanese social dining bar has officially opened in Surry Hills. Dishes include Night-Market Crispy Chicken, served to your table with a paper bag & spices so you can mix up your own level of flavour; Pork and Prawn Wontons served in a deliciously creamy tom yum beurre blanc, XOXO Calamari Fettuccine with XO sauce; and Sticky Rice Arancini with Taiwanese sausage and house made salted radish.

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Soul Origin has partnered with rugby league star Jarome Luai to launch its new SO Tiger Buns campaign. A long-time fan of the brand, Jarome brings fresh energy and personality to the collaboration, helping to spotlight the campaign’s bold flavours, exciting textures, and innovative approach to food.

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Bar Hanami has officially opened on Crown Street, a Japanese-inspired, multi-sensory, multi-level speakeasy bar and restaurant, with a cherry-blossom-pink lit dining room on one level, and an intimate ‘whisky dungeon’ downstairs with its own private entrance.

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VICTORIA

On 11th April, Dorsett Melbourne will be teaming up with award-winning Melbourne patisserie Sucre Du Jour for a one-day Easter High Tea. Think handcrafted seasonal sweet and savoury bites across a two-tiered stand: Pork & Nashi Pear Sausage Rolls, Smoked Salmon on Rye, house-made scones fresh from the oven, and show-stopping desserts like a Hazelnut Sponge with Chocolate Crèmeux and Salted Caramel.

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Pan Pacific Melbourne has partnered with amenity partner Jo Loves to launch a limited-time Mother’s Day package: the Jo Loves Signature Stay. Swapping predictable presents for an indulgent escape away, the package includes a luxurious overnight stay for two, breakfast, a welcome drink in Dock 37 Bar & Kitchen and a Jo Loves Gift Pack for Mum to take home, featuring the brand’s Mango Thai Lime Body Lotion and Shower Gel.

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Hotel Indigo Melbourne Little Collins, has just launched two new premium suites; the ‘Solitaire Suite’ and ‘Bijou Suite’, overlooking Bourke Street Mall in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD. Having introduced a vibrant new energy to the heart of the CBD, the design-led lifestyle property transforms one of Melbourne’s most storied corners into a vibrant neighbourhood hub, inviting guests to ‘find their curious’ in the city’s heart.

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This World Steak Day on 25th April, Common Cuts will be firing up with two activations throughout the week. Prime Cuts happening from 20th to 26th April, is a week-long offering of selected prime and secondary cuts at accessible price points, sourced by VIC Meats. Highlights include Sunday Creek tenderloin and Lockyer Valley crossbred Wagyu tri-tip. The Sher Wagyu Collaboration Dinner will be held on 23rd April, a one-night-only, four-course dinner in partnership with Sher Wagyu showcasing a range of F1 crossbred and fullblood Wagyu.

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Crowne Plaza Melbourne Carlton has officially opened, bringing the neighbourhood its first internationally branded hotel. Overlooking Lincoln Square, the 107-room property blends modern comfort with Carlton’s café culture, Italian heritage and tree-lined streets, while its lobby and lounge offer spaces to work, relax or connect. At street level, Fico Restaurant and Bar serves theatre-filled dining from homemade pasta and seasonal share plates to tableside sgroppino, capturing the rhythm of the precinct from daytime café vibes to lively evening aperitivo.

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Yum Sing House is kicking off the new season with a fresh menu, local collaborations, and a standout one-off event with renowned Chef Geoff Marett. From April to June, the venue’s new Suburb to City Collaboration Series brings Melbourne’s favourite suburban producers into the CBD for exclusive dessert offers available on the menu all month long. April will kick off with Bakt and its cheesecake creations, followed by Peck’s Road decadent doughnuts in May.

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Allegro has introduced its new $36 Steak & Bottomless Fries, happening every Tuesday, the CBD venue is serving up a 250g grain-fed Angus sirloin, finished with anchovy and confit garlic butter, alongside a rich red wine jus, plus bottomless shoestring fries that just keep coming.

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