What is the Good Food Guide? For more than 40 years, the Good Food Guide has been the unrivalled annual dining guide, designed to inform the public about Australia’s best restaurants, bars, pubs and cafes. Published by The Age and Sydney Morning Herald each year, it is a collection of reviews across various price points, cuisines, styles and suburbs, offering an annual snapshot of the most exciting, outstanding venues you need to know about. Our main goal isn’t to tell you whether we like a restaurant.
It’s to paint a picture of the experience so you can decide whether you might like it, and to explain how it sits within Australia’s dining landscape. With money tighter than ever for most diners, users of the guide want to know where they should spend their money, and be able to trust those recommendations. Who is behind the Good Food Guide ? The Guide is produced by The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age , owned by Nine Publishing.
Its editors are bound by the Nine Publishing Charter of Editorial Independence , whose first point states: “Nine publicly declare a commitment to the fundamental and longstanding principle of editorial independence.” The two annual editions are the work of a team that includes editors, senior food critics and a diverse group of freelance reviewers in each state. For the 2025 Guide, our national reviewing team is made up of more than 88 people of varying ages, cultural backgrounds and life experiences.
In each state, a senior panel of cri.
