Guide

Where to eat in Canberra

Canberra eats far above its public-service reputation: fine diners, the great burger institution, and a cafe culture built for cold mornings. Real places.

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Fine dining

Pilot

Ainslie · tasting menu

Canberra's fine-dining benchmark: the tasting menu in a converted Ainslie shops space. Book weeks ahead.

Aubergine

Griffith · tasting menu

The long-running Griffith institution: precise, seasonal, quietly excellent.

The institutions

Brodburger

Kingston Foreshore · burgers

The great Canberra burger: the Brodburger with the lot, eaten by the lake. The city's most beloved feed.

Raku

Civic · Japanese

The sake-and-small-plates room that anchors Canberra's Japanese scene.

The Cupping Room

Civic · coffee

The ONA Coffee flagship: Canberra takes coffee seriously, and this is the proof.

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