More than 30 Canberra restaurants have made the cut to be amongst the top 500 places to wine and dine in Australia.

The Australian Financial Review has launched its Australia’s Top Restaurants Awards for 2018, a unique awards program that celebrates the very best Australian dining at all levels.

With voting exclusively done by the country’s top chefs and restaurateurs, the awards offer a definitive guide to where you should be eating right now.

The top 500 restaurants in Australia have been nominated by a distinguished national panel of reviewers, restaurant guide editors and industry experts. It’s from this list that the chefs and restaurateurs will now vote for the top 100 in this exclusively peer-voted initiative.

The results will be unveiled at a gala event in late June.

Canberra restaurants in top 500:

Agostini’s

AKIBA

Aubergine

Bar Rochford

Capitol Bar & Grill

Chairman & Yip

Courgette

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Garden Pavilions Pialligo Estate

Highroad

Italian & Sons

Kokomo’s

Lanterne Rooms

Lazy-Su

Les Bistronomes

Lilotang

Mezzalira Ristorante

Mocan & Green Grout

Monster Kitchen and Bar

Morks

Natural Nine

Otis Dining Hall

Ottoman Cuisine

Pomegranate

Pulp Kitchen

Raku

Temporada

The Boat House

Tipsy Bull

Vincent

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