The best bites of 2025, according to the GT team

When it comes to dining out in our cities, 2025 delivered in spades. It was a year marked by long-awaited openings, announcements of surprise closures and more than a few moments that shifted the conversation around where — and how — we eat.

As for the Gourmet Traveller team, we did what we do best: we pulled up a seat. From golden hour at wine bars to long, boozy dinners at the country’s best restaurants — and plenty of buzz-worthy new openings in between — we were…