HOT OPENINGS

Lesa is more Restaurateurs Christian McCabe and Dave Verheul’s long-awaited Melbourne venture LESA is finally open, inviting diners to experience a slower pace of life, lingering over a four-course experience from the regularly changing produce-driven menu – the bergamot meringue is pictured above. lesarestaurant.com.au Royal warrant

Paddington drinking institution THE ROYAL, opened in 1907, has had a makeover thanks to (who else?) Merivale, with a revamp of the muchloved front bar, and additional areas coming this summer. merivale.com Hang out

Adelaide Airport has a new hotel, Atura Adelaide Airport, and within it a new eatery, HANGAR BAR & GRILL, that will give travellers and those seeing them off a generous, colour-saturated dining space overseen by executive chef Thomas Bator, an Adelaide local. aturahotels.com Dine and wine

Brokenwood’s year-long Cellar Door development will not only feature the celebrated Hunter Valley winemaker’s best drops, but also private tasting and dining rooms, circular tasting bars and a wine museum. In addition, there will be two dining offerings, THE WOOD RESTAURANT and CRU BAR + PANTRY. brokenwood.com.au Green scene

The vogue for decorating restaurants and bars as if they are greenhouses continues in earnest with the opening of MANLY GREENHOUSE, a Luchetti Krelle-designed space set over three levels.With views of Manly Beach, the menu in the street-level Greenhouse features Italian and pizzas, the Grill on level two cranks the atmosphere and menu up to casually elegant, while the Rooftop will serve signature cocktails. manlygreenhouse.com.au