How We Rate — The MELBZ 5-Point Scale

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

When MELBZ publishes a “best of” list — best brunch in Fitzroy, best dog-friendly cafés in Brunswick, best wine bars for a Tuesday in the inner west — every entry is scored on the same 5-point scale.

This page is what those scores mean. Every “best of” article on MELBZ links here.

The scale

We use a whole-number 1 to 5 scale. No half-points. No 9.7 vs 9.4 false precision.

Methodologies on MELBZ

How We Rate — The MELBZ 5-Point Scale

The scale