All the businesses that have closed in Australia in 2025

This year has seen the closure of numerous businesses across Australia, from restaurants to food retailers to fashion brands.

Some fell victim to the ever-changing shift in how we shop, while others called it a day for reasons that were far less predictable.

While some closures were a long time coming, others were unexpected, and they will be sorely missed.

Here are all the businesses that have closed in 2025.

Food

Red Lantern, Sydney

The world-renowned Vietnamese restaurant and cafe/bistro Red Lantern announced its closure in November after 25 years of operation.

Red Lantern was co-founded by Pauline Nguygen and her brother Luke Nguyen, alongside partner Mark Jensen.

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The social media post sharing the news read: "After 25 unforgettable years, and with extreme mixed emotions, the time has come to close this chapter of our beloved Red Lantern Restaurant in Darlinghurst.

"Together, we've shared the world's most awarded Vietnamese cuisine, welcomed thousands of guests, and built a legacy rooted in flavour, hospitality, and heart.

"While our restaurant will close its doors on 22nd November 2025, its spirit and legacy will live on, captured in the pages of my award-winning book Secrets of the Red Lantern and in every memory shared by our incredible guests."

Pauline announced she and Jensen would be focusing ono their Tiger Purrr Chai brand, a chai tea business that sells chef-crafted chai tea blends.

Quay, Sydney

Iconic Sydney restaurant Quay announced this Christmas and New Year would be its final festive season before the brand is permanently retired in February 2026.

Quay was run by owner Leon Fink of the Fink Group and legendary Executive Chef Peter Gilmore, who led its culinary vision from 2001, making it a globally renowned fine-dining institution known for nature-inspired dishes and iconic creations like the Snow Egg.

Their statement read: "Quay will enter its final chapter in February 2026 after two and a half decades shaping Australian dining on Sydney Harbour.

"As we prepare to farewell a restaurant that has defined a generation of hospitality, we do so with deep gratitude for the guests, staff, suppliers and collaborators who have been part of its story.

"Quay will continue to welcome diners with the same care and excellence through its final service on 14 February 2026, before the restaurant retires at the height of its legacy."

Tetsuya's, Sydney

Beloved Japanese restaurant Tetsuya's in Sydney closed it's doors in mid-2025. Initially, the restaurant was planning a relocation, however this sadly fell through.

Tetsuya's was run by globally renowned Japanese-Australian chef Tetsuya Wakuda, who launched the iconic Sydney establishment in 1989, pioneering French-Japanese fusion cuisine.

The restaurant initially closed in July 2024 and confirmed it would not be returning to a new location in 2025.

The statement read: "Our plans to relocate Tetsuya's to a new site after it closes at the end of July have unfortunately not worked out and I have made the very difficult decision to permanently close the restaurant.

"We have spent the last 18 months planning the move, and the new restaurant, so this was not an easy decision, but sometimes things just don't go to plan."

Hog's Breath Cafe, SA

Hog's Breath Cafe's final location in South Australia closed for good in 2025. This followed the gradual decline of the beloved family restaurant over several years which saw it close locations across the country.

Hog's Breath Cafe, home of the curly fry, in Australia peaked around 2016 with about 88 locations but experienced a significant decline following the Global Financial Crisis, which saw the closure of multiple outlets.

By 2025 only 20 outlets remained, most in Qld but also in NSW, VIC, TAS and WA.

These are still operating, however the final Hog's Breath Cafe in SA, located in Glenelg, shut its doors in early 2025.

There is hope for fans of the brand, with plans to expand once more with a focus on smaller, more modern stores, leveraging on nostalgia and updating branding and menus.

Fingers crossed it returns to SA in the foreseeable future.

Sherwood Coffee, NSW

New South Wales café group Sherwood Coffee closed several locations in 2025.

The Newcastle-based business says it will be scaling back operations for family and health reasons.

On 16 September, three companies connected to Sherwood Coffee's cafés in Kotara and Charlestown Square entered voluntary liquidation.

Sherwood Bakehouse, a bakery operated at the Kotara location that supplied baked goods to the other cafés, also went into voluntary liquidation.

In social media posts about the Charlestown Square and Gillieston Heights closures, the company said it was shutting down the locations to focus on its other cafés around Newcastle to ensure it was not "spread too thin with family and health in mind".

Upon closure of their Gillieston Heights location, they served up free coffee to locals.

"To say a big THANK YOU! and farewell, all coffee on Monday is on the house. All day, as many as you can handle! The current team will remain and look forward to serving you a free brew on Monday."

Menulog

Food delivery service Menulog wrapped up business in Australia on November 26, impacting approximately 120 jobs and ending years of operations here.

In a statement on its website, owners Just Eat Takeaway.com said Menulog had been "navigating challenging circumstances".

"This strategic decision reflects our ​focus on accelerating growth and investments in other markets and to deliver the best experience for customers, partners and couriers," a statement read.

"All impacted employees will be fully supported with generous redundancy packages above legal requirements and outplacement support."

Menulog was briefly a major player along the likes of Uber Eats and DoorDash in Australia before ceasing operations.

Menulog was well-known for its long line of celebrity endorsements, with the brand collaborating with Snoop Dogg, Katy Perry and Christina Aguilera.

Taco Bell

Taco Bell's operator in Australia, Collins Food, announced the pending closure of Taco Bell in Australia in April.

They said they would sell or close their stores within a year due to poor performance against rivals.

This could mean that Taco Bell may disappear from Queensland, Victoria, and Western Australia, though NSW locations (run by another company) were initially unaffected.

The company is trying to find a new operator, but if unsuccessful, they'll shut down the 27 Collins Foods-run stores to focus on KFC. One Taco Bell location in Bonnyrigg in Sydney's west has closed down and reopened as KFC.

Taco Bell International might step in, or a new owner could take over, but the current model is ending, although this remains to be seen.

Michel's Patisserie

Michel's Patisserie's parent company, Retail Food Group announcing in February 2025 that the remaining 19 Michel's Patisserie stores would be converted to other brands.

The decision came after years of declining sales, with plans to convert the legacy brand into stronger-performing core brands.

The final 19 locations in NSW, QLD, and VIC will be converted into Gloria Jean's or Donut King outlets.

Michel's Patisserie once had over 300 stores across Australia, a significant shift in the local bakery scene.

The brand was founded in 1988. It 4,000 staff and served approximately 36 million cups of coffee and 9.5 million slices of cake each year and at its peak was the largest pastry chain in Australia.

Fashion

Rivers

The last remaining stores from the Mosaic Brands shopping group, Millers and Noni B, closed their doors in April after the group's receivers were unable to find a buyer.

This led to the closure of 252 stores and 933 job losses.

"Despite the best efforts of all parties, we have been unable to achieve a sale of any of the brands within the Mosaic portfolio," receiver David Hardy from KPMG said.

"As a result, all stores in the Mosaic Brands Group will be wound down over the coming months. We expect all stores will be closed by mid-April."

The decision comes less than a week after it was announced men's clothing chain Rivers, another member of the Mosaic group, would shut down.

Mosaic went into voluntary administration in October after it had earlier announced plans to wind down five of its chains: Rockmans, Autograph, Crossroads, W Lane and BeMe.

River's closure was the end of 68 years of trading in Australia.

Jeanswest

Fashion retailer Jeanswest closed all its physical stores in mid-2025.

The brand's parent company Harbour Guidance, appointed administrators at Pitcher Partners Melbourne to restructure the business.

While the company's 90 physical stores closed, its online operation continues.

The company had previously been placed in administration in 2020, with the administrators now saying that trading conditions had become increasingly tough.

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"The owners have done everything they can to keep Jeanswest going, but market conditions mean sustaining bricks-and-mortar stores is not viable and unlikely to improve," administrator Lindsay Bainbridge said.

Jeanswest was operating across Australia for more than 50 years.

Ally Fashion

Australian fast-fashion retailer Ally Fashion was ordered into liquidation in early 2025, leading to the immediate closure of around 51 stores and impacting hundreds of jobs.

The collapse, caused by unpaid rent and intense competition, highlights challenges in the Australian retail sector.

While some stores closed, the company sought to restructure through the DOCA process, with the business ultimately returning to the original director's control, though its future remains uncertain. Some outlets remain in operation, including Parramatta in Sydney.

The Ally Fashion warehouse states that it is "temporarily closed" and there are ongoing attempts to revive the brand.

Ally Fashion's website continues to operate.

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