Melbourne’s best-known Thai restaurant is about to move,with a new home that’s less hidden but holds plenty of other perks.
Skip dessert and do an hour of karaoke. Dine mid-week when there’s a live band and cheap gnocchi. Or sink into a booth with a negroni and watch a vintage film.
The Brunswick Street icon relaunches today with a menu of rejigged pub classics,affordable drinks and a cracking line-up of free gigs.
Our city does this dining experience better than most places in the world,writes Besha Rodell.
Melbourne’s best-known restaurateur is taking on one of the city’s most desirable sites,starting with a third branch of his cafe-grocer Morning Market.
Come September,Angie Giannakodakis and Guy Holder will turn off the lights at their European restaurant Epocha.
Pure South has matured into a great Melbourne restaurant:committed,consistent,creative and,in the right light,prone to making a person emotional.
With more than 100 items on the rejigged menu,it’s easy to get confused – or greedy – at the renovated and rebranded Sichuan stalwart.
Dismiss Donovans as outdated at your peril. The classic food and charming service make it ideal for young and old.
The Olive Jar didn’t have Melbourne’s best Italian food,and the service was eccentric,but chief critic Besha Rodell was smitten. Now,it’s time to move on.