Taxi Dining Room

www.transporthotel.com.au 
Level 1, Transport Hotel, Federation Square, Melbourne
T 03 9654 8808

A Melbourne favourite and local landmark (largely due to its iconic menu and interesting location) Taxi Dining Room offers a modern Australian menu influenced by Japanese flavours created by Executive Chef, Tony Twitschett.  The entrance via a stairwell off the South West corner of Federation Square only adds to the place’s mystique, and the menu that mixes contemporary and Japanese cuisines is a fine fit for the striking, modern, soaring room. Taxi Dining Room is a perfect restaurant to celebrate a special occasion with friends or enjoy a sophisticated business lunch. 

Merchant

www.merchantov.com
Rialto Tower Forecourt
495 Collins Street Melbourne 3000
T 03 9614 7688

Leading Australian chef, presenter and food and media personality Guy Grossi has added another restaurant to the Grossi offering, ‘Merchant’. Drawing inspiration from many seductive eating spaces in the northeast of Italy and 1950s style American cocktail bars the space takes on a sexy, relaxed and moody vibe. Small bite size snacks ‘cichetti’ being served can be used as antipasto before the meal accompanied at the bar with a traditional Venetian cocktail or be eaten plentifully as a meal itself.  Be lured into the hidden booths and transport yourself to another time and place with friends. 

Comme

www.comme.com.au
7 Alfred Place, Melbourne
T 03 9631 4010

Comme [kom]: social obligatory.

To choose from an eclectic wine list, to dine casually; to share fine food; to meet and celebrate in a luxurious events space. Comme is a social destination, a communal experience and a decadent retreat, conveniently located in the heart of Melbourne’s Paris end.  Beyond Comme’s sweeping staircase, the Onyx and Grand rooms provide stylish spaces for conferences, meetings, cocktail parties, and other social occasions, both intimate and large in scale. Various settings in Comme’s flexible rooms offer a backdrop of restored grandeur for private events.

Matteo's

www.matteos.com.au
533 Brunswick Street
North Fitzroy 3068
T 03 9481 1177

Housed in an elegant Victorian terrace, past the bohemian enclave of Melbourne’s famous 'Brunswick Street' offering seasonal contemporary cuisine and professional hospitality since 1994.

The Press Club

thepressclub.com.au
72 Flinders Street
Melbourne, VIC 3000
T 03 96779677

Occupying the ground floor of the Herald and Weekly Times building in central Melbourne, The Press Club takes it stylistic cues from its history as a newspaper printing room and incorporates the masculine tones and exclusive glamour of an inner city Club. The open, theatre style kitchen in the Restaurant will allow you to watch the action while enjoying an ouza or an aperitif. The Bar is a more relaxed dining environment, with a focus on sharing mezedes, conversation and cocktails.  The Bar menu is offered all day making this the perfect space to relax with friends.

Grossi Florentino

www.grossiflorentino.com
80 Bourke St
Melbourne VIC 3000
T 03 9662 1811

Grossi Florentino is Melbourne's quintessential Italian Restaurant with exceptional food prepared By Guy Grossi And Outstanding Service. Grossi Florentino offers a complete dinning experience that satisfies all the sensors with art fashion and food.

Va Bene Pizzeria

Circa The Prince

www.circa.com.au
2 Acland Street,
St Kilda, Victoria 3182
T 03 9536 1122

Circa, the Prince has entered a new chapter if you like.  With the new mood comes a new menu, expanding the offering to small plates and shared dishes in the bar and courtyard, and tailored to suit in the private dining rooms. Head Chef Matt Wilkinson’s elegant, innovative dishes feature hard-to-find high quality produce, beautiful rare breeds, and organic heirlooms – the best of the season’s bounty. Add a lush working kitchen garden to The Prince’s rooftop deck, and a world-class wine list that’s lauded and awarded, and you have Circa, today.