Gary

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	Member since:	October, 2005
	Total Number of reviews:	63
	Cuisine most reviewed:	Italian
	Suburb most reviewed:	MELBOURNE
About me
A regular Melbourne diner always looking for a positive experience.
My Reviews
Paris Go Bistro - Paris Go is hit and miss for who-serves-you. Two experiences in a row of slow service mixed with distasteful remarks f... Movida - 'The best Spanish restaurant in Australia' is what everyone says - and, if Melbourne is the test, I have to agree. Acc... Paris Go Bistro - Paris Go is a winner for us at dinner. All the regular French favourites are featured, with plates of rabbit terrine, ... Bamboo House - Our favourite Melbourne Chinese, Bamboo House is a winner. Both regional and Cantonese dishes combined with service an... Kenzan - Kenzan continues as a Melbourne institution that has stood the test of time and taste. Kenzan is reliable for quality ... Meshiya - It's small, reliable, speedy and fun. One of our favourite spots for a quick lunch. You can have a wine, tea, soft-d... Il Vicolo Courtyard Restaurant - We've become regulars at Il Vicolo. We've had lunch and dinner on numerous occasions, as a couple and with friends, an... Grossi Florentino - The Mural Room at Grossi Florentino has tumbled down my list of favourites, based on our last two visits late in 2009. ... Benito's - Benito's is great for any meal. Hearty italian dishes with real finesse - fish, vegetables and salads are always brill... Kun Ming - A reliable middle market Chinese in the heart of Chinatown. The San Choy Bow, dim sum and pork entrees are real stando... Brasserie by Philippe Mouchel - For French food in Melbourne, this is it. Ingredients, dishes and attention to detail are excellent. The 'occasional... Grossi Florentino - 'The premier Michelin-style restaurant in Melbourne' is what some reviews say, and I can agree. The Grossi Florentino ... Saigon Inn - Predictable, not pretentious or luxurious, but always a positive experience... At Saigon Inn the original Vietnamese ric... Kenzan - Kenzan continues as a Melbourne institution that has stood the test of time and taste. Kenzan is reliable for quality ... Balzari - Balzari is now a fairly ordinary addition to the tourist offerings in Lygon Street. On our last visit my 'pasticcio' (... Paris Go Bistro - Paris Go is a winner for us at dinner. All the regular French favourites are featured, with plates of rabbit terrine, ... Il Vicolo Courtyard Restaurant - One of our favourites. We've done lunch and dinner several times, as a couple and with friends, and the place is welco... Movida - 'The best Spanish restaurant in Australia' is what everyone says - and, if Melbourne is the test, I have to agree. Acc... Benito's - Benito's is great for any meal. Fish, vegetables and salads are always brilliantly fresh and clean, while some of the ... Kun Ming - A reliable middle market Chinese in the heart of Chinatown. The San Choy Bow, dim sum and pork entrees are real stando... Brasserie by Philippe Mouchel - For French food in Melbourne, this is it. Ingredients, dishes and attention to detail are excellent. I know just abo... Bamboo House - Now our favourite Melbourne Chinese, Bamboo House is a winner. Both regional and Cantonese dishes combined with servic... Balzari - Balzari has become one of our regulars. The menu is described as 'mediterranean' and draws largely on Italian, but not... Balzari - Balzari has become one of our regulars. The menu is described as 'mediterranean' and draws largely on Italian, but not... Papa Gino's Pizza Restaurant - A real Carlton landmark - Great fun, great pizza, great value... iconic, a great casual spot that doesn't disappoint. Th... Saigon Inn - Predictable, nothing flash, but always a positive experience... At Saigon Inn the original Vietnamese rice paper roll, f... Bergerac - As soon as Bergerac picks up a bit it falls on its face. The most recent visit saw a service crew in the dining room I... Bergerac - Bergerac can get some things really right, and it's getting far better at making fewer mistakes as our last few visits h... Toto's Pizza House - What a shocker! We order a bottle of wine and out it comes, already opened, with glasses drippping with water. 'We c... Grossi Florentino - 'The premier Michelin-style restaurant in Melbourne' is what some reviews say, and I can agree. After a few visits I h... Il Vicolo Courtyard Restaurant - Maybe the flagship of middle-market quality Italian restaurants in Carlton. We've done lunch and dinner a few times, a... Kenzan - Continuing as a long-standing Melbourne institution that has stood the test of time and taste. Kenzan is reliable for ... Lemnos Taverna - Lemnos Taverna keeps getting better. The balance between flavours and textures and the absence of distractions in the ... Matteo's - Not all it's cracked up to be these days, Matteo's is riding on a reputation which makes it one of the few Melbourne res... Cucina One 12 - As good as I heard? I had heard that this was a place to get excellent food near Geelong, and so I booked our little g... Brasserie by Philippe Mouchel - For French food in Melbourne, this is it. Ingredients, dishes and attention to detail are excellent. I've traversed ... Kuni's - Struggling to maintain standards, Kuni's was for many years the place to go for Japanese in Melbourne. The dining room... Bamboo House - Both regional and Cantonese dishes combined with service and style make Bamboo House one of the great 'stayers' on the C... Movida - 'The best Spanish restaurant in Australia' are the words spruiked in some quarters, and with lots of recommendations I h... Patee Thai (Prahran) - A pretty ordinary Thai place that's showing its age, Patee Thai offers food that is okay with service that doesn't make ... Il Vicolo Courtyard Restaurant - Maybe the flagship of middle-market quality Italian restaurants in Carlton. We've done lunch and dinner a few times, a... Benito's - Benito's is great for lunch, offering quality ingredients prepared with care and finesse. Fish, vegetables and salads ... 111 Spring Street - You keep going back to 111, because the heritage dining room alone is worth it. My most recent visit saw some of the p... Vue de Monde - 'Against the grain' is my lead-in for this review- because I'm going against the grain of lots of others who rate this p... Felt (Hotel Lindrum) - The low standards that some of Melbourne's eateries have sunk to is clearly evidenced here. The menu presented to us w... Money Order Office - Whacko! Extraordinary food and wine at one of the 'THE places to be'in Melbourne at the moment. After some after wor... Bergerac - Bergerac is one of those places that manages to get some things really right and others really wrong - it just depends w... Kanpai Japanese Restaurant - Kanpai is good Japanese. It's cafe-style, so if you're a couple the next table for two might be within 10 centimetres.... Saigon Inn - The original Vietnamese rice paper roll, featuring roast pork and prawns, continues to be a masterpiece at Saigon Inn. ... Patee Thai (Prahran) - Patee Thai stands out in the crowd. There are dozens of Thai places within a few kilometres of Patee Thai and this is ... Kenzan - A long-standing Melbourne institution that has stood the test of time and taste. Reliable for quality sushi, with grea... Wu Kong - Wu Kong Armadale has re-structured its menu, and offers good, clean Chinese Food. We recently had some dumplings and c... Le Petit Bourgeois - The door is opened for us and we're welcomed in - a good start. It's a Friday night. We're the only 8:00 booking. ... Lemnos Taverna - Lemnos Taverna is very good. The balance between flavours and textures and the absence of distractions in the food equ... Borsari Ristorante - Borsari was the 'signature' Italian Lygon St restaurant - you could walk in and it would be more like Bologna or Florenc... La Camera - La Camera Southgate has dismissed some problems it had while it expanded and is now a quality eatery that doesn't cause ... Saucier Restaurant - A light - filled dining room with original paintings and crisp lines, just the place for a relaxing lunch. Bare woode... Kagurazaka Japanese Restaurant - When a Japanese place serves bad fish on a sushi plate, it's courting disaster. After some delightful gyoza and clams... Treasury - Not impressed. An insect arrives on the plate hidden in the food until disturbed by my fork. Staff were hard to find... Papa Gino's Pizza Restaurant - Great fun, great pizza, great value... iconic, a great casual spot that doesn't disappoint. Harry has been making ... King Bo - Is this the biggest yum cha venue in Melbourne? The tables of Chinese families and tourists say it all... good value, ... Shoya Nouvelle Wafu Cuisine - A courageous attempt at something more than the usual Melbourne Japanese, Shoya has some tempting and delicious dishes..... South Yarra Trattoria - Old-fashioned hospitality dominates in this cosy restaurant kept busy by locals. A few tables outside work well. I...