Best Fine Dining Restaurants in Melbourne CBD

Worth the experience, they will explain every dish to you. Value is decent.

If you want a review of the steaks at Meat Maiden, scroll on. I didn’t order steak…which is perhaps akin to going to Red Rooster and not ordering chicken. I went for the miso cauliflower, perhaps not the first choice of most diners. But I made our reservation because I knew my mega-carnivorous husband would love it. And he did. So yes, the food was excellent. Go for the food. But waaaaaaaay better than the food were the staff. Unlike the current trend for waitstaff to make it obvious they’d rather be anywhere than taking your food order, MM staff all genuinely looked like they wanted to be there. They were joyful, engaging and had each other’s backs. They worked together like a well oiled machine and it was fun and heart warming to watch. I’d go back for the chips. For the crème caramel, for the cauliflower and the donut. My husband would go back for the burnt ends and the pork belly and scallops. But most of all, we’d go back for Nathan and the rest of the staff.

Love their dry aged duck and orecchiette. Must order these 2 dishes . Wagyu bresaola also very good. Zucchini fritto also my favourite

The octopus was delicious and others were good but some of the serving are on the small scale. The waiting staffs were very attentive but the kitchen dint inform about unavailability of the eggplant dish that we have ordered. Overall it’s a pleasant experience for our lunch.

Moat is always amazing. We live locally and Moat is still our date night venue. We love it every time and couldn’t recommend it highly enough. Everyone we have taken there has loved it and we are looking forward to our next visit.