16 reviews about The Press Club

verified email - 14 Aug 2012

Overall press club does not delivery to the hype. Rack of lamb is is around $55 - for a slice or lamb very disappointing. Lamb souvlaki - raw meat. Service is very good - gees price are very high for what you receive. Otherwise restaurants give you more at a lower price

Approximate cost: $60

MazB35 15 Aug 2012

thanks for sharing!

verified email - 03 Jun 2012

Eating here is a culinary delight as you get to experience textures and tastes you haven't had before. The waiters explain the story of each dish before it is served and it does seem a little cheesy and over the top at times that I find myself chuckling on the inside. Amazing food, dim lights, romantic. The desert is amazing! Although in saying that our waiter placed a tray of what looked like dirt, he the sprinkled rose essence on the dirt whilst explaining the story of Aphrodite and how the desert represented her.. All I thinking was how I was supposed to eat the aromatic rose dirt! Luckily it was just part of the experience of lifting the senses of smell and he took it away and brought out our actual dessert. The dessert was unlike anything I have eaten in my life with edible flowers, ice cream, ganache and other bits I cannot even explain to you.

Approximate cost: $Fine dining

verified email - 01 Jun 2012

An amazing experience, with beautiful food. The freshest of produce are used to compose perfect dishes. What really appealed to me was all the different textures that were used to create every specific meal. A really nice night, and the service was fantastic - very attentive waitstaff.

Approximate cost: $40-150

verified email - 03 Dec 2010

I haven't really dined Greek before going to the press club, so I did not have very high expectations. I was pleasantly amazed by the scrumptious food I was presented with. The busy atmosphere just conveys how much this restaurant is liked!

verified email - 11 Mar 2010

yummy, was dining there when justin wise was head chef, now he has gone the place isnt as driven, i have also tried the bar, with its selection of fine beers and cocktails makes it one of the best bars in melbourne cbd

Approximate cost: $45

verified email - 07 May 2009

The Press Club has had plenty of accolades, and so my expectations were very high. The food is certainly of fine quality, and very tasty and it is great to see Greek food get the fine dining treatment. The service is efficient and friendly. However I found the presentation of the food to be rather gimmicky and somewhat pretentious-for example a very nice but fairly unexotic eggplant dish was presented in a pickling jar rather than on a plate. The seating arrangements were also a bit disappointing. We were so close to the table next to us that it was difficult to have a private conversation, and when the waitress squeezed in between the two tables to serve our neighbors, her derriere was perilously close to the food on our table. The prices were quite reasonable by fine dining standards, but expensive when compared to your local Greek Bistro.

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