Best Seasonal Restaurants in Moonee Ponds

142 restaurants available nearby

1. TOTE Bar & Dining

4.2

Price: Expensive

• Australian • Moonee Ponds

Booked 7 times today

A contemporary bar and restaurant, serving modern-Australian dishes with seasonal eating in mind.Channelling the timeless allure of 1930's design, the interior boasts rich oak panelling, emerald hues, decadent leather and bronze finishes. The space offers three intimate dining areas, known as The Northern Terrace, The Dining Room and The Cellar - our Private Dining Room. The main feature of TOTE is casual dining with premium quality food from well sourced high quality and sustainable produce.It features a contemporary offering from coffee, craft beer and creative cocktails to carefully curated local & imported wines and spirits.The bar itself is modelled to the development’s quintessential roots – the racecourse – and is aptly shaped in an oval form to mirror it.

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2. Feekah Moonee Ponds

4.7

Exceptional(88)

Price: Moderate

• Café • Moonee Ponds

Booked 6 times today

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3. The European

4.6

Exceptional(1275)

Price: Expensive

• European • Melbourne CBD

Booked 22 times today

Open Tuesday to Sunday for lunch and dinner, The European offers a welcoming ambience with warm, generous and knowledgeable hospitality - a beacon of Melbourne dining at its finest. Located on Spring Street near the Princess Theatre, we offer classic bistro fare with substance and character to perfectly complement our extensive collection of wines, old and new world, available to enjoy with your meal. We also welcome you on a walk-in basis next door at The City Wine Shop any day of the week, where you may simply pop in for a seat at the bar or grab a spot outside overlooking Parliament House. We take the best seasonal produce available, cooking simple, classic foods. Nose-to-tail offal dishes are centred within our menu, utilising every part of the animal products in our kitchen. Drawing on our own in-house butcher and farmhouse cheeses matured by our friends at Spring Street Cheese Cellar, there is always something new to try on the menu at The European and City Wine Shop.

4. Askal

4.3

Awesome(96)

Price: Expensive

• Filipino • Melbourne CBD

Booked 16 times today

Askal is Melbourne’s newest contemporary Filipino restaurant and bar located on 167 Exhibition Street. Comprised of a dynamic team of culinary experts, Askal is a three-storey establishment sits in a historical building from the 1800s. The menu is a celebration of traditional Filipino flavours and techniques, showcasing bold and vibrant dishes inspired by ancestral recipes passed down through generations.

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5. The Carlton Wine Room

4.8

Exceptional(807)

Price: Expensive

• European • Carlton

Booked 30 times today

Carlton Wine Room is a neighbourhood restaurant offering a well-executed, fresh, seasonal food menu, and an ever changing, diverse wine list featuring the best of Italy, Australia and the rest of the World. We offer a bar space, an upstairs restaurant dining room and three unique spaces that are can be booked for private dining perfect for special events.RESERVATIONS: are for a two hour sitting. We do not accept bookings for drinks and snacks, however we accept walk-ins for this if space permits. A surcharge of up to 1.2% applies to credit card transactions. A surcharge of 10% applies on Sundays and 15% on Public Holidays. OUTSIDE SEATING: please note this is subject to the weather and we may not be able to move your reservation inside in the case of bad weather. CANCELLATION: A $50 per person no show fee is charged for failing to attend your reservation. Contact us on 9347 2626 to make changes or cancel your reservation.

6. Trattoria Emilia

4.8

Exceptional(1243)

Price: Expensive

• Italian • Melbourne CBD

Booked 18 times today

Trattoria Emilia is an authentic Italian restaurant focusing on seasonal produce and fresh pasta. Head chefs Francesco Rota and Luca Flammia hail from Modena in Emilia Romagna.At Trattoria Emilia we seasonally change the menu and source a large majority of our produce from regional Victoria, our meat is organic and sustainably grown in Tasmania and Victoria and we import some of the best Italian DOC products. Some dishes that are not to be missed are our Tortelloni Emiliani and the crowd favourite salumi misti with gnocco fritto and tigelle served with mortadella mousse.Rustic, yet refined, Trattoria Emilia boasts fantastic ambience, attentive and professional service whilst all the while remaining a great casual dining spot perfect for a quick lunch, a long relaxing dinner with friends and has always been a romantic date spot.

7. Bistra

4.9

Exceptional(95)

Price: Expensive

• Australian • Carlton

Booked 25 times today

Bistra is an Australian bistro serving quality food and wine; our fare draws its influence predominantly from British, French and Italian cooking and technique, and yet it is quintessentially Australian. You can expect generous, memorable plates championing seasonal ingredients and an extensive list of wines.

8. Meatmaiden

4.6

Exceptional(1334)

Price: Very Expensive

• Steakhouse • Melbourne CBD

Booked 29 times today

Meatmaiden is one hell of a steakhouse. Bringing you the best barbecue and grill in Melbourne, our large and energetic basement restaurant and bar and down-to-earth staff make us the perfect CBD venue for intimate dinners, work lunches, special occasions or functions.We're part steakhouse, part smokehouse - with a unique and eclectic mix of premium steaks and smoked meats. We've been fine-tuning that approach for the last ten years to bring you the best meat around - dry-ageing select local cuts like O'Connor rib eye, tending the fire to smoke grass-fed short ribs over ironbark and pairing with signature dishes like our lobster mac cheese.Our carefully-curated wine list focuses on some great Australian winemakers, with six taps of craft beer and quirky cocktails completing the line up.You will find Meatmaiden on Little Collins St - walking distance from Flinders St Station and Parliament Station, the MCG and Rod Laver Arena and entertainment venues s

9. Il Solito Posto

4.8

Exceptional(1136)

Price: Expensive

• Italian • Melbourne CBD

Booked 17 times today

One of Melbourne's most renowned Italian restaurants. Il Solito Posto is an institution. A real Melbourne Italian dining experience with a warm urban chic feel. Tantalise your taste buds with regional Italian dishes, prepared with the freshest seasonal produce and revel in the awarded wine list. This is Il Solito Posto ..... The usual place..

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10. Secret Kitchen - Chinatown - Melbourne CBD

4.3

Awesome(763)

Price: Expensive

• Asian • Melbourne CBD

Booked 88 times today

Founded in 2007, Secret Kitchen brings to the city of Melbourne chinese dining experience the like of which youwon’t find anywhere else in the state. Combining traditional flavours with innovative techniques, an extensive variety of menu items and an incomparable atmosphere, Secret Kitchen offers its guests an inimitable feasting experience. We are awarded one of the top Yum Cha restaurant on Time Out Melbourne and rated 4 stars out of 5 by The Age Good Food Guide. Secret Kitchen is located strategically opposite Her Majesty's Theatre, also serving pre-theatre menus for your before show meal.

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Gregory
Perth •4 reviews
4.0
Dined 1 day ago
Delightful wait staff - well curated wines - fine food served promptly -
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The EuropeanPrice: Expensive• European• Melbourne CBD
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4.6
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Mary
Melbourne •4 reviews
5.0
Dined 1 day ago
Delicious food and excellent service! Thank you we had a wonderful time
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TOTE Bar & DiningPrice: Expensive• Australian• Moonee Ponds
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4.2
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Polly
Melbourne •1 review
5.0
Dined 2 days ago
Love the pasta and the straciatella and potato focacia. Wagyu rump cap was also cooked to perfection. We also enjoyed the olive cake which was light and delicious.
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The Carlton Wine RoomPrice: Expensive• European• Carlton
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4.8
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gene
Melbourne •1 review
5.0
Dined 3 days ago
amazing food, cocktails, ambience, head chef is so humble and friendly. all staff are friendly. definitely worth checking out. amazing experience
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AskalPrice: Expensive• Filipino• Melbourne CBD
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4.3
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ReemaJ
Melbourne •1 review
5.0
Dined on 2 Jan 2022
Very presentable food. Staff was very nice and soft spoken. Full of energy too. Coffees and Cocktails are a must try.
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Feekah Moonee PondsPrice: Moderate• Café• Moonee Ponds
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4.7

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142 restaurants available nearby

1. TOTE Bar & Dining

2. Feekah Moonee Ponds

3. The European

4. Askal

5. The Carlton Wine Room

6. Trattoria Emilia

7. Bistra

8. Meatmaiden

9. Il Solito Posto

10. Secret Kitchen - Chinatown - Melbourne CBD

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