Melbourne Restaurants

Papa Goose restaurant is all about providing wonderful hospitality to its customers and giving them the opportunity to try our unique and tasty menu. Our motto is very simple - our best food, our best service; each time, every time.

Papa Goose has a ground floor Restaurant, a first floor bar Mary Fortune, along with two private dining rooms for those more intimate dining experiences.

Functions & Events

Papa Goose features two beautifully presented and conventional private dining rooms; perfect for Corporate events or personal occasions. For larger events, our bar Mary Fortune is available to book out exclusively, or enjoy a large dining event by booking out the restaurant

Drawing from an abundance of luscious seafood, fresh Australian produce, and regional wineries, The Box Seafood Restaurant experience will be one you will always remember. Our creative team of chefs and dedicated floor staff ensure your meals are prepared to perfection and delivered to you within our cosmopolitan Collins street address. Locating us is also easy as we are next door to one of Melbourne's breathtaking landmark venues The Regent Theatre.

The Box Seafood Restaurant menu takes the experience one step further. You'll find a variety of fresh fish and shellfish preparations that draw upon coastal cultures Australia wide. And as always, generous, tempting specialities of beef, game, poultry along with vegetarian offerings abound when you crave a non-seafood fish.

We use only the freshest, highest quality seafood and only from sustainable stocks. Our emphasis on Australian produce also ensures flavourful, seasonal dishes that translate beautifully into delicious main courses and entree dishes.

Box Seafood Restaurant Sample Set Function Menus

7000 by Pure South Dining is our temporary test kitchen whilst our flagship venue is being re-imagined. The space includes a dining area with stunning city views, a bar and a private space, and two balconies.

We will not be dictating how you dine; we will be offering an experience to suit your mood; not ours. That is the essence of hospitality. This ‘landscaped hospitality’ gives a taste of the approach to different spaces you’ll find in the new Pure South Dining, when we open later in the year.

Chef David Hall and our team of chefs are working with our producers to create the new-generation menus for the re-imagined Pure South Dining, while we are renovating. We will be offering the same brilliant produce & stunning cooking, but with a twist that is a little more approachable with something for everyone and every occasion.

You get to choose what you are in the mood for; lunch, dinner, pre-theatre, drinks – it will still feel like us, but less structured and more welcoming of unplanned dining

The Point is an award winning restaurant located on the waters of Albert Park Lake which boasts stunning panoramic views of the lake and Melbourne city skyline. With floor to ceiling glass windows and a spacious balcony to enjoy the view you are treated to a water front dining experience like no other.

The Point showcases Modern Australian cuisine by Executive Chef Andrew Harmer. Awarded an Age Good Food Guide hat again for 2015, and our latest achievement winner of The Age Good Food guide 2015 Wine List of the Year.
With degustation and a la carte menus carefully crafted with contemporary Australian flare, the high quality of food is matched with unrivalled service. There’s nothing more indulgent than a meal consisting of confit king salmon, saffron hollandaise and wild garlic, following with Western Plains suckling pig, piccalilli, apple vinegar, sage potato finishing it off with blackcurrant mosaic, coconut & almond cream with Blackberry sorbet.
Accompanied by an encyclopaedic collection of some of the world’s most classic and famed wines, we have more than 1,700 different examples boasting one of Australia’s most extensive wine lists.

The Point is conveniently located 10 minutes from Melbourne’s CBD; with ample parking directly outside of the venue and lift access, our unrivalled dining experience awaits you.

Bookings are highly recommended.

In the heart of North Melbourne’s burgeoning food precinct sits Sosta Cucina, a welcoming space delivering fine Italian cuisine with warm and familiar service.

Since opening its doors in May 2007, Sosta Cucina has consistently impressed and excited Melbourne’s food community with a traditional meets contemporary Italian menu.

Sosta Cucina’s menu is constantly evolving; incorporating the best seasonal produce as well as showcasing fantastic Italian products. On offer is a selection of daily additional dishes depending on what is sourced at the market! Sosta prides itself on a great selection of fine Italian wines as well as offering a broad selection from Australia’s most renowned wine regions.

Functions & Private Dining

Sosta Cucina can cater for bookings both large and small. With two private dining rooms, we can cater for groups of 20-30, as well as offer restaurant exclusivity for up to 55 people. From corporate functions to special family events, the team at Sosta Cucina will work with you to ensure your event is absolutely perfect!

Cafe Italia has been established for over 25 years here in the heart of Melbourne’s Italian restaurant district, Lygon Street, Carlton. We are a sophisticated, contemporary, yet relaxed restaurant located only minutes from the Melbourne CBD.

FUNCTIONS & WEDDINGS

Café Italia has many years experience hosting Melbourne functions. We understand what is required to make your next function a great success. Set in an attractive Mediterranean sandstone courtyard, flanked by 3 very special dining rooms that are perfect for functions, private dining, weddings, engagements, christenings or any special occasion or event.

If it’s elegance and informal fine dining that you’re after then Syracuse has the perfect dining experience waiting for you.

Syracuse offers European and International inspired cuisine in a grand and impressive 19th Century atmosphere, tucked away in one of Melbourne’s picturesque, laneways; Bank Place.

Let all your senses be indulged as we take you on a flavour-rich journey. Syracuse has dining spaces to suit every occasion from cozy, romantic intimate evenings, to long business lunches and after work and pre-dinner drinks.
Syracuse prides itself on sourcing only the best Victorian seasonal produce delivered fresh daily. Our cuisine bursts with flavour so the hardest part is deciding what to choose.

Kappo is the expression of the seasons, an example of traditional Japanese food with a modern touch. We offer a full selection of drinks both from our Hihou bar and a specially selected list of wine and sake.

Pure South is a Modern Australian restaurant and private dining room located in Southbank's, Southgate Shopping Precinct perched on the banks of Melbourne's Yarra River. Pure South’s concept was born from the realization that, arguably, the very finest and healthiest produce on earth can be sourced from Tasmania and its Bass Strait islands. Pure South features some of Australia’s best seafood and steak on the menu and also tips its hat to much more fabulous produce from the apple isle!

The Private Dining Room at Pure South offers one of the most elegant and sophisticated dining experiences on the Yarra.

Up to 22 guests can enjoy this space whether it be a corporate dinner function or a formal dinner party, we can ensure your guests experience the best produce the Bass Strait has to offer as well as superior service.

Unobstructed, hip to ceiling windows surround the room, exposing guests to clear views of both the city and river.

Tucked away off the busy Lygon St strip, Markov is a laid-back restaurant that suits a variety of nights out: from pre-movie dinner, a mid-week burger and pint, to a big Sunday spread from the share menu.

The list covers the classic grape varieties so you are sure to find something that pleases, and the selection covers a lot of local drops. The bar is a maze of little areas all differentiated by the huge white walls. But with dim mood lighting, and a neon light wall installation you can hide out wherever you like. There are bar stools scattered for strategic people watching on a Sunday afternoon. The outdoor tables are decked with large brollies.

Functions & Events

Front Bar

Formerly a bottle shop, this area was converted into a bar in 2009 and its design is taken from the building’s era featuring various modern industrial / art deco styles.

Divided into various sections including an outdoor area for 30 people, the bar has been at the forefront in offering a more progressive experience within the Carlton area and was featured in the Age Good Food Guide’s Best Bars section for 2010 and 2011.

Front Room ( Semi Private Room)

This area holds approximately 20-40 people as a stand up/ cocktail style event and is perfect for informal gatherings. It can be booked exclusively with no charge or minimum spend any night of the week. Finger food and bar tabs can be organised. (minimum 20 people required for bookings)

Entire Front Bar

This area can be booked exclusively for private functions up to 70 people .

Finger food can be organised along with bar tabs and your choice of music can be played via an MP3 player. There are minimum spends attached to booking the entire bar.

Beer and Dining Hall

Recently renovated this area is a converted lofty warehouse modelled on an industrial New York style beer hall with a distinct craft beer focus.

With a capacity to hold between 60-80 people this space has been designed to suit both small and large groups with a food menu designed to compliment both the beer and wine lists.

Ideal for group dining, bookings can be made for groups of between 2 and 20 people for either dinner or just for drinks.

"Designed by Eades & Bergman, the venue interior not only pays heritage to the New York dining scene, but also makes its mark amongst Melbourne’s top bars and eateries.

Nieuw Amsterdam owner Michael Roszbach (ex-Cookie) had an inkling of what he wanted for his new venture, but until he found the double storey 1880s red brick building he wasn’t certain.

Bringing interior designers Eades & Bergman on board (the creative duo behind The Meatball & Wine Bar, Mr Miyagi and Bomba Bar), it became apparent that the exposed brick, beautiful archways and big windows screamed New York style, and Nieuw Amsterdam was born.

New York influences aside, the upstairs dining area has a distinct French bistro feel, with dark wood and classic bistro furnishings. Chef Jeffery Trotter makes use of fresh and seasonal produce to create a menu that pays homage to American cuisine and those that shaped it.

Come evening head down to the dimly lit basement cocktail bar, perfect for night owls and, as Roszbach so eloquently puts it, “hang-ups, hangovers and heartaches.”

The Laurel Hotel has been in existance since 1853. It is owned and run by mother and daughter team Christine Day and Loren Smith who have owned the hotel since May 2008. It is your local corner pub with a little bit more... and No pokies!!

Enjoy traditonal pub fare plus many more options in the TAB / Sports Bar area and Roof Top Beer Garden...Or aim for a more upmarket meal in 'Bistro 289' which you enter on the Mt Alexander rd entrance.