Australia Category

Best’s Great Western – Grampians – Australia

Best’s Great Western Review Best’s Great Western Winery is one of Australia’s standout cellar doors. As one of Australia’s oldest wineries dating back to 1869 and with its first vines planted in 1867, it holds a tradition of great wine. Their cellar door is one of the best. It’s a true step back in time […]

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Urban Burger – Melbourne – Australia

Urban Burger Review Urban Burger is one of the wave of new gourmet burger joints that have plagued Melbourne recently. This is a good trend in my opinion, who doesn’t enjoy a solid burger that isn’t MacDonald’s? Burgers are great, if done well. The issue with a lot of these new era burger joints is that […]

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Ut Si Cafe – Perth – Tasmania – Australia

Ut Si Cafe Review Ut Si Café, Pearth, Tasmania is a beautiful little café that has been created out of an old restored church originally built in 1838. The building is beautiful and rich in character. In addition to a culturally rich exterior, Ut Si Café also has a focus on local ingredients, free-range produce […]

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Lakeside Restaurant Review – Sanctuary Lakes Resort – Australia

Lakeside Restaurant Review The Lakeside Restaurant is located on the manmade Sanctuary Lakes Resort. The restaurant overlooks the lake and is the one of the only dining options within the community. The Lakeside Restaurant is attempting to be an upper-class dining establishment, but have significantly missed the mark. The night I went I started with […]

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Rochford Winery Review – Yarra Valley – Australia

Rochford Wines Review Rochford Wines is a winery located in the picturesque Yarra Valley in Eastern Victoria. They produce an extensive range of wine, have cellar door tastings and sales, and also have a restaurant on site. With its proximity to Melbourne, the Yarra Valley is a great place to go for an escape from […]

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Miss Katie’s Crab Shack Review – Melbourne – Australia

Miss Katie’s Crab Shack Review Miss Katie’s Crab Shack is a revamped trendy restaurant located in The Public Bar on the edge of Melbourne’s CBD, right across from the renowned Queen Victoria Market. This place is an old backpacker bar that has been transformed, with the introduction of Miss Katie and her crabs. What was […]

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Heirloom Review – Melbourne – Australia

Heirloom Review – Melbourne, Australia Heirloom is a Japanese Izakaya and Sake Bar, serving modern Japanese cuisine with a decent range of sake to match.  They are located in Melbourne’s CBD and host breakfast, lunch, bar and dinner menus with the option of even sitting in their sake bar and eating sushi based on the chef’s […]

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Flower Drum Review – Melbourne – Australia

Flower Drum Review The Flower Drum is a Melbourne institution that has been pushing out high end Cantonese cuisine for the past 40 years. They have been, and continue to be awarded for their food, high standards and unprecedented service – so it goes without saying that I was excited to try this 3-Hatted Melbourne […]

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Port Phillip Estate Bistro Review – Mornington Peninsula – Australia

Port Phillip Estate Review Some friends and I recently visited Port Phillip Estate, located on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, Australia.  Port Phillip is renowned for their award winning wines, their stunning cellar door and their fine dining restaurant. Initially entering the property can be a little intimidating because the outside resembles a CIA headquarters […]

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Ragusa Review – Williamstown – Australia

Ragusa Last night we dined at Ragusa Restaurant in beautiful Williamstown.  Ragusa is a Croatian restaurant located on the main strip, facing the harbor.  The restaurant is located in a beautiful old building and the dining room was welcoming and well laid out.  I haven’t really ventured into Croatian cuisine before, so this experience was […]

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