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Box on Collins Restaurant Ph: (03) 9663 0411; 189 Collins St, Melbourne 3000 Seafood, $$ Open: Tue-Sun lunch & dinner ; Licensed; Cards AE, BC, DC, MC, V, Seats inside 110, Seats outside 24 Photo Tony Knox Mietta's Review Very London or New York, this minimalist, super suave restaurant, designed by Sydney's Ian Halliday, is splendid. Walk in off the Collins Street level to the long narrow bar, for light lunches, coffee and drinks ascend to the restaurant. The interior design of this deep narrow space is about spots of light, the vast whiteness broken up by one textured grey wall. Stainless steel tubes, spectacularly rise three floors in the stairwell.

Other published opinions

The Herald Sun, 24.10.00, Bob Hart "Box is a useful little place squeezed into a tiny gap beside the Regent Theatre and spread over a couple of spatula sized floors. It's a lively cafe downstairs and a stark, chic restaurant upstairs...Box's stimulating, two-course ($20) or three-course ($27.50) fixed-price meals offer incomparable value. Score: 13 out of 20"

The Age (SundayLife) 15.10.00, author unknown "Fair amount of space, cafe/bar ground floor excellent and well priced menu choices include soup, risotto, Italian sausages, chic restaurant upstairs more up market good value 2 course lunch $20, dinner, good bread and wine by the glass."

The Herald Sun, 4.7.00, Food & Drink "Box, the restaurant and cafe snuggling up to the Regent Theatre has a new chef Neil Pass, an Englishman who has cooked at Flutes and Quaglinos in London, most recently at tete 2"

The Herald Sun, 01.04.99, author unknonwn "The wait between dishes at Box was fairly long on a far from busy night, and the wine list here is limited, if fairly interesting. Several wines are served by the glass, but more cheaper drops by the bottle are needed. Box is an expensive brasserie, and by far its biggest fault is to try to crowd each offering with too many - and too sweet, intense and uncommon - flavours. Score: 12 out of 20"

The Age, 10.11.98, John Lethlean review "Box is an imaginative space and the food is both complex and ambitious. Some much-needed rigor in the floor management will tighten the package considerably. Prices are very fair. Score: 15 out of 20"