Cookie

9663 7660, Shop 1, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne. VIC 3000 www.cookie.net.au
Open OPEN 7 days NOON-11PM, ; Licensed; AE BC DC MC V, Seats inside 90, Outside seats
Chef: Karen Batson (21-9-11) Owner: Camillo Ippoliti & Tan Punturaumporn (11-10-10)

Mietta's Review
A beer-focused bar is an unlikely place to find some of Melbourne's most accessible and affordable Thai food, but Cookie (the bar previously known as KooKoo) offers that and more. The entrance is dark, rickety and dingy offsetting the light filled cool bar space to dramatic affect. The clientele are hip and designer, the music made up of live DJ tunes, the beer is served in a European fashion and the wine list is good and well priced. It's a huge warehouse style place with balcony views over Swantson Street, and apart from the patchiness of the service, it's a great place.

Other Published Opinions

Hardie Grant, 21 October, 2011 "Book ahead to ensure a dining spot in this bustling and popular restaurant.
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Gourmet Traveller 2012 Australian Restaurant Guide "Cookie - in the same Art Nouveau complex as bar-slash-performance venue The Toff in Town - may well be Melbourne's hipster centre. The tables are set with gingham and doilies, the bills arrive in cutesy Little Golden Books and, on one visit, the food-runner dudes were dressed as ladies, "for no reason""

Age Good Food Guide 2012 Score: 13/20

Age Good Food Guide 2011 Score: 13.5/20

Age Good Food Guide 2011 Score: 13.5/20

Age Good Food Guide 2011 Score: 13.5/20

Age Good Food Guide 2011 Score: 13.5/20

Age Good Food Guide 2011 Score: 13.5/20

Age Good Food Guide 2011 Score: 13.5/20

Age Good Food Guide 2011 Score: 13.5/20

Age Cheap Eats 2010

Age Good Food Guide 2010

Herald Sun 22-08-09 "Funky and fun"

Age Cheap Eats 2009

Age Good Food Guide 2009 Score: 14/20

Herald Sun 10-06-08 Score: ** "Funky and fun, Cookie is a beer hall, dining room and balconied club rolled into one with a Thai-leaning menu"

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Age Good Food Guide 2008 Score: 14/20

Age Cheap Eats Bars 2007

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Gourmet Traveller 2006 Australian Restaurant Guide Best Cheap Eats "Ironically, some of the best Thai food in town comes out of a funked-up bar"

Age (Melbourne) Magazine 04/05 Hot John Lethlean

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Age, A2, 1/5/04, Melinda Houston

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Herald Sun, Weekend, 10/4/04,Simon Plant,'Smooth and crunchy,cool and spicy,sweet and sour.Cookie's betel leaf bliss-bombs are a truly memorable mouthful.'

Age, Agenda, 4/4/04, Roslyn Grundy

Age, Epicure, 17/2/04, Melinda Houston,'10

Herald Sun, Weekend, 10/1/04, Simon Plant,'street food, comfort food...Simple snacks suit Cookie's plastic Melamine ware with lace doilies and tartan tablecloths'

Age, A2, 29/11/03, Melinda Houston

Herald Sun, Weekend, 13/12/03, Donna Coutts,'Best Cafes'

Sunday Age, 5/10/03

Herald Sun, City Style, 19/8/03, Donna Coutts,Score 17/20

Sunday Age, The 2003 Rugby World Cup, Ben Canaider