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Gills Diner

Ph: 9670 7214 ; Gills Al, MELBOURNE 3000
Gills Diner, $$
Open Mon-Fri noon-3pm Mon-Sat 5.30-10pm; Licensed, BYO , Corkage $15 bottle; AE DC MC V
Chef Chris Kerr & Kyle Doody (10-1-10) Owner Con Christopoulos & Chris Kerr (10-1-10)

Other published opinions
Age Good Food Guide 2010 Score: 15/20, One Hat "15/20

Gourmet Traveller 2010 Australian Restaurant Guide Score: * "Gills Diner does discerning European dishes uhheralded by the pomp, elaborate presentation, pernickety attitude and prices often associated with food of this calibre, and it's quietly exhilarating"

Age Good Food Guide 2009 Score: 14.5/20

Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2009

Gourmet Traveller 2009 Australian Restaurant Guide Score: * "Like most of the businesses cafe tsar Con Christopoulos has a hand in (think European and Journal), Gills challenges stereotypes. A restaurant that's part of a cafe that's part of a bakery"

Herald Sun 17-06-08 Score: **** "As the coolest product of the latest CBD restaurant revolution, this retro haunt delivers food to make the heart sing"

Herald Sun Dining Out, Simon Plant, 11-12-07 Score: 15/20 "Gills is a world unto itself and you either get it or you don't. The no-frills cooking is sophisticated and fashioned from mostly organic ingredients. The service is welcoming and efficient. And the wine list holds a few surprises: whites and reds from lesserknown Australian vineyards and some seriously good French sparklers."

Age John Lethlean, 10-12-2007 Score: 15/20

Herald Sun Eat, Bob Hart, 17-11-07 "My mate-who-lunches and I found it effortlessly last week. But then, we're professionals: up Little Collins from Elizabeth, right at the first gap between buildings, in through a bakery/coffee house door on your left and... there it is. With its handmade (by the chef) tables, classroom chairs and retro sounds originating from vinyl LPs played on a turntable, channelled through a valve amp and exhaled from boxed speakers, this place would qualify as supercool even if the food were not outstanding and reasonable. Which it is ..."

Or perhaps ...

Gills Diner 9670 7214, Gills Al, Melbourne