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Grissini
Ph: (03) 9645 1105; Shop3, 1 Beach St, PORT MELBOURNE 3207 www.grissini.com.au
Italian, $$
Open tues-wed 4pm-late; thurs-fri noon-late; sat-sun 8am-late; Licensed; AE DC MC V EFT
Mietta's Review
Cosy, warm, casual and stylish, with attentive service, good Mediterranean flavours and a menu priced to suit all budgets. Bay side residents have flocked to Grissini embracing it as a favoured local. The menu offers pizzas, snacks and mains that have also appealed to the waist line conscience. The views are fantastic.
Other published opinions
The Age Cheap Eats 2007 "Grissini wavered between being a bar and a restaurant, and has plumped to be both. The bayview location makes it perfect for beer and tapas on a balmy evening, but it also works well as a cosy restaurant, with plush banquettes and good linen."
The Age Cheap Eats 2006 Anchored to the bow of the HMAS Lonsdale building, Grissini is all polished concrete, dark timber panelling and black banquettes. The mood is European, warm-hued and stylish
Herald Sun Weekend Feast Donna Coutts 26/11/05 "Attractive bar-cum-cafe that does coffee and a simple breakfast and brunch menu well. Prices are reasonable, location is fantastic and the staff are friendly and efficient."
The Age Cheap Eats 2005 "DARK timber panelling, leather banquettes and antique light fittings give this modern waterfront restaurant a cosy, romantic air. It's just made for canoodling and sharing bites such as pan-fried saganaki"
The Age Cheap Eats 2004 "Grissini's owners have created a romantic, lamp-lit haven for special nights out. It may not be Positano but Port Melbourne will do."
Age Matt Preston 5/7/04 "Grissini boomed in summer, and it's not a bad spot for a hearty plate of something hot and a glass of something red during the grey, stormy months."
The Age Cheap Eats, Excellent breakfasts,Good bar,Somewhere really special,'When the sun's up,bayside locals make Grissini their weekend HQ with the papers and porridge,and perhaps eggs-over-easy with roasted tomatoes.This Port pub also plays bar with a neat snack menu and a smattering of Italian wines.'
The Age, A2, 29/5/04, Melinda Houston,'During the day, the focus is on the modern Italian menu (at weekends,breakfasts go all day). By night Grissini slips into cocktail mode with a small but quality range of local and imported beers;a wine list with not quite enough by the glass but bottle prices that mean it doesn't matter, and,of course,cocktails.'
Herald Sun, Sunday Magazine, 29/2/04, Sally Fisher
Vogue Entertaining & Traveller 2003
Eat Out Australia, July/August 2003, Dani Valent
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