Vines Of Red Hill

Ph: (03) 5989 2977; 150 Red Hill Rd, RED HILL 3937 www.vinesofredhill.com.au

Contemporary, $$ +, * for Ambience
Open Lunch Thu-Mon dinner Fri and Sat; Licensed; AE DC MC V EFT
Chef James Redfern (7-11-07) Owner James Redfern (7-11-07)

Mietta's Review
Yes, there are views of the vines (as the name suggest), a 'Tuscan' garden and gum trees too. This very pleasant restaurant has a terrace for the warm weather and a log fire to ward off the winter chill. The food uses comforting ingredients like, fillet steak, duck breast and snapper fillets but the garnishing is quite elaborate. The flavours fall mostly within the European palate. Good service and wine list

Other published opinions

Herald Sun Bob Hart, 24-05-08 "We headed for Red Hill, my mate and I, which is one of the better parts of the peninsula. We had targeted a venerable restaurant which, in the past year or so, had fallen into the hands of one of the region's finest chefs, James Redfern, and about which we were hearing wondrous things. All of which, as it happened, turned out to be absolutely true. ... at Vines, Redfern is steering his own ship and delivering the sort of fine, regional and seasonal food you might expect from a local."

Age Good Food Guide 2008 Score: 14/20 "Heading up the dusty driveway, you could swear you've been transported to Tuscany, with the hilltop terracotta restaurant and cellar door flanked by lavender bushes"

The Age Good Food Guide 2006 score 15/20, 1 Hat "The dining experience at Vines has been polished to perfection. Service is prescient, the setting serene, and the cooking assured. Dishes reveal a level of thought and imagination that avoids trickery"

Gourmet Traveller 2006 restaurant guide "Vines of Red Hill is an immaculately presented hilltop property in the hinterland ofthe Mornington Peninsula. The efficient and affable Jessica Graham at the helm ensures the food, wine, service and ambience are all polished to the same sheen, and diners can admire views ofthe lake, vineyard, bushland and garden from either the restaurant or the terrace."

The Age Good Food Guide 2005 score 15/20 One Hat "SITTING on the sun-splashed terrace or behind glass in the dining room at Vines, it's easy to forget the real world. The views of gum trees and grapevines are serene, service is natty and the produce-driven fare is clever without being tricky."

Gourmet Traveller 2005 Restaurant Guide "The fortunes of this Red Hill winery and restaurant rose when Jessica Graham, who knows her Mornington Peninsula wine and food, took over the property, with its views ofthe vines, the lake, and the striking angophera trees. It's marketed as Tuscan, but it's very Austalian."

AGFG 2004, score 14/20, restaurant attached to a winery

The Age, A2, 22/11/03, Thomas Hunter,'The wine list makes good use of local products and on cold days, there is a fire to sit by'