Lamaro's

Ph: (03) 9690 3737; 273-279 Cecil St, South Melbourne 3205 www.lamaros.com.au

Contemporary, $$
Open 7 days noon-late; Licensed; AE DC MC V EFT, Seats inside 70, Outside seats
Chef Todd Adams (7-11-07) Owner Pam Lamaro, Victoria & Michael Lambin (7-11-07)

Other published opinions

Age Good Food Guide 2008 Score: 14.5/20 "On the outside, Lamaro's is an elegant 1 9th century pub with arched windows and a firstfloor balcony replete with neo-Grecian columns"

Gourmet Traveller 2008 Australian Restaurant Guide "Lamaro's has joined the ranks of spruced-up Melbourne pubs with a smart overhaul front of house, inspired by owner Pam Lamaro, and in the kitchen, under the direction of Michael Lambie"

The Age John Lethlean, 27-4-2007 "Lamaro's is a former South Melbourne pub given a fairly major architectural massage in recent years to attract the big-spending thirtysomething local residents and business people, and its executive chef and partner is Michael Lambie, who cooks at Taxi for a day (and night) job. Lambie has quite a handle on putting duck's rich, sweet flavours together with bright, crunchy and herbaceous Asian ingredients, and this is the apotheosis."

Age Epicure Restaurants, John Lethlean, 23-5-06 Score: 14.5/20 "YOU'RE a single woman, grown-up children, background in running and owning successful pubs, with some cash in the bank. You buy a lovely old South Melbourne hotel in a wonderful location, opposite a park.Your idea: relaunch it as a smart food and wine venue while at the same time developing three apartments on site. One for you and two offering boutique temporary accommodation."

Herald Sun Dining Out, Stephen Downes, 27/6/06 Score: 18/20 "Lamaro's provides all that most of us need when we eat out. Excellent food and attentive service arrives here in a warm and pleasant ambience. The wine list is adequately long and representative of grape varieties, a handful of bottles in the low $30s complementing expensive top-of-the-range drops. Seven table whites and six reds are served by the glass."

Herald Sun Eat, Bob Hart, 18-3-06 "Lamaro's is the eponymous brainchild of restaurateur Pam Lamaro, a long-lost relative of Gerard's, as it happens, who bought the old Bayview Pub 2 1-2 years ago.Then, it accommodated Tony Rogalsky's Locanda Veneto restaurant which Pam ran for some months to get the feel of the neighbourhood and survive the interminable wait for planning permission."