Blacksmith And Grill - Melbourne

One of the strangest dinning experiences I had in one. my partner and I went to jubilee dinner on a Wednesday night. we booked our table for 6 o'clock, we arrived 13 minutes early at 5:47 o'clock, welcomed an empty dinning room with the waiter who had not finished the tables. we thought that was okay when we arrived a little early and thought we had to be the first. a member of the waitress led us to a bar while they prepared our table. 45 minutes to go and it is now 6:35 clock and we are still sitting on the bar waiting for our table 35 minutes after our booking should begin. we also noticed at this moment that another couple had already been sitting and had received their food. After working 6 years in the hospitality industry, I can understand that I can forget something if it is very busy and a crazy hurry, but we were forgotten if there are only 2 other people in the restaurant and at least 3 waiters on the hand. We are finally shown on our table after we ourselves represented and ordered 3 netzen to share the ozean prawns rissoto, bark. our favorite was the rißoto, who had a good taste, the brisket was also beautiful, but the edges were quite dry. the disappointing was the most disappointing since she was overcooked and was well done and had no pink in the middle. the fat on the breast was also undercooked as if it was shipped on the non-greasy side for a long time. the restaurant was also almost completely empty and reached a maximum of 7 guests, including me and my partner, who made the atmosphere somewhat awkward, as we felt as if we had to whisper together, not to be overheard by all others, as the room was pretty much. Overall, the place itself was very beautiful and modern with a beautiful view, I would give the food a total of 6.5/10 and the atmosphere a 2/10. the staff was friendly and helpful while we were dinneding from the outset.

Booking a table was easy via the website. Staff were super friendly and efficient. The was more than enough and very enjoyable.

We Celebrated new year's eve and it was a great evening!

Every thing about our evening from the moment we arrived until we left was everything anyone could have wanted for such an evening.

We went with high expectations. Great looking venue. The menu was good., but unfortunately the food was not. The smoked eggplant was undercooked and under seasoned not the deep, sweet creamy taste that you would expect, with the chickpeas very dry. The pulled pork cigars were lacking flavour- seriously it could’ve been anything. The cured salmon was okay- nothing special. The waiting staff were lovely. And when I mentioned my opinions they were told to offer me more food. We declined- why would I want more food- when my concern was the food?! And yes I am that person who doesn’t leave negative reviews- however it was an expensive disappointment.