restaurant doesn’t want birds near their tables. I’m resisting the obvious jokes. 5. Smells If you can ... or the cooking oil or the restaurant is on fire. 6. Carpet I’m particularly thinking about loud ... physically. If your hands are sticky after touching a menu then the restaurant very probably doesn’t care ... Over 20 items split across entrée, main and dessert is pushing it. If a restaurant is trying...

Being that my trip to the States is coming to a rapid close, I decided that there was no better way to spend a beautiful fall evening than visiting one of a handful of Spanish Tapas Restaurants in the Northern suburb of Evanston, Illinois. Squeezed amongst the plethora of high ...

Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, near The George Cinema if you really want to visit.

... and sandals. But this isn’t a story about the bizarre dress codes in Brisvegas. It is about a restaurant ... tasted – and swallowed – four saki, all cold but different and excellent. I tried googling the names so...

Faxed to Crikey! by a restaurateur. Apparently, the message which was printed on a small card that was slipped in with a recent bill payment. Restaurant reviewers for the Melbourne Age's Epicure food section appear to be banned from...

Can anybody tell me if there is any bloody restaurant around Melbourne that isn't playing James Blunt as background music? Candle in the wind or even Chris de Burgh would make a welcome change...

There may have been crumbs on three stainless steel tabletops. the so-cool staff can seem like they are ignoring you. But the bar lunches at Pearl (631-633 Church St, Richmond, Vic 3121 03 9421 4599) are stunners. The Vietnamese spring rolls are addictive, more refined and flavoursome that the hard-core ethnic version. And the fish head curry is both stunning to look at and eat (why didn’t I...

Do you ever get the sense that some restaurants are taking the piss? You know what happens, they begin serving quality cheap food, have friendly efficient service and a reasonaby priced wine list. Actually, coming to think of it...

Today's special is garnish, PR garnish that is. Apparently, the St Kilda Wagamama isn't closing but relocating to the Melbourne CBD even thought the space is closed and up for rent. The noodle bar was never very busy perhaps...

A new restaurant needs to be put in context. For Lau’s Family Kitchen (4 Acland St, St Kilda 3182 ... ’s finest Chinese restaurant. He’s sold out of Melbourne’s Flower Drum. This year it slipped (sans ... ’t some flash opening party, simply the first night of a new restaurant which until late this afternoon ... as starting any new restaurant often is. No stars that I know of attended. But I recognised plenty of local...