Red Hill Epicurean

Starting off with the good things: lovely location, huge and open space. We sat near a fire place and it was really nice.

Now onto the bad:

We arrived right as the restaurant was opening and immediately got out appetizer, the focaccia bread with dips and olives. This was ok but it's also pretty hard to ruin bread and dip. The waiter stood around for nearly an hour and a half waiting for us to finish it before he even thought to bring our mains.

Our main dishes were the wagyu gnocchi and the shrimp pizza (Gamberretto) as suggested by our waiter.

The gnocchi came out and looked like a really simple dish. The gnocchi was mushy and the sauce was nothing special. Honestly it could've been regular ground beef and I wouldn't know the difference. I feel like if you're going to use wagyu you should make it more prominent in the dish.

The Gamberretto pizza was uninspired. It just tasted like plain pizza with shrimp on it. There was no real flavor to it and was really disappointing. To add to all that the pizza was so oily or so wet that it just drooped when you picked it up :/

We debated whether or not to get the apple pie dessert. We thought it'd be just as tragic as the rest of the meal had been but ordered it anyways. It was as expected, not very good.

TLDR; Great location, meh food, get drinks here instead!

The restaurant is located on a quietish street in the back of the bakery cafe. It's quiet spacious and opens to modern rustic interior. I really enjoyed the ambience of this place.

This place serves Italian food. A pasta dish is around $32-$35. The food was delicious and large proportions.

Beautiful restaurant down in Mornington peninsula. Went here for a work dinner after tastings at two wineries.

Woodfired pizzas, wine barrels from ever possible winery in the region and just a beautiful venue. The place is massive and you have a private area with a large wooden door for functions. There were 27 of us and from the moment we sat down to the moment we left, there was free flowing wine and food.

I had the most delicious salmon pizza, salami pizza and marghErita. It was well salted and reminded me of Italy. The garden salad with rocket and radish was delicately balanced with lime and salt and perhaps vinegar.

The lamb penne had a slightly spicy orange base to it. Was scrumptious. The seafood pasta had a lighter sauce and was equally delicious. Didn't really like the vegetarian risotto. Th sticky date pudding was slightly salty and you could taste the crunchy soft dates in the pudding. Sublime. Service was very efficient.

The best Italian I've had to date in Melbourne.

If your heading out to Red Hill way the Epicurean is a must visit. Although it is always packed and you generally need to wait about 20 to 30 minutes it is definitely worth the wait.

Staff are quite pleasant and work very quickly and efficiently. We decided to stop by for lunch for a group of 4 and decided to order several dishes to share.
We had the antipasto platter, polenta chips, waygu beef pasta and the napul'e pizza (buffalo mozzarella and anchovies) and were not disappointed. Would have to say my favourite was the polenta chips!

Terrible food in a lovely setting and atmosphere. Every single thing we ordered was either burnt or bland. Worst meal I've had in ages. Also way overpriced for such basic, boring food.

Lovely afternoon spent with friends for a birthday celebration. We had the whole Shed to ourselves for a group of about 50 people. We were provided with a set menu of, Chartreuse boards, Bread/dips, Chard Brussel sprouts, Gnocchi, Pasta, Wild Rice Risotto, Salads, 3 types of Pizza - Veg, Smoked Salmon and Bresaola. There was a choice of House Merlot which was delicious and sparking water. Finished off with boards with selections of Petit Fours. Service was great and they catered to all dietary needs - Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten free and Lactose free. Will definitely be back again!

Great service, great food, great staff.
We only had one night and dozens of suggested places to eat. So glad we chose this one.

This is a spacious wooden shed like place which can fit large functions say crowds of 100 upwards or so. I arrived earlier than lunchtime to avoid long queues for a table. Delicious dips with bread were served. My main was made of penne pasta, prawns, barramundi, spring onions, and herbs. It was lightly flavoured and not overwhelming for lunch and went well with Roxy wine which ran out very quickly at this place. The interiors of the shed appeared a little on the dark side perhaps due to the rainy winter day. Staff were polite.

Visited in June 2016.

I adore the main restaurant - it's my favorite decadent dinner out on the peninsula. It's for this reason that I feel so disappointed with the cafe at the front. The blatant disregard for the environment puts a sour taste in every latte... Plastic cutlery, throw away cups, individually portioned butter in conveniently disposable plastic tubs- the list goes on. With so much innovation in minimizing waste (eg Joost's pop up restaurants and kitchen compost units) it's quite sickening to me that this otherwise "trendy" place has missed this vital ingredient. I won't go back until they get with the times and cut the trash.

Great food. Great service. What more can you ask for?! Shared the assorted breads with olives & olive oil, calamari (gf) and a Dali pizza. Perfect amount for 2 people. We added lamb sausage to the Dali pizza and it was the perfect mix of veggies and just enough meat. Also tried Mornington golden ale for the first time and was very pleased. The bread was great, olives tasted fresh and calamari was a great addition.
Not to mention the ambiance, old cold storage building that has been beautifully redone. Great for groups!