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Hotel Nest
Ph: 9699 9744; 111 Victoria Ave, ALBERT PARK 3206
Modern Australian, $$
Open Tue-Fri-Sun noon-2.3Dpm Tue-Fri 5.30-10pm Sat-Sun 6-10pm; Licensed; AE MC V EFT
Chef Paul Raynor (5-12-08) Owner Michelle Matthews (5-12-08)
Other published opinions
Age Good Food Guide 2009 Score: 13/20 "What was until recently the 1980s zeitgeist hangout Red Eagle has been remodelled into a much classier affair, with low-key fittings straight from Wallpaper* magazine and a large dining room with ceilings to match its lofty aspirations"
Herald Sun Stephen Downes, 29-07-08 Score: 13/20 "Hotel Nest serves correct standard brasserie out of 20 A dishes that barely reach the boundaries, let alone push beyond them. The wine list is excellent in length and variety, but hugely expensive. Very few bottles are in the $30 range, and six table whites and five reds come by the glass."
Herald Sun 10-06-08 Score: *** "Refined food from a highly accomplished chef set this place apart from most foodie pubs: superb steak tartare, chicken liver parfait, ox-cheek on mash, the chef's own peach Melba you decide"
The Age John Lethlean, 13-5-2008 Score: 13/20 "Cash. That's what this is really all about, isn't it? How much of it they want and what you get in return. And in the food and wine department, Nest has a pretty keen pencil. You may have noticed $14.50 entrees in your local all-day breakfast place lately, so seeing several here, given the quality of the crockery, service - and of course, cooking - comes as a pleasant surprise. Ditto mains. And a super wine list. Paul Raynor is the chef, and his menu is your classic Brit-Pack mixed bag, although most of these things have been around since his days at Stokehouse. A while."
Herald Sun Bob Hart, 01-03-08 "since the coining of the unfortunate word "gastropub'" , which may once have constituted a health warning, pubs have lifted their games. To the point where some very fine food can be found in them, and at prices more realistic than those asked by fashionable restaurants. I can think of no better example of this than Hotel Nest - a pub in Albert Park, formerly known as the Red Eagle."
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