Three One Two

Ph: 9347 3312; 312 Drummond St, Carlton 3053 www.312.com.au

Best Website, $$ +
Open Fri-Sun noon-3pm Tue-Sat 6.30-10.30pm; Licensed; AE DC MC V
Chef Andrew Mcconnell (5-12-08) Owner Andrew Mcconnell & Pascale Gomes-Mcnabb (5-12-08)

Other published opinions

Courier Mail Food and Wine Guide 2009 Queensland "Andrew McConnell is the quiet achiever of Melbourne's restaurant scene and the relocation of his stylish but laid-back Carlton restaurant to new, far larger and swankier premises in Gertrude Street after this guide comes out should see his light modem food lift - as well as having a more fittingly glamorous home"

Age Good Food Guide 2009 Score: 16.5/20 "Three, One, Two's low-key blend of intellect and passion has a quintessentially Melbourne feel to it. It starts with the dining room, a monochromatic space eschewing obvious designer flourishes for a more subtle, atmospheric approach, a direction that - given the co-owner is the architect - will undoubtedly continue when the restaurant moves to Fitzroy late in 2008"

Gourmet Traveller 2009 Australian Restaurant Guide Score: ** "As we go to print, Andrew McConnell is moving his principal operation to a new site on Fitzroy's Gertrude Street. For now, let's savour the quirks of this Carlton terrace, with its camouflage netting in the window and cowhide on the floor"

Age Good Food Guide 2008 Score: 17/20, Two Hats "It might start with a Claire de Lune oyster mollusc of distinction - dressed with a melon pellet, preserved lemon mousse and samphire"

Gourmet Traveller 2008 Australian Restaurant Guide "It's the rare chef who can balance elegance and whimsy, but Andrew McConnell seems to have the knack"

Age Epicure Restaurants, John Lethlean, 13-6-06 Score: 17/20 "New restaurant? Well, it may share an address with the old Mrs Jones, the restaurant he and partner Pascale Gomes McNabb set up during the Diningroom 211 days and kept while McConnell was working at St Kilda's Circa every day. But Circa's now really a consultancy, and Three, One, Two is an entirely new creature. Sexier, softer, more comfortable acoustically and ergonomically, with its new look, new staff, new food and wine. It has luxury (leather, damask), attitude and an assertive nature (great young staff taking their jobs seriously, but not, thankfully, themselves) and absolute thoroughbred, no-nonsense performance in the kitchen."

Herald Sun Dining Out, Stephen Downes, 25/7/06 Score: 18/20 "Three, One, Two tables some of Melbourne's best Australian cooking. Dishes are complex yet balanced, and the place itself is stylish and intimate. Unusually, Three offers a big spread of foreign wines, including drops from Hungary and Spain and several burgundies. Prices are high, but four table whites and the same number of reds are available by the glass."

Herald Sun Eat, Bob Hart, 15-7-06 "chef Andrew McConnell, who devised Mrs Jones with partner Pascale GomesMcNabb, but cooked elsewhere, is back in the kitchen.And the food emerging from that kitchen - expanded but still compact - is nothing short of sublime.The restaurant has been given a facelift, but nothing too dramatic. The old terrazzo floor, from the days when Donnini's offered generous pasta combos here, still reflects every sound. But now it's all in the best possible taste."