Seamstress Melbourne

Seamstress Details

Seamstress Address

113 Lonsdale St
Melbourne VIC 3000
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Cuisines

Prices

Average Meal Price $52 - based on one entree & main course only

General Price
Entrees $12.00-$20.00
Mains $26.00-$45.00
Desserts $15.00-$16.00
Set Menu - $65 and $80 banquet style set menus available

Degustation
7 courses
Without wine $90.00
With wine $140.00

Banquet
Banquet $65.00-$80.00
Min No of Guests 4

Prices last updated: 11/2011

Bookings

Bookings are preferred
Maximum group booking size is 50

Rooms & Capacity

No of Seats 50

Seamstress Bar
Cocktail bar
Seating Capacity 60
Standing Capacity 30
Facilities

Seamstress Restaurant
Dining room
Seating Capacity 50
Facilities

Tea / Coffee Maker

Radio

Shower

Refrigerator

Work Desk

Air Conditioning

Ironing Facilities

Hairdryer

Toilet

Wake Up Service / Alarm Clock

Bathroom

Iron

Heating

Balcony

Kitchen

Sweatshop Bar
Cocktail Bar
Seating Capacity 30
Standing Capacity 60
Facilities

Tea / Coffee Maker

Ironing Facilities

Shower

Seating Area

Toilet

Air Conditioning

Microwave

Hairdryer

Washing Machine

Iron

Bathroom

Balcony

Heating

Radio

Kitchen

Refrigerator

Hours

Lunch
Mon to Fri Noon - 3pm
Dinner
Mon to Thu 6pm - 9:30pm
Fri to Sat 5:30pm - 10pm
Remarks
Cocktail bar is open Monday to Thursday 5pm till late, Friday and Saturday 5pm till 1am.
Open on Christmas Eve
Open on New Years Eve

BYO

Corkage per bottle $25.00
Wine Selection
Rather eclectic selection of new and old world wines that not only offers tons of choice but also represents good value for money.

Specialties

Chinatown style BBQ duck with sweet pickled lemon rind and choy sum
Pan seared dollar scallops stuffed with 'tailor' made XO

Serves

Serves Lunch
Serves Dinner
Serves Late Dining

Classifications

Restaurants

Parking

Ample or Convenient Parking
Parking Suggestions
On street parking as well as Wilson car park at 150 Lonsdale street.

Established in 2007

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Seamstress Awards

2009

Bartender Magazine Awards: Australia's Cocktail Bar of the Year

2009

ALIA's: Australia's Best Restaurant Bar

Overview of Seamstress

The location used to be an undergarments factory, hence the name Seamstress. At Seamstress Restaurant, expect no karaoke singing. The ambience is relaxed and naturally cool, similar to the jazz and blues clubs of another time. The décor is modern, with the colourful kimonos as a nod to the roots of its cuisine.

Seamstress’ menu is all about merging traditional pan-Asian ingredients with modern kitchen methods. The emphasis is on shared dining, savoured in a chill yet animated social setting. Since sharing is encouraged, Seamstress is a great place to take your family or a group of friends. You can pair dinner choices of whatever size with drinks from the cocktail bar. Popular treats include steamed scallops, roasted spiced nuts, barbecue duck pancakes and Malay corn fritters.

User Reviews of Seamstress, Melbourne

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Displaying: 1 - 10 of 23 reviews

8.3 Highly Recommended

Food 7 Ambience 10 Service 10 Value 6

I think this is my favourite venue in the city. The floors practically burst with personality, and the staff are always eager to give you the lowdown on what each room was, and is designed to be.

I think the food has been better in the past, which isn't to say it isn't lacking a punch now, more that it has stepped back from chefs hat aspirant to comfortable 14.

Service is great, but I feel sorry for the staff member running food up and down stairs all night!

Apr 15, 2012

PhotoGuy
8

6.5 Recommended

Food 7 Ambience 8 Service 5 Value 6

Every floor has a different story. Love the food and drinks and good hang out place for me and my mates.

Aug 28, 2011

Minime
3

1 Not Recommended

Service 1

Made a booking 3 weeks in advance for a Birthday celebration with a small group only to be called 2 days before the event and told that we cannot have our booking. Spoke to a senior staff who really wasn't interested in talking to me other than to offer a token $50 voucher which had to be used within a month.

The place may have good food but I'll never know, if that is their attitude to customer service! And looking at other reviews, it appears that poor customer service in house isn't much better! So many great places to eat in Melbourne, don't bother giving these clowns your money!

Apr 28, 2011

David A.
1

3.8 Below Average

Food 4 Ambience 7 Service 2 Value 2

Went to this restaurant with a group a couple of months ago and loved it. But back again this week and found the food had gone downhill a bit. The waitress was abrupt and didn't listen to what we asked for. We then spent the rest of the night trying to get what we wanted. No apology. Then finally got booted out for the next sitting while people were still drinking coffee. Disappointing in the end.

Dec 09, 2010

Julietc
2

0 of 1 reader found the following review helpful

2 Not Recommended

Food 2 Ambience 2 Service 2 Value 2

Annoying, officious, intrusive service from a waitress that was persistently trying to upsell. Well presented dishes, but tiny portions that offer poor value for money. I had some undercooked chicken that was blood red throughout. The service was over-the-top, until the raw chicken was pointed out, it then became non-existent. No apology was made.

The basement is a cool cellar hangout but the low cheap timber bench seats are really uncomfortable and completely impractical. Similar dishes are available in Chinatown proper for a third of the price, not as well presented, quiet, cool an ambience though. The place is trying to be a fine classy dining establishment but fails, reminding me of a tall bleached blonde with a fur coat and no knickers.

Jul 30, 2010

alexmelbourne
1

2 of 3 readers found the following review helpful

3.5 Below Average

Food 2 Ambience 4 Service 4 Value 4

This restaurant has seriously gone down hill in the past few months. It used to be our favorite, however, since it has been bought by the new owner there isn't a hint of consistency to the food or cocktails.

May 11, 2010

john0107
1

0 of 1 reader found the following review helpful

3.3 Below Average

Food 1 Ambience 5 Service 6 Value 1

Found this restaurant over priced, small portions and food to be tasteless or it had a wacky mix of spices that made you believe that the kitchen staff just through it into the dish and had no idea what on earth he was doing. We left still hungry and also out of pocket cost $160 per head for one main dish and one dessert and one glass of red wine. This was definitely one of the worst restaurant food we had tasted for a long time, very disappointed and would not recommend this place to anyone!

Mar 15, 2010

Sanjayaud
1

10 Highly Recommended

Food 10 Ambience 10 Service 10 Value 10

This is our regurlar Tuesday night spot. We start with the cocktails upstairs which are delicious! The bartenders are really knowledgeable about cocktails and quite happily tell you all about it. We usually have bar food (corn fritters are the best) but last week we ventured down the restaurant and had the best sticky saucy pork and 5 spice quail! Our favorite place just got a better!

Mar 09, 2010

yorkshire
5

1 of 1 reader found the following review helpful

8.8 Highly Recommended

Food 9 Ambience 9 Service 9 Value 8

Was here on 12 February for a first sitting and the food was deee-licious. I would recommend the scallops if you like them bursting with delicate flavour and a great texture. Agree that the food is asian fusion and a totally great restaurant to have a table for two or a get-together. Service was exemplary.

Feb 26, 2010

meganubbin
11

1 of 1 reader found the following review helpful

8.5 Highly Recommended

Food 8 Ambience 10 Service 8 Value 8

What a great little place. Came here with 3 of my mates, all of us not having been there before. Grub was yummy, very very yummy, you won't be disappointed. The interior is fantastic and the service was top tier and friendly. Seamstress is versatile with the kind of occasion you can celebrate there, don't go here just casually a nice place to celebrate an event.

Be careful, there are 2 sessions and this is fairly strictly held to, so much so we weren't able to order desserts because we needed to vacate for the next session to start! So get there on time and don't dawdle with the order, like we did. Remember to bring your Entertainment card!

Aug 30, 2009