Carringbush Dining Room, The Abbotsford, Melbourne

The Carringbush Dining Room Details

The Carringbush Dining Room Address

228 Langridge Street
Abbotsford VIC 3067
Map
The Carringbush Dining Room Website

The Carringbush Dining Room Contact Info

Phone (03) 9417 2918
Fax No (03) 9419 1339

Cuisines

European, Mediterranean, Modern Australian, Vegetarian

Chef

Rick Mikus

Prices

Average Meal Price $35 - based on one entree & main course only
Snacks $6.00-$17.00
Entrees $10.50-$13.50
Mains $19.50-$26.50
Desserts $10.00

Rooms & Capacity

No of Seats 90

Hours

Lunch
Mon to Fri Noon - 3pm
Dinner
Mon to Sat 6pm - 9pm

Serves

Serves Lunch
Serves Dinner

Classifications

Restaurants

User Reviews of The Carringbush Dining Room, Abbotsford

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1 of 1 reader found the following review helpful

7.8 Recommended

Food 10 Ambience 6 Service 8 Value 7

We ended up at the Carringbush by default: a very busy Wednesday night with every pup dinning room we'd tried in Richmond full to overflowing. The Carringbush, by contrast, had room to spare. We quickly discovered why, with meals at city restaurant prices (aournd $32+ a plate) it was more than we wanted to spend after heading out for a quick pub meal with 11 year old in tow.

But it was getting late, we were hungry and we were there. By the end of the night we had certainly spent more than we had wanted to, but the results were astounding. Each meal was absolutely superb, and easily justified the menu prices. Two different steaks and beef cheek were ordered (as I noted we were after hearty pub fare) and each meal was flawless: superbly presented, magnificent ingredients, cooked to perfection.

Even menu adjustments requested for the 11 yo (this is a very grown up menu) were carried out to the letter. So, we have a kitchen producing amazing, restaurant calibre meals: only problem is the Carringbush doesn not "read" as a destination warranting this level of gastronomic achievement. We still felt we were in a pub (and not a gastro pub, a pub), and should have been paying $26 for a nicely cooked steak. The match does not sit easily. Thus, we assume, the sparsely populated room on a very busy night elsewhere (the Royston and Kingston Hotels (front bar) dining rooms had, by contrast, no room at the inn.

I frankly reckon the kitchen staff is wasted here, or they have to invest in a refit and create a better space deserving of the tucker.