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Hotel Spencer
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(03) 9329 5111
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Restaurant Summary
Cuisine:
Modern Australian
Speciality:
Vegetarian, Function Rooms, Licenced
Price:
$27.50
Entrees: $13 - $18, Main: $27.5 - $36.5, Dessert: $12 - $16.5
Hours:
Sun-Fri 11am-9pm, Sat 3.30pm-9pm
Editorial Review
Celebrating its 10th anniversary later this year, Hotel Spencer is the epitome of gastropub excellence. Having held residence in this west Melbourne location for nearly a decade, ownership changes have naturally occurred and current owners Garry and Robert Edgley have given the Art Deco hotel a refurbishment and new lease on life. The dining room has a certain old world charm reminiscent of a country hotel, with crisp white linens, shiraz coloured walls, wall-mounted blackboard menus and a roaring fire on cold winter eves.
Head chef John Singer, formerly of Harvey's and Zinc in Federation Square, has put together a European menu without a chicken parma or steak sanga in sight. Start with an entree of veal, pork and rabbit terrine with chicken liver parfait, spicy spinach and olive salad with tamarillo chutney, or the Mohr's smoked salmon with soft egg, Lilliput capers, smoked eel and toasted brioche. Follow with a main of lamb rump roasted with oregano, garlic and lemon with an eggplant, tomato and basil salad and tahini and yoghurt dressing, or the duck breast pink roasted with cardamom and sea salt, soft polenta and verjuice. Finish with the plum souffle with cherry ice-cream. Hotel Spencer has a good sized wine list of predominantly Australian varieties.
Veda Wickens, June 2007
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