Housed in an elegant Victorian terrace, past the bohemian enclave of Melbourne's famous Brunswick Street, offering seasonal contemporary cuisine and professional hospitality since 1994. Licensed & BYO wine.
Recent reviews and Awards
Age Good Food Guide 2011 Score: 16.5/20
By appearances, Matteo's is a chic European dining room with salon-style decor, but the menu defies expectations, showing a more contemporary mindset is at play in the kitchen. Japanese influences are intricately woven into chef Brendan McQueen's handiwork. Matteo's is welcoming, sophisticated and assured. In the theatre of fine dining,
this is a polished performance.
Best Modern Australian Restaurant
Restaurant and Catering 2010 Victorian Awards for Excellence
Gourmet Traveller 2011 Australian Restaurant Guide
With its wallpapered and opulently draped dining room – all rich colours, snowy linen and flattering lighting – Matteo's looks like a classic Italian fine-diner. But while it has taken the best elements of that genre – crack service, a sense of occasion, attention from the ever-present owner Matteo Pignatelli – it has mostly ditched Europe for a modern take on Asian. A smart bar completes the well-balanced, accomplished package.
40/50 - Simon Plant Herald Sun
Trend spotters overlook this enchanted dining room, but now is the time to revisit Matteo's for its exciting Asian-influenced food; Italian hospitality and worldly style ...Matteo's is relaxed luxury. French antiques here, Venetian glass there and lively paintings. Gauzy lamps wrapped in gold ribbon cast a buttery glow over diners. Would I go back? – DEFINITELY [November 2008]
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- Restaurant/cafe