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Vue De MondevsCafe Di Stasio
Vue de Monde and Cafe Di Stasio are both endorsed by expert writers. On balance, Vue de Monde is preferred by most professionals compared to Cafe Di Stasio. Vue de Monde comes in at #2 in Melbourne with approval from 8 reviewers such as DK Eyewitness, Lonely Planet and Concierge.
Vue De Monde
Concierge
Insight Guides
Time Out
DK Eyewitness
Rough Guide
Travel + Leisure
The Infatuation
Level 55, 525 Collins Street., Rialto Building 55th. Floor, Melbourne, Victoria 3000
From $131/night
Concierge "The focal point of executive chef Shannon Bennett's modern French dining room is a gleaming open kitchen, and her team's culinary wizardry is reflected in the polished-metal panels above."
Insight Guides "Regularly nominated as one of Australia’s two best restaurants, Shannon Bennett’s Vue de Monde is for diners who don’t mind paying top dollar for extraordinary food."
Time Out "Vue De Monde still represents the pinnacle of fine-dining in Melbourne – if you can get in." Full review
DK Eyewitness "Melbourne’s answer to Jamie Oliver, the youthful and European-trained chef-cum-author Shannon Bennett serves up exquisite modern French cuisine in his new CBD premises."
Rough Guide "Regarded as one of the country’s best restaurants, chef Shannon Bennett has blended fine French cuisine with contemporary imagination."
Travel + Leisure "The views from the 55th floor of the Rialto Tower are stunning, as is Shannon Bennett's French-inspired cuisine." Full review
The Infatuation "There aren’t many places to eat with a view in Melbourne, but Vue du Monde, on the 55th floor of the Rialto building, is the best way to do it." Full review
Cafe Di Stasio
Fodor's
Lonely Planet Time Out DK Eyewitness The Infatuation Time Out
31 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria 3182, Australia
From $0/night
Fodor's "This upscale bistro treads a very fine line between mannered elegance and decadence." Full review
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If the amazingly delicate crayfish omelet is on the menu, do yourself a favor and order it.
Lonely Planet "Capricious white-jacketed waiters, a tenebrous Bill Henson photograph and a jazz soundtrack set the mood. The Italian menu has the appropriate drama and grace." Full review
Time Out "Café Di Stasio: the St Kilda Legend where the long lunches of the '80s never quit." Full review
DK Eyewitness "Muted lighting, views onto Fitzroy Street, impeccable and friendly service in a small and cosy dining room."
The Infatuation "Cafe Di Stasio is one of the Melbourne restaurant big guns, but also off the radar of most tourists." Full review
Time Out "You could go a buttery chardonnay from Di Stasio’s own vineyard, but you’re also sitting on one of the best wine lists in town. That’s the beauty of this bar...they serve that pasta so proper-Italian" Full review
