Annie Lewis Winehouse — Restaurant in Melbourne

Wanted to love it, didn't....

Strange attempt at a wine bar with super sub-par service. When you're in melb and trying to compete with the high quality offers concentrated in the inner north you have to be sharper.

Firstly, wine bar, spring in melb, and I ask for a chilled red-no go, looked at like I asked for a Big Mac meal. Seems pretty backward and obviously they had some nice drops on the pour, but not progressive.

Secondly, a quiet night, with myself and my friends putting quite a bit of cash over the bar, dark haired guy seemed fairly disinterested. No engagement about what we were drinking or what we might like-pub or wine bar...cos the prices suggest a better level of service than that received. Gets to about 8.30, last drinks, ok cool we get another round and settle outside. Then we get another warning at 8.45, felt like I was in grade school, we've got it, we still have drinks. Plenty of clean down to do, please stop hassling customers. Gets to about 8.59, one in the group had a sip or 2 left and we were gathering our things before this fellow comes back out, stands over the table and says 'time to go'. No, I'm not kidding. Every other table was still on the side walk, he could have easily started to take these in, or done any other task while we wrapped up but this hospo beginner thought it was best option to stand over us and shoo us off, interrupting our convo and leaving a poor taste in our mouth.

Can't be a high end wine bar with the night club ethos of chucking the lights on booting everyone out with so little tact.

My advice, go 1.5km further north and hit any of the mutliple, better offers in and around...

Called in here mid week, so the numbers where not to high. Found the atmosphere to be cosy although the establishment itself not really reflective of this. The staff member was very knowledgable in the drinks available therefore helpful in suggesting the exact drinks we where after. There it went down hill a bit, the seating sittuated central in the store is a high long narrow table. My partner who is in a wheelchair sat with her forehead, level with the top of the table, so we reverted to sitting on the bench which runs along the side and used the same as our table. So although not the most comfortable, we made do. I should point out there are smaller tables with chairs but these are located up a small flight of stairs, so no good if youre a wheelie I pointed this out and the staff member agreed and said they will do something about it. He seemed genuine and l hope he does...

3.4

Not sure this works. The place is long not wide. It’s an old shop conversion and therefore long and narrow. There’s a communal table in the middle of the narrow space which is made narrower still by shelves of wine and a counter. It’s squeezy from both sides. People stand beside the communal table drinking and talking and block the way for anyone to pass. The space is ok inside but I’m not sure there’s much to fully lift it above ordinary. Having said that, it’s quite nice up the back in the elevated part of the bar. Good spot for a quiet drink with a friend perhaps. The wine list looks ok too. Jury’s out. Another...