Miznon — Restaurant in Melbourne

Let me start by saying, great service and welcoming attitude the moment I walked in, 5 stars for all the team, kitchen and floor.

I was hoping for a gastronomically pleasant experience, but no matter how much I wanted to taste the goodness Miznon is known for, I was disappointingly left with a rather bland Abu Kamal (lamb kebab pita). It just couldn't quite reach those wanted flavours.

Then, whilst still processing the lingering disappointment, I've been struggling with painful gastroenteritis for the last 24 hours, starting a few hours after I ate the lamb pita. I'm hoping it's been a misfortunate, once off event as I do not wish this upon any of Miznon's customers.

I'm wishing this restaurant my sincerest success, but I won't be...

We're big fans of Miznon in the city so we were glad to find this place had opened up in Collingwood where parking is less of an issue :) The menu is mostly the same - notably the "bag of golden meat" is missing - but other than that, we love the food here. You can't go wrong with the baby cauliflower and the bag of green beans. The pitas looks small but are filling and most of them taste delicious. If you're going to get the pita off-cuts, get them with the dips (mezze) because the $3 option is plain and dry by itself. No alcohol is served here (yet) but the ambience is lovely and the overall dining experience continues to...

Had lunch here with friends on the recommendation of a neighbouring art gallery volunteer. We all enjoyed the food, sharing plates of mezze, lamb shawarma, and kebab schpachtel, washed down with glasses of hot tea. There were a couple of challenges: 1) a huge step to get into the shop - they seriously need to place a low step stool or some bricks on the pavement so you can step up. 2) it was a cold rainy day and they had the huge folding wall open, so my wife had to get a jumper from the car to wear under her coat 3) the music was so loud that we couldn't hear each other across the table - they graciously turned it down...