The Acorn Bar & Restaurant — Restaurant in Melbourne

The following review was posted some years ago yet seems to have just turned up again as a 'recent' review. As I can't force this old review back down to the area where the other old reviews are I will make the following comments to update it. All the positives in this old review (see below)still hold true, but I would like to correct the comment about the food as this no longer reflects my views now (some years later). These days the food is a very fair price for the area and for what you get. The meals are of a very high quality. It's a great place for a special night out - for any occasion.

Below is the review from some years ago that has somehow returned to the top of the reviews masquerading as a current review (the part that comments on the food is no longer relevant):

'This is my "local" (even though we live 15min drive away!). Absolutely love this place - great live bands (many different one's catering for a broad range of musical tastes), 75% of the crowd are very friendly regulars (we've got to know a lot of people), great ambience, good range of beers and wines. Only downside is that although the food is really great, it is too expensive. It's sad that most of the regulars don't chose to eat much other than snacks there because of the price.'

Hope this corrects things and helps out the Acorn - don't want any reputations sullied by old reviews pretending to...

I was there last night and horrified to see a group of women dancing to the band and obviously enjoying themselves, how dare they behave in this fashion at such a high end establishment. Fortunately the owner, a man of obvious fine tailoring and high education stepped in and told them to stop. He was even kind enough to offer one of the women “a pole out the back if she wanted to dance that way”. What a fine gentleman, thankfully he saved us from ensuring any more of their fun and laughter! Update: And a nice quick response from the man of the hour! How fortunate we are to have someone of your stature protecting us and our strict family values, I feel it’s and invaluable service you are providing, and with witty commentary like offering one of your patrons a pole to dance on out the back and then telling them to F$&@ off and never come back as they left. I only wish there were more of you out there protecting us from the evils of...

We waited almost an hour for our meals. If it was busy, or we were warned, I wouldn't have minded, but everybody was getting cranky and hungry before the meals eventually came out. The waitresses looked miserable, maybe they aren't looked after. The food itself was nice, and the venue was alright. They just need to work on their service and improve the decor a little and it would be a really nice place.

Ok, I just dropped the rating down to 1 star because a couple of us made the mistake of ordering dessert. Another 45 minutes later for a couple of bowls of ice-cream and pudding is obscene. This isn't a once off either, as other people with us commented that the service was terrible last time also.

If you have the patience to eat here, order your food in advance, then...