The Sherlock Holmes — Restaurant in Melbourne

The Sherlock Holmes (SH) has a broad selection of beer on tap and, good food. A quaint little pub that no doubt would be full of Collins Street lawyer types and, other ”suits ” on a Friday night.

The SH serves, on draught/tap, a treasure that is hard in the southern hemisphere, Fullers London Pride. ”Pride” is a standout ale - in my opinion - in the highly parochial English beer market. Widely available in a bottle in Australia, Pride is rarely found on tap and, even more seldom sold in sufficient volume to ensure a good drink. The SH delivers a good pint of Pride, in quality glassware, from well-maintained beer lines thus, leaving no bad aftertaste. When I was at SH, on a quiet Monday night, the seating was scarce; this is a small pub, located in a basement which added to the atmosphere. For dinner (tea) I ordered the ”Pie of the Day” with chips. The pie is an English style pie, and I enjoyed it. On the night I was there the pie was chicken and leek. It was simple, good quality pub food with light flavours which isn't untypical for ’English pub’ food. Served with chips and, (brown) gravy, the portion size was appropriate but, if you're a big eater or, particularly hungry, it mightn't be a large enough meal. Lots if TVs in the bar area provides, on the whole, an unencumbered view of the sport on offer; perhaps predictably the TV's were tuned to EPL football/soccer available from Optus. It must be noted that the access to the pub is not disability friendly because of the steps leading you down to the main entrance and, no signage to direct you to a disabled entrance.

On balance a nice pub, with a solid food offering that is worth the effort. The English and, Irish, pub market not short of choices at Southern Cross station end of Collins Street in Melbourne. The food is competitively priced and, at $12.20 a pint, the beer is...

If you want taste on youre plate then come here, the warm welcome you recieve upon entry, I asked for a beer wich was down stairs and the bar tender was more then welcome to head down stairs and bring me back the beer I desired. I ordered the bubble and squeak fritters, the scotched eggs and a sausage now this was 3 separate meals however the kitchen was more then happy to pop it all on one plate. From the first bite into the fritter my eyes lit up with joy. The flavour explosion was incredible. I then moved onto the eggs, now I have never had a scotched egg before but something about them wrapped in pork mince and crumbs caught my eye. Eggs where perfect nice an soft and the second flavour bomb hit me . I looked at the waitress an nodded my head , the 3rd , the sausage , looks like an average sausage until bam 3rd flavour bomb. I couldn't believe the party that was going on on my tastes buds. Then came the gravy I thought to myself no surely its just the typical pub gravy nope wrong again after seeing the velvet skim on top of the gravy and dipping in each part I ordered was the icing on the cake. Not to thick, not to over the top where you think you need 3 litres of water after , just a nice balance to compliment all 3 dishes. Definitely in my top 10 meals I've ever had. Next time visiting Melbourne this will be my first stop to start my journey again.

Well done to all staff with their friendly hellos , warm smiles and kind gestures. And the chef hats off to you be proud you have a great menu and explosion of flavours.

Couldn't rate this place...

Prepare to get ripped off by these people, it would seem they have no scruples. I ordered a soda water for my wife who is 6 months pregnant and they charged, wait for it....$7 for a soda water!!! Not a bottle of Perrier, no no, soda water FROM THE POSTMIX GUN. What the actual?? I have worked hospitality for 25 years and in all my time and all my venues I have never, ever once charged a single cent for soda water from a postmix gun. It's just tap water that gets carbonated on its way through, it costs them a fraction of one cent. Do they prefer pregnant women to drink alcohol? It'd certainly be cheaper. If they want to blatantly fleece their own customers they should at least have the decency to inform them. "Hey just so you know, a glass of postmix soda water costs $7 dollars". But nup, they say nothing as it would appear that they are actively trying to rip you off. No-one could possibly believe that postmix soda water costs anything, let alone $7 dollars. I will lodging a complaint with Consumer Affairs. With all the domestic violence going on in this country you think they'd want to encourage drinking a glass of water for men. And for a pregnant woman even more so. As far as I can tell these people are simply disgusting human beings with no respect for their customers and no ethical values. Do not come here - ever. Avoid these people and spend your time at another venue with positive vibes...