Bar Lourinha - Melbourne

We came to this restaurant after seeing The Chef's Line. The offerings did not live up to our expectations which were heightened by the chef show casing his cooking skills. The prices were nevertheless up there amongst the higher one charged by top class restaurants. And come on put a paella on the menu. You claim to be a Spanish restaurant!

Fantastic food, staff were great and very friendly, buzzy atmosphere. Absolutely loved it. We had heaps of share plates and a terrific Spanish wine.

Always delightful from the food to the genuine service. If the padron peppers are on the specials, don't miss gem!

We Called in for a late lunch which all went really well with the food being delicious and the service attentive and helpful.At that point I would have readily recommended this restaurant to anyone, the as we were finishing up our last half a glass of wine after the desser pages were cleared a large group was put on our table.I get the style of dining involves shared tables and we shared our quite happily with another couple as we arrived with no issue but this group was big enough that one persons was propped on a corner and uncomfortable to the point we felt like we were geting the bum's rush out the door 2 minutes after our desert was cleared.And this was at 4:30 in the afternoon so the restaurant was hardly packed out. It certainly soured or visit which was quite good up until that point.

Stumbled across this little gem when we were looking for a drink. Wait staff amazing. The waiter we had (Nick) was brilliant. Bar was packed but promptly found us a table and made us feel at home. A must visit.