The Melbourne Supper Club

1st floor, 161 Spring St

Melbourne 3000

03 9654 6300

Sun-Mon 7pm-4am

Tue-Thu 5:00pm 4:00am 

Fri 5:00pm 6:00am 

Sat 8:00pm 6:00am  

'No flash photography' the waitress tells me sternly after I'd taken a happy snap.Oh the embarrassment. In front of everyone she spoke to me like I was tourist, or even worse-like I was poor! That's the thing with The Melbourne Supper Club, the place seems so fancy and exclusive, every time you go in for a drink you feel like you've rightly been thrust into the next tax bracket. But as you walk through the non-descript door and up the narrow stairs into the plush sitting area, you are not greeted by a burly Valentino-suited henchman requesting the secret handshake, but friendly, knowledgeable and there-to-please staff. 

I understand the no flash photography policy, as The Melbourne Supper Club is all about quiet times to contemplate life and the vintage vino you are drinking. It feels so lush and secretive with its Chesterfields, armchairs and wooden steps that lead up to a beautiful giant window that overlooks parliament house. It's the kind of place you can imagine upper management bring their Mistresses to.

Now, a good worker never blames their tools for shotty work, so I can't really blame the camera I had with me on the night for the bad photos and the so-so review that follows. I can however blame the 6 or so drinks I had had prior to even arriving at The Melbourne Supper Club, a couple of them just upstairs in the outdoor area at the fantastic Siglo(affiliated with TMSC) with their Cuban cigars and single malt whiskys. But I digress...
The wine menu at The Melbourne Supper Club is legendary-huge, with several pages divided and dedicated to grape variety or regional blends. If it seems too much to take in just ask the bar staff, they know what they are talking about. The beers available here are also impressive, from Australia to the Czech Republic and beyond. so if you are a beer aficionado you will still feel quite at home here. 
The food, oh the glorious nibbles. I will give you a run down as to what we ate and how spectacular it was, but there will be no prices, and why? Because it was date night and we were too busy being in love to take note of the prices, and also because we truly were 3 sheets to the wind.

Meatballs in tomato sauce. Lovely, with a rich and generous amount of tomato sauce with lots bread for soaking.

Spanakopita. I've had alot of these little guys in my lifetime and I love them. These parcels were crispy and flavoursome, as good as any Greek mammas.

Foie gras.  Oh lordie! Decadent and creamy with brioche and some sort of sweet paste. Fantastic stuff, if you've not had this delicious and politically incorrect delicacy, then give yourself a treat, even if it is just the once. So good in fact that we had 5 serves-yes 5! It was date night after all.

In total the bill came to about $240, which is a happy amount of dosh, but we wanted to treat ourselves, after all my husband is a chef and works about 70 hours a week, I'm just coming out of maternity leave and so am at home most of the week with 1 year old-and there aren't enough hours in the week for the amount of work I do. 

The Melbourne Supper Club is a fabulous wine bar and one of the many reasons I love this city. 

So do yourselves a favour and drop in for a glass of wine, a bit of food and more importantly a little bit of 'you' time.

Ratings out of 10
Food 8/10
Service 8/10

Atmosphere 9/10

Value 7/10

Melbourne Supper Club  8/10

Would I return? Yes, always seem to end up here before heading home.