Review 540 On Barkly - Footscray

Quick coffee stop, which was really good. Keen to try the menu next time. Tried the menu 👍 Generous meals, Little mix up on the drinks ordered, but a decent location. Beer garden out back.

Services are so nice and food is very good! Baby friendly environment too! Highly recommended. Thank you!

Beautiful food outstanding service luv luv luv Defo coming back thank you Simon for great atmosphere

Awesome experience, great food and service.

Very comfortable and welcoming vibe. Delicious bistro food. I had the double cooked lamb's ribs! Great place for a family celebration as mine was. Looks to be a great place for any reason.

540 has been my go to for dinners out with a group for years. Very flexible - no problem with one person just having a drink or going straight to dessert (hello awesome sticky date pudding back from the 90s). Always happy to split payment. Great local vibe with regulars having a drink and people greeting one another. The food is always great and the service just right - good but not pretentious.

We found a this great local bar/restaurant and highly recommend this place. We had a porterhouse steak and salmon. Will come back to try other items on the menu.

Wow. What a little gem. Went here for dinner on a Friday night and was pleasantly surprised at how good the menu is. It has something for everyone and is great quality. I had the Porterhouse and it was like cutting through butter. Incredible. The sticky date pudding was outstanding too. Great atmosphere, great service. Do yourself a favour and drop in. Will definately come back.

Had my 50th Birthday and my son's 18th Birthday celebrations in the upstairs function room, and would recommend this to anyone interested in having either a work function or personal party. The finger food was some of the best we have tasted at various functions. Four days later and our friends and family were still commenting on how good the food was. Both delicious and served hot. I can recommend the Arancini Balls, Fish Goujons, Salt & Pepper Squid, Crumbed Calamari and Orawn Gyoza. Staff were attentive and friendly. Five Stars

Food was amazing!! The aranchini were delicious and the chicken parmigiana was sensational! It was massive and best of all it wasn’t on top of the chips 😍 Service was top notch! Will definitely be going back!

Bistro-style menu, and the food is on a par with the best bistro meals I've ever had, at a very reasonable price. A quieter environment too, despite our group adding 4 kids under 5 years old to the mix! If we are ever out Footscray way again we will be back.

Our favourite in West Footscray! Delicious pub style food, great beer selection. We have been here at least 10-15 times (lost count). The food is always delicious, perfectly seasoned and super consistent. The service is perfect, really friendly and attentive but not in your face. Awesome beer garden too. See you again soon!! P.S. Cajun chicken forever.

Wow - best food, atmosphere & value around - recommend them 100% for your next special event

Always get amazing service, Food quality is fantastic portion sizes are great value for money. If you haven't eaten here you must try Great food and service ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Good good value and very delicious was with good friends and had a lovely time. Service and atmosphere could not be faulted we all thoroughly enjoyed our meals and experience well done can recommend

Great local bar/restaurant. Always consistent & friendly staff! It's a regular! The ginger beer is spot on too!�

Lovely staff, great service and the food is exceptional. Our reliable and enjoyable local, keep it up guys!

Very nice tapas and nicely fitted out place, might come back on a non rainy day and sit in the very inviting looking beer garden.

Great vibes, food, drinks and service! please buy the Keilor pub we need you in our neighbourhood!

Thank god for 540..Everything on the menu is total perfection. The service fantastic and the wine/ beer list is outstanding!!

I had my 30th Birthday in the upstairs function room and I couldn't of picked a better venue! Simon was amazing helpful! The space is perfect for a party, with your own bar, bathrooms and balcony. The fingerfood was delicious, I had multiple guests comment how nice the food was, and there was plenty of it. Thanks so much!!! :)

thanks heaps... fabulous service ... great food...loved the garden�

Best in the west ... Food was 10/10... Great Service. Friendly staff...

This place is really nice. I have been now two nights in a row and the food and service was awesome. Thanks guys we will be back 😊

In a word - Friendly. Booking was a pleasant experience. Four in our party were welcomed to drinks at bar before being seated. It’s a simple, no frills space that delivers no frills well cooked , what some would call “pub staples”. Gyoza, calamari and saganaki entrees were shared, all were excellent. The mains included lamb ribs, gnocchi, salmon and pie which were all well presented and tasty.

Our favourite in West Footscray! Delicious pub style food, great beer selection. We have been here at least 10-15 times (lost count). The food is always delicious, perfectly seasoned and super consistent. The service is perfect, really friendly and attentive but not in your face. Awesome beer garden too. See you again soon!!

The best calamari I've eaten. Food in general is great and staff are super friendly. Been a few times and will be back many more. Once again, the calamari is simply phenomenal

One of the nicer dining places in West Footscray for lunch. The gyozas were tasty, the pork rib eye was so tender, we also tried the salmon which was a little over done but still good. The staff were attentive and only came if required. Overall, we had a relaxing enjoyable lunch, perfect atmosphere for adult dining.

I've been here a few times now and I have never been disappointed with the meal.Service can bit a bit slow at times and the ambiance can get rowdy as it is also a bar.It has a good selection of beverages with many Australian beers on offer. Twobirds (local brewery in Spotswood) was the main selection in the specials.The spaghetti pescatori (with tomato based sauce) is brilliant - seafood fresh and calamari not overcooked, clams however were a bit gritty.<br/>At this price point definitely a place to visit for Australian / Italian cuisine.<br/> <br/><br/>After my first review - I have decided to increase the rating of this place after more subsequent visits.This place has found a place in my heart and my belly.<br/>I recommend to try the steak with the pepper sauce as well now!

✅ Meatballs were ace! Try them!<br/>✅ Portions are big - we needed to take away!<br/>✅ Good choice of local, Aussie & international beers.<br/>⚠️ Service was okay - I think they were a bit understaffed the night we went.<br/>⚠️ It can get pretty noisy, and those who've had a few too many 🍻 add to this noise in the dinning area.

Pretty good value and service, steak special is a solid meal, very calm yet professional table service and comfy decor. Beers on tap are good as well not skimping, have very fresh kegs, not watered or flat.

Been here five or six times now. Service is super friendly. I've had something different every time. Always fresh and tasty and there are still a bunch of things I want to try!

Great food. Really friendly staff . We were there on the weekend and had popcorn pork omg it was delicious. Good choice of wine aswell..................................

540 is a gem, this place is exactly what we need in the area. Fantastic food, outstanding service and the staff are so friendly and welcoming. Book me in 😄 Love this place

We had the calamari which was lovely- crunchy and not too oily.<br/><br/>I had the pork eye rib which was gorgeous with the roast veggies. My friend had the gnocchi which was a bit disappointing.<br/><br/>Service after the tapas was just a bit slow however it was a Friday.

We recently booked the upstairs space to have a birthday party here. Due to various circumstances we had to cancel the party 2 weeks out. Simon was incredibly understanding and professional with us, and we were really happy with how he resolved it with us.I cannot rate them high enough for their understanding and the ease at which it was working with them.The event space looked great and hopefully we will use it in the future

Delicious simple food. Each morsel of the steak and mushroom pie was delectable. Crispy pie crust, warm and soft mash and flavoursome steak. The roast vegetables were full of flavour too. Staff were very friendly and accomodating. They served us ice water bonus points for me there because I hate when restaurants serve room temp water! We will be coming back!

A new local fav been twice in two weeks. Food great value good service.<br/>Very enjoyable. <br/>...................................................

5/5 stars for their spaghetti pescatore ! quality seafood in an oil based sauce with a hint of chilli cooked to perfection!  Been here twice and ordered it twice. I can eat this again and again. wish it wasn't THAT GOOD so i might try something else on their menu. <br/><br/> lovely staff too. they gave us enough attention when required and left us alone otherwise which was great. The venue itself is simple yet very pleasant. The owner jazzed it up with very large pieces of original artwork and paintings. I really appreciate and enjoy this.

The staff really make this place! So friendly and knowledgable and talk to you like they've known you for years. <br/>Came for the $12 lunch special we saw on Facebook and had the Schnitz burger. Was really tasty and you get to choose your own dipping sauce for the fries. The picture makes the burger look tiny but it was pretty big! <br/>Great selection of beers and at very reasonable prices. <br/>The place doesn't look like much from the outside but very well decorated on the inside!

Little gem in my area ...amazing food super yummy and great value for money. A must go to place ! Tried this on a specials night and quantity and quality both very satisfying one if the best place in footscray without a doubt

What happens when you’re trying to diet and maintain a healthy lifestyle you have been struggling to keep up on the daily? Well, you usually receive a vague text such, “ciders. same place. 6pm.” just before your gym session. How could I say no? I’m not a monster. Thus, started the evening at 540 on Barkly situated on Barkly Street in West Footscray. I must confess, I love to share. Sharing food with friends is a great reason to fill up your table with an array dishes you have never tried before. This is especially true when you’re friends with people who’re usually not so sensible and over order beyond their stomach real estate can handle. My kind of people.

Best food in the west by far. My favourites include Simons chicken breast and their amazing burgers! Lovely people and awesome service every time.

Verdict? We were lucky enough to snap up a Cudo deal for four tapas and a dessert to share between two people, which finally gave us an excuse to check out this local venue. The feast was an absolute bargain at $25 and everything was pretty tasty, especially the bruschetta and the sticky date pudding. The staff were friendly, and the environment was clean, modern and had a pub feel. We'd happily return for a drink and a bite or two!

Expensive food, but readily describable as "good", though not $36 amazing. The desserts though, were mind-blowingly great (brown ale pudding, oh god). Top atmosphere and service to justify the price.

The food was of average quality nothing to return to even though the servings were large <br/>One of the guests ordered a wine which didn't taste quite right and told the waitress who was relatively nice about and offered to change it for another glass<br/>When the bill came the guest was charged for the glass of wine that was returned ,and after querying it, the waitress and the manager were very rude and extremely defensive <br/>Their argument was what we were supposed to do with the full glass of wine you returned we can't re sell it seriously it makes me very worried about ordering wine from there ever again <br/>Not a good approach if you want return customers considering we were a table of 6 that will never return over $6 glass of wine

Had dinner here last night with the family and we were all extremely impressed with the venue, menu and the attentive waiting staff and we will definitely be going back. One suggestion though is to leave room for the best sticky date pudding in town!

Had lunch here today with my mum. A very enjoyable meal. We were greeted warmly and offered water immediately. <br/><br/>I had the lamb burger. Very moist and the chips were tops. Loved the yoghurt sauce. Chips fluffy on the inside and crunchy on the outside. My mum had the fish and chips. She found the fish too oily for her liking ( it was cooked fine - she thought the type of fish was oily). She too was happy with her chips. <br/><br/>Lovely decor. Loved the old photos of Footscray on the wall. <br/><br/>This place deserves to succeed.

Came at 540 on a voucher deal for lunch today . Ordered 4 tapas dishes and a dessert . Chicken wings with tangy sauce was my favorite . Trio dips was quite nice too. I liked the Olive dips a lot. ( and I don't like Olive normally ) However the meat balls and prawn gyoza didn't taste as good as the first two . Also our dessert apple crumble let us down abit . It tasted quite dry . Overall we enjoyed our lunch . Service was fantastic . The voucher deal was definitely a great deal . Thank you :)

The lunch menu is fantastic value so thought we would try for dinner and was not disappointed. Food was delicious and the service is great and very friendly.

Nice pie for lunch. I had the pie special for lunch and it was tasty and well presented. Nice place also, you wouldn't realise your on Barkly St in Footscray

I had the mushroom and spinach sauce with homemade gnocchi and it was amazing. Big serving and full of flavour. Will definitely be returning.

Good local bar. Yummy 12.50 lunches, lovely staff, nice garden bar! Secret treasure

34/60. My husband and I went here for the first time. <br/><br/>The staff were lovely and very accomodating, we give a score of 9/10 would have been a 10/10 had we been given table water without having to ask. <br/><br/>Atmosphere we rated a 5/10 our poor little table cactus was dead, very industrial type decor, straight away I noticed there was no music. We would have liked to seen some candles on the tables, some soft relaxing music would have been nice and something to soften the harsh industrial type interior. We did stop to have a look at the beer garden on the way out which I must say looked very inviting.<br/><br/>For an entrée we had the arancini balls, they are of similar quality of the woolworths balls, nice and moist, the tomato sauce was over powering. We also got the chorizo meatballs, which were moist and flavoursome, but didn't have that spicy chorizo punch we were hoping for. For the entrées we scored them both together as a 5/10<br/><br/>For the main i had Simon's chicken, the chicken was moist and well cooked. I liked that there were vegetables in the dish, but I felt like there was too much going on, too many different elements on the plate. It was as though someone thought 'how many vegetabkes can we fit into one dish'. I gave it a 5/10<br/><br/>My husband had the pork which he found quite dry a 4/10<br/><br/>For dessert I had a sticky date pudding, the star of the night, although I would have liked some more icecream, I scored it an 8/10<br/><br/>My husband had the chocolate fudge which he scored a 7/10<br/><br/>This place has great potential and we hope they can use any criticism contructively as this is what will help them to thrive.

Tried here for the first time tonight. The service was excellent , very welcoming ( they actually make you feel like they want you there). We had the bruschetta and the meatballs which were delicious and then couldn't go past the Parma and pot night. And they were spot on. Nice size and fresh. Will definitely be back in soon. Keep up the good work 540.

Good food, soul-less place. What atmosphere? The place is like a made over shop.<br/>Bare and unwelcoming.<br/>Everything else is good though - pleasant staff and good food, especially the arancinis and risotto.<br/>Come for the food and ignore your surroundings!

Decided to try this place on a whim tonight for an early dinner.What a delightful surprise! Friendly welcome and a lovely interior with an inviting outside area. service was faultless and relaxed.Everything we had was delicious. Lovely soft gyozas,delicious crispy arancini and an excellent chicken dish and nicely cooked risotto. Good prices too.This place is a welcome addition to West Footscray.

A great option in Barkly St. Had the Tuesday night steak special with a group of friends last night. It was terrific -each porterhouse cooked to the exact specifications. A very generous meal including delicious gravy, chips and salad-a very good buy and a great local venue. Service was excellent and it's great to have such a decent and well presented venue so close to home. While the indian restaurants nearby are great-it is good to have another option in barkly st, and little creatures pale ale on tap. Come on locals-get down there ;-)

Great place. Had dinner here a few times, delicious. Good menu, good drinks, great sevice and love the new beer garden. Definitely returning to this place. Excellent

Brilliant Food. The bruschetta has to be the best out there - and have also had one of the best (wait for it) fish and chips ever at 540. The ambiance needs a bit of work - still a bit 'cold' but all in all.... very much worth a visit.

Wow! This place is my new fav haunt. Reasonable prices, outstanding quality food, warm and friendly service! Cannot fault my recent dinner here! I was famished so shared the tapas calamari while everyone arrived. Outstanding! The bruschetta was yummy (I like a little more cheese but that's because I love dairy!) and for mains we ordered the seafood spaghetti (amazing!), steak with mushroom sauce, warm chicken salad and the stuffed chicken breast. All our meals were loooovely! Thanks guys!

Been here for lunch only. It was good.. Nice staff, good beer on tap (little creatures pale ale), and the food has been great on each occasion. Not very busy though, it needs more support during lunch time guys! Haven't been for dinner, so can't comment there... But lunch was an enjoyable experience.

Good food, particularly the pork rip eye. generous servings, lovely staff. <br/>Our only complaint was that the sides were very late (we had almost finished our mains) and the garden salad was dressed with obviously commercial dressing (I'm pretty sure it was Kraft French from a bottle!) that needs to change! Lovely sticky date and apple crumble. <br/>The feel of the restaurant is a little cold and clinical... Maybe add some lower lighting and table candles? Outside needs a few more large plants...I really hope this restaurant succeeds in our lovely area of Wefo....good luck guys, we will be recommending!

Wonderful. Lovely food, great service...even the kids were happy! Had the pork with vegies, Simons special chicken and some delicious tapas for starters. All wonderfully delicious (and large!).

Great Experience. Food portions are generous and taste great, staff highly professional and courteous. The fit out is tasteful and pleasant. 3 Beers on Tap including Little Creatures Pale Ale. Will Return, and recommend to others.

Wow amazing place. This place is the new place to be amazing food and amazing staff chefs do an amazing job with the meals TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS.

Great new place to go and have a drink and or dinner. Nice atmosphere friendly staff and lovely food. Impressed!

A PLACE TO DINE AT OVER AND OVER. New restaurant, bar and function room "540 on Barkly" is a great addition to the Footscray area. We watched it being renovated and could not wait for the opening. Well, were we surprised!!! The transformation is a credit to the new owner - restaurant has a lovely feel to it, tastefully decorated and the outdoor dining area looks and feels fantastic (even in this cool weather was nice to sit out there). Had a peek at the upstairs function room - WOW! Huge area with a couple of balconies with city views. The place for the next family get together that's for sure. Our meals were great - the vegetarian gnocchi is the best I have ever had and my partner had the beer and honey rib eye pork - mouth watering experience. The wine selection was impressive and reasonably priced. The sticky date dessert - mind blowing and apple crumble was excellent. Coffee great. The staff were very friendly and the service was excellent. We will be back to work our way through the extensive menu. Excellent *****

We love 540 on Barkly!!!. A terrific local. The owners are very friendly and helpful, and the food is great!

540 @:Barkey - West Footscray. Great food :-) Wine list is great <br/>Really friendly atmosphere

Captain Feedme dine with me. Captain Feedme, If you and ur grlfrend r ovr, Id b happy 2 let u take me out 4 meatballs ;)<br/>Garry

ABOUT TIME Finally a cool .... ABOUT TIME <br/>Finally a cool place to go in footscray!!<br/>Went there tonight with my 'future' ex-girlfriend and friends. <br/>Meatballs, calamari, bruschetta, risotto and steaks were amazing.<br/>Generous size main meals left us full and complete. Although content, the ladies couldn't resist and thus a few desserts were ordered and shared - yum!!<br/>Will definitely be coming back to progress my way through the menu: possibly with new company! Wink wink<br/>Oh, wicked alfresco area out the back also. Bring on sunny weekends for drinks and tapas. I can see this place becoming a regular place to enjoy.

Not French but good Modern Oz. Went for dinner on a Wednesday night. Menu not expensive but good general offering. Ordered gnocchi lamb ragu and stuffed chicken breast. Both very good quality and reasonable cost (low twenties). Took a fair while for food delivery but worth the wait. Good portions and no requirement for side orders. Not byo at present. Wine by the glass was good, not cheap but nothing out of usual price range. Service level very good. Nice ambience. Definitely worth a visit.

Went for dinner, I had the pulled pork sandwich, and my wife had the vegetarian risotto...We live in hawthorn but will definitely be back. The owner and staff were friendly and helpful, they made it an enjoyable experience. 10/10 food amd service