Movida is an institution of Melbourne’s dining scene that we have wanted to visit for a very long time.
The Spanish restaurant serves a range of Tapas (small entrees bites), Raciones (Sharing dishes) and desserts, alongside a rather generous wine list.
can you have a taste of your cracker, anchovi and salmon sorbet? i thought it was extremely disgusting. why do you have to sorbet fish? it LOOKS amazing though. but that's the only thing that's good about that dish. the rest of the food was wonderfuuuuul!! loovved the food and spanish wine!
Cozy, classy and a lovely hip but relaxed atmosphere. Staff was engaging and super friendly. Food was awesome and great wine selection. Great to see them donating part of the bill to Australian bushfire crisis. 5 stars for a great night.
Movida is generally one of my favourite places to eat. Incredible service. Very experienced waiters and in the case of last night, an impressively well informed sommelier. However the last two visits have not hit the mark as usual. The key with this place is to choose the dishes well. The classic and unchanging menu choices of the anchoa with tomato sorbet, croquettes, beef cheek, jamon and flan are unbeatable. But I didn’t love the tiny serve of abalone smothered in a salty, meaty sauce or the bizarrely heavy zucchini slivers atop a dense floury base. The eggplant and chickpea pancake didn’t taste of much except parsley salad. Can we please have some of the vegetarian classics back? Field mushrooms glistening in sherry, butter and thyme? Stuffed peppers? Something light and fresh? I’ll be back for more but hoping my vegetarian friends are more enthused by the offerings.
One of the best places I’ve been in a while! I’m a skeptic when it comes to ordering chicken/any white meat when eating out, but the Capon dish was so succulent and bursting with flavour. The tostados were the second favourite for me. All dishes were great, and perfect for sharing amongst friends. Loved Movida De Tapas! 👏🏼
We came here for a late Saturday lunch a few weeks ago and enjoyed ourselves immensely. We sat at the bar and tried a number of dishes - 2xdifferent octopus dishes, the chilli bread, the yellowfin tuna, and one of the main meals, all delicious morsels of flavour. We also had a number of gin and tonics, a great selection of different gins to try!
One of the rare 5 stars that I wasn’t expecting, I’m glad I came.
Some chefs play with flavours, others incorporate texture, the chef at MoVida plays with temperature. From an anchovy crouton with tomato purée, to a smoked swordfish with pine nut gazpacho sobert, I was amazed at the novelty of such dishes.
While every dish was at least a 4/5 and contributed to my overall review of 5/5, other dishes that stood were the braised beef cheek cauliflower purée, beef tartare and the beef intercostal with horseradish cream.
While one might not come here just for bread, we found the olive oil here to be of exceptional quality and is worth a special mention.
One caveat was that the staff were not very friendly and accommodating in explaining favourites or dish constituents. However this is one of those rare places where I overlook such aspects because of the novelty of the food.
A must go! Amazing Food and excellent service which makes it good value. Always leave with a smile~ Great service And every dish looked good, and tasted even better. Side note, their bread is A-mazing -- so don't skip it, i.e. totally worth the calories.
Excellent place if you want delish, flavourful food to share. comes out fast, service excellent. Highly recommend the pinchos, croquettes & especially the beef cheek. If you have a show to see near by this is the place to go
Yo Zomato, 120 for 2 people my ass LOL! Approx 250 for 2 people including 1~2 drinks each. Their tapas is amazing. Mains are also pretty nice. Perfect for a date night. Service was not really so attentive but also not too ignoring.. but not really up to the price you are paying for. But would definitely come back to try other dishes. I want to give 4.5 exactly bit giving 5 becoz I want to come back for other menu!
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