Used a Groupon voucher for 2 people - including a main course each, dessert each and a bottle of wine to share!
Firstly, their house wine Shiraz Cabernet was to die for! I ordered prawn tacos and my partner had a steak with a side of chips, onion rings, garlic aoli and red wine jus. Mains were such a great size - you actually felt full from the one course! My tacos were stunning, so full and packed of flavor. For dessert, we ordered a cheese board and a chocolate lovers plate. Definitely a good choice as they also came out with a sundae and a candle for my partners birthday! This was not included in the Groupon voucher but they still wanted to make sure you had a good experience, which we certainly did. The staff were friendly from the moment we walked in. We had three different staff serve and check up on us during the night. Overall, great deal on Groupon and experience for us!
We have been fortunate enough to have five meals at Encore over the journey and couldn't fail to give it 5 stars every time! From the Garlic bread to the main meal of Lamb Shoulder or Steak to the exquisite desserts and especially to the service you cannot fault Encore!!
Really nice food. Waited for an age and a half (1.5 hours), very nice setting in the dim candle light. Would have given it a higher rating as the food was very tasty with great pairing and combination of flavours. Dessert was especially nice but I’m no so sure about the sorbet combination with the brandy snap basket.
Absolutely divine food! My partner and I both had the Rib Eye (medium rare) and honestly it melted in your mouth, I would highly recommend the house Shiraz as well, it was delicious. The trio of ice creams was likewise a crowd pleaser! Nothing but good things to say about the experience!
Last night I went to this place for my birthday dinner for 10people reservations. I add 1 more person in the day I came.
At the first time just arrived in this place, just in love with everything. So straight away I Booked a table here.
The staffs were super friendly, the service was exellent. The food was amazing but unfortunately I'm not able to finish it as I'm too full, because we had 2 courses each person. But I'm glad that my friends enjoyed the dinner.
This place is so elegant and cool if u want to have good food and good service.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Warmest Regards,
Birthday Girl
A groupon voucher! Had the lamb shoulder which came with beens and mash. Was tasty and lamb was cook well, falling apart. Friend had the steak, was a little tough but nice flavors. Dessert, the fruit platter and trio of ice cream. Nice ice cream and awesome brandy snap as the basket!
We ate here on 2 consecutive occasions. The food and service was excellent. It is an intimate space and increased the value of staying at he Grand Chancellor Hotel.
Groupon night out. We came on a pre bought Groupon voucher and found the food and service to be of a very high standard loved the lamb shoulder with French lentils and also the trifle with the lemon curd left me wonting another.... Will be back
Had dinner here tonight as I am staying at the hotel for work. I ordered the slow cooked beef shoulder with mash and vegetables and it was absolutely divine! The red wine jus was just right and the beef melted in your mouth. I will be back for dinner another night this week!
Very happy with the food at Encore. I had the slow cooked beef shoulder and my husband had the tortellini. For dessert we had the Hazelnut Panacotta. We would recommend all of these and we couldn't fault any of the food. Service was a bit slow as it shouldn't take 2 hours to eat 2 courses. Would definitely go back again though.
EncoreThe food was surprisingly good !!!! It is part of a medium size hotel but its food and service was quiet the opposite. Great use of seasonal produce and strong clean flavours made for a great evening.Encore is a small, quiet and well organised restaurant you go to for the food and to impress and have a quiet conversation with a friend.
I personally enjoyed the entrees more than the mains. The mains weren't bad, but nor were they fantastic. Let's just say they are decently good but I honestly got boring after a few mouthfuls. The fish was cooked well but I struggled to finish it. The picture may look small but the portion is huge! The humongous chicken schnitzel had way too much carbohydrates on its plate - fries on the side and potatoes in the salad...
What's in a name? Everything! Encore by name, encore by nature! This is my fourth visit and looking forward to my fifth. I'll be coming back again and again for the friendly service and fabulous food. Encore, encore!!
IT'S A MUST !. We have been to Encore before and had dinner with friends. It was just as good as I remember. The food was excellent value for money as we purchased vouchers from Our Deal. The service was exceptional with staff very prompt friendly and attentive without being overpowering. Would highly recommend Nd will definitely go again.
Lovely. I have eaten here many times now and can honestly say that I have never had a bad meal. The menu is small but each dish is well thought out and finished beautifully. The staff are attentive without being intrusive and the restaurant itself is intimate and quiet, perfect for great conversation. Well done folks, thank you for the lovely meals had and future ones to come!
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Honest integrity...love it!. I have been to encore several times now, often with vouchers from our deal. Each and every time I have found the service to be consistently attentive without being intrusive I have always been impressed by the meals. I would recommend this restaurant to anyone wanting a good meal as it never fails on delivery. Thanks for the great experiences encore!
Please Sir, Can I have more?. Well in theory I'd love to have my meal again, but in reality I'm full as a goog.
Thank you Encore for a lovely meal. Beautiful restaurant, friendly and efficient staff and wonderful food. I had the six hour cooked lamb shoulder for mains, and dessert was a decadent chocolate mousse with hazelnuts, honeycomb and shaved dark chocolate. Absolutely delicious. My companions all enjoyed their meals too. Well done.
New favorite spot for pre theatre dinner!. Went here with my colleagues before going to see a show (four of us). We had chancellor tasting plate for two, seafood tasting plate for one and the zucchini flower for the entree. They taste amazing! We also had the ravioli, lamb shoulder, 2 of the $17 porterhouse steak and it came with super delicious mushroom sauce and fat chips (should've asked for extra sauce earlier) and side of eggplant salad. With all of those foods already in our tummy, I cant believe we ordered desserts. But ended up loving it so much. We had pina colada panna cotta, sticky date pudding (with ice cream and various type of sauce) and belgian choc mousse (absolutely delicious) Thumbs up to the chef! The staff were so lovely also, very attentive. Tip: 1. ask for table near the window for good view! 2. Come early if u are going to show after (it takes 20-25 minutes for the mains, if u only order the main course) Better come at 5 or 5.30pm
Absolutely fabulous food, service and atmosphere. Can't fault anything will definitely be back
Mel. Great meal !!! the thyme and parmesan crumbed lamb cutlets with grilled eggplant and pomegranate molasses was the highlight of the night well done chef. Great dish .......Mel (Sydney )
I definitely would give an 'Encore' to this delightful restaurant located in the Grand Chancellor Hotel.
Although there was a lack ambiance without music and hearing conversations of other people, the excellent food overrides this deficit. The fish was delicate and tender whilst the creme brule was perfectly firm with a beautiful outer shell.
Although I would have liked a more pleasant environment with music, the other delightful attributes of this restaurant more than make up for this miniscule flaw.
I would frequent this restaurant again.
Amazing food.... Went to Encore for dinner, really lovely fine dining experience. The food is incredible and really generous proportions. I'd highly recommend it!
Great night, used an Our Deal voucher and was highly impressed. Scallops were beautifully cooked, blue cheese tart was tasty and the pumpkin soup was also good. The mains were very generous and again, very tasty and well presented. We squeezed in dessert (just!) and continued to be impressed. Service was good but not obtrusive. Will definitely return.
Nice food, what you would expect for hotel food I think.
Not your typical restaurant feel, but well presented food and good serving sizes
My steak was a little over done, but not the end of the world
PRE MATCH FOOD. Have eaten at encore 3 times now on the way to MCG or eithad and just love it great food and great prices friday night is lamb shank night $17.00 and sat is black angus rump steak also $17.00 both are excellent also try the tomato brushetta.... i no longer waste money eating over priced food at the football GO ENCORE AND GO CARLTON !!!!
Excellent All Round. A great little Restaurant, which is not trying to re-invent the wheel, but rather serves up some great honest food and friendly competent service. We dined on a Wednesday night, just happened to be our luck as it was Lamb Shank and Chicken Parma Special night, which we chose one of each for main course and WOW! Portion sizes were plentiful and great bang for the buck, ($17 each) both dishes were packed with flavour, the Lamb, perfectly cooked was resting on a smooth Mashed Potato and came with a Rich Tomato Sauce which was to die for, The Chicken Parma wasn't one of those bought in dry cardboard like ones, it was plump juicy and the topping full of flavour. After being very satisfied with mains, our friendly waitress twisted our arm and convinced us, quite easily, to try the Pecan Tart, which was the perfect finish to a great meal, the Hotels Pastry Chef is to be commended.
Wonderful Steak on saturday night.....good value for money, great service, average wine list and poor dessert choice
Great steaks!. Often dine here when staying at Grand Chancellor. The steaks here are actually very good, some of the best I've had in Melbourne.
Soft shell crab tacos are also delicious for entree.
Service is good with nice waitresses on the floor.
Thank you. C.b.d dinner sunday night
great little venue. My partner loved the 450gram black angus rib eye with red wine jus and garlic aoli the best steak he has eaten in along time.my favorite was lemon tart with just the right amount of lemon. We will be back
Tonight we used our "OurDeal" voucher that i am so happy i bought! The staff we fantastic and polite. Entree: blue cheese & leek tart - the combination of flavours and the pastry were SO GOOD and the tempura crab soft tacos were absolutely delicious! Main: Angus steak and mushroom sauce which my partner practically made love with, I'm pretty sure he would've licked the plate if I wasn't there! Salmon and Niçoise salad was refreshing. Dessert: choc tart and blueberry something that I didn't want to end!!! Banana pastry with raisin ice cream which my partner loved! Definitely coming back for dinner in the future
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A delightful peaceful evening meal. My husband and I went to Encore this evening for my birthday. We were using a "Our Deal" voucher. We were given a warm greeting and taken to our reserved table by the window. The waitress explained the options in our deal, which was plenty of choice. For Entree I had the Blue cheese & Leek tart & my husband had scallops in mango and coriander salsa - both were delightful. Main course I had rotisseri Lamb rump on a salad which was beautifully presented and scrumptious to eat. My husband had angus beef with chips and wok seared mix vegetables which was also beautifully done. For dessert I had the warm banana tart which was OK, but a bit ordinary but my husband had the brandy basket with ice creams which was really good. We followed this with decaf lattes. They kept filling up our glasses of water and offered us more soft drink. The service was 10/10, both waitresses were very polite and pleasant and the food was almost 10/10 except for the banana tart, nothing wrong with it, but not special. Also being in December it was nice to go somewhere quiet and no Christmas parties going on. Decor is warm and restful and they just have very quiet background music playing. The menu had a choice of different foods which is always good., we would certainly recommend it and go back again. We were also given a discount card for our next visit. Thanks for a lovely birthday dinner.
Decent prices. Encore has an attractive dining room. The menu is an easy read and the food not too tricky.I had the 5 point spring lamb rack with a cherry jus and zucchine fritter $31 well cooked and attractively presented. The dessert list consisted of some old classics, bread and butter pudding, apple tart.I chose to have the chocolate tart with blue berry compote and chocolate pastry witch had just the right amount of gooeyness. The service is willing and friendly and the bill is not a shock at the end of the night . mick
Perfect. Great value. dinned at encore on a wednesday night my partner and i shared the seafood platter for two loved the mussels in ginger napoli sce
will return again
Nothing too fancy. Came here with a Cudo voucher for three courses and wine on a Friday nite 5.30pm dinner as the next available time was 8pm. It's a small restaurant with a little bar area at the back. Service was lovely. My white wine tasted like vinegar even though it came out of a wine bottle, which may be a corkage error? Food was nice but nothing to rave about. For entree we had the scallops & pork tasting plate. Both presented well and cooked nicely. I had the salmon niscoise (?) and hubby had lamb. Salmon was cooked well but it didn't blend with the salad it rested on. Dessert was selection of ice cream in brandy snap basket. An enjoyable experience but wouldn't return to pay full price
Dinner at Encore. We decided to have dinner at Encore before going to see Rock of Ages. When we arrived we were immediately greeted by the friendly staff & taken through to be seated. We had a drink whilst looking at the menu, there were so many options to choose from & the other diners were making the same comment! We chose to have the steak with the nashi pear salad, we requests our steaks be well done, normally this is an issue for most place to get correct, however around 30 minutes later the perfect steak arrived at out table. The time in between we were not left just sitting and waiting, the staff stopped at our table for a chat, got us more drinks & bought water to the table. Over all the meal was fantastic, as was the service. Highly recommend this restaurant, there are options for everyone.
We stayed at the hotel and went for drinks and desert at Encore. Bruno was behind the bar and was amazing. Everything A class here.
First time visiting this restaurant and the atmosphere was very nice and relaxing. We had a glass of wine while ordering our food. We both had the beef and reef. The steak was cooked perfectly, very juicy and tender. The lobster and prawns were delicious too. Our main course was just spotted on. For dessert, I had the lychee mousse cake and my partner had the trio of ice cream. They were not just beautifully displayed but also very nice. We loved it. The staffs were friendly and attentive, special thanks to Jessa who served us. Such a fantastic birthday celebration dinner with my partner. Thank you Encore!
Great food and great service!
Starter - the breads and charcuterie were yummy
Main - reef and beef, beef wasnt as tender and lobster claw was slightly undercooked but the rest including all the sides were delicious (We were full by this stage!)
Dessert - lychee and ice cream were the highlight, so good! (Always room for desserts :p)
Wine - house red Shiraz was surprisingly smooth and a great addition to the steak or drink by itself, was so easy to drink!
Top it off with good and friendly service by all the waiters/waitress, great job guys :)
Will definitely recommend to others :)
Absolutely Amazing food and Alex looked after us and did and amazing job. We didn’t just feel like a number but felt so welcome into the resturant. Thanks Alex.
Top class! The food was amazing and the service was above expectations. Highly recommend the steak and turf. Good atmosphere and very generous portion size.
Ps. Find specials on Groupon and if you haven't tried it already then don't be too late to grab a bargain of a life time on Groupon to experience this restaurant.
Used the Groupon deal. Decent the course meal, crumbed veal is great. Desserts have a good selection but are lacking in taste
Probably a bit biased review since we use a groupon which provided GREAT value. Great service, good food, good portion. A bit pricey hence not sure if we'll come back without a voucher.
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