I've visited Fatto a few times and it always satisfies. The space is bright and contemporary with traditional Italian touches, and the food and drinks follow along the same lines. I love the little cocktail window, which is currently taken over by Tanqueray gin for the summer. The drinks are strong and refreshing, but the vegetarian dishes are also a reason to visit.
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This summers pop up bar at Fattos just launched tonight. Partnering with Tanqueray this pop up offered us gin based cocktails on tap and some delicious G@T’s and G&S’s. Canapés were curious and gelato a wonderful treat too. Great beats and sunshine ... perfect summer venue.
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Came back to Fatto for a pre fixe menu ahead of a live podcast show at the art centre. We liked the choices of this 2 course menu but funnily enough all ended up ordering the same main... the spanner crab spaghettini. Fresh and flavoursome we all enjoyed. For dessert I ordered the tiramisu bc and were surprised by the share size of this dessert when it came out... a real monster. Good fast service and a quick meal... exactly what we wanted ahead of the show.
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Came to the launch event for the Fatto Pimms Pop up bar tonight. There was a Pimms cart making the perfect blends. The style is unmistakably summertime and you can relax on lingers with your Pimms cup or share a jug with friends. Fatto Bar has always done a great job with their affordable eats.
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Called into Fatto Bar & Cantina ahead of a gig at the Forum (Angus & Julia Stone ... they were great ... especially Julia... thanks for asking). It was fairly quiet being a wet cold Sunday night but we were welcomed to our table. I had had the thought of just grabbing pizza or something at the bar side of this venue as advertising outside indicated $10 pizza and I was happy with the sound of that. Others in the group decided they wanted table service so we were presented with the full menu option instead.
It was quite a tasty looking menu with plenty of variety and vego options to suit some in the group. We had bread and oils plus olives and almonds to snack on while out the pastas we ordered were cooked. The spiced almonds were so tasty I pretty much devoured them alone.
We ordered double ups of the sage and burnt butter agnolotti pasta and the pork ragu with garganelli pasta. Both pastas were delicious. Sage and burnt butter was sensational especially with the addition of roasted pine nuts to the mix. Such a classic but delicious vegetarian option.
My pork ragu was tender and flavoursome and the pasta cooked a firm al dente. One in the group would have preferred their pasta cooked a little longer but that comes down to taste and I’m not even sure if the average restaurant would cater to such a request anyway.
For dessert others chose a second glass of wine. The drinks menu here was actually quite good and the Paolovino Pinot Grigio was very reasonably priced by the glass and very drinkable.
For dessert I went against my standard creme brûlée choice and instead opted for the spiced quince and marsala tart. Something about quince, probably my childhood memories of my parents stewing a tree load of quince and apple from our farm but I couldn’t pass it up and it was yum.
Service was friendly and we enjoyed our time despite the lack of atmosphere on account of being a rainy Sunday evening.
The Domestic Traveller
+4
Set against the beautiful Yarra river, this is a great spot. And not one you can miss when you’re walking along the river. If there is one thing I can highly recommend here, it has to be the coffee. It has to be the best damn coffee on the river. The one thing I would avoid is the Espresso Martini. I have come to learn, if they offer it on tap, pass on it. This goes for many other places too.
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