The Grosvenor Wine bar, with its feature wine barrel wall boasts 10 beers on tap and up to 50 local and imported bottled beers. With a wine list that is the envy of many restaurants, alongside an extensive cocktail and spirits list the Grosvenor offers variety, quality and good drinking. The bar, atrium and outdoor terrace share an Italian-influenced menu designed for companionship and good flavours any time from noon: sliced cured meats, soft cheese, a daily changing antipasto selection prepared in house, and a great range of pizza cooked in a wood-fired oven.

Italian foodlovers can rejoice in the cuisine. Chef Niko Pizzimenti cooks Italian food from the heart, with a wealth of experience. Start with prosciutto from Italy, and salami from Australia, sliced to order, or the daily changing antipasto selection. Enjoy some of Melbourne’s best soft cheeses. Feast on hand-made pasta. There are house-made pickles and preserves, pizza cooked in a wood-fired oven, and a bistro with its own menu.

“The menu is a comfortable balance between traditional and modern,” he says. “It’s important to allow the fresh air of creativity into traditional Italian cooking.”The woodfired oven that cooks the pizze on the bar menu is also used for seasonal dishes like the slow-roasted kid, or the spicy roast chicken.

Enjoy a glass of wine. Choose a bottle. There are so many choices at The Grosvenor. The blackboard wall in the bar, like the list on the menu, shows all the wines available by the glass, and the Sommelier’s Selection. But for those who want to make their own decision, diners can browse the hundreds of wines on display.