Gilson South Yarra

First time dinning here. Went for a good time date night and right from the beginning it wasn’t a great start. Staff serving us was quite rude. Setting the table with anger as if someone had forced her to do it. She made faces and after she took our order she again gave that dirty look. My partner was fine with it because we came to enjoy the night but yet I was not happy for the fact we haven’t done anything wrong but were treat like that. Food arrived and it looked amazing. To our surprise the pepperoni pizza was delicious and so was the fires. I am a big eater and I love food so normally we would order tons of food but thanks to that one server( the women in last pic) we just ended up ordering two dishes and made our way out. Honestly food was amazing but disappointed with the service. Not saying all the staffs were bad but high time to hire people who genuinely like working in hospitality.

Great customer service & friendly staff here. Lamb racks were exceptional, should've ordered more! The rest of the food was also pretty good except for the pizza - whilst the toppings and all were great, the let down was underneath the pizza, where the base was fully charred which gave the pizza a really burnt taste.

Ordered: Burrata, octopus, tuna crudo, lamb chops ($9pp), pappaedelle lamb ragu, aperol spritz & punchy punch. The food here was amazing. Everything was cooked to perfection. There was no faults to the food. The service was very slow. There was barely anyone walking around inside the restaurant for me to get someones attention to take our order. Then we also ordered salami which never came but they were able to cancel it.

So happy to have finally checked out this gorgeous gem opposite the renowned tan walking track and the botanical gardens 🪴 My friend HAD to take me here as it is one of her faves so I let her do the honours of ordering and it did not disappoint! Started off with some frozen margs which were a 10/10 and definitely strong 🤪 We then went on to have the burrata which was fabulous!! We got the woodfired flat bread to accompany it which was soooo fluffy and so tasty! We had the calamari also which was tender and perfectly crispy and salty! My friend did say though that the serving was not as much as usual so I’ll have to come back to try again 😛 We finished off with the pepperoni pizza which had a chilli honey on it 🌶 🍯 like cmon!! How amazing! Again the pizza base was so fluffy and delicious and it was a generous size! It was definitely hot!! The vibe was on point- we didn’t book but got a cute little table out the front of the restaurant! Service was friendly and attentive!! 5/5 🤍🪴

First and last visit to this restaurant. Service was bad ( 1 waitress was nice) sat down and gave me dirty glass. When I called to mention about the dirty glass, the lady look annoyed. My plate is dirty but didnt bother to mention it again. Order frozen margarita ( taste good but the lime garnish is so old, the lime is all yellow on the edges.. pretty disgusting) the food was not great at all. Its dinner menu, ordered Tuna Crudo ( was just ok) spaghetti vongole ( bland, didnt smell right) Tuna Nicoise ( was ok) french fries ( its massive serving but not crunchy ). Music so loud. Overall was not a pleasant experience. The staff busy with talking to themselves rather focus on customer’s need.