Embla

The wine list may be fantastic, however the food was so so at best and it's very cramped and dark. I think this place is overrated. Pork belly was almost inedible, skin was not crispy at all and was rock hard. Veges, beef and other dishes were ok, a little bland, no exciting flavours or anything particularly creative here. Would not return.

My friend and I went to Embla last month. The meal was delicious and enjoyable. We had a good time here and the service was excellent. We love the sourdough and the butter so much that we scooped out everything from the plate. The most highlight dish for us was the Chicken skin crisp on top with whipped anchovy and chicory, it has everything in one bite. The most important thing, I want to thank you and sorry for the inconvenience to Embla’s FOH who took care my parcel that was mistakenly delivered to your restaurant. I was so relief after beingp searching for a week. Thank you!

A top class restaurant. Enjoyed and unexpected dinner invite that I enjoyed so much that I didn't even get pictures of food. Food, service and atmosphere were great. Try the Angus beef and Asparagus. Prices were on higher end but that was expected. I was casually dressed because it was last minute but that wasn't an issue but if you're planning to visit, dress up a but nicer.

Embla @embla_melbourne Sunday Lunch - Seafood $65pp - Freekeh & coriander seed sourdough, mushroom butter 🧈🥖 - John dory rillettes, lemon, caper; witlof - Soured cucumbers, dill, feta 🥒 - Grilled whole flounder, green tomato, green olive🐟 - Sella rice, okra, walnut, salted mandarin - Butter lettuce, house dressing🥗 - Mandarin ice cream, chocolate mousse🍨🍊 - Cantine di Marzo Greco di Tufo 2022 (Campania, Italy) $21 🍷 Visited Embla a few times and their food and drinks did not disappoint. Started off with their nicely charred and fluffy sourdough paired with the umami mushroom butter. It was phenomenal. Both the John Dory and cucumbers were refreshing. The cucumbers were slightly too sour for my liking but the feta balanced out the acidity. The flounder was well seasoned and cooked to perfection. Overall it was a great lunch menu for the summer. $65 was fairly reasonable for the quality and amount of food we got. The only critic was the slow service.

Disappointingly underwhelming. This made me sad as I was expecting so much given I’ve heard everyone rave about Embla! Our experience; we got every single small plate minus the cucumbers so it was a pretty solid variety of food. Had a glass of white wine recommended to us by one of the waitresses that said “I don’t really know what to recommend to you” when we asked for a recommendation of any wine to best accompany the meal. I understand this is a broad request, but saying IDK didn’t seem to pass the vibe check for a wine bar. We loved the wood fired scallops, that was definitely a lovely start, the chicken skin crackers were fine, nothing amazing, if anything a little under seasoned, a little salt as soon as the chicken skin’s fried would come a long way. Bread was lovely, appreciate it being warm, the mushroom butter felt a little forgotten, so subtle I almost forgot it was mushroom. Snapper was actually quite pleasant, I really enjoyed the texture. The raw beef was different to others I’ve had, unique crunch within the dish itself and the flavors were punchy, I really enjoyed this dish actually. The vegetable jardiniere was quite a unique dish but the radicchio overpoweringly bitter and almost took away from the dish especially since I’m a massive fan of Jerusalem artichokes, wish they were heroed a little more. Zucchini was actually my favorite dish of the night with pasta cooked to absolute perfect and an absolute celebration of subtle flavors on this one plate. The vongole with the pork sausage now… wow was that a miss. Overly salty, we didn’t even finish the dish, just unpleasant. The only thing interesting was the texture that the fregola added but definitely wouldn’t order again. Both myself and my partner sadly disappointed by our experience tonight, would love to see the team do better. Maybe it was a bad night

going to keep this simple and sweet, just like my experience at @embla_melbourne their entirely timber interior, golden hour sun shining through the angled windows, welcomed warmly inside and greeted with the most impressive and esoteric wine list I’ve seen in a while…it all felt so dreamy. embla is quietly confident. subtly but surely delivering some of the most exceptional small plates I’ve tried in a melb wine bar. their goodfoodchef hat comes no surprise! we loved everything, savouring every bite. the thought, care and intention shone in every dish. from the occasional crunch of freekah in the (incredibly spongey) sourdough, more-ish mushroom butter, the finely chopped blue eye and the hidden layer of burnt caramel. the menu is modest, not giving away too much. what you receive may not be what you expected, but better. what we shamefully thought may be a basic dessert of few mandarin segments, was a deep and complex ARTWORK - layered with burnt caramel, dense honey cake, caramelised mandarin and the most godly amaro foam, insane. the menu changes often, and I want to be there for every. single. rotation. thankyou embla! still dreaming about this.