Jimmy Watson's Wine Bar Restaurant
Editorial
Ramone Villotet took over the kitchen this year, having worked there some years earlier and returned. The food is mainly Italian with pastas, a range of pizzas baked in the large oven, and further options of porterhouse steak or a rich, hearty fish stew. Additional dishes are chalked onto the blackboard. To start with there's a range of nibbles like olives, mushrooms, fetta and so on; and on Monday lunchtimes only there is DIY barbecue in the courtyard. This is an Australian wine bar, and the Watsons still source wines and blend fortifieds to sell under their own label. Try the sparkling Shiraz and the tawny port, working your way through the range. Just don't forget to eat something; a platter of cheese is great for you wine lovers out there.
Rita Erlich, September 2007
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ijah
December 20, 2006
Awesome dining experience here, but I think the creative writing used on the menu at JW's requires some comment. Steak with potatoes and salad could be as creatively written as: "An aged Mt Hunter Red Angus, charred rare-medium-rare over a hickory and eucalypt fire, topped with a deglazed churned Friesian product and petroselinum crispum sauce, served with thrice blanched confit of red pontiac and a side of oakleaf, tossed in Moderna's finest". Anyone got a thesaurus?
sarah hellwege
November 16, 2007
After many years of walking past this institution I finally ventured inside and found myself very surprised by the relaxed feel of this building with such a reputation.I was even more surprised with the extensive menu on offer.Snacks, Starters, Very Modern and style pizzas, and house made pastas.Ive eaten up and down lygon street and nothing compares to the quality,value, and service here.I will continue to eat here and help make it an instituion for many years to come, and I think yuo should to
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