Gramercy Bistro

Gramercy Bistro is a bistro in South Yarra and we used our Entertainment card. With it we got 25% off the total bill which was $32.50. What that meant was that we got the drink for free.

Gramercy Bistro is in a hotel and its right on a tram line. It is about five minutes from Prahran station. It is in front of the market and we can see the signs of a new market coming.

Lemon lime and bitters

Crab spaghettini

There is ample parking at the place. The parking is outside Woolworths.

The service was fast and friendly.

The pasta was $28 and it took about five minutes to come. When it did it was good with the cheese. The pasta was al dente but it was Barilla pasta. For that price I expected homemade pasta and bread. Many places offer free bread. There wasn't much seafood in this and I would have liked more.

The breadcrumbs added another dimension to the pasta. It added that crunchiness.

The lemon lime and bitters ($4.50) was really good and drinks are their specialities.

Rating: 16/20- great but could have done more.

Ladro love your pizzas

Ladro is an Italian pizza place which does its pizzas well. It is also a bar in which they serve a wide variety of Italian drinks. In fact on Mondays they have $5 corkage and the money goes towards Prahran Mission. It is good when restaurants supports charities like these that help those in need. I wish that there was more like it in the city to assist the Salvation Army in times of need.

The service was good but slow. I arrived there about 7:15pm and it was very quiet until about 7:30pm when more people arrived.

To start off with I had the crumbed bocconcini with salsa verde ($3.50). I really enjoyed the cheesiness of this. And then the long wait for the pizza.

The garlic bread was good for a mere $2. It was very buttery and herby.

My pizza was the Speciale ($21) which was really good with the proscutto in there which is from San Danielle. The pear gave it that sweetness and tartness. The chilli was really nice. If you were wondering where the onion was it was under the proscutto. They were really generous with the cheese.

The only problem is that it was really hard to cut at times so I had to use hands. Luckily though I had the pizza cutter.

Rating: 14/20- the wait for the pizza was long. But the service, food and atmosphere was good. It's a good thing that they are close to the train station; no need to park on busy Greveille street.