Punch Lane Wine Bar & Restaurant

We used to go to Punch Lane often but hadn't been for a few years. It was great to see that this restaurant had maintained its standards. The place was busy but the service was attentive and friendly. The food and wine were excellent. Overall an outstanding experience.

Great food, and a vast selection of wines to choose from. We were completely looked after by the friendly and professional staff. A very enjoyable evening, Punch Lane is always on our 'best restaurants in Melbourne' list

Amazing food and service was fantastic, great atmosphere, definitely will be returning

A little underwhelmed this time around. Service was not very attentive. Food was good, but we've certainly had better previously. Been dining here for years and left feeling rather disappointed.

I enjoy Punch Lane and have been going there on various occasions since it opened. It was my birthday but we just enjoyed a lovely dinner for 2. The food, wine and service was excellent as it always is.

Thanks Punch Lane team for an incredible dinner! After providing feedback from our first time dining, the team reached out and offered us a voucher to make up for the experience. The whole evening far exceeded any expectations we had, and 100% flipped our opinion. Lovely food, wait staff were nice and attentive, and perfect wine. Thanks team

We couldn’t have been more impressed with our New Year’s Eve dinner meal and celebration at Punch Lane wine bar.
The atmosphere and sound level of music playing was perfect. The food itself was delicious and extravagant.
Although the service crew were run off their feet during the night they kept up and did an outstanding job.

Very happy and would definitely dine there again.

News Years Eve dinner and probably one of the best meals on 2020 - thank you Punchlane

We had an enjoyable New Year’s Eve dinner. Service, food, wine was all very good. Had not been to Punch Lane Wine Bar before but will certainly be back.

Loved the whole experience.great service and yummy food

Dined here for NYE and loved it. Food was amazing and waiters were friendly attentive. Would definitely go back!

Amazing service and food. 100% worth booking here.

Excellent little restaurant, great food and atmosphere. Stand out service.

We had a beautiful meal, thanks Punch Lane!

We were disappointed that the squid was cold, the pate was not great and the cheeses on the cheese board were bland.

We placed our trust in the waiter who chose the seafood dinner for us. I chose the Bader Schlossberg pinot gris and would have appreciated a warning that it had a lot of residual sugar. Had I been told, I would have picked something else.

The food was excellent, the wine too

A wonderful experience

I have been to Punch Lane many times before lockdown and I used to love their food and services. I went with a group of friends last night for dinner, i felt so embarrassed for recommending Punch Lane!!

The waitress that was looking after our table was very pushy and rude, she came back multiple times and asked my guests if they want to order any drinks. After the first 3 attempts everyone who want to drink alcohol would have ordered, but she kept on coming back and asking us to check the wine menu. The same waitress kept on taking away one of my guests unfinished drink on 2 different occasions, she didn't even bother to ask if he have finish with the drink!!

When she tooked our order she skipped guests and it caused alot of confusion when we were being served. For the entire dinner no one check on us how was our mea, everyone who have ordered steaks on my table was unable to eat our main as it was covered in charcoal and extremely burnt!!

The best part of the dinner was dessert, but it took over half an hour before our plates was cleared for it to be served.

I would no longer recommend Punch Lane to anyone, personally i would avoid it in the future. I came with expectations but i was let down.

Great food, wine selection and service. Highly recommend.

Very friendly staff , although we were sat outside , great atmosphere. We thought the food was a little over priced but very good overall.

We love this wine bar for a night out! Great wine, great food, great service! It is our 'go to' whenever we make our way to the city.

Punch lane is an institution and never fails to deliver. We had a girls night out to celebrate three 50th birthday’s. The food was delicious; Service was impeccable. I had the quail for an entree - the flavours were matched together perfectly . The lamb was cooked a little more than medium rare but the knife sliced through it like butter. We couldn’t decide on dessert, so we ordered all 3 & shared.

We had a great night here. The food and wine were delicious and the service was very friendly and welcoming.

Super friendly staff, couldn’t do enough for us. We didn’t eat but had plenty of drinks. Quick, cheerful service. We will be back!

Always enjoy eating at Punch Lane

Service is great so is the food

Service was overdone - a bit intrusive. theendtheend

Great spot for a mid-week glass of wine and snack! Cosy with great service. Excellent wine and fries were AMAZING!

So disappointing. From being ignored for a few minutes once walking into the restaurant, to the complete lack of service, forgetting some of our items and what did arrive was really average. They seemed really understaffed which is fine, but I think acknowledging that at the beginning of the night would have made us feel less “forgotten”. Given the quality of options in the city I would definitely not go back or recommend. I’m sorry.

Always an excellent dining experience. Wine and food superb and staff friendly and with good humour. This place never disappoints. Central location and wonderful ambience.

Service and ambiance were excellent, as was the food. The lamb was so tender and cooked to perfection and the salmon entree was cured perfectly. Could have stayed all evening, unfortunately with COVID we were restricted to a two-hour seating. I will definitely be back.

What an absolute pleasure! Service warm & friendly, food great and ambience perfect. Looking forward to my return.

Punch Lane is always an amazing experience. The food and wine are delectable! Service impeccable with a lovely ambience to ensure your experience is complete.

We reserved a table for 8pm but on arrive just before 8pm we were told our table wasn’t ready and to wait outside. Then at 8:18pm the waiter pointed to an outdoor sitting. I called prior and requested an indoor table which a girl confirmed and amended for me. The waiter was kind enough to get us seated indoors but we had to wait another 10 minutes. Once seated we looked over the menu and ordered by this time is was 8:40pm. Our entrees came out rather quickly at around 9pm but then we were sitting there waiting till 10pm before I asked the waiter where our main course was. I was annoyed no one came over sooner and on delivery of our main course no apology was given. We paid the bill in full but I was very dissatisfied with the service and would probably not go back.

Our favorite place in Melbourne. Only go here for the best of what I consider the premium Melbourne dining. Just love the joint.

One of the staff wasn’t polite when she tried to explain about the set menu requirement by guilt-tripping us by saying: “we have turned away MANY customers for this reservation/ booking system. If you want to cancel this booking, it’d be 50 dollars per person.” And proceed to continuously raise her voice into my ears for the next 2 minutes without giving me some space to speak with my friend to decide if we want to stay or leave. The whole experience was ruined with just her having a massive attitude, but also, the steak was below average. The lamb was fine however. The rest of the staff members were polite, professional, and considerate, but there’s just this one specific staff member that seems to be extremely rude to us.

It was a perfect Melbourne night and it was our anniversary. The services was amazing, the food wonderful and the spot under the awning on the street was lovely. The oysters, fish soup, salmon and chocolate delice were all stunning.

Punch Lane was absolutely terrific. The service was outstanding and the food delicious. We sat outside and it was so lovely watching people walk by.

Very relaxing evening, very nice food. Staff were excellent & friendly. food price is very good but wine prices are way too expensive, took the edge off the night. I would go back though.

It was mostly fine. Quick service, lovely wine. Excellent salmon entree. Not great steak, but I guess you really need to go to a “steak place” for a great one.

Great to see these guys open again. We were really blown away by the food they made for us