Lebrina
(03) 6228 7775, 155 New Town Rd, New Town. TAS 7008Open Dinner Tue-Sat 7pm-10.30pm, Closed Some public holidays; Licensed; AE MC V EFT, Seats inside 40, Outside seats, Private room 30
Chef: Scott Minervini (21-9-11)
Mietta's Review
Superb classical cooking of our best seasonal products with deep complex flavours, thoughtful attention to detail, professional service and one of Tasmania's best and most carefully selected wine lists. An intelligent, deeply satisfying and memorable dining experience in the small-room intimacy of an 1836 cottage.
Graeme Phillips Guide to Wine & Food in Tasmania 2004
Other Published Opinions
Gourmet Traveller 2012 Australian Restaurant Guide Score: One Star "Lebrina may not have a hip new fit-out or the latest in sous-vide technology, but the restaurant in this 1840s cottage offers hospitality in the truest sense with inviting, warm and friendly service, and food cooked with integrity and passion that you'll savour to the last morsel"
Gourmet Traveller 2011 Australian Restaurant Guide Score: * "It's refreshing to eat somewhere where the menu comes free of inverted commas. We're talking good, honest ingredients prepared well - and there's not a Pacojet in sight"
The Australian John Lethlean 29-04-2010 Score: 2.5/5 "Underwhelming"
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Gourmet Traveller 2010 Australian Restaurant Guide Score: * "Tasmania has some 5500 heritage buildings, most dating from the first half of the 19th century, and Lebrina, an 1840s cottage, is one of them. Here, for 15 years, chef-owner Scott Minervini has run Hobart's most intimate and consistently reliable restaurant"
Gourmet Traveller 2009 Australian Restaurant Guide Score: ** "Step through the door of this 1840s cottage and you enter the domain of chef/owner Scott Minervini, whose food is as warm and intimate as the series of rooms in which guests dine. Imam bayildi, translating as 'the-priest swooned', is a heady mixture of eggplant, tomato, coriander and mint with a healthy pinch of cumin"
Gourmet Traveller 2008 Australian Restaurant Guide Score: ** "If you are a party of four or more and indicate an inclination to dine in a discreet space here, chances are you will be placed in a room all to yourself, and the feeling of being in a private home is palpable"
CitySearch Greame Phillips January 2006 "An 1836 cottage, three elegant, small rooms, blackamoors and antiques in the corners, modern art on the walls, and food that is a gastronomic treat to your palate, heart and soul. Chef Scott Minervini applies his wide experience, talent and refined aesthetic sensibilities to French and northern Italian classics to compose perfectly executed dishes that are new, stylishly vibrant and deeply satisfying"
Gourmet Traveller 2006 Restaurant Guide "A suburban cottage, circa 1842. A discreet shingle, a few steps up to knock at the door and you're shown to one of three intimate rooms scattered with antiques, modern still lifes and candle-lit tables. As anticipation mounts, the food from the small menu really delivers."
Gourmet Traveller 2005 Restaurant Guide** "The food in this temple of gastronomy has reached new heights following the introduction of a woodfired oven. It's given Scott Minervini another tool with which to weave his magic. The bread alone makes a trip here worthwhile; potatoes and many other dishes benefit from the even, slow cooking and extra flavour nuances."
AGFG & SMH GFG 2004, 'Thorpe Farm goat cheese joins highland venison and the island State's glorious seafood on a list that finds its roots in Europe and its reality right here.Even the bread is made in the converted house.The wine list is not only bargain priced but also (yippee!) locally biased.'
Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide Australia 2004, 2 Red Stars, Excellent wine list,'food draws heavily from French and northern Italian traditions but is uniquely his own.There's a satisfying completeness about each dish...The menu is restrained,limited to five or six dishes.Although it changes seasonally...Service is attentive and knowledgeable'