Lamaro's Ph: 9690 3737 ; 273-279 Cecil St, SOUTH MELBOURNE 3205 www.lamaros.com.au Contemporary, $$ + Open Mon-Sat noon-late Sun 11am-late; Licensed; AE DC MC V EFT Chef Michael Lambie & Brad Simpson (11-10-10) Owner Colonial Leisure Group (11-10-10)

Other published opinions

Age Good Food Guide 2012 Score: 14/20

Age Good Food Guide 2011 Score: 14.5/20

Herald Sun Simon Plant, 22-06-10 Score: Food 14/20, Staff 6/10, Drink 3/5, X Factor 4/5, Value 8/10, Total 35/50 "A MOD pub A pioneer, Lamaro's navigates a fine line between bistro fare and top end dining. And while change is afoot(the hotel was recently sold to new owners), fans of chef Brad Simpson's elegant Asian-accented food will be pleased to know he's still behind the stoves"

Age Good Food Guide 2010

Age Good Food Guide 2009

Age Good Food Guide 2008 Score: 14.5/20

Gourmet Traveller 2008 Australian Restaurant Guide "Lamaro's has joined the ranks of spruced-up Melbourne pubs with a smart overhaul front of house, inspired by owner Pam Lamaro, and in the kitchen, under the direction of Michael Lambie"

Age John Lethlean, 27-4-2007

Age Epicure Restaurants, John Lethlean, 23-5-06 Score: 14.5/20

Herald Sun Dining Out, Stephen Downes, 27/6/06 Score: 18/20 "Lamaro's provides all that most of us need when we eat out. Excellent food and attentive service arrives here in a warm and pleasant ambience. The wine list is adequately long and representative of grape varieties, a handful of bottles in the low $30s complementing expensive top-of-the-range drops. Seven table whites and six reds are served by the glass."

Herald Sun Eat, Bob Hart, 18-3-06 "Lamaro's is the eponymous brainchild of restaurateur Pam Lamaro, a long-lost relative of Gerard's, as it happens, who bought the old Bayview Pub 2 1-2 years ago.Then, it accommodated Tony Rogalsky's Locanda Veneto restaurant which Pam ran for some months to get the feel of the neighbourhood and survive the interminable wait for planning permission."