Mietta's Review
Over-looking Flinders St Station from the outside terrace, this Southbank restaurant offers great views and very good Italian food. A seamless change of ownership early in 2003 has had little effect on the running of this restaurant founded in 1990. The extensive wine list appears to be aimed at the expense account market. One of the best Southbank experiences, but not cheap.

Other published opinions
Age Good Food Guide 2010 Score: 13.5/20

Age Good Food Guide 2009 Score: 13.5/20

Age Good Food Guide 2008 Score: 14.5/20

Herald Sun Bob Hart, 10-02-07 "Scusami exploded into action in its prime position when Southgate opened in the bleak early 1990s. Then, classical Italian food was all the go here. And very good it was, too: business boomed. But now, after some years under fastidious new management and with a top chef with classical French leanings at the helm, the food has evolved into something even more ambitious."

Age Good Food Guide 2006 score 15/20

Gourmet Traveller 2006 Australian Restaurant Guide "The template created for this up-market Italian restaurant back in the 90s has proven durable. The formula here is a modern approach to Italiana, focusing on top-shelf artisan ingredients, with a thick whack of deferential service. And it works."

Age Good Food Guide 2005 score 15/20

Gourmet Traveller 2005 Restaurant Guide "An astoundingly successful, and nearly always busy, high-end Italian restaurant, today's Scusami sticks to the reliable Latin formula of previous operators and chefs."

Age, Agenda, 23/5/04,John Lethlean

Age Good Food Guide 2004

Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide Australia 2004, 1 Black Star, Excellent wine list,'little corner of Italy overlooking the Yarra...some of the finest Italian dishes in the country.Prices are reasonably high, but then Scusa Mi does employ only the best ingrediants...Service is knowledgeable and attentive.'

Herald Sun, Weekend, Eat, Bob Hart, 7/6/2003

Herald Sun, Sunday Magazine, Eating Out, Sally, Fisher, 2003

Herald Sun, City Style, 22/7/03, Stephen Downes, Score 12/20

Age, Epicure, Restaurants, John Lethlean, 23/7/02. Score 16.5/20

Age, Sunday Life, Eat Streets, 31.3.02

Age, SundayLife ,17/9/2000

The Wine Magazine June/July 2000