Ian Woodruff

Review of Epocha

EXCELLENT SERVICE AND A GREAT MENU

EXCELLENT SERVICE AND A GREAT MENU
Epocha is a high end restaurant just north of the city centre in Rathdowne St Carlton, which makes parking relatively easy.
The building is an old terrace that has been tastefully reconfigured into a restaurant. The interior is stylish and subdued and has excellent noise management (right down to felt underlay under the dining tables).
It's a modern European cuisine with a choice of either the "surrender" degustation (with or without accompanying wines) or the more restrained "sustain" which is a more a la carte operation. We went with the sustain and left the restaurant feeling very full and satisfied!
Service was great from the very start and our waiter was first class.
With the sustain menu you choose an item from each of entree, main and desert, so the three of us shared all the dishes and were able to sample quite a lot of the menu items.
Every dish was deserving of 5 stars - both on presentation and taste.
The meal came to $350 (inclusive of drinks and an extra dish of 12 oysters) which was quite reasonable given the quality.
People with mobility issues will have two challenges - a small sets of external steps at the entry and a long staircase up to the toilets on the first floor.
A great place to go for a romantic dinner, business meal or even dining alone.