Melbourne 3000
03 9654 6800
I had been past this place a couple of times around dinner and was put off thinking it just specialised in sandwiches (unsuitable for an evening meal). But last week, my friend and I finally found an excuse to visit The Mess Hall at lunch time.
Busy and rustic, The Mess Hall caters to office workers of the city’s top end. There are a couple of vegetarian paninis. I ordered the vegetable lasagne. It came with a dressed mixed leaf salad with fennel shavings. The lasagna itself featured a tomato sugo heavily flavoured with white wine. Whilst claiming to be a vegetable lasagna, the bulk was composed of pasta sheets with a smidgen of eggplant and zucchini in between. Thin slices of parmesan garnished the top. At $17.50, the lasagna was not fantastic.The atmosphere was lively but with shared tables and unsupportive wooden stools, The Mess Hall is trendy rather than quality. This is not to say that I didn’t enjoy the meal and my friend’s company. But would I return? Probably not.
