BearBrass,Southgate
January 9th 2011 08:31
I went for dinner and drinks at BearBrass, Southgate on Saturday 8th January: Really Long Link
My friend and I both had friends visiting from interstate, but as we were both quite skint til payday we were looking for somewhere reasonably priced to go, and decided to try BearBrass after a recommendation from a friend.
When we first arrived it was a bit confusing as to what was the order of play, what with a bouncer at the door (that's right, a bouncer!) but no front of house/maitre'd-type person to seat us. We wandered inside and were told by a waitress to take a seat where we liked - we actually had to wait a few minutes for a table to become available and took this as a good sign!
We sat there for a fair while (about an hour) having a drink while waiting for one of the boys to arrive and were not hassled at all by the waiters (ie: no hurrying us up to order etc) which was very pleasant. It was very nice sitting outside by the Yarra, watching the world go by for a bit.
When we finally came to order, we went for the roast pumpkin, three cheese & caramelised onion tartlet with watercress & vine ripened baby tomatoes ($13.50), pumpkin, field mushroom, pesto, beetroot & goats cheese pizza ($16), chicken, mushroom, bacon, parmesan & bbq sauce pizza ($17) and the prosciutto, slow roast tomato, mozzarella, rocket & parmesan pizza ($15.50).
The tart came from the 'Something Small' section of the menu. The serving was indeed quite small, it would be good for a light lunch, but my friend informed me that it really was quite filling.
The pizzas all came out on wooden boards so I quite liked the presentation (not original, I know, but still nice) and they were a decent size for one person. Not sure if I would have finished all of mine (a friend had one slice) but for a man it would have been a decent serving. They had a nice crispy base, quite thin, only complaint was that it was quite hard to cut through the base of the pizzas with the knives that we had.
Overall it was quite an enjoyable meal in a casual, relaxed setting, and I would definitely go back for another very reasonably priced meal. (The setting does help though as I'm a sucker for anything close to the water!
)
My friend and I both had friends visiting from interstate, but as we were both quite skint til payday we were looking for somewhere reasonably priced to go, and decided to try BearBrass after a recommendation from a friend.
When we first arrived it was a bit confusing as to what was the order of play, what with a bouncer at the door (that's right, a bouncer!) but no front of house/maitre'd-type person to seat us. We wandered inside and were told by a waitress to take a seat where we liked - we actually had to wait a few minutes for a table to become available and took this as a good sign!
We sat there for a fair while (about an hour) having a drink while waiting for one of the boys to arrive and were not hassled at all by the waiters (ie: no hurrying us up to order etc) which was very pleasant. It was very nice sitting outside by the Yarra, watching the world go by for a bit.
When we finally came to order, we went for the roast pumpkin, three cheese & caramelised onion tartlet with watercress & vine ripened baby tomatoes ($13.50), pumpkin, field mushroom, pesto, beetroot & goats cheese pizza ($16), chicken, mushroom, bacon, parmesan & bbq sauce pizza ($17) and the prosciutto, slow roast tomato, mozzarella, rocket & parmesan pizza ($15.50).
The tart came from the 'Something Small' section of the menu. The serving was indeed quite small, it would be good for a light lunch, but my friend informed me that it really was quite filling.
The pizzas all came out on wooden boards so I quite liked the presentation (not original, I know, but still nice) and they were a decent size for one person. Not sure if I would have finished all of mine (a friend had one slice) but for a man it would have been a decent serving. They had a nice crispy base, quite thin, only complaint was that it was quite hard to cut through the base of the pizzas with the knives that we had.
Overall it was quite an enjoyable meal in a casual, relaxed setting, and I would definitely go back for another very reasonably priced meal. (The setting does help though as I'm a sucker for anything close to the water!
)
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