Bar Santo - St Kilda

I visited during the lunch time special for $15 and was very impressed. The portions were generous and the meal was cooked perfectly.

After arriving in Melbourne feeling a bit tired, I stumbled into this restaurant for a bite to eat. I didn't want to wander too far from my place on Acland St.

We visited in Nov 16. We had come to see the penguins and stopped here on our way. Everything else was unappealing/unsuitable and I must admit this is the first place we thought 'actually this will do' as it was getting later and closer to sunset. Everything is much more expensive in Australia but we got cheap beer and an inexpensive glass of Sangria. We had prawns/calamari to start followed by a steak and lamb shank. We didn't really have an issues with our food other than it being a little bit cold, however we did notice the table next to us complain and the waitress/owner replaced their meal without any issues. Probably wouldn't come back again as I'm sure they're are other nice places nearby to eat but this restaurant was ok for the price.

Food was ok, nothing flash. Waiter had a cold and kept wiping his nose with his hands! Gross! Tried to ring to complain but the two receipts I received had two different restaurant names in them. When I looked up the phone numbers, both have been disconnected. $1 extra for paying by eftpos. All in all a very up satisfying experience. There are many other restaurants to choose from in the area...do it! Don't go here!

Menu reads well, but food is **** awful. Pumpkin Linguini, simply worst I've ever had...no flavour, watery, 2 pieces of unpeeled, poorly cooked(almost raw) drowning in overcooked pasta with lots of chopped parsely to cover the disaster. Very amateurish. Other meals, limp salads no dressing provided. Had to ask for condiments, and then, never saw the waitress again (she stood behind our table at the cash register the whole time) to be able to order desert. We declined to pay for at least the pasta dish..Saturday night, should have learned from fact not much patronage. I agree...keep walking!