The menu

Everything goes near the fire.

Name: Ember & Vine
Address: Gertrude Street, Fitzroy, VIC, 3065, AU
Telephone: 03 5550 8810

Share plates cooked over wood and coals, made for the middle of the table. The list moves with the season and with what the fire is doing.

always order the bread

Young leeks charring on a steel grill over glowing hardwood coals, sparks and smoke rising.

Food

What's on the coals.

Order a few to share and keep going. Snacks first, then the fire, then something sweet or a bit of cheese to see off the bottle. Prices in dollars.

01Snacks

start here

Fire-blistered sourdoughCultured butter, smoked salt
9
Wood-roasted olivesOrange peel, fennel seed
8
Charred flatbreadEmber-roasted garlic, labneh
14
Coal-roasted sweet potatoWhipped feta, burnt honey
16

02From the fire

the main event

Coal-roasted leeksHazelnut, brown butter
19
Grilled octopusSmoked paprika, potato, salsa verde
29
Wood-fired half chickenGarlic toum, charred lemon
38
Whole flounder over coalsBurnt butter, capers
42
Flank steak, 250gSmoked bone marrow butter, watercress
46
Lamb shoulder for twoSlow over the fire, flatbread, picklesbring someone hungry
88

03Sides

Crushed potatoesRosemary, beef fat
12
Bitter leavesAged vinegar, pear
13
Ember-roasted carrotsDukkah, yoghurt
14

04Sweet

or one more glass

Fire-roasted pearBurnt honey ice cream
15
Smoked chocolate potSea salt, cream
16
Victorian cheeseQuince, lavosh
18

Plates come out when they're ready, made to share. Tell us about allergies or dietary needs when you book or when you sit down, and we'll talk you through the menu.

A fire-charred sourdough loaf torn open on brown paper beside a dish of cultured butter and smoked salt.

How to order

Order like you're staying a while.

Plates land in the middle of the table when they're ready, so start with a few and add more as the night goes. Two or three plates each is about right, plus bread. Always bread.

01
Start small
Snacks and sourdough while you choose a bottle.
02
Then the fire
Bigger plates from the grill and the coals, for sharing.
03
Finish slow
Something sweet, or Victorian cheese for the last glass.

Hungry yet

Come hungry. Leave smelling of smoke.

Request a table with the day, the time and how many of you, and we'll come back to you to confirm.

Request a table

No booking? No worries. The bar seats are kept for walk-ins, so come early and pull up a stool.

Call 03 5550 8810

lunch Fri, Sat and Sun

A charred octopus tentacle over crushed potatoes with smoked paprika and salsa verde on a dark stoneware plate.