North&COMMON

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   Leah

   Melbourne

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined on November 14, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 4

   It was a lovely dinner and the staff were very friendly and the service was good. The pork we ordered off the set menu was extremely fatty that most of the meal was left on the plate due to the fact it was mostly fat. However, the little meat that was in the dish was delicious. The rose and strawberry dessert was fantastic!
   

   North&COMMONResponded 5 days ago

   Good Evening Leah, Thank you for sharing your 4 Star review on your recent experience with us at North & Common. We appreciate your feedback, and I have shared your comments of our new menu with our team. We hope to welcome you back again soon.
   

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   Angela

   Victoria

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on November 9, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We celebrated our son’s 21st birthday dinner at North &Common last night. The service was impeccable, the food was plentiful and delicious. Thank you.
   

   North&COMMONResponded on November 12, 2024

   Good Evening Angela, Thank you for sending us your 5 Star review. We are glad you had a great experience with us celebrating your son's 21st birthday. We hope to welcome you back again soon to North & Common.
   

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   Keith

   Oxford

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on November 8, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Staying at the Ibterlude so this was a logical choice being only downstairs but a little concerned over a couple of negative reviews so went into it eyes wide open. Clearly a new hotel and restaurant with a very cosy wine bar immediately adjacent. The menu was new this week and in addition to a la carte they offered a very well priced “let’s us feed you” option. From the home baked sourdough starter with cultured butter, through the heritage tomatoes and burratta, confit duck pappardelle, scotch fillet with asparagus, to the panacotta for dessert the meal was without fault and the service impeccable. I can only assume the previous negative reviews attributable to the newness of the hotel and early on teething troubles, because I cannot rate my experience highly enough. Will hopefully return soon.
   

   North&COMMONResponded on November 9, 2024

   Good Afternoon Keith, Thankyou for sending us your 5 Star review. We are glad you had a great experience with our new seasonal menu. We hope to welcome you back to North & Common again soon.
   

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   Alex

   Melbourne

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on November 1, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   A fantastic dining experience with a great menu in our local area 👍
   

   North&COMMONResponded on November 2, 2024

   Good Afternoon Alex, Thank you for sending us your 5 Star review! Were glad you had a great time & enjoyed our new seasonal menu. We hope to welcome you back again soon.
   

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   Brigid

   Melbourne

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on November 1, 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Great room, lovely food . Service was excellent. Wine list very good
   

   North&COMMONResponded on November 2, 2024

   Good Afternoon Brigid, Thankyou for sharing your 5 Star review! We are glad you had a great time and enjoyed our new seasonal menu. We hope to welcome you back again soon.
   

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   Pat

   Melbourne

   1 review

   1.0

   1 review

   Dined on October 26, 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   We were booked for lunch and a tour of the prison. But as we were seated for lunch we were advised that the restaurant had learnt the night before that the tour had been cancelled. Instead of the restaurant notifying us in the morning they told us as we were seated for lunch. Basically rail tossing us into lunch still. Poor communication. It was a long way for us to travel for lunch at an over rated restaurant
   

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   Gemma

   Gold Coast

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined on October 24, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Nice restaurant with great staff. Delicious tomato starter, not the bread and water you would expect in a prison, although we did get sourdough and water!
   

   North&COMMONResponded on October 26, 2024

   Good Afternoon Gemma, Thank you for sharing your 4 Star review, we are glad you had a great experience with us at North & Common. We hope to welcome you back again soon.
   

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   Anne-Marie

   Melbourne

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined on October 23, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   We enjoyed the food thoroughly and were pleasantly surprised with the taste. We started with oysters and burrata, although it was the smaller burrata I had seen in my life, knowing they are much larger which was a shame for value. However our mains, the risotto and lamb ragout was very nice. The restaurant is so lovely inside and should uphold a higher standard for dress code, with people coming in sweatpants. The service could also be improved by ensuring when food is served cutlery is supplied, we waited patiently but after 5 minutes we had to request cutlery, only being given a knife also followed up with requesting a fork also. The restaurant was not busy but our plates sat in front of us for 20 minutes after finishing and we had to ask it be cleared up and for the bill. It would have been nice to have dessert but we had to leave, if the plates were cleared earlier perhaps there would have been time.
   

   North&COMMONResponded on October 24, 2024

   Good afternoon, Anne-Marie Thank you for sending us your 4 Star review on your recent visit with us at North & Common. We appreciate your feedback, and I have shared your comments with our service team to address some of these issues. We hope to welcome you back again soon.
   

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   Andrew

   Melbourne

   3 reviews

   4.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on October 5, 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Will get better as it finds its groove. It's hard work being a hotel restaurant that attracts locals but I think these guys will nail it. The kitchen is definitely humming and the starters and grill items were the standout. Desserts were a bit weak. The space is nice and open, with high roofs but the lighting in our area near the kitchen was uncomfortably dim and another table resorted to phone flashlight to look at their meal. Service was good but wine glasses sat empty for a bit (but were topped up when food arrived). Very good wine list. Will happily go back and hopefully some of the issues are ironed out as staff get settled.
   

   North&COMMONResponded on October 9, 2024

   Good Afternoon Andrew, Thank you for sharing your 4 Star review with us. I have passed along your feedback to our service team. We will be launching our new menu in the coming weeks & hope to welcome you back again soon to try some new items from us at North & Common.
   

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    Michael

    Melbourne

    6 reviews

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    4.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on October 5, 2024

    1. Overall 4
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 5

    Food was amazing. Great advice from the staff to help with our selections. With a vegetarian this is very much appreciated. Attention to service was a little lacking at times, but not a huge issue.
    

    North&COMMONResponded on October 8, 2024

    Good afternoon Michael, Thank you for sending us your 4 Star review, we are glad you had a great evening with us at North & Common. We hope to welcome you back again soon.
    

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