Best Fine Dining Restaurants in Point Lonsdale

Great food and service - the mid meal location change felt unnecessary and odd but overall it’s a special and wonderful venue to be.

Service is outstanding; always the right time between courses and staff takes the time to explain the menu to you. The menu is unique and always delicious. Quantities are relatively small, but that allows for sampling a variety of dishes.

Excellent service food and ambience. Donovan’s never disappoints

Excellent food and flavours, excellent staff who were amazing, along with the sommelier who talked about perfectly paired wines. An experience to remember.

Went to DOM in Southbank lats night for my partner's birthday. The 10-seat Cantonese omakase spot was quiet with only three pairs for the friday night. The food was genuinely good. Chef Dominic Li is doing something interesting, taking dai pai dong street food flavours and dressing them up in fine dining clothes. The coral trout was a highlight, and you can tell there's real skill in the kitchen. But here's the thing, it's around $250 a head, and the vibe is still very much "intimate counter." So you're paying white-tablecloth prices for what feels like a very refined home-cooked meal. Good, but not "$250 good," if that makes sense. The bigger letdown was the tea pairing for $40 a head. It's supposed to be this "Celestial Tea Journey" but honestly, the teas were pretty tasteless. They didn't enhance the food or stand on their own. Just... there. For that price, you'd expect the pairing to actually add something. Verdict: Food's worth trying if you're curious, but maybe skip the tea pairing. It's a lot of money for a concept that doesn't quite deliver on every front.