Barrio

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77 Upper Heidelberg Rd
IVANHOE, VIC, 3079
local (03) 9499 9... local (03) 9499 9907
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Flavoursome food served in the former Ivanhoe Fire Station

Barrio, meaning neighbourhood in Spanish, is an affordable and welcoming restaurant housed in the old Ivanhoe Fire Station. A modern Mediterranean menu includes dishes such as roasted western plains pork belly and slow cooked, herb crusted lamb along with desserts such as soft-centred chocolate pudding with vanilla bean ice cream, caramel sauce. With a large main dining room, outdoor seating for the warmer weather and private function spaces - Barrio is perfect for any occasion.

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Newbie 1 review
Great food.
The meals sizes aren't the best, but it does fill you up.
The service was great, and it's most definitely in my favourite's book.
On average the price ranges from $23 - $34 depending on what you order.
But all in all i had no problems with this place, and rate it five starts,
because everything was well done
1 year ago
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Newbie 1 review
This quaint little restaurant in the heart of Ivanhoe is definitely worth a visit. I dined here on a busy Saturday night with my family bookings are essential. The meals were served within 30 minutes of us being seated, which was pretty impressive considering how busy the place was. The food was cooked to perfection and the ingredients were fresh. The poll Hereford eye fillet was divine! Meal sizes were a little on the light side, however we left feeling satisfied. Main meals range from $24-$34. A kids menu is available. Barrio is listed in the Entertainment Book 2009/2010 (a complimentary main meal up to $35). Its not one of those restaurants where you cant hear the person opposite you, yet at the same time still has a great atmosphere. Will definitely be back!
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Opening Hours
Services

Tuesday:

12:00 PM-10:30 PM
Wednesday:

12:00 PM-10:30 PM
Thursday:

12:00 PM-10:30 PM
Friday:

12:00 PM-10:30 PM
Saturday:

12:00 PM-10:30 PM
Sunday:

12:00 PM-10:30 PM

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Dining Options

Bookings Corporate Dining A-la-carte Functions

Cuisine

Mediterranean

Licensing

Licensed

Features

Group Bookings Family Friendly Parking Private Function Outdoor Seating

Disabled Facilities

Wheel Chair Access

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Barrio

Matt Preston, Reviewer

Monday, December 22, 2008

ACCORDING to Wikipedia, a barrio is the Latino equivalent of a ghetto. In Melbourne it's what you call your best mate if you don't call him Bazza. Or it's a restaurant in Ivanhoe, a suburb as far removed from New York's Spanish Harlem or East LA as you can get. If Ivanhoe was any more white bread it would be a platter of triple-decker sandwiches. At least one seafood-loving customer here has been know to order the "spaghetti marijuana".

Now calling your restaurant Barrio would make perfect sense if you were serving empanadas, curanto, bife lo pobre and plundering the joys of the Hispanic kitchen, but here things are far more suited for attracting the local market regularly. Barrio specialises in nicely composed dishes that take their inspiration from the kitchens that rim the Mediterranean.
Source: The Age

Full review on The Age