One word for this place- ahhhmazing! prosciutto entree,…read morefreshly cut for your delight right before your eyes with their meat cutter. The steak is as delicious as expected. Not cheap but good for an indulgent treat.

If you're a steak lover, this is the place to be. I've…read morerecommended many friends to Esca, all would agree best place for steak. Ps if you order the house chips as a side for your steak, let it cool down. I'm talking a good 5 minutes, it is hot. Many mouths have been warned and ignored, you won't find fresh chips like this. They taste amazing servied with cloves of freshly baked cloves of garlic.

Not worth one as our party of 6 waited 1 hour the menu then when we ordered a garlic pizza was told…read moreit would take at least half an hour maybe longer. Waited anther for our main course. Food was average at best but the worst was the salt shaker being filled with sugar. By the time we found out two mains were spoilt. No apologies were given and we had to insist on a refund. Last time we visit here.

This place is always so busy & now I know why! Food was great!…read more I ordered Salt N Pepper Calamari on a bed of rice with a side Greek salad! So delicious, no bounce at all! Just fresh & amazing! Added bonus, they do takeaway so I didn't feel like a terrible human wasting food (because the portions are huge!) Now I've got salad for lunch tomorrow My friends got the coupled up pack & there was soooo many chips! Fantastic value! Only flaw is the seating gets a bit confusing. People don't really know what the 'rules' are and pounce on a free table before you even get a chance to blink. You have to line up to order and pay when you get there and then wait around for a table to free up. The staff do try to help you get a table, but they're so busy & there's no formal line so it's kinda each for their own. We got a table a few mins before our food came out. Will be back for sure, probably order less!

The stars is purely for the food. I am not a salad eater but they do these fantastically. The fish…read moreis always cooked to perfection and the tartare sauce is amazeballs! Their service is absolutely crap. If not for the food i'd have one starred them. I have been here 4 times since it opened a few months ago and went back as recent as today and unfortunately they haven't improved. The register girl was so unpleasant, abrupt and rude when taking your order, and will eye you down when you seat yourself at an empty table - if she doesn't like where you're sitting she will snap at you to move! And it wasn't just us she barked at - i noticed she did that to 2 other patrons that came in after us. Idgaf if its because she was having a bad day - don't take that out on your customers. Table waitresses are also a bit overwhelmed and therefore haven't a clue what they are doing - on past trips we had one completely forget an order and another giving us a duplicate order for free (gave us 5 huge fish and chips plates for a table of 4 umm?!?!). Maybe the poor serving girls cracked under the pressure from taking barked orders from the register lady. Who knows. She needs to chill out though.

My aunt took us here to eat after we landed in Melbourne and I was surprised at how much I enjoyed…read moreit. I have always heard that italian restaurant always have that family environment and this is the first time I have experienced it. The owner was actively talking to everyone and super engaging. He was funny as well. The other waiters and waitresses we're also nice and friendly. We ordered a variety of dishes to share: Squid ink pasta with seafood - my favorite, the pasta was cooked perfectly, it had the right flavoring, and it was balanced. Carbonara - pretty standard, good portion Grilled meat platter - filled with ribs, chicken, sausages, lamb and a meatball - meat was good, cooked perfectly, tender and flavorful Lamb plate - really good, the lamb was not gamey, it was tender and the gravy that came with it was good. Margherita pizza and garlic/cheese pizza - not my favorite, too thin for me. They threw in a complimentary tiramisu for us as well after the owner knew we were visiting from America. The tiramisu was super moist and you can taste the coffee flavor in it. Overall, very good Italian restaurant, I would go back for sure.

By far one of the best squid ink pastas in town. Excellent friendly and attentive service !! Will…read moredefinitely come back to try other items on the menu

This place has got the best fish, chips and hamburgers. They make hamburgers to die…read morefor...everything is right! Staff so friendly and helpful. Shop is clean and spotless. Will always go back there.

I ordered two corn jacks and a couple other things, they gave me everything except the corn jacks…read more I went back and told them they weren't in there and he said to me that he didn't put them in and asked me if I wanted him to make them. He then said he didn't charge me but he did.