Table Reservation - Lume

To Mother's Day, I must pamper my mother and I to a special devastation. I was for all the way through with delicious vegan tasting plates, beautiful wine, grea... read more To Mother's Day, I must pamper my mother and I to a special devastation. I was for all the way through with delicious vegan tasting plates, beautiful wine, great service, interesting staff, a beautiful atmosphere and of course a beautiful opportunity with my mother. the philosophy of the restaurant is what encourages me to support such a place. a very nice experience.

When spending over $1000A for dinner and wine pairing for two. You expect to be very wowed. Lume was not a Wow $1000k experience at all. !! Lume would be a “nic... read more When spending over $1000A for dinner and wine pairing for two. You expect to be very wowed. Lume was not a Wow $1000k experience at all. !! Lume would be a “nice” experience if half the price… But when after a month and many great restaurant experiences later, you cannot recommend the restaurant to your friends because you feel it is so overpriced and the most memorable dish was tomatoes and one of the degustation courses was bread and you just feel overcharged and confused, then something is missing. All the servers seemed to be overseas students with no formal training and making numerous mistakes during serving. We felt like we were in a culinary training school. The wine pairing was mostly small pours of very simple basic wines, and while innovative again did not merit the price charged. On a Saturday night in Melbourne, when most great restaurants are full, it was no surprise that Lume was almost empty. I have held off on this review as quite frankly we left confused as to how we spent so much and received such a flat experience. We do not usually give negative reviews, but feel Lume needs to up their game to deliver an experience that deserves the price they are charging. . The lack of reviews on tripadvisor would seem to indicate many leave feeling this way?