Vons Restaurant & Bar - Melbourne

 Melbourne is famous for it lane ways characterized by Vibrant Street art, secret shops and fashion boutiques and a plethora of eating joints. Hardware Lane,  is one such lane  I came across while wandering European sophistication and you would be forgiven  for thinking that you’re sitting in a roadside café  in Paris rather than Australi<br/ <br/ i opted for the humbler Vons for an early dinner. A Italian Café with fresh pasta and sauce  made every day, I  chose the veg cannelloni and a glass of  the house sparkling to accompany it. The view was fantastic and the service friendly. The pasta when it arrived looked good, though I found the sauce more like a thick soup and had to literally go fishing for my cannelloni

Had a Saturday dinner date at Vons. We were persuaded by the guy at the front, and regret nothing. We had an entree, main for 2 of us, dessert and a drink each for under $70. Meals we had came out quick and delicious. Highly recommended for people who likes Italian/ Australian cuisine.

Back on Hardware Lane again for breakfast this time and I decided to go to Von 's. Was met by a nice, friendly, elderly gentlemen who offered me a good deal on breakfast. Of course on Hardware Lane people will put the 'hard word ' on you as everyone there is competing for your business. <br/ <br/ If you don 't want someone to talk to you then try fast food where the only thing they say is 'want fries with that? ' or 'wanna supersize that? ' lol. But enough of that on to the meal. I had the Eggs Atlantic and the salmon was very nice indeed. Tasted delicious and very fresh as did the eggs and Hollandaise sauce. Hot chocolate was nice too. As I only had breakfast there I can 't speak as to the mains on the menu but I was happy with what I had. Would recommend it.

If it hadn't been for a voucher offer, we probably wouldn't have make it as far, running the touting gauntlet of Hardware Lane. There are lots of interesting eateries to pass before finding Vons but we did enjoy our dinner. In particular, the salt and pepper calamari was perfect and the pasta dishes very tasty. We shared a creme brulee which was very good too. Nice place with friendly service :

Good food, good service. definitely recommended, friendly staff, and very good value for money, one problem, my lamb ribs, got too much meat and I had to share...  too full....