Hold Bar & Eatery

Best Known For

Marry Me Chicken: sous vide chicken breast, Aleppo chilli and mustard butter sauce.

Nestled in the heart of Essendon, Hold Bar & Eatery on Fletcher Street delivers an inclusive and aesthetic dining destination from brunch until dinner. This illegitimate love child of a wine bar slash restaurant slash café is where to head for great food, coffee and wine, all served in eclectic surrounds of potted and trailing greenery, walls covered with a mismatch of artwork and a wood-burning fire for cosying up during chilly months. Brunch-goers opt for herbed scrambled eggs with crunchy chilli oil, avocado, labneh and spicy chorizo, on sourdough; while the later crowd begins with French-style pork and veal meatballs, crêpes and tomato jus. For the main, think slow-cooked lamb, pearl onions, au jus and a parsnip chip, or Scotch fillet with duck fat potatoes and charred broccolini.