Dikstein’s by day and Dikstein’s by night! I’ve visited dis wine bar several times (and always for the pizza!)
From the outside Dikstein’s Corner Bar resembles a European café, situated right in the heart of Melbourne.
Love this signage:
There are TWO entrances to the CORNER bar: from Little Collins Street & Bank Place – BOTH will lead you straight to the BAR (my favourite!)
I like to sit at the bar because it offers a good vantage point. It’s also perfect for single people like me who don’t want to stare at a wall.
On my first visit, I was most definitely interrupting the servers by ordering food and beers. (I can always tell when I’m getting in the way of a ‘work chinwag’)
But it gave me time to get photos of the beer taps and menu –
One beer was their own Dikstein’s Draught! Which I thought was cute, so grabbed a PINT of that, and ordered an Italian sausage pizza (plz and thx!)
Then another beer when the pizza came out, the dude who delivered it said: ‘You’re gonna like that,’ and OMG, he was right! Such a delicious sausage pizza!
I had to come back another time for a wine..
On my second visit, I spied Chianti on the menu and knew YES – love this red wine, one please, and let’s try the mushroom pizza!
BOTH were delicious, and YES that is a mushroom pizza under the ROCKET.
Third visit – I knew the exact combo I wanted – the Chianti with a sausage pizza!
I also explored upstairs for a bit, which is where I found the amenities, a giant dining room and board games in the corner.
I hung out there for a bit to take photos, then returned downstairs for the Italian sausage pizza at the bar with my red wine. Yum!
Then, most recently I went back to get photos of the UPSTAIRS art & games..
The centrepiece is a LOT of wine bottles, cleverly hung from the roof. It looks very impressive from this far away, but up close is a little dusty..!
I LOVE the European vibes here (makes me feel like I’m back in Italy), the eclectic music, the piano in the corner of the room!
There are still more pizza & wine combos I want to try, and I do love popping in to Dikstein’s.
Just the service tends to be hit & miss.. and you must PLAN your visit here during the week, as they are only open on WEEKDAYS.
3.5 out of 5 chicks
