If you find yourself in Bendigo with a craving for Naples-style pizza, meaning ultra-thin crust and gourmet toppings, head directly to GPO, a modern restaurant and bar on the historic Pall Mall block. With white globe lamps, deep red banquettes, a 10-metre onyx bar and a retractable roof over the courtyard, GPO sets a chic scene for sophisticated grazing.
The tapas-style dishes make casual nibbling easy, with dishes such as pear and walnut salad spiced with Persian feta and verjuice dressing; crispy Dijon-topped polenta chips; and wild mushroom arancini balls. Top pick though is the GPO pizza with a series of variations from the classic fiore di latte with tomato sugo, oregano and fresh basil; to tiger prawn and bocconcini; or Daylesford speck with pear and shadows of blue cheese. GPO is also famous for its lunchtime steak sandwich with caramelised onion, roasted field mushrooms, bacon and tomato relish and shoestring fries.
The restaurant and lounge bar is vibrant and stylish, and a hip hotspot for Bendigo's bright young things, lured by the extensive booze selection as much as by the food. There are scores of wines to choose from, as well as sweet and sticky cocktails for those who'd prefer to follow up their meal with a liquid dessert.
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Posted by:
Hogalot
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18 February 2009, 9.59am
In Decline...
GPO started out promising a few years back but has gradually slipped to the point where myself and several other "foodies" avoid it at all costs. I dined recently as it was a friend's birthday. A group of 12. Not one person was happy. The meals are of a substandard qaulity and this place really needs a Gordon Ramsay to turn it around. The meals presented were nothing like the descriptions, bland, amateurish efforts that were just embarassing. Even the hand cut chips with cilli salt came with no salt, no chilli, swimming in oil. Moroccan chicken on a bed of couscous... forget it! The prices here are also inappropriate to say the least. The so-called Tuscan style pizzas are a joke. If this place was in the a Metro area or Melbourne suburb it wouldn't be still open in its current form.
On a positive note the wine list is OK and offers some semi decent import varietals such as Italian Pinot Grigio etc. The decor is also quite good. It works better as a contemporary bar than a resaurant. Avoid.
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Posted by:
M&B
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22 December 2008, 1.16pm
Our regular
We use the GPO as our 'regular' because the ambience is classy (for Bendigo), the service is very good & the food/wine menu gives lots of options - at a reasonable price. The food menu flexibility extends from small plates, through salads & thin crust pizzas, to full al a carte menu. All food is nicely presented & the quality is consistent. The wine list offers several by the glass options featuring local drops - a good idea. The service is very good; after looking for suggestions to improve, followed up our suggestion of having more non-meat dishes for those so-inclined. Overall, we keep going back cos it is the one place you can drop in for a quick bite, or a full meal & not be disappointed.
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