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Grossi Florentino

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Veal and mortadella tortellini in brodo.
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Grossi Florentino is a love letter to the decades in which fine dining was king

Besha Rodell puts on her best dress and pays homage to the tried and true, to technique, to fine dining in its sincerest form at Melbourne's almost-a-century-old Italian.

  • Besha Rodell

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Of course the food is wonderful and the wine tremendous but it's the all-round richness of the experience at Grossi Florentino that makes it so special.

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This has to be Melbourne’s grandest dining room.

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