Boozy brunches in Melbourne are hugely popular. But the later-in-the-day bottomless lunch is on the up and up. These are for those of us who don't necessarily want to down a heap of mimosas with breakfast while surrounded by hen's parties. Sometimes we just prefer to eat a more grown-up meal paired with a good wine, beer or spritz.
Enter NOMAD, one of the best restaurants in Melbourne. Here, the crew is showing us exactly what the boozy lunch should look like with its latest Lunch & Linger experience.
Every Saturday and Sunday, from 12.30–2.30pm, starting Saturday, April 6, lunchtime diners in the CBD can get a selection of mezzes and a dessert paired with 90 minutes of free-flowing booze for $110. The exact dishes will change each week, but it will include a loaded platter of the restaurant's famed Middle Eastern snacks — think dips, falafels, stuffed zucchini flowers, its signature woodfired flatbread and a bunch of meats.
Prefer to pass on the alcohol? All good. The option remains to simply get the mezze platter for $65 per person and order non-alcoholic bevs throughout the arvo.
But those who do get on the booze will be treated to unlimited house red, rose and white wine as well as beer and spritzes. We all know bottomless drinks can get messy, but at a place like NOMAD we expect patrons will be fairly well-behaved…