Coming Soon: The Group Behind Some of Melbourne's Top Vietnamese Restaurants Is Opening Two New Venues

MAMAS Dining Group (Hochi Mama, Straight Outta Saigon and Kiss and Tell) is branching out from its Southeast Asian roots with the launch of its latest Chapel Street sites: Windsor Wine Room and Suzie Q.

Windsor Wine Room is set to open in May this year at the former Lover site, where you'll find top-notch wines paired with contemporary European food. Michael Stolley (ex-Ish Restaurant and Eazy Peazy) will run the kitchen pass here, slinging a series of small and large plates.

Kick things off with potato and honey-studded focaccia, burrata with a vodka-spiked sauce, and barbecued lamb skewers, before launching into bigger bites like the cauliflower pie and octopus and nduja ragu pasta.

Suzie Q

Then there's the two-storey Suzie Q, MAMAS Group's biggest and most ambitious venue to date. Mitchell and Eades (Beverly, Grill Americano, Carlton Wine Room, Hawker Hall, Mr Miyagi and Lana) has been tasked with designing the large space, which is said to embody "the hedonism and rebellion of the underground nightlife scene in the 80s, re-imagined through a modern lens".

Stolley has also dreamt up Suzie Q's menu, inspired by classic Cantonese cuisine. But don't expect this to be a traditional Chinese restaurant. He's adding plenty of contemporary flair — something MAMAS Group is well known for.

Windsor Wine Room (60 Chapel Street, Windsor) will open in May this year and Suzie Q (247 Chapel Street, Prahran) is slated to open in June. For more information, head to the restaurant group's website.