B.Coz

Ph: 9882 7889; 403 Riversdale Rd, HAWTHORN EAST 3123 www.bcoz.com.au

Contemporary, $$ +, * for Food & Ambience, Good Wine List
Open Wed-Fri noon-2.30pm Wed-Sat 6-9.30pm, Closed Xmas Day New Years Day; Licensed; AE DC MC V
Chef Rodney Barbey (5-12-08) Owner Rodney & Neville Barbey (5-12-08)

Mietta's Review
This small restaurant is famous for its wine list. The staff are very knowledgeable and helpful, and with a wine list like this, you may just need them. The menu, while not as extensive, is a fusion of Modern Asian and Cajun styles. The interior is stark and very modern, but quite comfortable.

Other published opinions

Age Good Food Guide 2009 Score: 12/20 "How important to you is eating organically? At B.coz, everything that can be certified organic is certified organic. This includes fruit and vegetables, even if they've travelled from interstate"

Age Good Food Guide 2008 Score: 13/20 "Resembling a Houston office building from the outside - big and squat, all reflective glass inside is Melbourne's temple to all things organic; haven to the gluten-free and the lactoseintolerant"

The Age Dani Valent, 19-2-2007 "The modern, mostly white, partly mirrored restaurant is in a quietly commercial strip. On a recent half-full Friday night, the dining room and the kitchen - visible through a large opening - are quiet and controlled. You could call it well-oiled - except the analogy is fattening. You could also call it not busy enough. Why would that be? Service is fine, the huge wine list offers plenty of interest (both biodynamic and big-name), and some of the food is lovely."

Age Epicure Restaurants, John Lethlean, 19-9-06 Score: 11/20 "Says chef/proprietor Rod Barbey in the introduction to his menu: "My food has evolved over the past 24 years of professional cooking, into what I call Australasian Organic. My cooking style is a blend of all of the flavours that excite me, fresh, health driven ingredients, mixed together to taste good and be good for you, in an intimate, sophisticated environment." So here is a modern-looking brasserie big on organic produce, the biggest development since I last ate here maybe seven years ago; there are separate menus for those who don't eat animals, those with lactose problems and those who are gluten-challenged."

The Age Good Food Guide 2006 score 13/20 "B.coz is the consuming passion of owner-chef Rod Barbey, whose fusion cuisine and extraordinary wine list have attracted a dedicated band of followers over the years. The restaurant's sleek decor, complete with mirrored feature wall and metallic tiling, has weathered the years well."

The Age Good Food Guide 2005 "SMART, sleek and sophisticated, B.coz peddles an imaginative take on East-West fusion that is a big hit with the genteel Hawthorn set."

Age Good Food Guide 2003 13/20 Herald Sun, Weekend, Eat, Bob Hart, 12/10/02 "Bob Hart finds a place that is stealing preium business from the CBD's high-flyers."

Age Good Food Guide 2002 - Score=14/20 - "small, modern eatery raises the bar for restaurants in the suburbs".