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Unlock a stack of dining deals across the city when you flash your Festival tickets
FROM OCTOBER 2 to 20, the city buzzes with a boundarypushing program of events and experiences spanning music, visual art, theatre, dance and circus. Now you can add food to the list too with 21 top Melbourne venues teaming up with Time Out to offer Melbourne Festival ticket holders special dining offers. Validity subject to venue terms and conditions. Asado Special offer: $29 lunch menu The express lunch features pinxtos, grilled meat and sides plus an alfajor (South American sandwich cookie) to take away. The Barre Special offer: $30 meal and drink Ticket holders can get a $30 soy and honey-glazed chicken kebab with salad and fries plus a glass of wine or beer. Carlton Club Special offer: 20 per cent off food During Melbourne International Arts Festival, ticket holders get 20 per cent off their food bill.
Cookie Special offer: $50 feast
Cookie’s ‘International Express Flight’ menu has dumplings, a wok-tossed dish, a salad and a beer or wine for $50.
Fatto Bar & Cantina Special offer: $30 spanner crab spaghettini & wine
Zesty spanner crab spaghettini with a glass of wine is $30 during Melbourne Festival.
Garden State Hotel Special offer: $25 main plus drink
Head to the Garden Grill and get any main with a house wine, beer or soft drink for $25.
The George on Collins Special offer: Entrée and mains $30; entrées, mains and desserts $50
The Modern Vietnamese restaurant is spearheaded by Masterchef star Khanh Ong.
Special offer: $30 & $50 feasts Get a $30 bretzel, burger, fries and glass of Heineken (or house wine) or opt for the $50 feast for barramundi or a veal schnitty. Special offer: $35 pasta & wine Load up pre-show with Lello’s $35 Melbourne Festival deal which includes any pasta dish plus a glass of red or white wine. Special offer: $50 four dishes & a drink Try four chef-selected dishes (plus a glass of wine or beer) for $50 during Melbourne Festival.
Magic Mountain Saloon Special offer: $30 mystery feast
Magic Mountain is serving $30 mystery feasts including a Spritz of your choice.
Ms Collins Special offer: $15 Frank Sinatra cocktail
The Frank Sinatra is a mix of whiskey, marmalade, mint and orange blossom water, and if you’ve got Melbourne Festival tickets you can get it for $15 (it’s usually $20).
Pilgrim Special offer: $50 four dishes and a drink
Get three small shared plates and a dessert off the regular menu plus a drink (beer, glass of wine or soft drink) for a fiddy.
Red Spice Road Special offer: $50 feast
Sample a stack of their tasty South East Asian dishes with the $50 Melbourne Festival Feasts menu (it even includes dessert).
Rice Paper Scissors CBD Special offer: $50 lunch & $60 dinner banquets
Get a selection of tasty Asian street food classics as well as a glass of wine for each guest during Melbourne Festival.
Rice Paper Sister Special offer: $30 lunch or $50 dinner
Enjoy share dishes inspired by food from Bali to Bangkok. Deals include a cheeky glass of wine.
Riverland Bar Special offer: $30 meal & drink combo
It’s $30 for any On Your Own meal off the regular menu plus a glass of red, white or sparkling wine or pint of Colonial Pale Ale.
San Telmo Special offer: $50 Express Festival Menu
Includes an empanada, chorizo, dry-aged, pasture-fed rump steak, seasonal leaves and a cookie filled with dulce de leche.
Secret Kitchen Special offer: $30 lunch & $50 dinner banquet
Both options include an adorable steamed piggy bun.
Time Out Fed Square Special offer: 25 per cent discount
Ticket holders all get 25 per cent off their bill (conditions apply).
Whitehart Bar Special offer: 20 per cent discount
Your tickets will get you a 20 per cent discount on tap beers and selected wines and spirits.