1. ESSA Restaurant & Wine Bar
    Photograph: Supplied | Essa
  2. ESSA Restaurant & Wine Bar
    Photograph: Supplied | ESSA
  3. ESSA Restaurant & Wine Bar
    Photograph: Supplied | ESSA
  4. ESSA Restaurant & Wine Bar
    Photograph: Supplied | ESSA
  5. ESSA Restaurant & Wine Bar
    Photograph: Supplied | ESSA
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  • Fortitude Valley

Essa

Mimi Wong
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Time Out says

What is it? Provocatively unassuming, hidden behind brass doors is a sultry diner masquerading in the dining precinct of Fortitude Valley. Commemorating the best of local and seasonal produce, executive chef Phil Marchant’s beguiling showcase of all things raw, pickled, smoked and grilled is a delightful contrast against James Street’s more illustrious venues.

Why go? Opened in 2021, Essa’s signature green-marble enclosure of the bar and open kitchen is a monument to their ethos of honouring seasonal ingredients. Through classic technique yet unpredictable flair, the chefs attempt to make every mouthful a revelry of nature’s best. Whether you’re seated front-row to their custom-built woodfire grill or in the rear nook of this dim-lit venue, expect to be unexpectedly aroused by their swordfish crudo dressed in nectarine hot sauce, pickled sardines with preserved lemon and wakame jam, or woodfire kissed John Dory with a voluptuous scampi sauce.

Details

Address
181 Robertson St
Fortitude Valley
Brisbane
4006
Opening hours:
Tue-Thu & Sat 5-11pm; Fri noon-11pm; Sun noon-8pm
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