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It’s a modern Greek restaurant by an Athenian chef with ambitions to match its 300-person capacity.
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“We didn’t call it a ‘hotel’ because we want it to be casual, but because we want people to feel that this is a gathering place,” says chef Ioannis Kasidokostas, who – alongside his wife and business partner Maria Tsilfoglou – is behind the Glenferrie Road newcomer.
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Since opening Aegli in South Melbourne last winter, the couple has been working to provide a counterpoint to the Greek comfort food having a moment in Melbourne.
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Leaning into his experience at Michelin-starred fine diners in Athens, Kasidokostas serves more cheffy, more conceptual versions of traditional and regional Greek dishes.
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“There’s obviously been a massive renaissance in Greek restaurants [in Melbourne],” Kasidokostas says.
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“We don’t present ourselves as being better than anyone else ... we just want to shine a light on Greek cuisine from a different angle, from the chef’s angle.”
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(It’s partly why the venue is named after the ancient Greek god of the sun.)
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Helios Hotel will have the same style of food and service as Aegli, but on a larger scale.
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In fact, Kasidokostas says, it’s six times the size of Sowl, the broadly Mediterranean restaurant he and Tsilfoglou closed in Carnegie in July to focus their attention on Helios.
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“I was eyeing this place off eight years ago,” says Kasidokostas of the 1200-square-metre site, formerly home to Sagra.
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Generously spaced tables span the ground-floor dining room and group-friendly mezzanine that overlooks it, with other spaces reserved for private dining and events – including the covered, light-filled rooftop.
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Dishes you might recognise by name on the menu come together a little differently on the plate.
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Dolmades swap the rudimentary minced meat for prawns, which are combined with rice, wrapped in silverbeet and charred in the josper oven.
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They’re dressed in “something like XO but more acidic” that’s made with prawn heads and oil left over from sizzling dry-aged loukaniko (sausage).
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“It’s got layers and layers of flavour,” says Kasidokostas.
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Lamb shoulder is swathed in vine leaves and slow-cooked until melt-in-your-mouth tenderness, its own juices combining with grape and carob molasses to form a rich, chocolatey sauce.
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Thoughtful vegetarian plates round out the offering, whether that’s horta – a medley of pot-cooked wild greens that Aegli sells 30 kilos of each week – or a wood-fired cabbage salad.
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There are some on-theme cocktails, like a gin basil smash that subs in the Greek spirit tsipouro, and a negroni enlivened with Greek bitters.
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But the wine list is where you’ll find most excitement.
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Kasidokostas and Tsilfoglou are passionate about making less common Greek varietals more accessible.
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If, for example, you enjoy the kidonitsa (a rare, ancient grape found in Greece’s Peloponnese region) you try at dinner, you can buy a bottle to take home – at 40 per cent off the wine list’s price.
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Helios Hotel might not be a pub, but its general liquor licence means it can also function as a bottle shop.
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