Crush XI Restaurant - Restaurant in Melbourne - 923 E New Haven Ave, USA

We've done Crush XI for date night a few times. The food is consistently spectacular, and the service is top tier. Sometimes I worry we've ruined ourselves for "fine dining" in larger cities, but Crush XI brings that fine dining experience at completely reasonable prices right here to downtown Melbourne. I always tell myself I'm going to try something new, but typically end up ordering the Pork Chop. Big recommend on the dates and the brussel sprouts.

Very busy restaurant and now I know why. Excellent food and drinks with creative dishes and real depth of flavor. This restaurant rivals some of the other foodie places I've visited in other cities. Huge flavors and execution for Melbourne. I also appreciated the chef taco battle special with voting cards. 10/10

I made reservations, but they were not needed at 5 pm on a Tuesday. The waitress was very happy and was great at giving suggestions. I got a burger, and my brother got the fish of the day. Both items were severely overcooked. We also got a crab cake and a street corn skillet. The crab cake was very good. Perhaps the best I've ever had. Street corn was also excellent. It's a shame the dinners were not good. Maybe it was an off day for the kitchen. Regardless, the food was expensive and it was a bummer.

I went for Happy hour on a Tuesday. When I got to the restaurant, I noticed the bar area was practically empty and was able to pick any seat from the bar. I really like the decore of the restaurant. The bar chairs are comfortable and the art work on the wall is cool. I ordered 3 items from the happy hour that runs til 6pm. I ordered the crispy salmon, bacon wrapped dates and the honey truffle chicken tenders. I also got a ginger lemonade with a piece of candied ginger to wash down the food. All of the food was presented very nicely and the portion sides were very reasonable considering it's happy hour. Food: the salmon was a very interesting dish. It had pickles, arugula and a bbq sauce. The salmon was fresh and the ride was crispy. However the dish was a little salty for me. Still a good dish but my least favorite of the three. My 2nd favorite fish was the honey truffle chicken tenders. The chicken was savory and juicy and had a great crunch. My favorite dish by far was the stuffed dates. This dish is incredible its sweet, salty, smokey. It's unbelievable. They stuff dates with cheese wrap it in bacon and pair that with grilled pineapple. The portion size of this dish is the smallest but each bite packs a punch. They rest of the menu looked great. I would definitely be back if in the area.

I went here for my birthday last night with my family and wow! we had put ‘birthday’ in the reservation comments and right after stepping in, the hostess gave me a happy birthday card signed by the staff, so cute. Our server was also amazing she was SO nice and my birthday feel special. The burrata is to DIE for, i was speechless. The chili lime pineapple soda mocktail was also absolutely amazing. All of our food was amazing, absolutely nothing to complain about. Our server wrote happy birthday on a crème brûlée plate and that crème brûlée was so good. there was chocolate at the bottom and it sounds weird but it was AMAZING. My parents took the carrot cake ice cream and raved about it the whole night.

A true favorite in our community. The place I chose to celebrate a birthday with my family!!! The chef is a creative genius that chooses only the best ingredients and presents surprises with every experience!

Truly exceptional. I literally cannot say enough good things about this place. They made us feel so special and the service was amazing. We never once ran out of water or had to ask for anything, they already had thought of it. The drinks were well mixed, creative, and fun. I tried the blue cheese stuffed olives from the dirty martini and they were so tasty. We got the honey chicken tender app and the date and goat cheese stuffed bacon with grilled pineapple. I have never tasted such exceptional flavors. We were so blown away by how fresh and creative the food was. I got the mushroom chicken and artichoke feticini Alfredo and you could 100% taste that the sauce was homemade. I'm so excited for the leftovers. We also got this lil cake with popcorn for dessert. The textures were insane. Definitely a talented chef that works here. I love the atmosphere service and food so much I can't wait to go back. Easily one of the best restaurant experiences I've had in my entire life. I'm so happy we found about about this cute little place in Melbourne.

Passing through downtown Melbourne last night, and we randomly picked Crush XI for dinner because they had outside seating for the dog. We were thoroughly impressed and pleasantly surprised! The food and cocktails were delicious and inventive, the service was amazing, and the atmosphere was beautiful. Will definitely be coming back to downtown Melbourne to visit this place again! Highly recommend Reece as a server- he’s was phenomenal!!! Very informative, nice, and made great recommendations. Ummm and that carrot cake ice crease was to die for!!