Ela, Torquay – The Age Good Food app listing
Casual beachside restaurant serving contemporary Greek cuisine.
This contemporary Greek restaurant has set Torquay’s waterfront dining scene alight when it arrives in the summer months. Co-owner Jason Gugliotti — also behind local charcoal chicken outfit Pollo Rotisserie — and his uncle Gino gutted the former Bob Sugar space, refitting it with crafted walls, tactile features and terra-cotta tones to create a modern Greek feel.
Ricky Galindo, Tonka’s former head chef, runs the kitchen and kneads fresh pita every morning to keep up with thousands of orders a week during peak season. It’s all about simple dishes taken in new directions: seared fish with lemon-ouzo granita; saganaki with sticky grilled figs and rosemary-honey butter; The lamb is slowly roasted on a spit.
Good to know: Stay here and spend the night drinking ouzo with the owners.
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Emily Holgate- Emily is the producer of The Age’s Good Food App. He has previously written for magazines such as Broadsheet and Urban List.Connect via email.
