The worst meal and experience I had in Melbourne was at Higher Ground a couple of weeks ago.

Booked, turned up on time (a couple mins early) only for the maître d' to give away our table to a walk-in in front of us - much to the shock and horror of the other staff member who was about to seat us.

Once we were eventually seated, the food was the worst we had in our time in Melbourne.

On a positive note, had wonderful food at Gimlet, Embla and a couple of (very long) lunches at Stokehouse.