Following the success of the inaugural Serve dining festival in early 2024, Mastercard is proud to bring it back for a second year, in partnership with Broadsheet. Serve 2025 is a two-week celebration of Melbourne’s very best in food, drink and hospitality – all as the tennis brings the city to an excited frenzy. Running from January 12 to 26, Serve once again invites Mastercard cardholders to exclusive events with the city’s top chefs and venues.

Referred to by its owners as a “wine house” rather than a wine bar, Circl has more than 1500 wines on its 125-page list, and a menu by an ex-Vue De Monde chef. And the team is pulling out all the stops for a special evening as part of Serve. And, on Friday January 17, the Punch Lane venue is putting on a one-night-only menu for $110 per person.

Menu (To Share)

Snacks

Goat cheese éclair, beetroot, chives

Smoked eel tart, compressed cucumber, horseradish

Entrees

Blanc bakery sourdough, St David’s cultured butter

Stracciatella, charred leek, chives

Corner Inlet calamari, Nduja, morcilla, celeriac

Mains

Snapper, lobster sauce, sugarloaf cabbage, peas

Blackmore Wagyu tri-tip, Café de Paris

Served with

Remi’s Patch Farm Leaves, mustard vinaigrette

Kipfler potatoes, roasted garlic butter, Espelette, pickled shallot

Desserts

Dark chocolate, almond nougat, honey, vanilla ice cream

Passionfruit sorbet, Yo-Yo biscuit, crème fraiche mousse

Tickets for this priceless experience are limited and available only for Mastercard cardholders.