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  • Restaurant diners drinking wine and laughing.
  • Two diners in a bright restaurant being served food.
  • Two diners sitting at the bar and being served food and wine.

Mabu Mabu - Big Esso

  • Bar
  • Restaurant

This Indigenous owned and run bar and kitchen brings First Nations' food and good times to Naarm (Melbourne).

Created by Torres Strait Islander chef Nornie Bero, Big Esso is a place to meet friends and strangers. Grab a seat at the communal tables and have a yarn with the people either side of you. Tune into ‘Island Radio’ featuring blak musicians and Australian classics. And order a drink from a list of Indigenous owned and social impact businesses.

‘Big Esso’ means ‘the biggest thank you.’ It is an acknowledgement of Elders and the community who have kept this culture alive. This includes chef Nornie's cultural heritage: the Komet Tribe of the Meriam People of Mer Island in the Torres Strait.

Dates and times

Day Times
Monday
  • Closed
Tuesday
  • 11am - 10pm 11am - 10pm
Wednesday
  • 11am - 10pm 11am - 10pm
Thursday
  • 11am - 10pm 11am - 10pm
Friday
  • 11am - 12am 11am - 12am
Saturday
  • 11am - 12am 11am - 12am
Sunday
  • 11am - 12am 11am - 12am

Location

Shop 25, Fed Square
Mabu Mabu - Big Esso
Flinders St
Melbourne 3000

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Contact details

  • email address: hello@mabumabu.com.au
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