Who is Erin?
Originating from our popular degustation concept Messina Creative, the restaurant has evolved and been reimagined into a savoury à la carte menu, wine & cocktail bar where we feature gelato in all of our dishes. Taking its name from our dairy farm, Erindale, Erin sources all fruits, veggies, milk & beef from the farm.
Book a table online or just walk in!
1 Rich St, Marrickville
@erinatmessina
0489 951 972
Meet The Winemaker Series
Come have drinks with DRNKS
In the first instalment of our new Meet the Winemaker series, join Pierre and Joel from DRNKS and Louis from Worlds Apart Wines as they pour five of their best drops ($20 for the flight) alongside our menu.
$26 wine & snack combo
We've curated a carefully selected wine and snack menu to ensure the perfect pairing with your food. Whether you're kicking off your meal, or just fancy a little bite with your drink, it's the ideal way to get a taste of what we're all about at Erin.
Feel free to drop by or book a table below to guarantee a spot.
Lunch & Dinner Set Menu
Enjoy a curated set menu of share-style dishes. Seasonal, generous, and best enjoyed together. Designed to be passed around and fought over (politely), it’s the perfect way to wrap up your weekend.
$89 per person for 8 courses. Minimum 2 guests.
Sat & Sun Lunch Set Menu is also available for $49pp (5 courses).
Bookings recommended. Walk-ins welcome.
What Happened to Messina Creative?
For long-time Messinaverse fans, Messina Creative has meant a lot of things over the years. Some knew it as our R&D department, others remember it as the Darlo test kitchen where we pumped out bespoke sundaes. Then came the Creative Department—our world-first gelato degustation, led by Remi Talbot, serving just 16 people a night.
When Remi moved on to Shadow Baking, we relocated to Marrickville HQ, where it ran for the last two years with rave reviews.
However, despite its success, we knew it wasn’t the easiest experience to access. With all the restrictions around bookings, plenty of people missed out—and that didn’t sit right with us.
So after a long break (and with the addition of Go Amano, ex-Lumi and Sepia), we decided to strip away the barriers and turn Messina Creative into something more people could actually enjoy.
And so, ERIN was born.
Our new restaurant and wine bar—with a touch of gelato in every dish. It keeps everything you loved about the degustation, just in a more approachable format.
ERIN isn’t your standard dinner or dessert—it’s both, combined into a one-of-a-kind dining experience, with the same meticulous attention to what we do best… making beautiful, tasty things.
To recap:
✔ No bookings required (but you can book)
✔ À la carte + set menu options
✔ No strict sitting times
✔ Caters to (basically) all dietary requirements
✔ Savoury & sweet dishes with gelato elements
✔ Amazing wine and cocktails
✔ Open Thursday – Sunday, every week
But why ERIN?
We named it after our dairy farm in Erindale, Victoria. Recently, we started growing fresh produce there to enrich the soil—and as a bonus, we ended up with loads of fresh ingredients to use in our kitchen.
Yes, another farm-to-table restaurant… yawn, we know. But we promise this one is different!
Oh, and if you were wondering what happened to Snackbar, that concept has now been rolled into ERIN—meaning you can still drop by for just a scoop, a wine, or a snack without committing to a full dinner.
