Join the Opening Team — Côte Basque

Opening late winter | Crossley Street, Melbourne

Located in the heart of the CBD, down a historic laneway long associated with eating and drinking well, you’ll find Côte Basque - a restaurant inspired by the culture, spirit, and cooking of the rugged Basque coast.

Côte Basque will be a place for generous food, lively drinks, and thoughtful hospitality. The menu centres on local ingredients from land and sea, with produce-led dishes that are simple in approach yet precise in execution - humble, but elevated. Expect familiar, well-loved flavour pairings of the Basque and Mediterranean coasts, cooked over charcoal with restraint and confidence.

The dining room is one of the city’s most significant heritage restaurant spaces. Once owned by the Pellegrini brothers, and more recently home to Becco, it is a room steeped in nostalgia and layered with stories of Melbourne’s dining history. It has now been reimagined, carrying forward the same philosophy as the classic venues before it - warm in texture and colour, understated, and designed for spirited times. Spaces for dining, a bar for drinking, and a private room for celebrations have all been created in harmony with the bones of a building deeply embedded in Melbourne’s culinary story.

To take this site into its next era, we’re building a team who care deeply about quality, provenance, and creating a genuinely welcoming experience for our guests. We’re currently recruiting across all levels of both front and back of house, from emerging talent to experienced hospitality professionals.

This is an opportunity to be part of a new restaurant from day one - helping shape the culture, standards, and rhythm of a venue that somehow feels both new and as though it has always been there.

Apply now using the form below.