Embla is a restaurant in Melbourne, Australia.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

The restaurant is a wine bar, with a kitchen behind the counter. The kitchen is visible to patrons.

Most food in the restaurant is cooked in a wood-fired coven. Gourmet Traveller has described the food served as 'simple' and 'smart, comforting'.^[2][6] The roast chicken received particular praise.^[2]

The interior furniture is second-hand and sourced from New Zealand.^[6] The room is aesthetically full of dark colours, the use of black leather at the back of its space. Other visual features include its grey stone-tiled floor, moulded timber joinery, and vintage light shades.^[2]

Embla was described as an example of a kind of restaurant that Melbourne tends to be associated with, that of the 'flexible, well-designed, mid-priced diner'. It has been compared to The Carlton Wine Room, Bar Lourinhã, Izakaya Den, and Kirk's Wine Bar.^[2]

Its wine list also received mild praise; with a deliberate focus on less-known producers.^[6] It focuses primarily on Australian producers.^[2]

It was opened in 2016, and is operated by Australian chef Dave Verheul, and business partner Christian McCabe.^[5] Eric Nairoo also part owns the restaurant.^[2]

In 2019, the restaurant opened a sister venue named Lesa, located above Embla.^[5]

In 2023, the venue was visited by the Obamas and Lewis Hamilton.^[8][9][10]

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