Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel had to settle for a quiet, early lunch in the CBD rather than a big celebration after being delivered a mixed bag in his appeal against serious drug convictions.

Holding hands with his girlfriend, the gangland figure walked from the Court of Appeal around the corner to Steak House Grill 66, which offers as part of its menu $205 tomahawk and $105 rib-eye char grilled steaks.

Mokbel arrives at the Court of Appeal in Melbourne on Friday. Credit: Eddie Jim

Mokbel would have been right to be quietly confident on Friday morning as he entered the green court – decked out with furnishing of the same colour.

Both the underworld and legal fraternity had been tipping Mokbel would walk away with a clean sweep of appeal victories.

Instead, the 60-year-old gangland figu

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