Excellent spot in San Remo for coffee/food...warm atmosphere, kind and attentive service, and very…read moregood coffee. Perfect spot to stop on your way to Phillip Island...really enjoyed our time here and strongly recommend Porter Republic. Great little care...very charming!

This is the place to go when you want a little bit of Melbourne on your escape from Melbourne…read more Serving up some great coffee supreme. We didn't have food here just ducked in for a quick coffee fix while waiting to watch the pelicans get their nom noms. Super friendly mildly hipster staff I'll be going back next time I visit the Island.

Well thought out breakfast menu which included Porridge, pancakes and various Egg things. I had the…read morehome made beans with poached eggs on top and they were very tasty. Coffee was good without being great. Service fast and friendly. View.....amazing!!

Beautiful view, great friendly service and excellent tasting food!…read moreLocal beers are nice too :-)

Visiting our friends with a summer cottage in Somers, we spied this new restaurant while grocery…read moreshopping across the street at Balnarring Shopping Village. What a pleasant surprise of an open restaurant, bar, take-away specialty food and desserts venue in a sleepy beach town. We decided to try it out and made dinner reservations for 6 on a Saturday night. The eclectic menu choices pleased everyone of all ages. Our octopus and calamari starters were refreshingly spiced and tender. We enjoyed a juicy Paddock burger, chicken & king prawn laksa, steamed mussels (white wine garlic and Thai green broth) and King George whiting and tuna tartar with a side of caramelized carrots. We shared a bottle of their house Pinot Grigio and some beers on tap. Foregoing the dessert menu, we gazed at the take away sweets but instead, opted for a marshmallow on-a-stick that one can self-coat from a chocolate fountain -- donations for breast cancer were tossed into a tip jar.

We've been here twice in 3 meals. What does that tell you??…read moreAfter walking in, we were immediately struck by the guy at the counter serving us. Very kind, helpful and accommodating. The food was great. Maybe more than what we would normally spend but, in the end, it was worth it. We DID come back after all!!!!

The food was ok, but doesn't make me want to come back and try more. The plates didn't look so…read moreclean... I had a chicken shnitzel burger and my husband had a breakfast burger. He thought it was just ok too. They weren't that great. Maybe the coffee is better.

Loved this place!! Came for breakfast while on a holiday in Phillip Island, the cafe itself is so…read morecute! Love the rocker theme and kids corner! Food was absolutely delicious! Well worth a visit highly recommend!!

Super yummy food and drinks we loved everything we got . Cute place , would come backread more

Delightfully well presented restaurant with a view! Which is also obviously their wifi password…read morehaha Only just a year old the entire venue is going through a revamp and what a difference t makes. As well as the buildings they are working on reverberating the surrounding fields to make it somewhere not to miss whilst on the island. Make sure to reserve via email or by phone! The staff where lovely and the food was delicious. Having ordered 'The Full Basket', a big breakfast, you find yourself eating exactly what you expect and best of all they locally source all their ingredients; boasted on their menu. Tasting other things on the menu with my family, we where all delighted to say we would definitely come back. The setting is delightfully bright with windows facing the oceans. It's a little noisy of anything but they it is in the renovations to come. We where lucky to be one of a couple table in the room to really enjoy ourselves. Looking forward to having lunch here next time.

Good coffee, fantastic wine list, amazing steak and pork belly. Must try chocolate brownie…read moreice-cream next time. The views of the beach are spectacular.

Really surprised to find this gem of a Cafe, specialising in organic whole foods, beautifully…read moreprepared and presented. Chris the proprietor was very helpful with our dairy and gluten free guests, offering some really tasty snacks. The ingredients all clearly fresh and dressing lovingly prepared.

Told I would have to wait to long for a juice so I had to get a coffee. Then other people received…read morejuices before me and I asked to have a juice instead. Then had to pay 8.80 for a juice I should have paid $7 for... Plus lady on the till was extremely rude to me. Very disappointed :(

Mad cow disease is a brain disorder in adult cattle that may be spread to humans through diseased…read moremeat, hence a curiously yet puntastically named cafe, maybe I will skip the beef. With an open view out to the water I visited on the first day of a long weekend and the vibe was relaxed. Coffee arrived with a layer of milky foam I was frothing to drink it and it didn't let me down. Flavours were subtle and it went down smooth and easy. Food was a delicious umami delight. My order was the Madcowes Hash ($18), the large croquette was crispy, kasundi mushrooms meaty, egg soft and oozing offset nicely with crisp watercress. Looked good and tasted great .. olive oil was so fresh it was almost fluorescent green! Grab the bull by the horns and pop into this cafe when you're next in this small seaside town. Papers a plenty! Music - none, just the sound of voices reverberating around. Less ambiance but easy to chat

I'm glad I found this place !…read more Looking for a place to have a quick meal while i was visiting Phillip island, I ended in Cowes, I first went to another place, without any reviews and that I couldn't even see on Yelp, to give it a try. I sat, saw the waitress passing in front of me and watching me two times, and after 5 minutes without getting any intention (at least maybe, giving me a menu?) I decided that, well, maybe it was enough. THANK GOD (or whatever I don't believe in) because I ended up here instead ! Decided to go healthy (that's impressive Pierre) and had the Mad Cowes chicken salad (as you could see in the pictures) and it was a freaking good as it looked awesome ! The seasonning was just perfect, the chicken was not dry at all, and... I HATE THE CUCUMBERS (ALL OF THEM) You don't know me, but it's a big deal, if I say to my friends that I ate cucumbers, they would die instantly. It's like Superman eating Kryptonite, or... Batman eating his dead parents ! (it's a big deal) I had a perfect lemon meringue pie with a marvelous Mocha and that was it, I'm in love. oh and add a friendly staff, and a wonderful view on the ocean. YEAH

This was actually a rather lovely little cafe that I wondered past, though I had already planned to…read morego and grab a coffee from here anyway, but ended up staying for some breakfast. I guess you could describe it as one of those country cafes, though many of them have started to take upon the style of the inner city cafes - or is it the other way around - it is difficult to tell at times. Anyway, the coffee turned out to be pretty good, and the service was quite pleasant as well. Yeah, it was certainly a nice place to grab a coffee.

Oh what a find! The place is rustic, charmg and cozy. The…read morestaff were warm and friendly. We enjoyed everything we got - scones, latte, mix vegetable curry with apple chutney and yogurt, trout stack, and the apple orange pineapple juice. Lunch is served at 1130.

I really enjoy every time we go here. Its got a great atmosphere in the evenings, with great food…read moreand wine, and then in the mornings when we've gone in for brunch its been really good too! Super child friendly, they have high chairs and are very helpful with kids. Foods great and takeaway pizzas are always quick when Ive rung ahead!

Great place for lunch, pizzas from the wood fired oven were very tasty…read moreBase thin bit not too thin, good range of gourmet pizzas and traditional classics. Breakfast menu looked good, and is all day til 4pm Interesting beer list, and also a handy wine list.