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.

A pleasant lunchtime outing. The boab tree on entrance…read more(10/10) was a wonderful welcome. It was a shame they decided to add inaccurate background noises, and the volume was more than I was after. I originally thought to sit in the wine terrace area, but I quickly chose to move to the wine bar as it was much nicer ambiance without the music and I had a much better view there of the outdoor modern sculpture gallery. There was a consistent theme of in-cohesiveness in both the food selection and sculpture collection, providing a diverse variety. I had the mortadella plate which was a surprisingly generous serving for a single meat dish. All the food I had including the miniature olives were provided with plentiful salt provision. A surprising additional was the anchovy butter, a little goes a long way with thundering intensity. By far my favourite part, I highly recommend the people watching experience, a few of my favourite pieces: - game of tag between adults (no children involved) 8/10 - mosaic man of many poses 6.5/10 - space penis 10/10 - women with impressive number of internal cliques 6/10

Exceptional - Top restaurant - it's beautiful located in the estate and adjoins sculpture garden. I…read morewould go for the sculpture garden alone but the restaurant is beyond praise. The service is exceptional - menu is to "die for". The drive from Melbourne is soooo worth it. Definitely an addition to the "must see" and eat, list. Exceptional!

They moved to rosebud 7 years ago. Food is still awesome. Family owned Australian fine dining…read morerestaurant with great ambiance.

Delicious food in Chic style, impressive bread, Oceanview is a plus. The waitress lady is super…read morenice and welcoming, would love to go back again.

Minus the locals coming in and dripping their dirty hands into food being prepared, this place is…read moreclean and offers good, well prepared food. I had the soup of the day (spicy pumpkin) and it was outstanding. If you are in Flinders and need a coffee (or a snack) this is the place.

This little gem is like the sparkle in the Mornington Peninsula's eye. A beautiful winery with a…read morerestaurant and cellar door with spectacular views over the vineyard down to rolling paddocks and finally a glimpse of the ocean. The wines are brilliant and not limited to the locally grown grapes like Pinot Noir and Chardonnay as they also produce a Shiraz from grapes grown in Heathcote and a Yarra Valley Cabernet. They have about four different sparking wines to top off a very impressive line up. The restaurant is pretty special with an evolving menu from a wonderful chef. Do yourself a favour and try it out.

Lovely winery with great food and views. The wine is good, and service excellent. Views of the…read morevineyards and partial ocean views from the tables outside. Beef cheek was fantastic but kids meal just so-so. Would definitely go back when we're in the area.

Starting off with the good things: lovely location, huge and open space. We sat near a fire place…read moreand it was really nice. Now onto the bad: We arrived right as the restaurant was opening and immediately got out appetizer, the focaccia bread with dips and olives. This was ok but it's also pretty hard to ruin bread and dip. The waiter stood around for nearly an hour and a half waiting for us to finish it before he even thought to bring our mains. Our main dishes were the wagyu gnocchi and the shrimp pizza (Gamberretto) as suggested by our waiter. The gnocchi came out and looked like a really simple dish. The gnocchi was mushy and the sauce was nothing special. Honestly it could've been regular ground beef and I wouldn't know the difference. I feel like if you're going to use wagyu you should make it more prominent in the dish. The Gamberretto pizza was uninspired. It just tasted like plain pizza with shrimp on it. There was no real flavor to it and was really disappointing. To add to all that the pizza was so oily or so wet that it just drooped when you picked it up :/ We debated whether or not to get the apple pie dessert. We thought it'd be just as tragic as the rest of the meal had been but ordered it anyways. It was as expected, not very good. TLDR; Great location, meh food, get drinks here instead!

If your heading out to Red Hill way the Epicurean is a must visit. Although it is always packed and…read moreyou generally need to wait about 20 to 30 minutes it is definitely worth the wait. Staff are quite pleasant and work very quickly and efficiently. We decided to stop by for lunch for a group of 4 and decided to order several dishes to share. We had the antipasto platter, polenta chips, waygu beef pasta and the napul'e pizza (buffalo mozzarella and anchovies) and were not disappointed. Would have to say my favourite was the polenta chips!

Professional kitchen provides artful , flavourful and texturally delicious meals…read more Hospitality is crafted , as are the wines from home and abroad .

Sommelier was excellent. Very informative. Food delicious. Service perfect. Ambiance classy but…read morerelaxed

Arrived after 2 for late lunch. Ordered frittata and iced coffee. Specifically asked whether i…read moreshould wait at counter or sit down. Told to sit down and they would find me. After a 20 minute wait i went back to counter to chase up my order. I was told it was my fault that I did not get my items ordered and eventually got given frittata in takeaway and my coffee was sitting on a counter for i don't know how long. This was all in a non busy time. When i went to the counter to chase up my food and coffee after a 20 minute wait i was told after 2 it was takeaway so apparently i should not have sat down as specifically told to do. Customers are expected to know all of this as the worķers just tell you lies and then blame you for not knowing their serving rules. When I spoke to the manager she reiterated that it was my fault and then blamed me for upsetting her staff member. When I said I was a tourist and could not be expected to know the serving rules, the manager and another server smirked at me. They made it obvious that they do not like tourists. At no time did I raise my voice or say anything to the staff member that was in the least bit rude. All I said was asked where my order was and told her that it had been 20 minutes. I also said that she told me to sit down when I ordered. I do not blame the server as it is now clear that the problem is extremely poor management. There was obviously some mistakes made but their response was to blame the customer and then falsely accusing the customer of upsetting a staff member. As a tourist to this area, i would not recommend this place and will never come here again. Lots of other friendlier and more professional places in the same shopping area.

Cute little bakery and has a small grocer attached. There's both indoor and outdoor seating. Vegan…read moreoptions available. The pies are good-- not your typical gas station, dubious meat pies. The flavors are quite interesting. We ordered the Duck & 5 Spice Pie and a Beef & Burgundy Pie. The duck pie tasted a lot like Chinese BBQ duck which was kind of weird but interesting. The beef pie was good with big chunks of meat and good flavor, although a bit gooey. Both pies came with (onion?) relish. The attached grocer has a good selection of fresh fruits/ veggies and frozen take home meals which would be very convenient if you're staying somewhere with a kitchenette. There's a few Red Hill Bakers around the area.

It appears to be a face off in this small square of shops in Balnarring, between these 2 local…read morebusinesses, the Village People and the Red Hill Baker. A cleverly named business, the Village People boasts some very captivating wall art inside and is more of a play on it being an actual small town rather than a Village People themed cafe. You won't find an Indian or construction worker serving you breakfast unfortunately. They have quite a large range of options available for eating and drinking. I tried the breakfast burger which had homemade beetroot relish on it and was quite tasty, however the burger as a whole was a bit hit and miss, quite large but not super flavoursome. Their coffee is pretty good and meets the Melbourne coffee snob standard :) Toilets are located outside of the café but not too far. It gets busy among the locals so grab a table early.

We were recommended this place by our host while staying in the area. The food was fine, nothing…read moreexceptional but tasted fresh and satisfying. There are a number of sun-shiny tables out the front to get you ready fix while you sip your coffee. I thought the coffee was good but I'm not really an expert... They don't do table service which is a bit of a pain but with a huge range of breakfast options and free wifi all in all its not too shabby