Fun little stop on the Great Ocean Road in Apollo Bay…read more We ordered the Mushroom burger, the Aussie burger and kids burger with loaded fries. The mushroom burger has no meat. It is a large battered mushroom dressed like a burger. Good bun, batter and flavor. The Aussie burger is a joy. Over easy egg, beets, pineapple on a nice bun. The yoke coats the burger when you push down on it. Wonderful. Kids burger was good sized and tasty according to my daughter. Fries/chips were great plain or loaded with cheese and ham. The rockstar of the meal is mac&cheese. It is savory with sweet pickles. So unexpectedly wonderful. Just order it. Stellar place.

Excellent breakfast! Very friendly staff and the big breakfast was very tasty. Had 4 rashers of…read morebacon and the sausage was good. Lots of avocado on the toast.

I have dined at 360Q numerous times over the last couple of years and have always been impressed…read morewith the delicious food and service. Along with the great food comes a fantastic 360 degree view of Queenscliff looking out to Port Phillip Bay, Swan Island and Queenscliff Harbour.

Can I add an excellent breakfast was had this morning with friends. Usual cafe offerings, big…read morebreakfast, eggs done all ways etc. I had the 360Q breakfast, toasted sour dough, avocado and finely sliced tomato with blobs of a marinated feta and topped with 2 poached eggs with dukkah sprinkled on top. - delicious start to the day. Cappuccino made the grade too.

Well, this pub happens to be located in the heart of one of the most popular parts of the Great…read moreOcean Road, that is the part where the huge stacks of rocks rise out of the ocean. So, I guess I shouldn't be all that surprised that this particular pub really does have a great feel about it, especially when it comes to the beers that are on tap - it's a great range. Oh, and the service is really good as well, as is the atmosphere. They have certainly done well to appeal to the young tourists.

Came in while traveling the Great Ocean Road. Super tasty chicken Parmesan. Big portions, too…read more Friendly staff.

Excellent service, food and atmosphere!!!! I wish I would have taken pictures of the food but I…read moredidn't. The pizza crust was probably one of the best I've ever had! My husband had the barramundi and it was also very good! Beers are also very good - we spoke to the assistant brewer and a young kid that was so polite and excited about talking beer. Highly recommend!! Great staff!

Well, this place actually goes beyond just being a craft beer bar to actually being a brewery,…read morewhich honestly, is something that I really, really like. I probably shouldn't be all that surprised considering that the Great Ocean Road does bring thousands upon thousands of tourists down here on a regular basis, and is also a hot spot of the youngsters as well. The pub, though, has a really nice outdoor area, some really friendly staff, and most of all, a great selection of beers on tap. This was a really nice place for a beer.

Funky, eclectic atmosphere. Staff were very friendly and knowledgable about all aspects of the…read moremenu. Food was delicious and sourced locally from the Bellarine Peninsula. Highly recommend this restaurant.

Rocking up to Oakdene you get greeted by grandiose flapping flags lining the driveway. Then you see…read morethe cellar door, and you might question if you've had one too many tastings for the day already before realising that no, it was intentionally build on its side like that. Like many places on the Bellarine, there's a $5 tasting fee that's refundable upon purchase - but unlike other places there's a whopping 14 wines to taste for your fiver. Even better is that many of them are rally great wines - from the sparkling to the pinots and shiraz. We visit Oakdene each time we're down this way, and shall long continue to do so.

Short and sweet: rather overpriced, very nice wait staff, and everything we had on the menu got…read moregreat reviews. Coming from New York, we were happy with the meal but it was almost painful to order anything. We hear it's a typical Australian pub. Although it felt like a restaurant, you sit where you want, order food at a counter, and get your drinks at the bar. Again coming from New York, it felt very strange paying that kind of money and not being fully waited on. However, my duck dish could not have been better prepared so I was pleased.

Calamari and chips was wonderful, girlfriend throughly enjoyed gamers bowl, beautiful place to eat…read morelooking out by the sea

Where do I start, a cafe, wine tasting area, fine dining, a helipad and an amazing function venue…read moreall in one. The cafe serves up amazing meals with the prawn linguine just mouth watering and the sourdough and olive oil just a great starter! Amazing wine list and great prices too! Love the views as well.

I have to say up front - we come here for the beautiful balcony views first, and the wine second…read more Not that the wines are bad mind you, just that the view is that good. We emailed them during the week to book for Saturday lunch and were told it was booked out, so it was surprising to arrive for a tasting to see more than half the tables were empty and be told we could have one as long as we cleared out in two hours time (People must do long lunches around here!) so always worth trying your luck. Food is decent without being mind-blowing: tasty fish and chips, calamari, burgers and meatball pasta were our choices and everyone left happy. The wines are hit and miss for me. Some really nice ones, others don't impress - but I should say that some of my tasting buddies had the opposite experience and loved what I didn't, and weren't taken with what i loved - so it's one of those that might polarise taste buds. Just gives you something to talk about over lunch.

winter has come to brae!…read more two foodie friends waxing lyrical about dan da man! i wanted to believe but it's 8hrs by flight for me and another 2hrs from melbourne airport? hmmmm trepidation..... but like what michelle obama just said hope is contagious, hope is making a comeback! and so a birthday treat perhaps? took the plunge and here i am lounging at their humble abbot for the night, after an early memorably delightful degustation. it's the total package akin to total football. the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, here in brae. arriving before check in time of 3pm, met by alex and was given a quick intro to what they try to achieve here. encouraged to take a casual, self guided tour of their property and engage their staff as we go. a slight drizzle ensued and lo & behold out came alex with brollies in hand. check in was a breeze, personal yet informative. thereafter just kicked back and soaked. a rainbow welcome as you peeked out. a comfy, home away from home. retro vinyl & record player, chill indeed. refreshed and recharged, only awaiting refilling. 5pm early bird, attention showered as you stepped in to their dining room. a celebratory blanc de blanc, what's not to like? a melbourne sake? let's do adventurous, no regrets! a warming broth of chicken and thyme simple, simply heartwarming. potato gem and black truffle truffle, enough said, nothing pompous, just pimped pommes de terre! baked custard of rainbow trout and saffron glazed with beetroot the beetroot was the clever gelling touch! sea urchin and serrano honey, romanesco and chickpea crisp umami sans ammonia and textures contrasted. fennel and swede marinated with cultured citrus and biodynamic cream definitely highlighting the produce with a nice nordic touch. cauliflower, lemon and sea plants on fried sourdough so effortlessly moreish! murray cod and crustacean butter, finger lime and rapini probably the healthier protein, the crisp skin, the perfect prawn partnership. brae farm vegetable garden mom will be proud you polished this clean! pork jowl barbecued with smoked eel a stalwart and highlight, leaving you wondering how they rendered it so. aged pekin duck roasted on the bone, pickled radicchio, sweet and sour plums unfortunately, not my favourite protein and least impressive of the gamut. duck liver cream, cocoa and pistachio this lifted the duck dish and would stand tall alone! half-time (choc) orange amazingly they coupled white chocolate with varied textures of orange! caramelised red kuri pumpkin and cultured cocoa nib praline shockingly not bacon, an accomplished pumpkin rendition! parsnip and apple fan of parsnips rejoice! how desserts like these satiate! the finale a trip to the kitchen for a chat and photo op. winter warmth in brae, do seize the day! ;)

Bad food, worse service…read more Not only was the food quality at Brae extremely poor, and the menu--which highlighted greasy fried potato, skewers of pure pork fat, a disgusting savory oyster ice cream, and rubbery fried chicken--completely out of sync with the price tag ($290 pp for lunch), but this was easily the worst service experience I have ever encountered. Just over 24hrs before our meal at Brae, I was contacted by my family to tell me that my grandfather was in the ICU and if his condition worsened, we should be ready to get back to the US. My fiancé immediately emailed the restaurant to notify them of our situation and to ask if we could cancel the reservation--hopeful that they would make an exception to their extreme 7-day cancellation policy given the severity of our circumstance. Their host, Seb, responded with an extremely obnoxious email about how it was within the cancellation period and that we would be charged 100% of the meal price if we cancelled. They then immediately submitted the full meal cost to our credit card without a response. We emailed back asking for them to help us find a replacement and to notify us if they could not. They did not do this; we had to call the next day to confirm. The next day, my family had not contacted us to get on a flight, so we went to the reservation because I couldn't get my mind around wasting $580. Upon our arrival, the person greeting us at the door jokingly asked how if we had had "no tragedies" that day. We were the last table seated for lunch, so there was no ambiguity about who we were. It was very clear there had been no communication about our situation. Even if we wrote the greeter off as ignorant, the man responding to our previous day's emails, Seb, served us during lunch and not once inquired about how we were doing. When these experiences come up in life, there is a certain level of kindness and respect that most people display that was entirely absent here. Given the food and service, I am not at all surprised that Brae was taken off the World's 50 Best list. This is not a world-class restaurant, and I strongly recommend that you spend your time and money elsewhere.