Great vibe, delicious food and nice staff make this a place to hang or in the morning or for lunch…read more The sausage roll was the best I've had. Not a whole link inside, instead crumbled up sausage with a few small pieces of vegetables and the flakiest crust! The almond croissant was massive and not too sweet like most can be. It had el

I got a $65 AUD for a platter full of seafood. It was a real steal!…read more The platter was for 2 people, and it included 2 orders of fish and chips, scallops, 4 shrimps, calamari, and a salad. The outdoors seating was nice with good view, and was quite airy. The restaurant was quite popular with tourists. All tables were almost full when we got there at around 2pm. Public restroom only. PS: the guy calling the order number was grumpy and we kinda enjoyed his grumpiness

3+ stars for the Fish n chips & a dozen fresh oysters. We also tried the sister take out in town…read morefor a fresh cooked cold lobster. Walk up & order. Find a table & a crusty but efficient no nonsense server will yell out your number & deliver your order. Super casual & straightforward. Fish n chips were fresh & crispy. The oysters were also fresh& tender but very briny & as salty as the ocean they were plucked from. Everything is served with a wedge of lemon and you can choose from about three or four different sauces to accompany your seafood, including tartar sauce, ketchup, and malt vinegar.

Beautiful Greek restaurant on Lorne main strip. Really friendly staff, great tasty food, and a good…read morewine selection. A little pricey (though many places are out this way) but we had a really lovely dinner here. We sat inside, though outside seemed fun too if weather is good.

Chanced upon this restaurant while driving thru the town of Lorne. Parking was reasonably easy to…read morefind. Was again to have a table without reservation (someone canceled their booking, please reserve to ensure you get a seat) The food was fantastic overall, have to give special compliments to the lamb shoulder dish. Never had such succulent, tender lamb without the overpowering smell. The salad was great as well, and it seemed like we could go on eating and eating because every bite just feels fresh and refreshing. Would recommend to share different dishes, probably all of them is a pleasant surprise of their own! Cheers!

I only tried the beer but it hit the spot. Only downside was being here by myself and having to…read moreorder at the bar. The food on neighboring tables looks very tasty. Will have to come back to try.

Really nice food, beer, coffee and atmosphere. Vege and vegan friendly, and gluten free options…read more Vegan fish and chips was delish. Much mushroom. Arrrggghhhhggghhlllllmmmmmm. Pumpkin thingy good too

The decor at this pan Asian place has a lot of character. They get 3.5 stars…read more Emperor's nasi goreng had a good wok flavour with a lot of ingredients. The vegetables were kailan, carrot, onion & cabbage. It was sweet from the kecap manis. There were two clumps of rice that were not properly stirred though & were quite white. Summer sunset had pork that was crispy & moist enough. The sauce was sweet & sour sauce which was pretty sweet & got closing. Coconut panda was served fancy, in a coconut. The texture was a bit thin. I was not used to banana & coconut together but it was alright. The interior was lightly scoured & coconut bits left in the drink for texture.

Hip vibe, fast counter service and delicious Asian food make this a hit and safe bet for anyone…read morewanting a quick tasty meal. The decor is fun, the music was great. We had two of the sushi rolls - a tuna avocado and a crumbed prawn. Both were a tad too cold to really taste any flavors other than the nori and soy dipping sauce. We also order the steamed buns after our meal since we shared the pork ribs and the buns were okay - the filling was a non-descript meat - was it beef or pork? It had some chunky yellow onion pieces and was not terrible, it really did not have enough flavor. It lacked salt, scallions or chives or garlic and definitely was missing ginger. So that was the low point of the meal. We started with chicken satay which was fried (second time in the three weeks that we have seen that!) and it was almost crunchy, nicely seasoned and had a very tasty peanut sauce that was not too sweet. Our main was pork rinds with sweet sauce and it did not disappoint. The ribs were tender and well seasoned, fried again for service which gave them an interesting light crispiness. The sauce was delicious and we are all of it with rice. We saw some stir fried flat noodle and rice bowls going by and they looked great. Works highly recommend this place to anyone that enjoys Asian food.

I was a bit thrown off by the word gummy fish but I am so glad I tried it anyways. The fish here…read morewas full of sweet flavor, flaky and hearty. Much better than the cod that I normally have in the PNW. Portion sizes were pretty good though the scallop was a bit more expensive and small, but still nice to try. This also was sweet. So interesting to try fresh seafood from different ocean areas.

Fish tacos could be mix & matched. Ceviche was the best, with a generous portion & a sharp flavour…read more Grilled was slightly tough. All were pretty tasty. Snapper fish & chips were decent. I could taste the freshness of the hand cut potato chips.

We rocked into Colac pretty late and had to find somewhere that was open. The kids vetoed a pub…read moredinner yet again (I like country pub dinners OK) and La Porchetta was about the only other place open. As the name suggests it's Italian. They do pizzas and pastas and your traditional Italian type fare. They do it pretty well too. First thing to note is that this place is huge. It's in an old building that must have been an old country department store at some stage because there is about an acre of floor space. The second thing to note is that it's absolutely packed. In spite of the vast size of the place, they had a little trouble finding a table for us. I suspect the whole town was in there having dinner which says something about the quality of the food. The huge table next to us seemed to have a perpetual party going on - groups of young people would rock up, join in, order more pizzas then drift off again for their places to be filled by yet more groups of young people. They had clearly been there a while and when we left they seemed in no danger of finishing any time soon. I suspect the same party has been going continuously for years. This is very definitely a family restaurant. The ambience is very, very family. There is a kids playground in one corner (nicely balanced by the full bar in the other corner) there were kids running everywhere and harried parents running after them. One small child made a break for freedom while it's parents were distracted by older siblings and nearly made it out the front door before being intercepted. It was noisy and somewhat chaotic but very friendly. The food? It was pretty good. We don't tend to go Italian when we eat out because I cook so much of it at home but this was nice. Not fancy. Basic, solid Italian pizza and pasta. I had an Italian sausage risotto mostly because it was a couple of days after Christmas and the thought of facing anything more substantial than rice after the gorging that had gone on over the last few days was not very appealing. Unfortunately for me, I had forgotten how huge portions can be in the country and I was presented with a small monolith of rice and sausage. Very tasty it was too but I had to struggle to finish it. The kids had no trouble with theirs (another risotto and a mushroom ravioli) but they are teenagers and apparently never stop eating. My wife wisely opted for the entree sized portion of her seafood pasta. The food wasn't just huge though. It was tasty and we'll made too. Service was fast and friendly despite the crowds. If you are looking for somewhere for an intimate dinner for two, this is not your place. If you want somewhere to bring a group, or a bunch of hungry teenagers, this is the place to go.

A very nice meal so long as your willing to wait for it. A family of 5 arrived and was instantly…read moreseated and offered drinks. Great start. Then after a short time our order was taken and shortly after that my children's pizza was served. But then it took another 30 minutes to get our pasta meals. When the meals finally arrived there was no apologises. It must be a standard. The meal was delicious. There was plenty of staff and the place was about 2/3 full.

Excellent granola and fruit toast. Great coffee also but had to check how many shots of coffee as…read moresmaller cup only had 1 shot. Nice staff and good vibe. Beware 10%surcharge on weekends and 20% on public holidays.

This cafe was nice, but in a way it really wasn't all that outstanding. I did find that the service…read morewas rather good, so I guess that is something that should be noted. I really only came in here for a pot of tea, namely because we also needed to get out of the car and have a bit of a stretch (and my brother was a but hungry as well). Anyway, this did appear to be the only place that stood out, and they did serve us, even though closing time was coming up, so I'll give them points for that as well.