the heritage balnarring, balnarring
This place is pure heaven!
This restaurant/bar is set on a sprawling 2 acre property, including an absolutely stunning heritage home, complete with an open fireplace, HUGE beer garden and multiple dining areas.
This place is pure heaven!
This restaurant/bar is set on a sprawling 2 acre property, including an absolutely stunning heritage home, complete with an open fireplace, HUGE beer garden and multiple dining areas.
It truly is the most perfect way to spend a few hours with the family. If you sit outdoors, the kids are free to roam and play on the open space in the beer garden. There are some balls they can kick around or they can cartwheel to their heart’s content!
If you don’t have kids with you, take advantage of the stunning dining rooms, or the sunny deck out back.
The food is delicious and so are the cocktails! Mamma sampled a few just to make sure! The staff are super lovely and the service is great. It really is heaven!
the nitty gritty
OPEN
Wednesday - Sunday
11:30am - late
Monday & Tuesday
Closed
wanna know more?
click here
Mamma's special mention:
Make a day of it and head to the awesome Funky Farm just up the road.
urban ground, mordialloc
This awesome precinct offers outdoor dining, an onsite cafe, outdoor (undercover) kids play area - AND a distillery specialising in Brandy!
Now here is a place that makes Mamma jealous of the locals!
Imagine having this as your go-to!
This precinct offers an onsite cafe - BOWL’D, outdoor undercover dining and kids play area - including swings, cubby house- AND a distillery specialising in Brandy! What’s more, there will are rotating food trucks, as well as a permanent pizza truck - from the folks who own D.O.C pizza and mozzarella bar.
This will become a favourite. Especially with the rotating food trucks, a large screen, cocktails and music! Grab your mates - mother’s groups - partners and check it out!
the nitty gritty
OPEN
BOWL’D
Mon to Wed
11am to 4pm
Thurs to Sun - 11am to 8pm
FOOD TRUCKS
Thurs & Fri – 5pm to 9pm
Sat & Sun – 12pm to 9pm
During school holidays - also open Wednesdays 5pm - 8pm
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Mamma's special mention:
Just around the corner is a delicious chocolate shop - Guras Cacao - make sure to stop by!
beach bar carrum, carrum
The awesome new courtyard boasts an undercover sandpit complete with buckets and shovels, a shopfront, a little boat (kindly donated by Parkdale Yacht Club), and a surfboard they can pretend to surf on
This place is bright and FUN!
The awesome courtyard boasts an undercover sandpit complete with buckets and shovels, a shopfront, a little boat (kindly donated by Parkdale Yacht Club). Lots of fun for the little ones.
You can also sit inside at a table, or lounge on their comfy couches. There are few board games and colouring options for the kids.
By day it is a cafe serving delicious food and drinks - perfect for mother’s groups!
They have recently added a brand new Take Away section at the back - where you can grab some food and drinks to go and picnic at the beach - or enjoy in their sunny courtyard.
Keep an eye on this one - as they will be offering kids school holiday activities, and special fish n chip takeaway options in summer.
Mamma’s special mention
Take the kids down the road for a play at the awesome Carrum Foreshore Playground.
the nitty gritty
OPEN
Monday/Tuesday CLOSED
Wednesday/Thursday
8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Friday/Saturday
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday:
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
sunnyboy beach club, mordialloc
A wonderfully bright, tasty cafe, perched directly on the footstep of Mordialloc beach.
Now THIS is a club Mamma wants to be a lifetime member of! Except, it’s not really a club, it is a wonderfully bright, tasty cafe, perched directly on the footstep of Mordialloc beach.
Serving scrumptious share platters and main meals, generous kids meals, delicious coffee and cocktails - there is something for everyone.
If you are wanting to go and enjoy some Mamma time - weekends have bottomless brunch options, just think about that one. Sitting with those stunning beachside views, mimosa in hand - doesn’t that sound like a club you’d like to be a part of?!
Mamma's special mention:
Need to run out some energy? Lucky there’s Peter Scullin Reserve at your doorstep! And the fabulous Mordialloc Beach too!
the nitty gritty
OPEN
Tues - Wed
11.30am -10pm
Thursday
11.30am -10.30pm
Friday
11.30am - 11pm
Sat - 9am - 11pm
Sun - 9am -9pm
closed Monday
*Kids corner is not currently running
wanna know more?
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the pancake train, braeside
Design your own decadent pancakes!
This place is a little bit of a hidden secret. Tucked away inside JV Marine World, you will find this pancake heaven!
Delivered to your table on a platter, you can choose what flavour topping (lemon curd was Mamma’s Favourite), what flavour ice-cream (peanut butter was the crew’s fave) and little vial of ‘dust’ to top it off (choc mint is a winner).
There are loads of flavours which means there are plenty of possible combinations. Mamma will need to go back a few times to try them all - chocolate fudge is next on the list!
You don’t have to design your own, you can opt for ‘regular style’ - but why miss out on the fun? There are also savoury options if sweet isn’t your style.
The Pancake Train is only open on weekends; during the week it is a regular cafe.
A deliciously decadent way to enjoy a family brunch!
Mamma's special mention:
Head down the road to check out the Dinosaurs at Gardenworld - or across the road to play at Pencil Park
the nitty gritty
Open
Saturday - Sunday
9.30am - 2.30pm
(and open during school holidays)
Cafe is quite small and not a lot of room inside for prams.
wanna know more?
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878 Springvale Rd,
Braeside
(inside JV Marine World)
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