COMING SOON: Barragunda Dining
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113 Cape Schanck Road
Cape Schanck,
3939 VIC
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The Details
Cuisine
- Modern Australian
Need to Know
- Degustation
THE VERDICT
Amidst the rugged, wild beauty of Cape Schanck on the Mornington Peninsula is Barragunda Dining, set to open this February.
The intimate 40-seater restaurant is nestled on the Barragunda Estate, 1000 acres of native bushland that stretches along the south side of the peninsula.
Four years in the making the farm-to-table restaurant has been driven by food system advocate and philanthropist Hayley Morris alongside executive chef, farmer and Peninsula local Simone Watts, who has had stints at Pearl, Coda, MoMo and the Daintree Ecolodge.
The restaurant is housed within an existing farm building that has been reimagined with a contemporary design and glass pavilion extension. From the dining space, guests can overlook the garden and watch dishes being prepared in the open kitchen.
Watts will draw from a rich abundance of estate-grown produce including organically grown grains and vegetables from the two-acre market garden and an 800-tree orchard.
Open for lunch Friday to Monday and for dinner on Saturdays, Barragunda Dining will offer a set menu that guides guests through dishes that hero hyperlocal seasonality and embrace the seasonal cycles of the estate’s diverse farm system.
Barragunda Estate is owned by the Morris Family of the Morris Group, a family-run network of businesses including The Albert Park Hotel, Half Moon, and Portsea Hotel.
Barragunda Dining opens late February at 113 Cape Schanck Road, Cape Schanck.