Had lunch overlooking the vineyard and Westernport Bay in the distance, the menu was outstanding and the wine just as good. The building looks like a bunker from the carpark, but when you walk in everything opens up in front of you and reveals a...spectacular view and beautiful dining room and tasting area. The staff and service matches the ambiance and menu to create a perfect overall experience. We love this place! We were just a table of two but there were quite a few groups of 8-10 people and from what we could see, they were well looked after.More

We very much enjoyed a special milestone birthday lunch at Port Phillip Estate's restaurant today, enjoying the fine 3-course meal and extras - and also the recommended and very appealing 2020 Morillon pinot noir. Made all the more special by the wonderful staff in attendance....In particular, we'd like to mention Ash - who made us feel not just valued guests, he also engaged with us throughout the 3 courses - thereby creating a relational experience, as we collectively shared our thoughts in menu and wine selections. That is taking a gourmet experience to a very high level, helping ensure both high enjoyment and very palatable choices. We strongly recommend this venue, and also thank one of our sons for the introduction - after he had attended a wedding here, a couple of months ago.More

The tour company was awesome but this was by far our group’s least favorite tasting. Views are incredible but wine tasting was totally average and that is being generous. The employee host was not enthusiastic and told us “ the wines speak for themselves “...as it was evident he did not feel up to being a host. However, the host had plenty of energy to regale our very uninterested group with stories about himself. It was a deflating end to an otherwise great day of wine tasting. To clarify, the restaurant was closed. This review is of the winery tasting room only.More

Located about an hours dive out of Melbourne down towards the Mornington peninsular Port Phillip Estate is located in the hills above Port Phillip bay and offers commanding views over surrounding vineyards and out to the bay in the distance. The large tasting room leads...out to a huge outdoor balcony and is a nice introduction to their wines and opportunity to soak up the 180 degree views. The dining room is similarly modern, bright and inviting with highly polished, friendly and professional waitstaff. The menus are fixed price with the three course option $95pp at the time of our visit. The accompanying vegetables were a bit light on so ordering additional sides cost around 12-15 per dish Couldn’t fault any of the food across the entrees, mains and deserts which were cooked to perfection and came out across a reasonable timeframe on a busy Saturday lunchtime. Would certainly recommend this venue tho it’s not cheapMore

3.03 pm & we are finally getting our main course . Glad I'm not relying on it to survive in spite of the food being delicious when it finally arrived!

We stayed on a Sunday night and had a lunch in the afternoon. Staff could not have been more attentive; gorgeous vista over the winery and bay; delicious food with extras as we were staying there; a friendly and varied wine tasting; and freshly baked...breads for breakfast. A faultless experience - warmly recommend for a special occasion.More

Food was very average. Boringly presented. Monochrome. Meat/fish overcooked. Vegetables undercooked to point of inedible. Not enough attention to detail. Sauce with food practically non existent. Room cold on rainy afternoon. No atmosphere. Service staff overly chatty and too enthusiastic about food that was really...average.More

We were holidaying on the Peninsula and lunching with family members from Melbourne. The venue was their choice. We were happy with the food, and the choice of three courses for $95. However, the incredibly expensive wine, their own, was a big day spoiler, and...will not return. The same wine was on sale at the cellar door for less than half the price at the restaurant. And, to be honest, was not worth the price.... in my opinion.More

I am a non drinker and hired a people mover to take my family around to the wineries around the Mornington Peninsula for my twin sons 31st birthday. One of my sons was very excited to visit Port Philip Estate as he worked there when...it first opened. When we got there they refused to serve our group drinks as the barman had decided that I was to drunk. As I said I DO NOT DRINK but I am disabled and do not walk as well as ‘normal’ people. He didn’t speak to me or ask me any questions. He came to that conclusion because of my gait. I looked very intoxicated. This ruined our day. I have never been discriminated against before and let me tell you, it hurts. I would never recommend this place to anyone now.More

Lovely vineyard and great views from the large windows but the venue seems dominated by rough, raw (brutalist) concrete that does little for the aesthetic. The toilets had clearly been cleaned but not deep cleaned for a while given the build up of grot in...the harder to reach places. Food was excellent as of course were the wines but there were only limited wines available for tasting. We were nonplussed at being asked to pay a $10 tasting fee at the cellar door after the amount we had just spent on lunch!More

The food here is nice enough. Our starters felt lacking in ambition and generosity, but the mains were good - particularly the kangaroo. The cheese board and rice pudding for dessert were highlights. Honestly there was nothing particularly *wrong* with it, but it felt quite...off. The food took quite a long time to arrive, and it just didn't feel like it was worth the money, or like it was made with any real joy. The architecture is very brutal, the room just bounces round sound in an unpleasant way, and all the staff seemed pretty frazzled. Not a bad choice, just not a great one eitherMore

We'd been wanting to try Port Phillip Estate dining room for some time. Between living in Danistan during WuFlu, closures, and the rest it took awhile but we finally got down there today. Less than an hour from Bayside, and massively exceeded expectations, especially the...SERVICE. The food was excellent, but you can get excellent food at many places in Melbourne and around. It was inventive, but not so over the top like some menus that you can't even recognize or fathom WTF you are eating. It was A grade comfort food done with innovation. And with a beautiful view... But it really was the service that will bring us back. A gentleman named Elliott who was a cross between sommelier, waiter, chef's envoy, maitre d', and everything else guided every table through the menu and shared what it was all about and what made it unique and answered questions before waiter/waitress took orders. Like every place in VIC there looked like it could have enjoyed a bit more staff because of shortages everywhere but everyone hustled and the room had beautiful measured service. And there wasn't one tiny detail that was overlooked in that regard. One critique: The long broad windows are gorgeous but if you're not sitting alongside them, on a grey rainy day the rest of the room can feel a bit of glare looking across the room at them. It would be an improvement to slightly tint the windows and have stunning drop spotlights on each and every table to give a more sophisticated lighting for the Dining Room. That's our take on it. And it's a bit niggly but if you're looking to constantly improve and go from good to great to epic...well.... We didn't stop at the cellar door bar which looked GORGEOUS and not like some daggy woodshed that doubles as a cellar door for many wineries and we cannot wait to get back and try everything on the menu, and also try the accommodation. If you haven't been overseas to top notch destinations you probably haven't experienced epic service (not to sound elitist but it hasn't been a hallmark of Australian hotels and restaurants which often hire backpackers and the like in lieu of professional servers), but the presentation and warmth of Elliot's virtual one-man show made us feel inimitably special, informed, and like a personal guest today. We hope it wasn't the exception and hopefully the rule of the land when we return. It's not cheap, but the value was exceptional and if that's what it costs for A-grade staff than so be it.More