Definitely one of my favorite restaurant ever. Live music, not just any music but really good music, friendly staffs, amazing down to earth ladyboss. Food is great particularly seafood, they were very fresh. Huge place too, fits a large tour group without any issue.
The BEST restaurant in Australia! So much fun and always amazing food. The staff are a lot of fun and the new management is excellent! Daniela is a sweetheart too. I highly recommend the cuckoo for a fun night out with friends/family and amazing afternoon tea.
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Such a wonderful evening spent today to indulge in the beautiful afternoon tea buffet feast! After a sitting from 3:30pm-5:00pm we literally rolled out of there!
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The buffet features a few main options:
1. Hot Savouries (hot chips, potato rosti, chicken wings, pizza, sausages, sauerkraut, garlic bread and pumpkin soup)
2. Cold Savouries (salmon baguettes, tuna baguettes, roast beef sandwiches, bread rolls & cheese)
3. Hot Sweets (apple strudel, scones with jam and cream and fresh pancakes with ice cream)
4. Cold Sweets (blackforest cake, apple tea cake, cheesecake, vanilla slice, vanilla coffee sponge, mint slice, banana cake, poppyseed & orange slice, poppyseed cake, bee sting & chocolate cake)
5. Fruit & Biscuits (gingerbread, oat cookies, choc chip cookies, grapes, strawberries, watermelon, rockmelon, strawberry & lime jelly, custard & chocolate mousse)
6. Tea & Coffee (percolated)
The venue was lovely with German singing and entertainment throughout with pleasant staff in traditional costumes.
Some of the dishes were pretty basic (seemed like McCain’s frozen pizzas, aeroplane packer jelly, Paul’s custard and some of the cakes and slices were a little dry, but for the price ($25pp with Groupon) it really can’t be beaten!
The winners for me were the pumpkin soup, salmon baguette, roast beef sandwich, scones (which were huge) pancake, coffee sponge, banana cake and vanilla slice (all shares of course, otherwise far too much!)
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As the Christmas holiday season draws closer and closer upon us the festivities are ramped up here at Dad-Ventures, and meine Güte were we in for a whole night of fun when we explored the Cuckoo Restaurant. Located in the Dandenong Ranges you’ll first be blown away at the scenic and windy drive that is Mount Dandenong Tourist Road. It was a cold and overcast evening when we arrived at the Cuckoo and a gorgeous cloud of mist was setting right above the Cuckoo Restaurant. The photo below says it all, it was breathtaking, and we hadn’t even walked inside yet.
The Cuckoo is a Bavarian German experience that has been serving diners with a German inspired buffet lunch, dinner, dessert and floorshow for many years. I was accompanied by my little Charlie and tonight had been invited by Ashleigh and her family, who have German heritage. All the women in Ashleigh’s immediate family had previously worked at the Cuckoo Restaurant so it serves as a very significant place, and I felt a sense of gratitude to be joining them.
I was blown away at the amount of rich history and culture that the Cuckoo bestows in every square inch of the 400 seated dining rooms. From the Lederhosen and Dirndl attires worn by the servers to the original vintage carpet, the Cuckoo oozes traditional Bavarian culture which I loved above anything else. There were points in the night where I was literally sipping on a stein of lager, whilst trying different German sausages listening to a folk band and a yodeler. Now where can you get that anywhere else? I honestly felt like I had been transported to a different time and place, and I am so lost for words in describing this experience to you right now! So, let’s talk about the food…
The buffet is enormous so I had to tactically plan each serving so I got a full experience, however without looking like a total swine to my fellow guests. My first stop was seafood. I packed my bowl full of oysters, mussels and a shrimp salad and dug in. The oysters didn’t taste very fresh, but still had plenty of flavor. There wasn’t any rubbery texture, but the overall quality was good. The mussels were a little fresher in taste, and the shrimp salad was yum. A good start to what was to come next.
My main plate consisted of all things German, and boy was it wunderbar. I maneuvered my plate several times to fit Goulash, weisswurst (white sausage), chicken schnitzel, roast pork, sauerkraut and ratatouille. To comment on each dish would make this post too long, so ill just sum it up and say for a buffet, everything was fabulous. Even little Charlie was taken with the taste of the Bratwurst that she did a little dance!
The dessert buffet was also incredibly vast and simply amazing to look at. Most the desserts were served in little portions which compliments the wide variety that is on offer. I kept it simple and opted for the chocolate brownies, short bread biscuits and of course the freshly made pancakes. I honestly couldn’t get enough of the shortbread, I don’t know what it was but they were baked perfect.
Finally, the floor show! I was stitched up and was an active participant in the yodeling part of the show… ill let the video do the explaining on that one!
My verdict: Worth every Deutsche Mark at $65 per adult and $5 for children under four years.
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I went there yesterday afternoon with Elise and I had a bit of the Cauliflower and Cheese Soup with a Bread Roll, some Chicken Schnitzel, Chips, Pork Crackling, Scallop Potatoes, Roast Vegetables and fat of the Roast Beef but I didn't like the desserts. Elise had a bit of everything. It was extremely nice of the lady to waive the cake fee of $15 since I bought a half serve of Chocolate Ripple Cake to share with Elise since it was her Birthday also Jess offered to marry me, which was extremely nice of her to do that for me. Also the price is way too expensive so I won't be coming back there.
The Cuckoo has been around forever and is always enjoyable. There is always plenty of great food and a lot of variety. There is a huge choice of desserts. The entertainment is fun and the ambience and vibe is great. There is plenty of parking and the staff are very pleasant and helpful. The restaurant has been around for 60 years and is always still busy. I cannot understand those complaining except for those complaining they could not see the entertainment that would be disappointing. The atmosphere in this Bavarian restaurant is always warm and pleasant.
It’s great place to visit and enjoy dinner with a warm entertainment. The food is average but the staff are very lovely and pay attention to the details , we have been here many times it’s a interesting place to visit and the restaurant run by a great family , well done , we will come back for next visit .
A wonder place to experience heart warming food and entertainment the weekend deal is definitely worth every penny. Definitely will come back again.
An excellent place for special occasions celebration! Food are not impressed but the ambience and vibe are amazing! The musicians, basically are the hosts are full of sense of humor and are seriously good at bringing up the vibe, full of laughters and joy.
We came here for lunch for my friends 40th on a Saturday, although there wasnt much variety food wise, the food that was on offer was delicious, in particular the schnitzel, potato dumplings, seafood salad, goulash and muscles were yum! Apparently there is more variety for dinner than lunch according to our friends who have been here before.
The atmosphere was by far my favourite thing about this place, even my 8month old daughter seemed to be having so much fun with all the singing going on.
My only complaint is that its so far and in such a mountainace place, not very pram friendly but you can manage.
Would 100% go back to this place.
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good atmosphere, good food, however there are a few key things to note:
1. Buffet = ALL YOU CAN EAT. By definition, that means if you run out of something and people are still eating, you refill more. I noted that the seafood (oysters, mussels, prawns) were swarmed with people at the beginning, and once they were gone, that's it, no more seafood for the night. While I understand seafood is expensive etc, people are paying $60/head premium to get in. Considering the short dining time of 6:30-9pm, an hour of which was dead time due to entertainer, there was no reason food was not refilled. Hot food was refilled, but it would have been nice if there was more than one allocation of seafood and one large cut up strudel for the night.
2. The entertainer was great, she truly was, however her performance was too engrossing and all encompassingly interactive that it cuts heavily into the food time. When the seating is only for 2.5hours, and 1hr is the performance where you don't feel at great ease to get up and grab food, then effective food time was only 1.5hrs. Either make the show less entertaining or less oppressively interactive so ppl can enjoy the show in the background while they do what they paid for, eat food.
3. Needs more schnitzels
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Don't know why there are so many bad reviews, we're had a great time. A little pricey but food was nice. Atmosphere was good and entertainment wasn't too loud.
Lovely German restaurant with great ambience. Live music when we went for lunch. Food is reasonably priced, generously served and delicious. Great selection of local and German beers. You can also buy German sausages and clocks/novelties. Service is good and will visit again.
A nice and hospitable restaurant.
You can have fun and tasty food here.
You must try one dish "ice cream with waffle", it's tasty. :P
There will be a show that the performance will sing songs and playing with you.
And children will have change to be part of the performer. How cool it is.
This restaurant have the world largest "CucKoo Clock", which is near the stairs.
Besides, there are lots of souvenirs here, you can choose what you want.
What a beautiful experience! We had so much fun at this restraunt, it was so entertaining and the musician build such a positive atmosphere in the room, he included us in the music, It was so good. The food was really nice as well but there wasn't alot of food options but what's available is nice. Definitely recommended it has a nice Swedish feel to it from music to the staff uniform etc. Loved it
Its a lovely place with great food and music. You can try some really good German food and Australian food. There are heaps of sweets, fruits and ice cream. Music and performance is great and very entertaining. A bit expensive but worthy for an experience.
Nice and cozy place in Mt Dandenong. Worth a visit. Upon entrance we were greeted and shown to our table. The guy explained to us where things are and made us feel welcomed. The environment is great and brings you to an Austrian restaurant. Food is delicious.
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