Mother's Day events in Melbourne

Dans le Noir is Australia’s first dip into Paris’s high-concept dining-in-the-dark experience. For Mother's Day, the restaurant is doing a special dark lunch. The three-course menu has a surprise chef's menu with drink and canapés upon arrival. It's $99 per person with five sittings to choose from. Book here.

Two Birds Brewery is celebrating women-led beer, entertainment and music for Mother's Day. This Fempocalypse event will start at midday, and you'll be able to try brews from Two Birds (Australia's first female-owned brewery) as well as live music from female and non-binary acts thanks to Love Shack Studios. Tickets are $15. Book here.

Who doesn't love a winter roast? Head to Fancy Hank's on the 12th for the launch of its winter roasts season. This lunch set menu is $45 per person and features drink specials (including beers by Fixation) and a menu with slow-cooked lamb shoulder, winter greens, lamb dripping potatoes and a rhubarb cobbler. It runs from noon until 3pm. If you miss out on Mother's Day it's running every second Sunday through winter. Book here.

This Carlton venue, which encompasses a deli, espresso bar and rooftop, will be offering a bunch of fun events for Mother's Day. The King and Godfree Espresso Bar will be handing out housemade hazelnut and milk chocolate baci to every mum and donating $1 from every café latte to charity Miracle Mums. Upstairs mums can get a complimentary glass of Prosecco at Johnny's Green Room or settle into an Italian-style meal at Agostino. Book here.

South Melbourne's Bibelot is upping the ante on its annual Mother's Day High Tea. Expect extravagant sweet treats like lemon and elderflower macarons, blue cheese and walnut tarts, finger sandwiches and traditional buttermilk scones. There will be three seatings throughout the day (10am, noon and 3pm), and bookings are essential. Book here.

This always-popular Flinders Lane restaurant is opening early for its first ever brunch. This BrunCHIN' will include a sharing menu of wok-fried crab omelettes, corn fritters with pork belly, and sticky rice with grilled banana. Mums will also get a gift from beauty brand Mecca Max (available for the first 100 bookings). Brunch will be $45pp and run at 9am, 9.30am and 10am. Book here.

Head to QT's Pascale Bar and Grill on Mother's Day from noon and mum will be treated to a lovely three-course meal. She'll get a glass of Mumm Champagne at the door and can dig into a meal of cured kingfish, kurobuta pork belly, woodfired John Dory and heaps more (including some A class desserts). It's $95 a head and $45 for kids (under 10s free). Book here. 

Head to the Bellarine Peninsula and Terindah Estate to celebrate mum with a Mother's Day luncheon. This three-course meal features smoked duck, caramelised salmon, jamon chicken with duck fat potatoes and a rhubarb and apple tart. There will be live music and plenty of gorgeous views over Port Phillip Bay. It's $75 per person and vegan options are available upon request. Book here.

Spend Mother's Day surrounded by the underwater creatures at Melbourne Aquarium. Guests can sign up for a Mother's Day High Tea, running from 11am until 1.30pm in the Coral Atoll zone. The special menu will include finger sandwiches, canapés, scones and petit fours. Tickets are $99 for adults and start at $29 for kids (prices include entry into the Aquarium). Book here.

Treat mum to a seafood buffet or a pink afternoon tea this Mother's Day at Sheraton Hotel's Little Collins Street Kitchen. For $105 per person, mum can eat her body weight in prawns at the hotel's seafood buffet. Or for $79 per person, you can head along to a special pink-themed afternoon tea which is in support of the McGrath Foundation. Book here.

Head along to Mother's Day Love Song Dedications at Dandenong Market. Singer Jonny Maldonado will be singing love songs and dedications for all mums from 10am on Sunday, May 12. You can make your dedication on the Dandenong Market website and every request will put your mum into the draw to win a night at Crown Melbourne. More info here.

Treat your mum to a night at Fitzroy North's Ryne restaurant. You can book in for a three-course menu that features the likes of crispy skin Berkshire pork belly, braised wagyu beef cheek, Valrhona 64 Manjari Soufflé and more. It's $85 a head and there's a special $20 menu for kids, too. Book here.

Our 2019 Bar of the Year is serving up a fun Mother's Day treat this year. There's a $49 set menu that features gin cocktails and strawberry and mascarpone dessert. There will also be live jazz throughout the night. There's no booking required for groups under six, but if you want to reserve a spot on the Starling Room for bigger groups, this can be arranged. Book here.

Get your mum Mother's Day bon bons from the ice cream champs at Gelato Messina. These bon bons come in a bunch of flavours including lamington, banoffee pie, passionfruit pie, tequila sunrise and even tea and bikkies. They come in a pack of nine, and they're covered in tempered chocolate and filled with gelato. Get yours here.

The highest restaurant in Melbourne is offering a three-course special lunch for Mother's Day. The menu features confit ocean trout, Yarra Valley salmon roe, and a dessert platter for the table, plus plenty of premium wine. The venue has breathtaking views from the 89th floor of the Eureka Skydeck, so this one's not recommended for those with a fear of heights. It's $150 per person for adults and $55-$105 for children up to 17 years old. Book here.