The best restaurants for Mother's Day in Melbourne

What mum wouldn't love a long, relaxed riverside lunch soundtracked by an epic all-vinyl music program? Not many – which is why you need to head to Marmont this Mother's Day for the special chef's menu priced at $149 per person. It includes a selection of raw fish, slow-roasted lamb shoulder with cornbread and plenty more delicious bites. Best of all, you'll receieve a glass of Moët Champagne on arrival – heaven!

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Whisk mum away for a gorgeous Italian feast at Lollo, which is hosting a lavish, family-style feast that's been designed to share among the whole family. For $120 per person you can enjoy a selection of some of Lollo's most iconic dishes, including burrata with salsa verde, fire-grilled barramundi and bolognese ragu. There will also be a dessert buffet (with trifle and tiramisu, of course!) and mum will be treated to a complimentary glass of Moët & Chandon Imperial Brut upoon arrival.

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One of Melbourne's oldest and most esteemed restaurants has recently entered an exciting new era, so what better time to go and revisit its white-tablecloth charm. Florentino is doing an exclusive four-course set lunch for $175, and the menu includes exquisite dishes like duck liver parfait with porcini cannoli and blackberry, Murray cod with spanner crab and bisque, and individual tiramisus. To further elevate the exeperience, there will also be live entertainment from Paris Zachariou.

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If mum's happy place is the beach, a family lunch at the award-winning Stokehouse with sweeping ocean views will be one she’ll remember. Curated by executive chef Jason Staudt, the menu ($195 per person) is a mix of signature dishes and seafood – think tuna belly with melon, king prawn cocktail, mud crab, Robbins Island Wagyu sirloin and a luxe seasonal rhubarb, white chocolate and vanilla dessert. Really want to spoil mum? There's also the option to add on lobster. 

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Legendary Melbourne spot Bar Lourinhã – which has been open for 20 years – is throwing a ‘Feliz dia das Mães’ celebration (meaning Happy Mother’s Day), with live music, bubbles and a shared feast. The six-course set lunch is $85 per person and features dishes like swordfish pintxo en escabeche, local octopus a la gallega, pine mushroom tortilla, roasted chicken la Riojana and pomegranate crema with pistachio praline. 

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Forget yum cha – this Mother's Day, Moonhouse is doing an unlimited ‘mum cha’ for $64 per person. Chow down on everything from XO scallops, roast duck pancakes and char siu pork buns to Wagyu beef dumplings, chicken and prawn wontons, and veggie spring rolls. And for just $4 you can finish on a sweet note with green apple sorbet. Now that's a meal to remember.

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If you want to truly do something special for mum this year, treat her to Maison Bâtard’s signature take on modern French cuisine. The $135 per person set menu begins with house-baked baguette and Comté gougères, before moving through a series of refined dishes, including the signature rôtisserie chicken with green olives and the classic chocolate mousse topped with crème Chantilly. A swoon-worthy dining experience.

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1 Hotel Melbourne's all-day restaurant, From Here By Mike, is doing a bougie Sunday brunch with seasonal Mother's Day specials. We're talking a selection of premium seafood and an exclusive raspberry and lychee mousse cake for dessert. There's also the option to pre-order a bottle of Taittinger Rosé Champagne when booking (obviously) and mum will receive a jar of From Here By Mike’s signature herbal tea to take home – a thoughtful keepsake to savour. 

At the glamorous Lexy on Flinders Lane, there's not one but two options for Mother's Day. The Queen's Table Menu ($120 per person) features a selection of dishes like fresh Pacific oysters, Ōra King salmon temaki, grilled pork jowl, seared black cod, fudge brownie and more. While the Dearest Mum Menu ($170 per person) includes a stone axe Wagyu beef tartlet, XO rock lobster, charred king prawn, black opal Wagyu cube roll M9+ and more. Either way, you're not going home hungry.

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Enjoy a Spanish fiesta this Mother's Day at Añada, with a lunch that's all about honouring the motherly figures in our lives. Chef Angel ‘Didier’ Chavez has created a four-course set menu for $100 per person, that includes tapas (think oysters and gilda de jamón y queso), pickles mussels, roasted lamb shoulder, patatas bravas and fig panna cotta for dessert. Yum! The set menu will also be available during the dinner sitting, unless sold out.

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Give mum the gift of bottomless yum cha this Mother's Day at Salted Egg. For $69 per person, enjoy dumplings and pillowy-soft baos, alongside a number of Salted Egg's signature Southeast Asian dishes that have all been designed to share. Wash it all down with 90-minutes of free-flowing bubbles (yes!), and if you've got your son-in-law in tow, you'll receive a complimentary serve of son-in-law eggs. 

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Elevate (literally) your Mother's Day experience this year by heading up to sky-high Beverly Rooftop. Head chef David Ball has designed an exclusive $120 per person, four-course menu, where seasonal produce and unique ingredient pairings take centre stage. Expect to see dishes like bluefin tuna crudo, lobster and wild-caught prawn casarecce pasta, Old Bay half chicken and poached mango pavlova. Special add-ons include Champagne on arrival, an oyster tasting flight and caviar bumps.  

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For a wow-worthy Mother's Day lunch, look no further than the grand setting of Reine and La Rue. The $185 four-course menu kicks off with a refined selection of snacks (like choux with Ossau Iraty custard and truffle), before moving into generous shared courses and a fillet of beef main with horseradish. A sweet treat comes in the form of a classic Paris Brest with hazelnut ice cream – which has been designed to be shared at the table. 

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For a truly classic Mother's Day experience, lunch at the Langham's iconic Melba Restaurant has to be up there. This year you can indulge in a glorious buffet menu that includes everything from fresh seafood, sushi and sashimi to roasts, Indian fare and Asian street food. And there's no going past the dessert station, which features chocolate cake, pavlova, tiramisu and much more. You'll want to skip brekkie for this one, trust us.

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Maha's Mother's Day celebrations are stretching across the entire weekend, with lunch and dinner available for lucky mums. Enjoy a generous, share-style feast that showcases Maha's signature Middle Eastern flavours – think dishes like Wagyu shawarma skewers and Harvey Bay scallops, blue swimmer crab dumplings with burnt lemon verbena butter, and crumbed Gundagai lamb rack with harissa burnt butter jus. It's $155 per person for lunch, and $195 per person for dinner.

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For $90 per person, Harriot's head chef Jame Kelly is serving up a gorgeous Mother's Day menu that's sure to impress. You'll start with thick-cut sourdough and housemade butter, rainbow trout, and a dish of heirloom beetroot, onion and Prom Country curd. Then you can choose between Corner Inlet rock flathead, Sher Wagyu flank or polenta ravioli, before ending on a rich chocolate sabayon tart. The only hard decision will be deciding whether to add oysters, scallop vadouvan or a tuna tartlet to your experience.

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