Cuckoo - Kurunjang

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.

I went there in the 1970's. It was truly a great experience. I would highly recommend this restaurant.

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!<br/ . <br/ The buffet features a few main options:<br/ <br/ 1. Hot Savouries hot chips, potato rosti, chicken wings, pizza, sausages, sauerkraut, garlic bread and pumpkin soup <br/ <br/ 2. Cold Savouries salmon baguettes, tuna baguettes, roast beef sandwiches, bread rolls cheese <br/ <br/ 3. Hot Sweets apple strudel, scones with jam and cream and fresh pancakes with ice cream <br/ <br/ 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 <br/ <br/ 5. Fruit Biscuits gingerbread, oat cookies, choc chip cookies, grapes, strawberries, watermelon, rockmelon, strawberry lime jelly, custard chocolate mousse <br/ <br/ 6. Tea Coffee percolated <br/ <br/ The venue was lovely with German singing and entertainment throughout with pleasant staff in traditional costumes.<br/ <br/ 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!<br/ <br/ 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!

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.<br/ <br/ 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. <br/ <br/ 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…<br/ <br/ 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.<br/ <br/ 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! <br/ <br/ 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. <br/ <br/ 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!<br/ <br/ My verdict: Worth every Deutsche Mark at $65 per adult and $5 for children under four years. <br/ <br/ To see all our pictures and videos head to [hidden link] and follow us on Instagram @dadventuresofficial to keep up to date on where we head next!