Colonial Tramcar Restaurant Tour of Melbourne

Enjoying a meal on the Colonial Tramcar Restaurant is guaranteed to be a highlight of your visit to Melbourne. The Colonial Tramcar Restaurant is one of Melbourne's star attractions, offering a sightseeing tour with a difference and two essential Melbourne experiences taking a tram ride and eating great food.

You'll glide through the city streets and on to South Melbourne, St Kilda, Prahran and Malvern aboard the Melbourne Colonial Tramcar Restaurant, your privacy assured with one-way windows. Melbourne's tramcar restaurant-on-wheels is painted a distinctive glossy burgundy and is especially fitted out in velvet and brass like the luxurious Pullman-style European trains of the past.

You'll be welcomed aboard your 1948 Melbourne tram restaurant by a smiling maitre d' and be served by a friendly, professional team of silver-service waiters. Choose from a four-course lunch aboard Melbourne's tramcar restaurant, an early three-course dinner or a more leisurely five-course dinner later in the evening. Delicious meals featuring fresh local produce are prepared onboard the tram, and a wide choice of alcoholic beverages is available from the fully stocked bar.

Melbourne's Colonial Tramcar Restaurant has all the modern conveniences you'd expect to find in a first-class restaurant. It is air-conditioned, heated and fitted with piped music to make your Colonial Tramcar Restaurant experience truly memorable.

Due to the popularity of this activity, availability changes on a daily basis. The booking request will not be guaranteed until you receive a confirmation voucher via email. Please advise any alternative travel dates at time of booking, so that we may request all available dates to maximize your chance of a confirmed booking.

Schedule details

Departure Dates:

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Departure Point:

Tramstop at Normanby Road, South Melbourne, near the Crown Casino

Departure Time:

• 1:00pm - Lunch
• 5:45pm - Early Dinner
• 8:35pm - Late Dinner

Return Details:

Returns to original departure point

• Early Dinner at 7:15pm
• Late Dinner at 11:30pm
• Lunch at 3:00pm

Pricing information

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Tour options:

Additional information

Inclusions:

• Air-conditioned tramcar tour
• 4-course lunch or 3-course early dinner or 5-course late dinner
• Unlimited drinks (open bar)
• GST (Goods and Services Tax)

Exclusions:

• Gratuities (optional)
• Hotel pickup and drop off

Additional Information:

• Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
• Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
• Dress code is smart casual
• Smoking is not permitted
• Maximum 108 people per tram (32 tables)
• Note child pram or similar not permitted on board the tram

Itinerary:

The Colonial Tramcar Sample Menu:

Appetizer:

• Cream, liver and cognac pate crowned with a port wine and pink peppercorns
• Roasted red capsicum dip served with assorted crisp bread

Entrees:

• Kangaroo loin brushed with lemon myrtle, thyme and honey, served on a vegetable and chive frittata with bush tomato chilli jam
• Jerusalem artichoke soup served with toasted sour dough gremolata

Main Courses:

• Macadamia chicken grilled breast on sweet potato mash and baby spinach with a macadamia pesto sauce
• Victoria farmed eye fillet of beef resting on a sweet potato and herb rosti, with seasoned vegetables and wild mushroom jus

Cheeses:

• Selection of Australian cheese served with pear paste, fruit bread and water crackers

Desserts:

• Warm sticky date pudding topped with butterscotch sauce served with cream
• White chocolate and passionfruit parfait with praline and raspberry coulis

Beverages:

• Wines - selected Victorian red and white wines
• From the bar - Beer, Whisky, Brandy, Gin, Vodka, Bacardi Rum and Dry Vermouth
• Coffee and tea
• Liqueurs - Port, Cognac, Drambuie, Dom Benedictine, Cointreau and Tia Maria

The above choices are subject to change. The number of courses available will depend on which dining option you choose.

Terms and Conditions:

If you cancel at least 15 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.
If you cancel within 14 day(s) of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 per cent cancellation fee.

Local Operator Information:

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