Livingroom with a View

Livingroom
12-18 Claremont Avenue
Malvern, Victoria, Australia
open: Tues 6pm-11pm, Wed-Fri 12pm-11pm, Sat 8am-11pm, Sun 8am-5pm
+61 3 9576 0356

SUMMARY RATING
highchair: Y
change table: Y
friendly enough?5/5
fast enough? 5/5
pram friendly? 5/5

I’m in loooove! Bring me three Victorian row houses, made into one very bright, airy and spacious place. I would like massive windows over-looking a quiet suburban shopping strip. Add some wood floors and large heavyset tables surrounded with eclectic collections of reupholstered antique chairs. Make my dining-mates good-looking families of all configurations and if the food is even halfway descent I am happy.

Luckily all this can be mine and the food was more than halfway descent. With a slight nod to the Middle East, Livingroom’s brunch menu was warming and a nice twist on the standard fare. The staff were so delightful and of course my little man loved the attention – oh and so did my son!

While my little boy stared at the toddler at the next table, wondering no doubt why she was allowed to walk around and he wasn’t (he hasn’t quite worked out that he can’t walk), I enjoyed a good hot chocolate and scrambled eggs. Served with toasted pita bread, it wasn’t as over filling as often brunch can be.

Livingroom is a very family friendly space, there is plenty of space around the tables to negotiate a pram. Note that there are levels once inside and a step to actually enter the restaurant. We again brought our own highchair but they have some, as well as a children’s menu.