Events
Join us for dinner with Mel Hollick, from Hollick Wines, Coonawarra
Thursday 20th October 2011, 6.30pm for 7pm first course
All inclusive dinner featuring South Australian produce and our Flinders Ranges kangaroo. Menu created by our head chef Michael Hermans & his team, matched to the following wines:
- 2009 Hollick Sparkling Merlot
- 2010 Hollick Sauvignon Blanc Savagnin Semillon
- 2008 Hollick ‘Hollaia’ Sangiovese Cabernet
- 2009 Hollick ‘Tannery Block’ Cabernet Merlot
- 2009 Hollick Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2006 Hollick Wilgha Shiraz
- 2010 Hollick The Nectar
Bookings essential: Phone Anna on 03 9329 6955 or email theroyalmail@ymail.com
Cost: $85 per person all inclusive (Dinner + Wine)
Melbourne Food & Wine festival - Lightfoot and Sons Wine Dinner
Thursday 4th August 2011, 6.30pm to 10:30pm
Join us for a delicious wine dinner at Royal Mail Hotel on Spencer with Rob Lightfoot of Lightfoot & Sons wines, Gippsland. Rob will introduce us to a selection of four Lightfoot & Sons wines, Pinot Noir, along with Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon & Shiraz from the Gippsland Lakes District. Our head Chef Michael Hermans & his team will match each wine with a dish featuring Gippsland produce. A night of fabulous Gippsland produce matched with Lightfoot & Sons Gippsland wines.
www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au
Bookings essential: Phone Anna on 03 9329 6955 or email theroyalmail@ymail.com
Cost: $85 per person all inclusive (Dinner + Wine)
Melbourne Food & Wine festival 'Roadkill' Roast & Red
1 - 30 June, 12:00PM - 3:00PM and 1 - 30 June, 6:00PM - 9:00PM
During June, we're roasting quality Victorian game meats, such as wild Redesdale Rabbit & Yarra Valley Venison.
'Roadkill' Roast & Red is a two course set menu of roasted Victorian game, matched with a glass of Victorian red, followed by dessert, featuring seasonal Victorian produce.
'Roadkill' Roast & Red is available for the month of June, lunch & dinner, Monday to Saturday - if you're Game!
Reservations recommended to secure your table by the fire!
www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au
Bookings recommended: Phone Anna on 03 9329 6955 or email theroyalmail@ymail.com
Cost: $35.00 Two course 'Roadkill' Roast & Red: roasted game Main, glass of Victorian red wine, dessert
Wine Dinner with Andrew Wigan Peter Lehmann Wines of the Barossa
Wednesday 29th June 2011 6.30pm for 7pm
Join us for a Winter wine dinner with Andrew Wigan, Chief Winemaker at Peter Lehmann wines of the Barossa Valley. Wig will host our degustation dinner featuring an extensive selection of Peter Lehmann wines, including the 'Barossa Excellence' range.
Our head Chef Michael Hermans will create a 5 course degustation menu to match.
You will have an opportunity to purchase the wines on the night.
Bookings are essential to secure your place in what will be a memorable night with fabulous wines, food & fun company! $100 all inclusive (5 course degustation with a selection of 8 wines, including the Peter Lehmann Excellence range)
Bookings: Phone Anna on 03 9329 6955 or email theroyalmail@ymail.com
Cost: $100 per person
Melbourne Food & Wine festival "Roadkill" Degustation with Brown Brothers wines
Wednesday 9th March 2011 6.30pm for 7pm
We are passionate about 'roadkill', sourcing unique wild game meats from the regions of Victoria & Flinders Island. Join us for a unique dining experience of game meats, a 'roadkill' degustation, matched with wines from Brown Brothers Milawa. Our Roadkill dinner is not for the faint hearted - are you Game?
www.melbournefoodandwine.com.au
Bookings essential: Phone Anna on 03 9329 6955 or email theroyalmail@ymail.com
Cost: $90 per person all inclusive (Dinner + Wine)
Wine Dinner with Plunkett Fowles "Ladies who Shoot their Lunch" wines
Wednesday 24th November 2010
Join us for our final wine dinner for 2010 with Plunkett Fowles winemaker & "passionate hunter & conservationist" Matt Fowles. Matt & Sam Plunkett have created a range of wines designed to match with wild game foods, "Ladies who Shoot their Lunch", which our Chef Phil Gaby & his team will match with a unique game inspired menu.
The "Ladies who Shoot their Lunch" website has more detail of the wines
www.ladieswhoshoot.com
Bookings essential: Please phone Anna at the hotel to reserve your table on 9329 6955
Melbourne Cup Day Lunch
Tuesday 2nd November
Join us for our annual Melbourne Cup Day Lunch - enjoy a leisurely lunch & coverage of the Melbourne Cup throughout the day.
Fashions on the Field - prizes for best dressed & best hats! Betting facilities available!
We will serve our menu all day (lunch & dinner & in between). Our Specials will feature traditional race day fare.
Bookings: Please phone the hotel to reserve your table on 9329 6955
Grand Final Day
Saturday 25th September 2010
Enjoy the fun of Grand Final day at the Royal Mail Hotel on Spencer - spit roast lunch from 12 noon, dinner from 5pm after the game.
Bress Wine Dinner
Thursday September 2nd 2010 from 7pm
Join us for a fun night of fabulous Victorian wines & produce with winemaker Adam Marks from Bress Wines, Harcourt. Enjoy dinner featuring home grown produce from the Bress garden, matched with a range of Bress wines including new release Macedon, Heathcote & Yarra Valley wines.
Bookings essential: 03 9329 6955 or email theroyalmail@ymail.com
Cost: $85 per person all inclusive
Game inspired Grazing Plate
1 - 30 September 2010, 12:00AM - 3:00PM, 5:30PM - 9:00PM
The Royal Mail Hotel is passionate about game food. Our game inspired Grazing Plate is well loved by our locals & food enthusiasts & for the month of September our Spring Grazing Plate will feature Victorian produce, matched with a glass of Victorian wine! Our Spring Grazing plate is an antipasto style selection of hot & cold meats, cheese & olives. This September our Grazing plate will feature Victorian produce such as Redesdale wild Rabbit, Yarra Valley Venison, Buxton trout, Barfold olives, Meredith goat's cheese & Dench organic sourdough bread. For the month of September we'll match the Grazing plate with a glass of wine from Victorian wineries.
The Royal Mail Hotel's spring grazing plate is a unique opportunity to sample a selection of spring game meats & seafoods, if you're Game!
Cost: $30.00
Mountain Goat beer dinner
Wednesday July 28th 2010
7pm for 7.30pm first course, $75 per person (dinner & beer) Enjoy a five course dinner featuring Goat, matched with a selection of beers from Mountain Goat brewery. Dave & Tom from Mountain Goat will join us for dinner, introducing us to the finer points of beer & food matching & sharing some rare brews from the Mountain Goat brewery in Richmond. Prizes to be won! A fun night of beer & food to enjoy!
Bookings essential: 03 9329 6955 or email theroyalmail@ymail.com
Wine dinner with Mitchell Harris & Fratelli Wines
Saturday June 19th 2010
We'll introduce you to a selection of Victorian wines from Mitchell Harris & Fratelli matched with a degustation dinner on Saturday 19th June. Meet the winemakers John Harris & Andy Santarossa over a relaxed & fun night of fabulous food & wine. Please ensure you reserve your table as this event will sell out.
Bookings: 03 9329 6955
Cost: $85.00
www.mitchellharris.com.au www.fratelliwines.com.auRoadkill Roast & Red
1 - 30 June 2010, 12:00AM - 3:00PM, 5:30PM - 9:00PM
Join us to enjoy a 'Roadkill Roast & Red' during the month of June. Our Roadkill Roast of the day will feature unique Victorian game meats including Daylesford Venison & Redesdale Rabbit, matched with a glass of red from the Victorian wineries Fratelli & Mitchell Harris. Book early to enjoy your Roadkill Roast & Red by the fire during lunch & dinner in June.
Cost: $30.00
Finders Island 'Roadkill' dinner
Wednesday 21st April 2010
On Wednesday 21st April our Roadkill Dinner will feature Flinders Island produce to celebrate the Mutton Bird season. We'll create a Flinders Island menu featuring game meats including mutton bird, wallaby & fresh seafood, sourced exclusively from Flinders Island for the Royal Mail Hotel by Pete in his plane.
$75 per person, all inclusive including dinner matched with wines from Peter Lehmann. 7pm for 7.30pm - bookings essential
Bookings: 03 9329 6955
Cost: $75.00
Brown Brothers Wine Tasting
Friday 9th April 2010 from 4pm
Join us on Friday 9th April to enjoy a complimentary wine tasting evening with John Vizard from Brown Brothers Wines. This is the perfect way to finish your working week with a range of wines from Brown Brothers in Milawa - sample wines, learn about Brown Brothers wines with John & relax after your working week. We'll be open for dinner as usual from 5.30pm.
Football Season is upon us!
We're only a 10 minute walk from Docklands - open for dinner from 5pm on football game nights, Royal Mail Hotel on Spencer is the perfect place to enjoy a meal or a drink before you head to the footy!
Melbourne Food & Wine Dinner - Are You Game?
Wednesday 17 March 2010
Experience the Royal Mail Hotel on Spencer's unique 'roadkill' dinner. Sample a selection of Australian game meats and seafoods, including Flinders Island wallaby, Redesdale rabbit, Daylesford venison, Yarra Valley yabbies, Flinders Ranges kangaroo, plus emu, buffalo, crocodile and more. Matched with wines from Victorian wineries, this event is not for the faint hearted – if you're game
Bookings: 03 9329 6955
Cost: $90.00
Bress Wine Dinner
Sat 29th August 2009
Join us for a fun night with wine maker Adam Marks from Bress Wines in Harcourt. Enjoy a 4 course dinner, matched with Bress wines, on Saturday 29th August from 7pm for $95.
Dinner will be rustic & relaxed, featuring produce from the Bress garden, including home grown vegetables, succulent pork & apples from Harcourt, matched with fabulous wine & cider from the Bress vineyard. Please telephone the hotel on 9329 6955 for bookings - bookings essential to avoid disappointment!
Put Victoria on your Table "Pie & Pinot" - Come home. Eat & drink where you live.
July 26th to 9th
We're participating in Melbourne Food & Wine's 'Put Victoria on your Table' "Pie & Pinot" promotion. Enjoy our Redesdale wild Rabbit pithivier Pie with a glass of Curly Flat 'Williams Crossing' Pinot Noir from Lancefield, for $28. "Pie & Pinot" is available for Lunch & Dinner, Monday to Saturday from July 26th to 9th August. We recommend that you telephone the hotel on 9329 6955 to reserve a table by the fireplace!
'Put Victoria on Your Table - Pie & Pinot' Website
Peter Lehmann Wines Dinner with Andrew Wigan
Tuesday June 16th 2009
Join us to enjoy a unique & intimate evening of fabulous food & wine, hosted by Andrew Wigan, Chief wine maker at Peter Lehmann Wines for all of it's 31 vintages thus far!
Our Chef Danny Neate will create a 5 course degustation menu matched with a selection of Peter Lehmann wines. Included in the wine selection will be Peter Lehmann's iconic 'Eight Songs' Shiraz from the famed 2004 vintage, along with a selection of premium and limited release wines. You will also have a unique opportunity to purchase limited release wines on the night.
Join us at 7pm on Tuesday 16th June. $95 per person (includes 5 courses & matching wines) Bookings are essential, places are limited - please telephone the hotel on 9329 6955 to reserve (bookings via telephone only to avoid disappointment!).
World's Greatest Shave & Footy Day
Saturday 14th March
On Saturday 14th March from 12 noon, come along to the Royal Mail for two big events:
1. World's Greatest Shave - Pete is going to lose his locks, and Mick will remove his dreads - Come in and make a donation to help us raise money for the Leukaemia Foundation.
2. Footy Day - join us for a free bbq & beer when you sign up to our annual Football Tipping Competition! Last year was a close and exciting tipping competition with the lucky winner taking home $2000 - it's $44 to sign up to our tipping competition for 2009 - and of course look forward to a relaxed and fun Footy Day at the Royal Mail!
Valentines Day
Saturday 14th February 2009
Our set menu is sure to help you seduce your loved one - or enjoy with a group of friends & family - our Valentines Day menu features Oysters, Flinders Island Crayfish & housemade Chocolate desserts - each course is matched with a glass of wine - $80 per person. Please ensure you reserve a table by phoning the hotel on 9329 6955, or call in to make a booking.
Christmas & End of Year Functions 2008
From long lunches to cocktail style parties, we are the perfect venue for your end of year & Christmas functions. Our Chef can design a lunch or dinner menu to suit your requirements, we can help you match wines to your menu - we also have an extensive finger food menu for a larger cocktail style function. Please phone Anna at the hotel on 9329 6955 to discuss your function requirements!
Melbourne Cup Day at the Royal Mail Hotel
Tuesday 4th November 2008 from 12 noon
Bubbles, Beer & Cheer! Enjoy Cup day lunch including seafood platters, tapas & Champagne! Lots of prizes to win - Fashions on the Field - Betting facilities available Enjoy the fun of Cup day at the Royal Mail Hotel - please phone the hotel on 9329 6955 to reserve your table for lunch Now available - Little Creatures Bright Ale & Little Creatures Pipsqueak Cider - come in to try these lovely Summer refreshments!
Grand Final Day 2008
Saturday 27th September
Join us for our annual Grand Final Day at the Royal Mail Hotel! Enjoy party pies, spit roast lunch, half time oranges, prizes throughout the day and a fun atmosphere - let's hope the Cats can go back to back!
Dinner will be available from 5.30pm on Saturday 27th Sept.
Bright Slow Food Saturday
Saturday 13th September 2008
In preparation for our Bright Slow Food Saturday (Sept 13th) where we will be showcasing wines & fresh produce from the Mayford vineyard, the boys (young Pete & old Pete) are flying up to Porepunkah (near Bright) this weekend to source the produce! They will be returning with venison (which needs to be hung for at least 25 days) and wine from the Mayford vineyard. Join us to enjoy the fruits of their labour on Saturday 13th Sept, with a set menu dinner including venison, trout, rabbit and fresh produce from the Mayford vineyard of Eleana Anderson & Bryan Nicholson . Eleana will also showcase her wines to enjoy with your meal.
Please phone the hotel on 9329 6955 to reserve a table for dinner on Saturday September 13th.
Bookings are essential for this unique experience!