Welcome to The Victoria Hotel, Woodend! We offer a friendly and generous service at The Victoria where we value your visit as much as we value sourcing and preparing quality food and drinks. We love local! The Victoria’s menus reflect our regional bias, and deliver delicious meals whatever your particular tastes or dietary requirements. Enjoy our double sided fire places or in the warmer months our dog friendly blue-stone courtyard!The bistro menu features a staple of great steaks, parmas, schnitzel, burgers, pizzas and a barramundi fish and chips, plus many daily specials a list of eight to 10 house-made desserts, as well as a nutritious $14 menu for under-12s. Every day, we offer at least 4 vegetarian options and vegan dishes. Our wine lists boasting over 70% regional wines from our cool climate vineyards within the Macedon Ranges and surrounds.
Mount Macedon's first hotel, The Mountain Inn, was built in 1864 by carpenter William Watson. It was initially located right next door to the Mount Macedon Hotel’s current location. It was later renamed Waterfalls Hotel.William Watson and his family lived in the original hotel building, where in his retirement he carved creations, known as Watson’s Curiosities, that were displayed in his front garden. By 1871, the name had changed again, this time to the Oriental Hotel. This was before a new weatherboard building, also named Oriental Hotel, was erected two doors to the south. In 1931, the Oriental Hotel was destroyed by a fire that began in the kitchen and quickly spread throughout the whole building.It was rebuilt soon after as the brick building on the same site that stands today as The Mount Macedon Hotel.At times the hotel has been named Oriental Hotel and Gowings Mount Macedon Hotel before reverting to its original name, Mountain Inn in 1987.
Baringo’s Whistle Stop Bar is a classic community pub in a historic location. Nestled at the foothills of the Macedon Ranges, Baringo Food & Wine Co. is conveniently located adjacent to the historical Gisborne railway station and is an easy 40-minute drive from Melbourne.The Whistle Stop Bar menu ticks all the boxes for reasonably priced, value-for-money yet delicious pub fare. Enjoy classics like bangers & mash, corned beef, fish ‘n chips, fall-off-the-bone tender ribs, chicken parmas and schnitzels, sumptuous roasts and homemade full-pastry pies.We pride ourselves on presenting the freshest seasonal food prepared all on site by our talented chef team. Our head Chef Jeffrey creatively designs the menus to ensure that the food standard is always the best.