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The Cuckoo calls

The famous Bavarian restaurant and function centre is back with a bang!

Much has been written about the Cuckoo Restaurant at Olinda, and if you search online you can spend hours reading about this major tourist attraction.

After 60 years in the same family, the Cuckoo Restaurant is still a place of laughter and family fun, a melting pot of all nations and a meeting place where the busy world outside seems to just disappear!

It has played host to Prime Ministers and rock stars, to local families, weddings, school tour groups and international visitors.

The Cuckoo never sleeps. During the current restrictions staff have used the opportunity to upgrade the restaurant’s customer service and are ready to launch a fresh new look 1 July.

The buffet has gone and has been replaced by an exciting new a la carte menu, which is easily ordered from the table using a simple phone app with explanatory photos.

Takeaway is available from the menu to cure your food envy!

The downstairs function room has been completely redecorated with a romantic ambiance. The function room has access to the beautiful adjoining gardens for photos, making it the perfect setting for intimate weddings.

A completely new beer system has been installed to ensure a new range of German beers will complement the food and Bavarian floor show. Octoberfest every day!

The experience of Bavarian and German meals matched with music and entertainment is waiting to welcome you back and help you recharge your batteries!

“Thank goodness we now have somewhere to go!” said one local patron.

For more information contact Michael Hall 0434 862 640.

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