The Acorn Bar Restaurant - THE BASIN

We adore this spot! The food is amazing and the atmosphere is delightful. We frequent this place often, but it's also wonderful to just relax with a few drinks. They also have specials on certain nights of the week.

A great little pub in The Basin. Fantastic food, especially the small/share plates. A wide range of drinks also available. Staff are very friendly and helpful. The venue also has live music on weekends and quite often run charity fundraising events. Highly recommend!

I recently visited The Acorn for the first time. Although they were fully booked, they kindly offered for us to sit at one of the wine barrels, which we didn't mind. We enjoyed a lovely Pinot and were pleasantly surprised when they brought us complimentary cheesy garlic bread to enjoy while we waited for our meal (which turned out to be delicious). Both the lamb shank and Guinness pie were tasty. This cozy pub exceeded our expectations for our first visit to the Basin. We would definitely return.

The Acorn is actually in The Basin fyi, lovely little 'burb at the bottom of Mt Dandenong. Had a sat night dinner, which turned out to be an unexpectedly fantastic meal great service. My partner had main pie of the day which he stated was great, crusty pastry with hint of beer in the gravy, and smooth mash veg. I had the salmon with hollandaise sauce, with a salty-crusty skin, mash and veg. Looking at the menu you would be forgiven for thinking you were about to get a typical, slapdash pub meal. But kudos to the chef for making it a wonderful, tasty experience I do hope it 's on repeat. The Acorn itself is not overly pretentious neither does it have an intimidating pub feel (if you want more rough around the edges go the The Oaktree next door- although, not saying that in bad way). There is a nice outdoor decking as well as indoor rooms live music on certain nights too. Would recommend!

Went to the Acorn with my partner for a nice meal out in a Saturday night and even though we had been to the Acorn before for drinks we'd never eaten there. The service was incredibly prompt for the busy night as they had a full dining room and the food was brought to our table quick as for the amount of diners. <br/ <br/ I had the Pie of the Day which was Beef and Cheese with mash and veggies. The gravy and mince had undertones of ale and it's saltiness played well agains the creamy sweetness of the mash. 10/10. Will come again.