Last-minute Father's Day takeaway and delivery options in Melbourne
Takeaway and delivery options in Melbourne available on Sunday, September 5
Terminus Take Home
Terminus Hotel — 492 Queens Parade, Fitzroy North VIC 3068
Bring the pub home for Dad this year with Fitzroy North’s Terminus Hotel. Executive chef Jake Furst has raided the dry-ager, hand-selecting the very best cuts and creating a range of truly special dinner packs to make Father’s Day special. The packs range from single serves to family feasts, plus the legendary Termi Pub Parma is also on the menu, along with delicious sticky lamb ribs, gyoza, chips and salad. For the ultimate Father’s Day celebration, go all out with the Dinner For Four featuring Roaring Forties lamb loin, Robbins Island wagyu strip, Pure Black barley fed rib eye, truffled potato bake, honey sesame honey sesame carrots, broccolini with almonds, lemon pepper, café de Paris ciabatta, miso mustard baked sweet potato, garlic butter and red wine sauce to keep everyone happy. Each pack comes with a recipe card for cooking and assembly instructions so it looks just like it came out of the Termi kitchen.
Pick-up/delivery details: Free delivery within a 10km radius of Fitzroy North. Available for pick-up and delivery for September 4th between 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Order: via Mr Yum
Pietro Gallus Grappa Gift Box
Pietro Gallus — 54-56 Brumbys Rd, Warrandyte South VIC 3134
Treat Dad this Father’s Day with a premium gift box of award-winning Australian made Grappa from Pietro Gallus Estate. Suitable for both grappa novices and connoisseurs, Pietro Gallus’ Father's Day Gift Box features a full bottle of Grappa di Prosecco for traditional flavours, a bottle of Grappa al Caffè that blends espresso with Grappa, plus a bag of locally grown dehydrated chocolate oranges. For a personal touch, the team will also scribe a handwritten message from the sender to their dad.
Price: $170 for x1 bottle of Grappa di Prosecco, x1 bottle of Grappa al Caffè and x1 bag of Warrandyte Berry Farm dehydrated chocolate oranges in a cardboard gift box with a handwritten tag
Delivery details: Available Australia wide. Shipping calculated based on delivery location
Order: via the Pietro Gallus website
Ishizuka's Father's Day set menu
Ishizuka — basement level b01/139 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Melbourne's award-winning Japanese restaurant Ishizuka is celebrating Father’s Day with a three-course set menu for fathers with a penchant for luxury to enjoy an opulent dining experience at home. Beginning with the signature single layer master bento filled with grilled seafood, house pickles, and the most delicate slices of A5 Kagoshima wagyu beef; customers will then move on to Chef Masahiko Yomoda's famous wagyu, truffle and foie gras pie, served either hot or cold and ready to heat and eat. To finish, a trio of creme caramels in vanilla, black sesame and coffee.
Price: $250 (serves 2-3)
Pick-up/delivery details: Pick-up available, and delivery available for those within 14 km of the restaurant
Order: Via the Ishizuka website, or by emailing reservation@ishizuka.com.au or call 8594 0895
Pinchy's Cocktail Party
Pinchy’s — Level 1/200 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000
For one afternoon only, Melbourne’s premium seafood restaurant and champagne bar Pinchy’s will be popping up at Malvern East’s European wine store Riserva, offering a range of cocktails, seafood snacks and vegan dishes for Father’s Day. In addition to Riserva’s wide range of wines and Pinchy’s party packs, individual dishes and drinks will include Pinchy's Fish Pie (Jerusalem Artichoke, Bisque, Tarragon, Pear and Herb salad), Spicy Marg (Handmade Jalapeno Hot Sauce, Citrus, Tequila, Native Taijin) and, of course, its famous Lobster Roll.
Pick-up details: Pick-up from Riversa only (395 Wattletree Rd Malvern East VIC 3145)
Order: via the Pinchy’s website
Estelle's Hot Food Takeaway Menu
Estelle — 243-245 High St, Northcote VIC 3070
Northcote’s neighbourhood favourite Estelle is offering a bespoke menu of takeaway hot food dishes for Father’s Day this year. Available to pre-order for both lunch and dinner, the individually priced dishes allow guests to create their own bespoke menus. Entree dishes include Merimbula oysters and That’s Amore Burrata; mains feature roast lamb shoulder, spinach and ricotta cannelloni, and child-friendly beef lasagne for the kids; roast potatoes or cos lettuce salads for sides; and a lemon and passionfruit meringue tart for dessert. To make Father’s Day extra special, add on a Wolf of the Willows mixed four pack of beers, plus one of Scott Pickett’s cookbooks for Dad.
Pick-up details: Pick-up only from Estelle (243-245 High St, Northcote VIC 3070)
Order: via the Estelle website
Longrain’s Fathers Day Banquet for Two
Longrain — 44 Little Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Melbourne modern Thai restaurant Longrain will be celebrating Father’s Day with a special banquet menu featuring a selection of its most loved dishes. Available via Providoor on Father’s Day weekend only, families will feast on prawn betel leaf, cured kingfish, beef short rib with nahm pla prikt, red duck curry, multiple sides and a sticky tamarind pudding with salted rum butterscotch to finish.
Price: $190 ($95 banquet menu)
Order: via Providoor
Matilda’s Father's Day Hot Takeaway
Matilda — 159 Domain Rd, South Yarra VIC 3141
Matilda’s favourite dishes are available for guests to create their own Father’s Day menus at home this year. Each individually priced to give customers the freedom to pick and choose, dishes include saltbush lamb ribs, wagyu brisket, potato gnocchi, multiple sides and snacks, and a Pink Lady apple tarte tatin for dessert. There is also a dedicated kids menu featuring chicken skewers, wagyu bavette, and warm fudge brownie.
Time: 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Bookings: via the Matilda website
Matilda’s Father's Day Savoury 4 Course Set Banquet
Matilda — 159 Domain Rd, South Yarra VIC 3141
If you can’t take Dad to dinner, send dinner to Dad with Matilda’s Father's Day banquet menu. Available all Father’s Day weekend via Providoor, the Father’s Day feast features four courses of Matilda’s signature dishes to finished at home including veal puffed tendons, its famous Fraser Island spanner crab, Milla’s Farm dry-aged duck breast, roasted hearty veggies (pumpkin, turnips, potatoes and savoury topping), and a house-made apple pie (an evolution of the famous Matilda tarte tatin). Given Matilda’s philosophy of cooking over fire and hot coals, the Father’s Day menu lends itself very well to being cooked on the barbie if your dad is that way inclined!
Price: $220 ($110 per person)
Time: 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Bookings: via Providoor
400 Gradi Italian Feast
400 Gradi Brunswick // Mornington — 99 Lygon St, Brunswick East VIC 3057 // 25b Main St, Mornington VIC 3931
Johnny di Francesco and the 400 Gradi team have put together an Italian feast for Father’s Day where the choice is yours. Guests will have the opportunity to choose their mains, sides and desserts, creating their own menu for a stress-free celebration this weekend. With braised beef ribs, lamb shank and hapuka fillets on offer, multiple sides and a choice for tiramisu or ½ litre of gelato for dessert, the whole family will be happy. Available for both lunch and dinner for those who live within 4km of Gradi Brunswick and Mornington, the pre-order today to avoid disappointment.
Price: $90 per person
Order: via the 400 Gradi website
Gradi Group’s Father’s Day Packs
Gradi Mercato Supermarket // Zero Gradi — 314-316 Lygon St, Brunswick East VIC 3057 // 25b Main St, Mornington VIC 3931
Gradi Group have put together a range of Father’s Day packs to suit every dads’ tastes this weekend. Fathers with a sweet tooth can start the day with a Fresh Pastry Breakfast Box ($45) featuring four hot drinks and four assorted pastries, and those with a penchant for fine wine can end the day with a Wine Gift Box ($85), featuring a bottle of Italian Red Wine, two 400 Gradi wine glasses and a deck of playing cards. Other packs include everything you need to make a grazing board at home, pantry staples, pre-made heat-and-eat pizza and pasta dishes, and more.
Order: pre order for pick-up only from Gradi Mercato Brunswick and Mornington via the Gradi website
Tokyo Tina's Father’s Day Banquet For Two People (+ booze)
Tokyo Tina — 66A Chapel St, Windsor VIC 3181
Families all across Melbourne are invited to celebrate Father’s Day with a Japanese-inspired food and drink banquet by Tokyo Tina. Available exclusively from Provdioor, the banquet menu is filled with the best that Tina has to offer plus four drinks for Dad. Dishes include its renowned spanner crab tostada, karaage chicken, wagyu beef tataki, and many more. For the sweet tooths, there’s Tina’s chocolate pudding for dessert, plus two cocktails, and two Sapporo beers to enjoy throughout the night.
Price: $180 ($90 per person)
Order: via Providoor
Firebird Father’s Day - Banquet For Two People (+ booze)
Firebird — 223 High St, Windsor VIC 3181
Windsor’s favourite Vietnamese restaurant Firebird has created a bespoke Father’s Day feast to enjoy at home this year, available exclusively through Providoor. The set menu features flat pressed banh mi, wagyu beef carpaccio, chargrilled vegetable green curry, roasted cabbage, half slow roasted duck l’orange, multiple sides, its Viet Tiramisu plus two Starward whiskey-based coffee cocktails. Click and collect or same day pick-up is available from Firebird for those who live with 5km, and delivery across VIC for everyone else.
Price: $180 ($90 per person)
Order: via Providoor