Frankston City’s booming hospitality scene is on the menu!
Frankston City has all the ingredients for a thriving dining destination:
- Beachside location
- Mix of funky eateries and bars and family-oriented restaurants and cafes
- Major international and national hospitality brands
- Diverse cuisines to suit all tastes and budgets
- Locally produced craft beers and gin showcasing energetic distilleries and breweries
- Easily accessible public transport and parking options
Our flourishing hospitality scene of restaurants, cafes, bars and breweries are popular with our 141,000 locals and 800,000 annual visitors alike.
Our enviable beachside location has been enticing a range of exciting new eateries at an accelerated pace in recent years. There is a huge range of family-friendly dining and activities. From established popular chains such as TGI Fridays, Betty’s Burgers, Mad Mex, San Churros, YOMG, Schnitz, Spudbar, Grill’d, Cold Rock Ice Creamery, General Public and Subway to name just a few. To some amazing boutique offerings featuring eclectic décor, indoor and outdoor dining, artisan menus and recipes. Plus the obligatory fast food and takeaway chains McDonalds, Hungry Jacks, KFC, Nando, Pizza Hut, Red Rooster.
Frankston Foreshore’s boat ramp plays host to some fantastic food vans offering coffee, gelato, brunch snacks, fish and chips with the best views in town!
We also have some of the best tap houses, breweries and distillers right here in Frankston City, with our infamous seven stop Frankton City Beer and Spirit Trail which includes Banks Brewery, Dainton Brewery, That Spirited Lot Distillers, Biersal Brewery, Frankston Brewhouse, The Hop Shop, The Cheeky Squire.
Renowned for live music, the night life in Frankston’s city centre won’t disappoint. The Deck, Pier Hotel, Grand Hotel and Cheeky Squire stand corner to corner in one of our most highly frequented intersections, pulling the late night crowds with their roof top bars, large outdoor decks, luscious décor, fantastic menus, live music, guest DJs, fairy lights, neon, cocktails, fashion and fun.
There is always opportunity for more players to enter the market, particularly in the fields of fine dining and overnight accommodation. We need the haute cuisine to match the stunning location.
There is also a great opportunity for hoteliers to capitalise on the 800,000 annual visitors, which increases every year. Waterfront Festival and the Christmas Festival of Lights both attract 45,000 attendees over 24 to 48 hours, with visitors coming from increasingly further afield every year according to local economic spend data. With a fledgling hotel sector, our doors are always open to prospective hotel operators of any size and scale.
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