Portland · Victoria

Slow food.
Warm room.
Long evenings.

A small, considered eatery on the southwest Victorian coast — where the produce is local, the menu is honest, and the hospitality is the dish that doesn't appear on the bill.

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Wed – Fri

5pm – late

Sat

12pm – late

Sun

12pm – 4pm

Mon – Tue

Closed

From the kitchen

A menu that changes with the season.

To start

Coastal & raw

Portland oysters, kingfish, just-picked tomatoes, hand-baked focaccia.

Mains

Fire & slow

Wood-roasted lamb, blue swimmer crab linguine, charred greens from our garden.

To finish

Sweet & long

Olive oil cake, stone fruit sorbet, ricotta cheesecake — and a long espresso, if you'll stay.

À la carte · 5-course tasting · weekend long lunch.

Our story

A small place, by people who care.

Lilijana opened in 2024 on Portland's main street — a tiny, twenty-four-seat room with one open kitchen, a wood fire, and a shelf of natural wine you'll want to drink your way through.

Almost everything on the plate is grown, fished or made within an hour of here. We change the menu when the seasons do, and we cook the way our grandmothers taught us — slowly, generously, and with butter.

Seats

90%

Local produce

Open fire

"Cook what you have. Cook it well. Sit down."

— Lilijana kitchen rule

Wine & cellar

A list that rewards curiosity.

Mostly Victorian, mostly small producers, and almost always with a story behind the bottle. We pour generously by the glass — and our sommelier loves nothing more than helping you find the next one.

● 80+ bottles · weighted toward Victorian winemakers
● 12 by-the-glass options, all open within 48 hours
● 5-course pairing menu available Wed – Sat

Come and stay a while.

Bookings open four weeks ahead. Walk-ins always welcome at the bar — there's a glass of something good waiting for you.

Slow food. Warm room. Long evenings.