Correction (5 October 2026): an earlier version of this page listed places and details we could not stand behind. It has been rewritten from scratch: every place below was confirmed at two independent sources on 5 October 2026, and every price was copied from the page it was published on.
If you are the one doing the planning, this page does the checking first: which restaurants say something about kids or families in their own words, what their menus print, and which days they are closed. Six places made the list. Only one, Max’s Woodfired Pizza & Burgers, has a Montmorency address. Four are in Eltham and one is in Lower Plenty, so this is a guide to family dining in and around Montmorency.
Every family claim below is quoted from the venue’s own site or tagged by the Australian Good Food Guide (AGFG), and the entry says which. We have not checked high chairs, pram access, shade or toilets for any of these places, so ring ahead if those decide your night. Prices are as printed on the pages linked under Sources on 5 October 2026.
The quick picks
| If you’re after | Head to | Order this | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| A kids’ cheeseburger and weekly dinner specials, with a Montmorency address | Max’s Woodfired Pizza & Burgers | Parma night (Tuesday) | $15 |
| A menu its site calls “kid friendly”, plus a weekend brunch for the adults | Hecho en Mexico Eltham | Bottomless Brunch 2.0 Lite | $60 per person |
| A BYO (wine only) Thai restaurant that AGFG tags “Child Friendly” | Suwan Thai Restaurant | see below | not printed here |
| Thai cooking its site says “all the family can enjoy” | Nongkhai Thai Eltham | see below | not printed here |
| A kids’ menu and pickup or delivery from a family-run fish and chip shop | Aegean Wave Fish & Chips | Cheese Burger | $9.90 |
| A cafe, bar and restaurant AGFG tags “Child Friendly” | The Main Cafe Bar Restaurant | EGGS BENEDICT | $26 |
Max’s Woodfired Pizza & Burgers — 6 Were Street, Montmorency VIC 3094
The site says “Max’s prides itself on being a fun, family-friendly restaurant open for dinner six days a week and Lunch on Friday-Sunday.” It prints Monday as closed and Tuesday to Thursday as “4:00PM– 8:00PM”. Its Friday to Sunday line reads “12:00AM – 8:00PM”, which looks like a typo, so ring before you rely on the weekend hours. For kids, the menu prints “FOR THE KIDS CHEESEBURGER & CHIPS”; check its price on the menu before you go. The site also prints Tuesday parma night at $15, with “YOUR CHOICE OF PARMA, SERVED WITH CHIPS AND SALAD”, and Thursday pasta night at $15 for any pasta from the menu. SENIORS HOUSE is $13. AGFG tags the place “Pet Friendly”.
On the menu (copied from maxswoodfiredpizza.com and maxswoodfiredpizza.com/menu on 5 October 2026):
- Parma night (Tuesday): $15
- Pasta night (Thursday): $15
- SENIORS HOUSE: $13
- THE HOUSE: $16
Pack: the site says to “MAKE A RESERVATION OR ORDER OVER THE PHONE” for the weekly specials, so ring before you set off.
Hecho en Mexico Eltham — 953 Main Road, Eltham VIC 3095
The site says “The menu is kid friendly and designed to offer gluten free and vegan options.” and describes “ample indoor seating and a cute outdoor area”. It lists the same hours every day, “12:00 pm – 9.30 pm”. The menu itself would not load for us, so we can quote no dish prices. The one price on the page we could read is the weekend brunch: “The Lite option, priced at $60 per person , includes unlimited drinks and one main meal”, for sessions at 12 pm and 1 pm lasting 70 minutes, every Saturday and Sunday. The drinks the page names include margaritas, sangria and wine, so this is a deal for the adults at the table and not a kids’ offer.
On the menu (copied from hechoenmexico.com.au/eltham on 5 October 2026):
- Bottomless Brunch 2.0 Lite: $60 per person
Pack: the Lite brunch is weekend only, in 70-minute sessions, so plan the rest of the day around that window.
Suwan Thai Restaurant — 82 Main Road, Lower Plenty VIC 3093
AGFG tags Suwan “Child Friendly” and “Vegan Options”. The restaurant’s own site says it is open “TUESDAY TO SUNDAY FROM 5.30PM FOR TAKEAWAY FROM 6.00PM FOR DINE-IN”, and “We are Fully Licensed and BYO (Wine only )”. For bookings it prints “(03) 9432 0295”. It also says a surcharge of $10 per person applies to no-shows on bookings of more than 8 people, unless numbers are confirmed 2 hours before the booking time, which matters if you are organising a big family table. The menus on the site are scanned images that we could not read as text, so we print no dishes or prices, and the site shows a “PRICE INCREASE EFFECTIVE FROM 2-12-2025” notice.
Pram check: we did not check pram access; the site says only that “Parking is available in the carpark next door.”
Nongkhai Thai Eltham — 931 Main Road, Eltham VIC 3095
The site describes “traditional Thai cooking that all the family can enjoy” and says “DINE IN AND TAKE AWAY ARE AVAILABLE 6 DAYS A WEEK. LICENSED AND BYO (WINE ONLY). CLOSED TUESDAY.” AGFG also tags it “Delivery”. The site prints no opening times beyond the Tuesday closure, we found no menu, and the site carries no date, so treat all of this as needing a phone call.
Pack: the phone number the site prints, 03 9439 5152, because it gives no opening times beyond the Tuesday closure.
Aegean Wave Fish & Chips — 136 Bolton Street, Eltham VIC 3095
The site describes “a family-run kitchen passionate about creating comfort food that reminds you of the coast”. Its ordering page offers “Pickup or Delivery” and a kids’ menu that includes “5 Nuggets & Chips” at $9.90. The page prints Cheese Burger at $9.90, Fish Bite Meal at $10.90 (10 Fish Bites with chips), The Loaded Lot at $13.90 and The Aegean Garden Crunch, with a veggie patty, at $12.99. It also prints Vege Souvlaki at $14.90 and Lamb Souvlaki at $15.90. Store hours on the ordering page, as read on 5 October 2026, were 11:30am - 8:00pm on Monday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, 11:30am - 8:30pm on Friday, and Tuesday closed; the hours tooltip changes, so check the day you want before you drive over.
On the menu (copied from aegeanwave.com.au on 5 October 2026):
- Cheese Burger: $9.90
- Fish Bite Meal: $10.90
- The Loaded Lot: $13.90
- The Aegean Garden Crunch: $12.99
Pack: the page says “*Item prices shown exclude the platform fee.”, so an online order will total more than the prices above.
The Main Cafe Bar Restaurant — Shop 5, 906 Main Road, Eltham VIC 3095
AGFG tags the cafe “Child Friendly”, and the site says “Group bookings and special event bookings are most welcome.” The site lists a “MAIN BIG BREAKFAST”, “Wood-Fired Gourmet Pizza” and a “VEGAN SANDWICH (VG)”. The food menu PDF prints EGGS BENEDICT at $26, served on English muffin with hollandaise sauce and Virginia ham, and EGGS YOUR WAY at $14 on toasted sourdough. It prints FRIED CALAMARI at $25 and GARLIC BREAD at $15. The cafe’s own pages print no opening hours, so these come from AGFG’s listing: 7:00 AM - 10:00 PM from Monday to Saturday and 7:30 AM - 10:00 PM on Sunday.
On the menu (copied from themaincafe.com.au/the_main_-_new_food_menu_v2.pdf on 5 October 2026):
- EGGS BENEDICT: $26
- EGGS YOUR WAY: $14
- FRIED CALAMARI: $25
- GARLIC BREAD: $15
Pack: the food menu’s footer says “A SURCHARGE OF 10% APPLIES ON WEEKENDS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS”, so the prices above are lower than a Saturday or Sunday bill.
Quick answers
Which of these restaurants print a kids’ menu?
Max’s menu prints “FOR THE KIDS CHEESEBURGER & CHIPS”, though check its price on the menu before you go, and Aegean Wave’s ordering page lists a kids’ menu with “5 Nuggets & Chips” at $9.90. Hecho en Mexico’s site says its menu is “kid friendly” but the menu itself would not load for us, so we cannot say what is on it. This page does not cover whether the other three print a kids’ section, so ask.
Which of these are BYO?
Suwan’s site says “We are Fully Licensed and BYO (Wine only )” and Nongkhai’s says “LICENSED AND BYO (WINE ONLY).” We read no BYO wording for the other four.
Which of these are closed on Tuesday?
Nongkhai’s site says “CLOSED TUESDAY”, and Aegean Wave’s store hours list Tuesday as closed. Max’s lists Tuesday to Thursday as “4:00PM– 8:00PM”, Suwan’s site says it opens “TUESDAY TO SUNDAY”, and AGFG lists The Main from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM on Tuesday. Hecho en Mexico lists “12:00 pm – 9.30 pm” every day.
Is anything on this list in Montmorency itself?
Only Max’s Woodfired Pizza & Burgers, at 6 Were Street, Montmorency. The site prints 6 Were Street, while OpenStreetMap tags it 4-8 and AGFG lists 6-8, so look for the shopfront on Were Street.
How we checked
We checked every place on this page against at least two independent sources on 5 October 2026: OpenStreetMap, the places’ own websites and the Australian Good Food Guide. Every price is copied exactly as printed on the page linked under Sources, on 5 October 2026. Menus, prices and opening hours change, so check with the venue before you go. The cover photo is illustrative, from Unsplash, and does not show any place on this page.
Seen something out of date? Email [email protected] with the page link and what has changed, and we will check it again.
Sources
- Max’s Woodfired Pizza & Burgers: openstreetmap.org/1865226621, maxswoodfiredpizza.com, agfg.com.au/maxs-woodfired-pizza-burgers-55595, maxswoodfiredpizza.com/menu
- Hecho en Mexico Eltham: hechoenmexico.com.au/eltham, agfg.com.au/hecho-en-mexico-eltham-117382
- Suwan Thai Restaurant: openstreetmap.org/144359647, suwanthai.com, agfg.com.au/suwan-thai-restaurant-33524
- Nongkhai Thai Eltham: nongkhaithai.com.au, agfg.com.au/nongkhai-thai-restaurant-26109
- Aegean Wave Fish & Chips: openstreetmap.org/9687928980, aegeanwave.com.au, agfg.com.au/aegean-wave-fish-chips-137296
- The Main Cafe Bar Restaurant: themaincafe.com.au/contact.html, agfg.com.au/the-main-cafe-41539, themaincafe.com.au/the_main_-_new_food_menu_v2.pdf, themaincafe.com.au, themaincafe.com.au/menu.html
