The Q Train quest: An award-winning tourism and hospitality experience

There is no other experience quite like The Q Train.

An award-winning tourist attraction, a breath-taking adventure, and a culinary statement, The Q Train is rolling excellence across the Bellarine. This moving railway service is a renowned restaurant, partnering picturesque views across Drysdale through Swan Bay and onto Queenscliff, with a seasonal degustation.

The Q Train

WHEN: OCTOBER HOURS MON, THU, FRI 11.30AM – 2.30PM, SAT/SUN: 12.30PM – 3.30PM
WHERE: DRYSDALE RAILWAY STATION

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The recent winner of the Tourism Restaurant category at the Victorian & Tasmanian Restaurant and Catering Hostplus Awards for Excellence 2025, The Q Train is one of the region’s most recognised experiences. In December of 2024, the attraction welcomed international guests to the service, handing over their kitchen to contestants and celebrity chef judges of Masterchef USA. The episode aired this July, giving The Q Train a global name. 

Dissecting the degustation menu it’s easy to see why The Q Train has received such acclaim. Crafting their culinary journey with local produce from Geelong, Bellarine and the Otways, the delicious five course set menu for Spring is colourful. It begins with a Spring Basket containing Ket Baker Honey and Walnut loaf, Dama Dama Free-Range venison kabana, Lard Ass Butter, Manzanillo Olives and Bellarine Smokehouse smoked trout pâté. Heading into Golden Plains the plate glows with Bannockburn Chicken – Chicken Lyonnaise with chateau potatoes and roast asparagus with native thyme. Journeying to the bay, Off the Boat Fish Cake is next featuring Jenkins and Son locally caught fishcake served with finglerlime and a saltbush ash hollandaise sauce. It’s backed by Meat Crew Lamb with a white miso sweet potato, roast broccolini, horse radish and rivermint jus. Top off the train ride with burnt white chocolate and macadamia brownie with a Bellarine Smokehouse smoked olive oil, Lard Ass iced cream and pepperberry praline. For the vegetarian traveller, the equivalent dishes are Eggplant Lyonnaise, Cauliflower Potato Cake and Spring Terrine.

 

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The Bar Cart carries a selection of the regions finest craft beers, ciders, spirits and wines including titles from Blackman’s Brewery, Prickly Moses, Bell’s Beach Brewing, Great Ocean Road Brewing, and more for beer and cider, and a massive list of wines for pairings including Oakdene Estate, Bennetts on Bellarine Bellarine Estate, Mt Duneed Estate, Kilgour Wines, Curlewis Winery and more.

All aboard – The Q Train is the quintessential dining experience.

Find out more about The Q Train, or book your seat here.