Welcome to the Fishing Village Bar & Café … quality seafood by the sea!

Located in the beautiful seaside village of Venus Bay, the Fishing Village Bar & Cafe has been open for business since September 2008. After an initial set-back which saw a fire destroy the rear of the premises, the business re-opened just in time for Melbourne Cup week in November.

Local Venus Bay residents Ross and Diana Burns joined with Ross’ brother Peter and Peter’s wife Wei to purchase the premises and operate the new business.

Ross and Diana moved to Venus Bay in February 2008 with the intention of ‘semi retiring’ after living for over 30 years in Canberra where they worked as lawyers and owned their own business for over 16 years.

Ross and Peter have a past history working together in the seafood restaurant business in both Sydney and Canberra. The new business has taken its name from the popular restaurant Peter owned and operated in Canberra in the 1970s known as ‘The Fishing Village’.

The main focus of the business is to provide guests with the very best quality seafood (both dine in and takeaway) in a relaxing bar and café atmosphere. Catering packages and special event venue hire are also available.

The Fishing Village Bar & Café is fully licensed with 3 beers on tap and a varied and extensive range of local and Australian wines to choose from.

Special event nights are catered for with the popular ‘Pot ‘N Parma’ night operating on Wednesday and Thursday nights. 

The Fishing Village Bar & Café offers ‘live music’ every Friday night with local entertainers including Mat Dalrymple, ‘Saratonin’, duo Geoff and Murray, ‘Psycho Wombat’, Patricia Freeman with Jane Hobson-Chambers (featuring Patricia’s CD ‘Lady of the Swamp’), the Tony Watkins Band and local band ‘Beggs To Differ’.

Friday Night ‘Happy Hour’ also runs from 4 to 7 pm with pots priced at $2.50.

Ross and Diana maintain a casual, friendly and comfortable ‘village’ style atmosphere that all South Gippsland residents and visitors can relate to.

With the ever increasing popularity of The Fishing Village Bar & Café, guests planning to enjoy a great night of good food and entertainment are invited to book on 56637100 or you can use our quick and easy on-line booking service by selecting the following link: