Pancake Parlour will dust off its original 1965 menu, and serve customers at 1965 prices, on August 19, between midday and midnight.
For batter or worse, the 1965-era deals include a regular stack (three pancakes, maple syrup and ice cream) for $2, pancakes, two slices of bacon and two eggs for $3, and a sweet Russian blintz crepe for $2.20.
via Herald Sun
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I am surprise they are still alive.
Regular price $25 when you can easily made it at home for the cost of 50c….
Hopefully they will offer the same price for takeaway on Tue.
$25 for pain pancakes is crazy 🤣
Although one of my local cafes does blueberry pancakes with bacon and that's $31! 😆 (I'm willing to bet they are infinitely batter than pancake parlour though)
(I'm willing to bet they are infinitely batter than pancake parlour though)
There's a non-zero chance they might just be using premixed batter from the supermarket too…
Nah it's zero, I've seen them making the batter
I suspect not at 50c.
Place is mayhem when they run these deals, feel sorry for the staff.
Forgot about the under 10 degree winter special one day when i wanted to use the new app voucher, line was out the door and they were turning people away.
Kitchen could not keep up and tables where covered in dishes.
The Winter Parlour deal was awesome last year but this year it was very average. Just six items IIRC that qualify and they weren’t cheap either.
Fond memories of the original Winter Parlour, where you'd pay the temperature. I'd go for breakfast before work, sometimes $3 or $4.
Lines will be insane
Can we make a note for OP listing that this is only for VIC? I don’t think it’s in other states 😅
More details here:
https://www.pancakeparlour.com.au/60-years-birthday-event
Things to remember: No bookings available at any of our 13 restaurants. Prices exclusive to Lovely Rewards Members. Save time, sign up ahead of time here. Online ordering only. 1 meal per member for the day. Credit card surcharges apply. Drinks full price. Pricing not available with other offers. Loyalty offers, vouchers will not be redeemable on Tuesday 19 August. Promotion ends midnight or restaurant closing time, whichever is earlier. Avoid disappointment, head to your favourite restaurant early.
Tips: If you go there during lunchtime, look for a 7-11 nearby and get a cup of $1 coffee 1-3pm instead of $6 at Parlour.
only. 1 meal per member for the day.
Tis a meal for ants
Turns out there was no such limitation. People were getting multiple dishes no problem.
Doesn't say dine in only, wondering if able to do takeaway…
I feel like 1964 they would have been cheaper like 50 cents or something
In 2065 it will be 100
50 p(ence)
Yeah didn't they get paid in thrippences and ha'pennies back then
Bong and a blintz?
Pipe and a crepe?
Cigar and a flapjack?
I gave him a couple of blintzes to paint my fence but he never did it.
Those blintzes were terrible.
Scientology $1.00
Anyone able to confirm if this is working for takeaway? When I select takeaway on the app, the menu doesn't come up.
Yeah they're trying to replicate the 1960's when apps dont work either.
Unsurprisingly, the line's already 12 groups deep. Will update when I get in.
Which Pancake Parlour are you at?
Southland. Line's about 30 deep when I entered.
Now at the table, after 25 minutes in line.
Discounted prices are only shown at the checkout (in the app). There's no option to pick up.
I went around 2pm to Fountain Gate, only 2 groups ahead of me, and they gave free samples to those waiting - I waited 5 minutes
Sitting in the one at Docklands and there is no queue.
Order through the app when logged in or you get charged full price.
Drinks are normal price.
Menu
https://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/157591/123515/img_1788…
Nice that they've printed out special menu for today too!
What's recommended?
What table are you ill send you some pancakes.
Can you order than one menu item at the promo price or just one menu item at promo price per member/table?
One promo item per member.
What about kiddos without phones!😬
At Docklands, was told one promo item per person at table, app ordering allows ordering more than one promo item per order, discounted price shown at final payment confirmation. Docklands only half full at 4pm
I got 2 items, wasn't aware of the restriction, I tested out lots of different items and I could have ordered loads discounted
It's interesting, some $25 items were discounted to $2, while some with a lower normal price were discounted to $3, maybe because I ordered a dish with bacon and it cost more in 1960 :D
Never been to PP, but how big are the portions?
Generous
How’s the line now at high point? Anyone there now?
Northland line is at least 2 hours long as of this post.
EDIT: They just cleared half the place. Lines about 30 mins.
Is anyone at the Plenty Valley one? Is there a long line?
Waited nearly 1hr to get in. 6pm to 654pm
I rocked up at about 6:20 and they told me it would be 1 hour wait so I just went to Sporting Globe, too cold and I had to get my son to swimming by 7:30
Eastland wait times through the roof
Dang.. how bad are we talking lol
Was at Malvern East just after 5pm, wait time was about 10ish mins. Food is quick, but all the staff really drill in that it's one dish per person even if in app allows ordering multiple dishes.
Line has more than doubled now, probably about 40min wait. Looks like a night club line 😂
Crazy line at Malvern East (chaddy).
It has dedicated parking and it is a mess lol
Any update on the line at Malvern East? Might save us a drive :P
looked about an hour and half wait when i left haha
Northland queue was about 45min, but it’s growing
I don’t understand why anyone would wait 2 hours for this pancakes.
Yeah not worth it.
Half price winter deal stacked with three free kids meals at Eastland was good enough for us last Tuesday
So if it’s 1 parent and 3 kids, you can get 1 meal and all 3 kids get a meal free?
Yep. Or parents buy nothing and kids eat free
Anyone sussed the line at Melbourne Central?
Does anyone know the line status for Eastland ??
Left 1hr ago and the line was near the toilets
Waited 30 mins at 6pm but was half the size of the queue by the time we left. Staff were great, food came fast
9:40pm @ Knox - Line about 60-70 people. Line goes back to the small carpark next to KFC. The rest of the Ozone is empty. Dont bother.
🥞
The Syrup Syndicate: A Tale of Crêpes, Coups, and Cults
Melbourne, 3:17 a.m. The Pancake Parlour hums with fluorescent nostalgia and the scent of betrayal. Beneath a booth shaped like a giant maple leaf, CIA agent Marla “Maple” Quinn sips a hot chocolate laced with nutmeg and nerves. She’s not here for dessert. She’s here for a recipe—one that once toppled a nation.
Across from her sits Dmitri Volkov, ex-KGB pastry operative turned rogue archivist. His trench coat is dusted with powdered sugar and secrets. Between them: a crêpe Tabriz, folded like a diplomatic telegram, and a Russian blintz stuffed with ricotta and regret.
The crepe is no ordinary dish. It’s the Shah’s crepe—an ancient Persian recipe encoded with the coordinates and psychological tactics used in Operation Ajax, the CIA’s 1953 coup that overthrew Prime Minister Mossadegh and reinstated the Shah. The saffron threads represent oil pipelines. The rosewater? A fragrant metaphor for Western delusion. The recipe was smuggled out of Tehran in a linen napkin and buried in a Pancake Parlour placemat circa 1974.
But now, it’s resurfaced—weaponized by The Order of the Golden Batter, a Scientology-adjacent cult that believes spiritual liberation can be achieved through pancake rituals and syrup-based memory recovery. Their leader, L. Syrup Hubbard, claims to channel the Shah’s spirit through crepe ceremonies, rewriting history with every fold.
Marla’s mission: decode the crepe, expose the cult, and confront the CIA’s own culinary complicity. Dmitri’s motive: redemption. He once baked celebratory blintzes for Soviet diplomats who toasted the Shah’s return with cherry compote and imperial arrogance.
As they taste the crepe, memories flood back. Marla sees her father—burning syrup-coded documents in Langley. Dmitri recalls a Tehran kitchen, where a chef whispered, “Every empire leaves behind a recipe.”
Suddenly, the jukebox crackles. Out steps Syrup Hubbard, robed in pancake-colored silk, flanked by waitstaff wielding spatulas like sabers. He speaks:
“You’ve tasted the truth. Now choose: join the Order, or be folded and forgotten.”
Marla stands. “I choose to flip the script.” She turns the placemat over, revealing the Shah’s original recipe—written in Farsi, dusted in cinnamon, annotated with CIA codenames. Dmitri tosses a cherry grenade. The jukebox erupts in Barry Manilow and nutmeg.
They escape through the kitchen, syrup-stained but victorious. The cult collapses. The CIA quietly reclassifies the crepe as “culinary collateral.” And The Pancake Parlour adds “Crêpe Tabriz” to its specials board, with a warning:
NB: May contain traces of empire.
Got sent away from Melbourne Central an hour before close. This place can gagf.
So what was the verdict? Was the pancakes / bacon and egg worth lining up for?
I went for the IT with cream. Really good but very filling. We made the mistake of upsizing to a pint of iced chocolate. Too OTT even for me.
![[VIC] Regular Stack $2, Pancakes, 2 Slices of Bacon + 2 Eggs $3, Sweet Russian Blintz Crepe for $2.20 @ Pancake Parlour](https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/02/920102.jpg?h=b89508bb)
FYI the occasion is to celebrate their 60th anniversary.
Nice, I see what he did there…
Luckily, I'm in the office tomorrow and not WFH - winner, winner, pancake dinner!