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Jackalope Hotel is especially good for couples because of its design, vineyard setting, pool, dining, and adults-focused atmosphere. A Vineyard room or Lair suite is the best fit for anniversaries, birthdays, proposals, and short escapes from Melbourne.
What makes it special
The hotel stands out for its striking design, vineyard setting, adults-focused mood, and strong food and wine identity. Its best strengths are 44 rooms, infinity pool, heated spa, Doot Doot Doot, Rare Hare, Flaggerdoot, LL Vineyard, and Mornington Peninsula access.
Room to consider
Book a Vineyard room if you want the signature view across the vines and pool deck. Choose a Lair suite if you want more space, stronger drama, and a better fit for a special Mornington Peninsula escape.
Insider tip
Dining options include Doot Doot Doot, Rare Hare, and Flaggerdoot, each with a different mood. Doot Doot Doot is the hotel's refined dining room, Rare Hare is the vineyard restaurant, and Flaggerdoot is the cocktail bar.
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Jackalope Hotel's debut property promises an experience to remember. Set on a pristine vineyard amid the Mornington Peninsula wine region, Australia's most daring hotel is unique in location and design.
Jackalope Hotel offers 45 rooms and suites with floor-to-ceiling windows and private terraces, showcasing the best of the property's vineyard views. Luxurious bathrooms boast deep-soak baths, rain showers, and Melbourne brand Hunter LAB amenities. Simultaneously, Jackalope's signature suites, Lairs, are lavished with loft ceilings, an expansive terrace overlooking the vines, a double-sided indoor/outdoor fireplace, kitchenette, bar, and wine cellar.
Outside, the stunning, black 30-meter infinity pool laps up to the surrounding vines, showcasing a tranquil sightline from water to wine. While Two restaurants, a cocktail bar, a winery, and a cellar door deliver an array of world-class food and wine experiences. Set under the arresting canopy of a slowly twinkling 10,000-globe chandelier, the hotel's headline dining act, Doot Doot Doot, showcases the region's finest produce paired with a selection of single-vineyard wines.
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The Terrace Room invites one to a sanctuary of opulence. Floor-to-ceiling windows flood the room with light. They swing open to a private terrace. Here,...
Imagine stepping into a world where sophistication meets rustic charm. That's what awaits anyone who enters the Vineyard Room. Immediately, the beautiful sight of vineyards...
In the Lair Suite, guests find themselves enveloped in unparalleled luxury. The suite boasts five-meter high loft ceilings that lend an airy feel to the...
Doot Doot Doot - Occasional Dining - Executive Chef, Simon Tarlington, merges classic techniques with kitchen curiosity, creating playful dishes that pay homage to hero ingredients. In a nod to Jackalope Hotel's design, Tarlington seamlessly combines contemporary with the country - his trademark farm-to-table style underpins produce-worshipping dishes that find flavor in the unexpected. Doot Doot Doot's tasting menu is staged in several parts with a la carte options for entree, primary, and dessert served with a supporting cast of playful snacks and sides. It is a creative culinary journey where respect for the feast is filled with disrespect for the familiar.
Rare Hare - Wine & Food Store - A food and wine affair with a devil-may-care air. With room for 90 tails, Rare Hare boasts indoor and outdoor dining overlooking the vine-laced hills and across Jackalope Hotel's striking silhouette. A hand-crafted wood-fired oven takes pride in its place in the dining space, adding character to the mood and food and cooking with a good sense of curiosity and bringing a tempting balance of heat, acidity, depth of flavor and texture to each plate.
Flaggerdoot Cocktail Lounge - Since 1876, the majestic Edwardian McCormick House has stood gracefully at the end of Jackalope's meandering driveway. Reborn as the hotel's bar, Flaggerdoot, it stands as an enduring reminder of the history of this picturesque property. Its current incarnation delights in the alchemic process of distillation; an experimental spirit stirs the daring cocktail menu, serving a mix of classics and in-house creations. The space is an infusion of forms; classic herringbone floors and open fires warm the room, while edgy installations and a one-off electric blue pool table create a sense of curated calm.
All Day Dining Restaurant - Jackalope offers an All-Day Dining menu to all hotel guests. This menu can be enjoyed in-room or on the terrace.
Face and Body Treat - Jackalope offers various treatments and services: massages, manicures and pedicures, facials, wellness packages, and in-room DIY treats. The signature relaxation massage is an oil-based treatment designed to ease muscle tension, calm, recharge, and rejuvenate your Mind and Body.
The ultimate immersion offers a wine package comprising a pinot grape foot immersion, pinot grape skin body scrub, rain shower, relaxation massage, and full-body moisturizer to finish.
Tales of the Season Past - Since 1876, the Edwardian homestead, McCormick House, has stood gracefully on what was fertile grazing land for over 100 years. Reborn as the cocktail bar for this iconic hotel, it stands as an enduring reminder of this picturesque property's history.
Planted in 1989, the 11-hectare (28-acre) Willow Creek Vineyard has taken root in deep volcanic soils known for producing rich flavors. This cool-climate vineyard produces pinot noir, chardonnay, cabernet, Pinot Gris, and Sauvignon Blanc. Under winemaker Geraldine McFaul, Willow Creek Vineyard has grown in reputation as one of the premier producers on the Mornington Peninsula - renowned for elegant single-vineyard wines.
The hotel's winery restaurant, Rare Hare, delivers a food and wine affair with a devil-may-care air. With room for 90 tails, Rare Hare boasts indoor and outdoor dining overlooking the vine-laced hills and across Jackalope Hotel's striking silhouette. This is a place to nestle in, not just see – where crafted curiosities from surrounding farms are best consumed excessively and between robust repartee.
Just one hour from Melbourne. Jackalope Hotel is set on a pristine property amid the Mornington Peninsula wine region.
Here, an intoxicating vineyard acreage frames a luxury hotel. Unique in both destination and design.
Highlights include 45 designer dens. Immersive wine and culinary experiences. And a striking - black 30-metre infinity pool overlooking the vines.
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Yes. Jackalope Hotel is worth it for travelers who want a bold winery hotel on the Mornington Peninsula. The hotel has 44 rooms, vineyard views, an infinity pool, heated spa, infrared sauna, Doot Doot Doot, Rare Hare, Flaggerdoot, and curated guest experiences.
Jackalope Hotel is in Merricks North on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula, about one hour from Melbourne by car. The hotel sits within LL Vineyard, close to wineries, beaches, farm gates, restaurants, cellar doors, and coastal drives.
Jackalope Hotel has 44 rooms and suites, giving it a small and highly designed boutique-resort feel. Rooms include vineyard-facing categories, terrace rooms, and the larger Lair suites for guests who want more space.
Book a Vineyard room if you want the signature view across the vines and pool deck. Choose a Lair suite if you want more space, stronger drama, and a better fit for a special Mornington Peninsula escape.
Jackalope Hotel is not for young children and is designed for guests aged 12 and over. This makes the atmosphere more suited to couples, friends, wine travelers, and design-focused adults than to family resort holidays.
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