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Hearts Down Under or Romance on the menu, either way this was a formulaic Hallmark Romantic film...light and breezy with a Happy Ending.

Stubborn control freak New York Laboratoire restaurant owner and chef Caroline inherits a quaint Australian restaurant named The Seagull from her deceased aunt Doreen. Caroline goes to Australia to sell the restaurant quickly and get back to New York for an important critic review. While in Australia she stays in a cottage owned by Simon Cook, who turns out to be the cook at The Seagull. As the staff rally together to convince Caroline not to sell, Simon and Caroline spar and one up each other over their differences in cooking. Desperate to make repairs quickly in order to sell the restaurant Caroline strikes up a deal to cook for Simon while he does the needed repairs on the restaurant for the building inspector which is required for her quick sale.

Caroline gets to know the staff and loosens up a bit in the process. There is a ridiculous looking dog named Spatch (short for spatula) and sunny beach scenes...but the best part is really the actor who plays Simon Cook. He looks a bit like an Australian version of Ben Affleck and he really wins you over with his smile.

I know this movie as "Hearts Down Under" in the U. S., listed as an original Hallmark movie.

It's a typical, traditional Hallmark movie. Boy and girl meet and fall in love at first sight, tension arises due to some outside issue, they both realize how silly they are, one runs back to the other and confesses their stupidity, and they live and love happily ever after.

I've seen the Aussie actors in Australian shows so I was very happy to see they didn't use Americans trying to do fake accents. I hate that.

While this isn't a blockbuster rom com, it is a feel good one, so those of you complaining about the acting obviously don't get the Hallmark channel or, if you do, you don't watch it. Almost all of their movies are like this. If you want light and airy movies you can turn on while doing something else, these are the movies to watch.

It's a cute movie where boy meets girl and they fall in love. The nice thing is it's in a beautiful setting in another country. Hallmark has only just recently started spending money on filming in more countries outside of Canada and the U. S. This is a welcome change.

...please note this was a Netflix film. Hallmark just bought and retooled it a year later to fill out the schedule.

I'm an Aussie girl and saw this movie on Netflix. I was very excited watching the preview with our Aussie accents on display and this movie didn't disappoint. Those people that are Aussies but give it a bad review are most likely those that only love a good action or drama. My hubby wouldn't be interested in this movie for that very reason, but he is away so I get the tv to myself tonight so this movie piqued my interest. It is light hearted, I really like the chemistry Of the couple and It's just an enjoyable watch. Thank you also for displaying some of our cultural differences and choosing actors that are actually Australian. I could see myself watching this movie again for something easy and light hearted.

A typical Hallmark movie but even more cheesy than normal and with lots and lots of plot holes. As another reviewer said "Busby is awful, she plays the same character in all of her films". There is absolutely zero chemistry between the leads (and it feels like we missed something because all of the sudden there's love when just moments ago the characters hated each other). The plot is obviously predictable from the first minutes. The argument is lousy and the "final conflict" part is just too rushed and just strange. The cooking, ocean and the Australians are nice though. Really liked the girl playing Beth.

I normally like Hallmark romances but this one was too boring and weird (like, all was too unbelievable). Would not recommend nor watch again.