St Remio Returns to LANDMARK by Lexus for a New Dawn at Flemington
St Remio is back inside LANDMARK by Lexus for the 2026 Melbourne Cup Carnival, and this year we're in seriously good company. The three-level pavilion at Flemington is built around one idea, A New Dawn, and we're sharing it with some of Melbourne's best names in design, food and flowers.
A New Dawn at Flemington
This year's LANDMARK by Lexus theme draws on akebono, a Japanese expression for the first light of dawn. It's that brief moment of change and possibility before the day properly begins. Every collaborator was asked to look at their craft through that lens, and the result is a pavilion that feels fresh from the ground floor up.
Designed by Hecker Guthrie
Melbourne interior design studio Hecker Guthrie has designed all three levels, built around a colour palette led by Golden Ash, a bespoke wall finish used right through the pavilion. Founded by Paul Hecker and Hamish Guthrie and now led by directors Stacey Van Harn and Kymberley Gim, the studio is known for spaces that feel considered and warm, never cold or showy.
Dining with Jason M. Jones of Entrecôte
Level One belongs to Lexus x Entrecôte. Jason M. Jones, the restaurateur behind Prahran favourite Entrecôte, has built a menu where Japan meets France, shaped around the same akebono idea. Up on Level Three, sister venue Gigi is taking care of the cocktails.
Florals by Joost and Ruby Bakker
Every bloom in the pavilion is Australian-grown, hand-picked by father-and-daughter florists Joost and Ruby Bakker of Bakker Flowers from their family farm and neighbouring growers in the Dandenong Ranges. Local produce, grown by families who know it best. That's a story we understand.
Your Level Two coffee, St Remio
Level Two is the relaxed level, and that's where you'll find us. We're pouring CRAFTED, the blend we created with Lexus exclusively for the pavilion, alongside a line-up of iced specialties. Keep an eye out for the Dubai Mont Blanc, finished with a pistachio cloud. Pair it with something sweet from patisserie Madeleine de Proust, also on board this year as Culinary Activator.
Our story with Lexus started back in 2022 with a custom coffee collaboration for their trackside guests. CRAFTED followed in 2023, and we've been part of the pavilion every Carnival since. Coming back each year to work alongside people this good at what they do never gets old.
Every cup, full circle
Every coffee we pour at LANDMARK by Lexus connects back to the women of the Cocagi Women's Coffee Farming Cooperative in Rwanda. Since 2017 we've funded 8 hectares of land for the cooperative, along with agronomists and training, and the project has created work for more than 16,000 people in the surrounding community. See every project, year by year, on our Rwanda projects page.
Not inside the pavilion this year? You'll still find St Remio across the Carnival. Here's where to find us at Flemington, or bring race day home with St Remio whole beans.
See inside LANDMARK by Lexus as it happens on our Instagram and TikTok.
