New bar and grill opens in Hall

I have a confession to make. Until recently, I didn’t know where Hall was…. I actually thought it was somewhere past Yass. So you can imagine my surprise when we entered the sweet little township, and warm glow of 1882 Bar and Grill just 20 minutes from Canberra CBD. Continue reading New bar and grill opens in Hall

The $13.90 Italian lunch special you need to try

Does anyone remember a time when focaccia was the height of sophistication and restaurants serving huge portions of comforting pasta were the place to be? Let’s call it ‘the early 2000s’. This young foodie had just moved to the big smoke of Canberra and, back then, if you wanted delicious Italian with all the swank of Kingston, you headed to Santa Lucia. Continue reading The $13.90 Italian lunch special you need to try

Lunch at Olleyville

Lunch at Olleyville

Have you been to Olleyville? It’s the restaurant at Murrumbateman’s premium family-owned winery, Shaw Vineyard Estate and it reopened in August. The restaurant is a short drive from Canberra and the menu has something for everyone. I took Mr Eat Canberras mum there for lunch on a Friday and we were very impressed. We agreed that it would be a great location for lunch or dinner with the rest of the family. Continue reading Lunch at Olleyville

XO Restaurant Review

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XO Restaurant in Narrabundah has been on my ‘to eat’ list since they opened. Their food photos and recipes in The Capital Cookbook 3, and more recently Gourmet Traveller, have been tempting me for a long time. So I gave some (not so subtle) hints to Mr Eat Canberra about where I wanted to go for my birthday dinner…. He got the hint and whisked me off to XO last week and I was over the moon with the whole experience. It took me a little while to get there but it was definitely worth the wait. Continue reading XO Restaurant Review