The Cellar Restaurant

Hunter Valley

AWARDS:

2011 Best Contemporary Australian Restaurant - Informal Dining, Hunter Region

Restaurant & Catering Awards for Excellence

One Glass Rating (Recommended)

Fine Wine Partners 08, 09, 10 & 11 Wine List of the Year Awards

One Glass Rating

2010 & 2011 Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide

REVIEWS:

"The word that best describes The Cellar is big; everything here seems to be writlarge.  The space is lovely, open... and big.  In the centre, a huge stone fireplace draws people like iron filings to a magnet when the logs are lit in cooler months.  Around the perimeter, a shock of green in a jungle of healthy indoor plants adds character.  The welcome is big too, with country smiles a mile wide.  And the portion sizes are... well, you guessed it..."

The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2012

"...when you enter The Cellar it can feel like stepping into a medieval banquet hall.  In winter, there's no finer place to be, but if the sun's shining you'd be mad not to dine alfresco under swathes of wisteria vines.  The menu provides for differing experiences too, offering everything from affordable prix fixe options and generous steak sangers for lunch, to a multi-course meal of assured modern flavours..."

The Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2011

"A summer and winter favourite, the Cellar's real draw is chef and proprietor Andy Wright's restrained treatment of outstanding local produce."

The Sydney Morning Herald, Good Living, 9th March 2010

“Consistently complex flavours, skilful cooking and appealing presentation… I’ve dined intermittently at The Cellar since 1979 and the food has never been this good.”
Jeff Collerson, The Daily Telegraph, 3rd March 2007