Axis

Ph: (02) 6208 5176; The National Museum Of Australia, Acton Peninsula, ACTON 2601 www.nma.gov.au/visit/cafesand-restaurants

Australian Modern, $$ +
Open Lunch Tue-Sun, dinner Tue-Sat; Licensed, BYO bottled wine only, Corkage $8 bottle; AE BC DC MC V EFT, Seats inside 60
Chef (Jaji Rajappan, 24-06-07) Owner (Hyatt Hotel, 24-06-07)

Mietta's Review
The Museum of Australian History has a restaurant that demonstrates modern Australian cooking, which is as it should be. The room is smart with soaring ceilings and great views across Lake Burley Griffin. Service is fine and the wine list has plenty of boutique wines. And there's a great Sunday morning breakfast on the balcony.

Other published opinions

Canberra Times Bryan Martin, 24-06-07 Score: 13/20 "An interesting, elegant place to dine with nice water views to the city. On a good night, promises to be terrific."

SMH GFG 2004,Score 12/20,'It's fitting that the mueseum of Australia's history has a restaurant trying to capture the zeitgeist of Mod Oz dining.Axis is all very designer...Manfredi coffee reminds us how far Australian style has come.'

Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide Australia 2004, Good vegetarian options,'The room itself is eye-candy cool,with cylindrical shades dangling from soaring ceilings...menu is an itriguing combination of French,Italian and Asian influences ... The wine list is almost exclusively Australian...Yet with all its virtues, a question mark remains over whether the food, service and ambience justify the steep prices.'

Daily Telegraph NSW Restaurant Guide 2004, Secure a terrace table for great views over Lake Burley Griffin.

12/4/01 Canberra Times filed. New rest. serving top end food in fancy surrounds.