Dijon

Ph: (02) 6230 6009; 24 West Row, CANBERRA 2600 www.dijon.com.au

Contemporary, $$, ** for Food & Ambience
Open Lunch Mon-Fri noon-2.30pm;Dinner 7 days 6-10pm, Closed public holidays; Licensed, BYO, Corkage $9 bottle; AE DC MC V EFTPOS, Seats inside 110, Outside seats 30, private room
Chef (--) Owner (--)

Mietta's Review
Owner/chef, John Balkwell, has moved from his unlikely suburban situation to the heart of the big smoke. The new restaurant's central position, good linen, excellent service and a light airy ambience combine to make the food seem even better. Altogether this is a very good dining experience.

Other published opinions

Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2007 Score: 14/20 "There's reassuring polish to John Balkwell's smart-casual dining room - named after a French town fabled for its pinots and smooth mustards - amid the colonnaded dignity of the West Row, Canberra's new epicurean strip."

SMH Good Food Guide 2006 Score 14/20 "Since its move to the city, Dijon has played its part in turning the wonderfully columned West Row into one of Canberra's best eating strips - and has gone from strength to strength in the process. It's an elegant and welcoming space with comfortable chairs and clean lines. The staff are well versed, ready to explain and inform or step back, depending on your demands."

Gourmet Traveller Australian Restaurant Guide 2006 "Dijon's West Row digs are long on style, with high ceilings, burgundy leather chairs and gabardine walls. Chef John Balkwell broughtthe tasting menu concept to the national capital in 2000, and now, several years on, his Mod Oz degustation remains ever popular."

Sydney Eats 2006 "The atmosphere here is stylish and elegant, with good service assured. The serious winelist runs for many pages with plenty by the glass."

SMH GFG 2005 Score 14/20 Good Wine List "It's been a good move for the former Ainslie based fine diner, now tucked quite nicely, thanks very much, into Canberra's best eating strip (at the former Cedars Lebanese site). With its big glass windows, open bar and the slightly incongruous rear water feature, there's more space and pizzazz to the experience."

Sydney Cheap Eats 2005 "Dijon is now in the eat street that houses Anise and Mezzalira. It's also larger and on one level, with tables clothed in perfect white napery. Such elegance and good professional service go hand in hand."

Gourmet Restaurant Guide 2005 "A move to larger digs and a more central location have enhanced the appeal ofthis former suburban dweller, and Ainslie's loss is the city's gain. Observant and uninvasive service ensures a smooth flow on the floor."

SMH GFG 2004,Score 14/20,Good wine list,'inside is a warm room of double-clothed tabels and Riedel glasses,enlivened by vibrant,naive-style paintings.Sommelier Frederick Rivard's attentive,ever-helpful eye will guide you through a mouth-watering,230-strong list to match the French-infused,adventurous Mod Oz menu.'

Gourmet Traveller Restaurant Guide Austrlia 2004, 1 Black Star, Excellent wine list,'This is a suburban gem, offering a fine dining experience in unremarkable shopping centre.The setting is pleasant enough but it's the quality of the food that gurantees return custom...Prices are relatively high but the restaurant takes no shortcuts and uses top ingredients'