Eschalot Restaurant

Ph: 4877 1977; 24 Old Hume Hwy, BERRIMA 2577 www.eschalot.com.au

Contemporary, $$ +
Open Lunch Fri-Sun from noon Dinner Tue-Sat from 6pm; Licensed, BYO tues-thurs , Corkage . $10 bottle; AE DC MC V EFT
Chef Benjamin Attwater (29-11-08) Owner Richard Kemp (29-11-08)

Mietta's Review
Eschalot is an island of relaxed elegance. Slightly bitty Modern Australian food of reasonable quality, particularly this far out of town. Smooth professional service and calming prices prices - entrees around $17 and mains under $40 - make this a pleasant stop.

Other published opinions

Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2009 Score: 15/20, One Hat "Set in an atmospheric 1840s sandstone building, Eschalot's tasteful dining rooms provide a delightful feeling of intimacy. Excellent service reinforces the feeling you're dining somewhere special and the food and wines provide the proof"

Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2008 Score: 15/20, One Hat "Now relocated to a charming 1840s sandstone building with wide stone-flagged verandahs, Eschalot has four small, simply furnished, carpeted rooms"

Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2007 Score: 15/20, One Hat "Eschalot offers relaxed, gracious elegance in the dignified Links House hotel. A quail egg appetiser steeped in saffron and tea, then rolled in crunchy eschalot sprouts sets the benchmark for a meal full of interesting and subtle flavours."

SMH Good Living Eat Out Mathew Evans score 15/20, 22/11/05 "The Southern Highlands has a benchmark restaurant . where the emphasis is on key ingredients and deft handling. Tony Capps has lifted local standards."

Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2006 "Part of the boutique Links House hotel, Eschalot evokes a comfortable, casual elegance. Relax with a quiet drink in the lounge before moving to the gracious front dining room or a larger, refurnished room towards the back."

SMH Good Food Guide 2005 "This elegant restaurant occupies two rooms in Links House, a well-known boutique getaway opposite the Bowral golf course. The front room fills first and the back dining room feels a bit like an overflow section, but it's pleasant enough. Enjoy a shot glass of well-flavoured beetroot and coconut soup while you peruse a very good wine list, explained by knowledgeable and helpful staff."