Appellation Restaurant

Ph: 8562 4144; Peppers, The Louise, Lot 1 Seppeltsfield Rd cnr Stonewell Rd, Marananga 5355 www.appellation.com.au

Modern Australian, $$ -, ** for Food & Ambience, Good Wine List
Open Lunch Sun noon-2pm Dinner 7 days 7pm-9.30pm; Licensed, BYO, Corkage $15 bottle; DC MC V EFT
Chef (Mark Mcnamara, 2007-10-29) Owner

Other published opinions

Gourmet Traveller 2009 Australian Restaurant Guide Score: ** "Appellation has developed great finesse and harmony in its delivery of top-end dining: seamless service; a handsome room overlooking vineyards; an enticing a la carte menu not bound by course structure; an expanding wine list that presents neighbours first, then reaches to national and international icons"

Gourmet Traveller 2008 Australian Restaurant Guide Score: ** "A newish player in the Barossa, Appellation continues to mature and improve its high-end regional dining in a picturesque vineyard setting"

Gourmet Traveller 2007 Australian Restaurant Guide Score: ** "Ensconced in Peppers The Louise, overlooking an expansive vista, of vines and vales, Mark McNamara has set out to celebrate the best regional produce with minimal fanfare but all style and finesse in kitchen craft. Arrive early for the sunset and terrace drinks from a dedicated pre-dinner list before seeing the full wine selection, which is first-class Barossan as well as globally astute, served with all the panache country dining can offer."

Adelaide Advertiser 2006 "Appellation is the Barossa's most recent fine dining restaurant at the luxury Peppers Hermitage resort. New owners Jim and Helen Carreker, from the Napa Valley in California, have rejuvenated the resort and added a five-star dining room."

Adelaide Advertiser Tony Love 22/2/06 score 18/20 "Sedate room, sophisticated cooking and sensitive service add up to an undeniably fine, if not the finest in the state, dining experience from start to finish. ... Pure tastes rule at Appellation and all power to the kitchen for the obvious statement. Add such notably professional wine and table service and this Barossa restaurant deserves its place among the state's upper echelon dining establishments."