This old sandstone building hides one of Australia’s most beautiful fine dining restaurants – and it’s only accessible by WATER
- Berowra Waters Inn is regarded as one of Australia’s best fine dining restaurants
- Hidden inside an old sandstone building, it is only accessible by boat or seaplane
- The iconic venue started life as a waterfront tea and guesthouse in the 1920s
- It was transformed by architect Glenn Murcutt between 1977 and 1983
- Diners say the nine course degustation menu ‘tastes as good as it looks’
Tucked inside a century-old waterfront teahouse is one of Australia’s most unique fine dining restaurants.
Just a 50-minute drive from Sydney CBD is Berowra Waters Inn, an upscale eatery regarded as one of the country’s best since it opened in 1984.
The sandstone building started life in the 1920s as a riverfront guesthouse serving afternoon tea, and was transformed by Australian architect Glenn Murcutt between 1977 and 1983 into what he called a ‘verandah by the water’.
The most striking feature of the iconic venue is that it is only accessible by water, meaning you’ll need to take a boat or seaplane if you want to eat there.
Tucked inside this old sandstone guesthouse a 50-minute drive from Sydney CBD is Berowra Waters Inn, one of Australia’s best fine dining restaurants
The most striking feature of the iconic venue is that it is only accessible by water
That means you’ll need to take a boat or seaplane (pictured) if you want to eat there
Its location on the banks of the Hawkesbury River gives diners sweeping views of surrounding bushland to enjoy over plates of local produce.
On the menu are things like kingfish, crab, kangaroo pastrami and Australian cheese, along with some of the country’s finest wines from vineyards in the Hunter and Barossa Valleys.
A basement wine cellar houses 150 top shelf bottles.
Chef Brian Geraghty took ownership of the restaurant in 2012, after a glittering career cooking in some of the world’s most lauded kitchens in venues such as Patrick Gilbaud’s in Dublin and London’s two-hatted Pied a Terre.
The Inn’s location on the banks of the Hawkesbury River gives diners sweeping views of surrounding bushland to enjoy over plates of local produce
On the menu are things like kingfish, crab, kangaroo pastrami and Australian cheese
Diners (one pictured) say the nine course degustation menu ‘tastes as good as it looks’
When the inn closed its doors due to Covid restrictions in March 2020, the Gault & Millau ‘Chef of the Year’ moved his family, including partner Victoria, their 15-month-old son Otis and their two dogs, into the vacant restaurant, Seven Storeys reported.
Berowra has since reopened, with lunch and dinner served Thursday to Saturday and lunch only on Sundays.
Diners have left rave reviews online, with one saying the famous nine course degustation menu ‘tastes as good as it looks’.
Another called it a ‘beautiful restaurant with beautiful views and impeccable service’.
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