The Monaro Table
The Monaro Table is ' principal dining room - a space where the culinary traditions of the Australian Capital Territory and the surrounding high country are given the same careful attention the nation's founders gave to the city's design. It is a restaurant for guests who understand that a great meal is a form of argument about place, season, and craft. Every sitting is shaped by what the land can offer that week, and the menu changes accordingly.
Monaro Region Provenance
Every ingredient on the menu is sourced from within the ACT or the Monaro and southern tablelands, with each dish accompanied by a written note identifying the producer and the property it came from.
Seasonal Tasting Menu
A seven-course tasting menu changes at each season's turn, built around the peak produce of that moment - from Braidwood truffles in winter to Murrumbidgee stone fruit across the long Canberra summer.
The Vaulted Skylight Dining Room
The main dining room seats eighty beneath a restored nineteenth-century-style timber and glass skylight that floods the space with the particular bright clarity of Canberra's high-altitude afternoon light.
Chef's Communal Table
On Friday and Saturday evenings, a twelve-seat communal table adjacent to the open kitchen allows guests to dine in direct conversation with the kitchen team as each course is prepared and plated.
Private Dining for Twelve
A panelled private dining room seating twelve is available for diplomatic functions, family celebrations, and corporate gatherings - fitted with its own dedicated service entrance and direct kitchen liaison.
Morning Room Breakfast
Breakfast in the colonnaded morning room is a separate and celebrated experience - warm light through frosted winter glass, house-milled porridge, and eggs from a small farm twelve kilometres north of the city on the Federal Highway.