Private dining rooms offer the perfect blend of restaurant-quality food and service, paired with the intimate ambiance and comfort of your own home. Ideally, that space isn't in your own home either – it's in one of Hunter Valley’s finest restaurants, where a team of skilled professionals takes care of all the details. Fortunately, this dream can become a reality. While they come at a premium price, they are unmatched for special occasions like birthdays or end of year celebrations. Here's a list of venues to consider when booking your end of year functions for 2023.
Muse Restaurant
Muse Restaurant focuses on delivering refined, seasonal produce with professional, intuitive service that strives to impress, comfort and connect. Their contemporary Australian cuisine has won multiple awards including the prestigious title of not one but two chefs hats over the years and created thousands of delighted diners. Muse is top tier when it comes to food and delivering a memorable experience, especially in their grand private dining room.
eRemo Restaurant
éRemo Restaurant at Spicers Guesthouse offers modern contemporary Italian curated by Head Chef Jayden Casinelli. The menu is complemented by a well-travelled wine list, including some of the Hunter Valley's best vintages and a selection of those from further a field. éRemo's Avido menu offering is best shared with friends, and even better in the comfort of the picturesque, luxe private dining room that fronts the towering, glass wine vault, full of the region's rich bottled history.
Restaurant Botanica
In the heart of Pokolbin, the restaurant showcases Australian-grown ingredients and utilizes classic and modern French techniques. Botanica boasts considered, generous and playful dishes, the best drops from the Hunter, a vibrant cocktail list and genuinely warm hospitality. Guests can expect to see locally sourced sourdough bread, fresh market crudites, the best cuts of beef, fresh seafood and more. Elevate your gathering in an intimate and sophisticated setting, their exclusive private dining room accommodates up to 12 guests and offers guests the choice to dine from either their 3 or 5-course menu.
Esca Restaurant Bimbadgen
Esca Bimbadgen showcases their estate-grown wines by matching them with simple, elegant food in a jaw-dropping setting. A pioneer of fine dining in the Hunter Valley, Esca Bimbadgen exemplifies the unique nature of a winery restaurant. The spectacular entrance suspended above the winery is second only to the view from your table, looking out to the rolling vineyards. Coop up with friends and family for an intimate gathering in their show-stopping private dining room for an outing to remember.
The Wood Restaurant
Relax, indulge, and savour the flavour at The Wood Restaurant at Brokenwood. Executive Chef Sean Townsend, has curated a menu focusing on local and seasonal produce, with synergy flowing between plate and glass. Choose from their al a carte menu, or let them take care of the choices for you with their 'Feed Me' menu. Set back in their high-end private dining space set amongst the impressive barrel hall, trophy room and galley museum.
Legends Bar & Grill
The Legends Bar and Grill features a seasonal menu of contemporary Australian cuisine incorporating their star attraction - the distinctive and unique Grill. Enjoy a relaxing meal with a glass or two of one of the Hunter's finest wines. Opt in to book out the private dining space overlooking the putting green and golf course for some entertainment whilst you dine.
Tower Lodge
Drawing fresh local produce from a community of local Hunter Valley producers and growers, as well as from the Hope family’s own Angus cattle farms in the lush green pastures of the Upper Hunter, the Tower Lodge menu is a culinary experience of the region. The restaurant offers a select few indoor and outdoor spaces that can be made private for an intimate group gathering.
Margan Restaurant
Pioneers of Agri-Dining in the Hunter Valley, Margan Restaurant are committed to an ‘estate grown, estate made’ ethos. Their menu is crafted around harvest from their one-hectare kitchen garden & orchard to maintain a hyper-local focus. Their property also features olive trees, free range chickens, beehives and raise their own lambs, all of which is incorporated into the menus. Choose to book one of their many indoor or outdoor spaces to celebrate your next group getaway in the Hunter Valley.
