Pittwater Life April 2018 Issue

Dining Guide
Dining Guide
April's best restaurants, functions, events and reader deals...
Bistro 61
Avalon Beach RSL
1 Bowling Green Lane
Avalon Beach
OPENING HOURS
Open 7 days
Lunch 12pm-2:30pm
Dinner 5:30-8:30pm
CUISINE
Modern Aust / pub food
PRICE RANGE
Meals $8-$30
Specials $12-$15
meals purchased. Membership
starts from $5.50.
The club is licensed, with
no BYO. Bookings online or
call 9918 2201 – large groups
welcome.
Hong Kong
Chinese Restaurant
332 Barrenjoey Rd,
Newport
OPENING HOURS
Dinner Tues-Sun 5pm
CUISINE
Chinese & Asian
Honey king prawns and selection of cereals, seasonal
BOOKINGS 9918 2201
Honey chicken.
fruit and freshly made juice,
PRICE RANGE
New dishes are introduced toast and pastries and
Avalon Beach RSL’s Bistro 61 Entrees $5-20
regularly so make sure you sausages, eggs, has browns,
is a great place to head for Mains $12.90-26.50 check out the blackboard bacon and tomato served with
a local meal, offering tasty
*Deliver Whale Beach - Narrabeen specials.
the Chef’s Special of the day.
modern Australian dishes at
The team are only too
The Mirage restaurant is
affordable prices.
BOOKINGS 9997 4157
happy to home deliver your also open for dinner from
The Anzac Day service
LIC BYO P
meal, with a range that takes Monday to Saturday from
starts 11.20am, followed by
All
in Narrabeen to the south to 5.30pm – 8.30pm and can
two-up from noon.
Palm Beach in the north. be hired, along with all the
Head down and enjoy the Book a table at this
Fully licensed or BYO. hotel’s function rooms, for
Surf Lounge Sessions – live popular Newport eatery
private and corporate events
music every Saturday night in April and your family is
of between 60-110 guests.
from 9pm. In April, check
guaranteed a great night The Mirage
out Wizards of Oz (7th),
out with a feast for the
Restaurant
Ziggy McNeill (14th), CJ & The
eyes and the tastebuds.
at Metro Mirage More than
Mellows (21st) and Shade of
Order ahead for their
Hotel Newport
wonderful Peking Duck
Red (28th).
surf ’n’ turf
which is offered as a dinein-only
special Thursdays
Check out the new Stella
2 Queens Parade West,
Room, with Kid Kenobi &
Newport at Jonah’s
through Sundays in
Friends on Saturday 28th.
Autumn.
Happy Hour is every
CUISINE Jonah’s is adding a gilt
There are two traditional
edge to midweek dining
Monday, Tuesday & Friday from
Modern Australian
courses: Peking Duck
with a spectacular ‘Meet The
4-6pm.
pancakes & duck sang choy
Now open for breakfast
PRICE RANGE
Producers’ dinner on Thursday
bow (bookings essential;
April 19.
from 9am to 11.30am.
Breakfast – $25 adults,
mention the ad when you
The iconic Whale Beach
Open for lunch and dinner
$12.50 kids (5-12)
call).
boutique hotel and restaurant
seven days, with extensive
Dinner – entrees
This long-established
is teaming with Anthony
outdoor dining areas, Bistro
from $7-$17,
restaurant on the eastern
Puharich from Vic’s Premium
61 offers a variety of specials
Mains from $21-$30,
side of Barrenjoey Rd has
Quality Meat and Con
(lunch and dinner) during the
Desserts from $13-$25
an extensive menu based
Nemitsas from Southern Fresh
week, including $12 tacos
on traditional flavoursome
Seafood for a collaborative
(Tues), $15 Chicken Schnitzels
BOOKINGS 9997 7011
Cantonese with touches of
evening, with Executive
(Wed), 2-4-1 pizzas (Thurs), spicy Szechuan and other Local residents are finding Chef Matteo Zamboni
and a $20 burger + beer (Fri). Asian dishes and fresh the peaceful ambience creating a special five-course
Seniors are well catered seasonal vegetables.
for – there are daily Seniors
of The Mirage restaurant degustation menu that
Entrees start at just $6
specials, including beerbattered
flathead – plus they
Pittwater, the perfect
overlooking spectacular
highlights the very best from
while mains are great value
the paddock and the sea.
too, starting at $16.80.
Anthony Puharich has an
do a $5 kids meals on Sundays!
waterfront venue to enjoy
The menu ranges from
established reputation as one
(There’s a playground, too.)
breakfast or dinner.
adventurous, like a Sizzling
of Australia’s leading butchers
From the menu, chef Szechuan-style Platter of
Located in boutique Metro
and entrepreneurs. Few
Mitch recommends his twist king prawns and fillets of Hotel Mirage Newport, The
people share his knowledge
on nachos – pulled beef and chicken, to contemporary, Mirage restaurant is a popular and passion for all things
blackbeans with chipotle, corn
chips, guacamole, Danish fetta
and coriander.
Members get discounts on
featuring spicy salt and
pepper king prawns, to
traditional, with favourites
including Mongolian lamb,
choice for breakfast from
7-10am seven days a week,
offering a fixed-price full hot
and cold buffet, including a
meat. Anthony’s expertise
and enthusiasm has seen him
regularly appear in Australian
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