Lake House
Dining
Good food and wine are consuming passions here. A team of talented hospitality professionals – with industry legend Culinary Director Alla Wolf-Tasker AM at the helm – deliver beautiful cutting-edge menus that celebrate local produce paired with wines from the acclaimed cellar.
“…the largely regional food here is better than ever; the plating smarter and more contemporary, the flavours more focused and vibrant.”
The Weekend Australian Hot 50 - Lake House 'Hottest Classic'
Regarded as one of the best restaurants in Australia; Lake House is a world class destination for travellers seriously interested in food and wine.
With a multitude of awards to its name – it’s a regular on the list of top restaurants around the country and currently holds two chefs’ hats, Australia’s Best Food & Wine Experience, Australia’s Best Wine List (Hall of Fame) and Australia’s Top Ten Restaurants.
A tasting menu, vegetarian tasting menu and full a la carte menu provide plenty of options for guests staying more than 2-3 nights. In fact, it’s not uncommon for a two-night stay to extend – if only to sample another delicious meal from the kitchen. Contemporary dishes, inspire even the savviest and most well-travelled palates and the Lake House kitchen philosophy of working from the ground up and with the best available seasonal produce means that travellers get a real sense of the best Australian produce on the plate.
Grab a seat in the plush Argyle Library Bar for bespoke seasonal cocktails. Or in the warmer months enjoy the views from the Lagoon Deck overlooking Lake Daylesford.
The picturesque Lake House dining room – airy and with glorious views by day and moodily lit and romantic by night, serves lunch and dinner daily and breakfast for in-house guests only.
Private dining for groups is available in the Cellar Dining Room where the locally hand-crafted oak table seats up to 16 guests. The wine list which features almost 1300 different labels is tended to by a passionate team of hospitality professionals; this is no afterthought – the carefully curated list features some of the most sought after wines in the world as well as great examples of local chardonnay, pinot noir, shiraz and cabernet.
Produce is grown, picked and harvested from Dairy Flat Farm, Lake House’s own 38-acre regenerative growing facility. Five acres of developed vegetable and cutting gardens are flourishing, a planted orchard of 250 trees, an existing repaired olive grove of 200 trees and a 2.5-acre vineyard plus a glasshouse and bakehouse.
The Farm inspires and provides much that is on the menus, beverage selections and floristry at Lake House. The olive grove consistently yields a beautifully aromatic extra virgin olive oil (EVO) from an annual harvest of 5 olive varieties. The opportunity to work with rarer plants and vegetables that truly reflect the seasons, adds to the guest experience and the ongoing enrichment of the team.
LAKE HOUSE DINING EXPERIENCES
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