Roberts Restaurant - Hunter Valley
Over the weekend, I spent time at the Hunter Valley - and Robert’s restaurant is one that you shouldn’t miss to have lunch or dinner at.
We stayed at the Peppers Convent, and the restaurant is no more than 5 mins walk from the accomodation on Halls Road, Pokolbin.
Originally started up by Robert and Sally Molines, we hear that they are no longers the one running the show. They have apparently started a restaurant of their own called Molines.
This beautifully decked out restaurant has a more intimate style dining experience and the service is of good quality.
The difference I noticed about this restaurant compared to your standard, is the fact that you have a flat $90 set menu (drinks and sides are extra). $90 includes an entree, main and dessert.
I started off with a beetroot and cheese filled puff pastry which had such beautiful flavour. However, towards the end of the dish, I felt that the pastry started to feel very heavy.
My main course was a rack of lamb which to be honest was very meaty and I felt quite full by the end of it. It wasn’t as flavoursome as the menu described it.
Dessert was strawberry mousse in a fancy shaped martini glass. I felt that it was a lot thicker than your average mousse, however the berry flavours did leave a refresh taste in my mouth.
We had a bottle of Bremerton Verdelho during dinner, and it was actually quite an easy wine to drink with both my entree and main.
Compared to my last trip to Roberts in December 07, I feel that the quality of food has now somewhat dropped. Possibly because Robert Molines no longer works there and that the new chef needs a bit more training from the man himself.
Atmosphere - 9/10
Food - 7/10
Wine - 8/10
Staff - 7.5/10
Value for money - 8.5/10
Robert Molines: honey, lets start a restaurant, we’ll call it… Roberts.
/*forward a couple of years*/
Sally Molines: this time we’re calling it Sallys,
Robert Molines: how about Molines? everybody wins
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