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Courgette Restaurant
Courgette Restaurant
Courgette Restaurant
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10+ YEARS IN TBR
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COURGETTE RESTAURANT

(4.9 Score)
54 Marcus Clarke Street,
Canberra ACT 2601 Directions

Since 2004

Specialty:

✓ Grass-fed Black Angus Beef Fillet ✓ Sous Vide Lamb Rump and Lamb Chops ✓ Red Miso-glazed Flake Salmon ✓ Cauliflower and Potato Dauphinoise ✓ Sundried Tomato and Bocconcini Beer Batter Courgette Blossom ✓ Seared Hervey Bay Scallops ✓ Char Siu Chicken Wings ✓ Char Siu Muscovy Duck Breast ✓ Braised Wagyu Beef Cheek

“Courgette Restaurant is a seriously luxurious restaurant known for its sophisticated ambience, which serves luxurious modern European dining and quality fine wines. James Mussillon is the owner of the restaurant. The restaurant is proud to offer you one of four beautifully presented rooms for your next lunch or dinner. Their staff are dedicated to assisting you with menu planning and other special requests that will make your function at Courgette remarkable. You'll feel right at home and delicately pampered at the same time. Gift vouchers are also available at Courgette Restaurant.

2025 Update: At Courgette Restaurant, the menu changes with the seasons, based on the freshest ingredients available. The chef uses glazes, sauces, and foams to bring out the best flavors, always creating new and exciting dishes to delight your taste buds.”

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License ABN 12 107 334 912

Price:

Lunch Menu Starts from $60
Dinner Menu Starts from $85

Contact:

02 6247 4042 0411 806 336

LUNCH:
Mon-Sat: 12pm - 3pm
DINNER:
Mon-Sat: 6pm - 11pm
Sun: Closed

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Eightysix Restaurant
Eightysix Restaurant
Eightysix Restaurant
5+ YEARS IN TBR
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EIGHTYSIX RESTAURANT

(4.9 Score)
Mode3, Corner of Eloura &, Lonsdale Street, Braddon,
Canberra ACT 2612 Directions

Specialty:

✓ Habanero Beef Tartare ✓ Chicken Parfait ✓ Pork Belly ✓ Spiced Cauliflower Salad ✓ Tomatoes Marinated In Dashi ✓ Fragrant Crispy Eggplant ✓ Charred Broccolini ✓ Lemon Ricotta Gnocchi ✓ Barramundi ✓ Tagliatelle With Prawns ✓ Pumpkin and Mascarpone Tortellini ✓ Pappardelle With Duck and Porcini Ragu ✓ Twice Cooked Sichuan Duck ✓ Black Chicken ✓ Ghetto Beef

“Eightysix Restaurant's aim is to provide customers with an unforgettable dining experience with its best quality food and excellent service. Their menu contains delicious choices to enjoy. Their passionate team always provides a friendly and fast service. They want to bring the best products from their patch of the earth to the table and have fun doing it. Eightysix Restaurant offers upscale Modern Australian share plates in a bustling, stylish dining room with an open kitchen. Visit the Restaurant and enjoy an elegant ambience and outstanding food choices.

2025 Update: Outdoor seating and great cocktails are also available at Eightysix Restaurant.”

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Price:

Cheeseburger Slider$15
Potato Scallop With Kewpie $7
Habanero Beef Tartare With Prawn Crackers $30
Chicken Parfait, Rhubarb Jam $26
Pork Belly, Black Pudding, Fennel $30
Pappardelle With Duck $42
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Contact:

02 6161 8686

Sun-Thu: 6pm - 9pm
Fri & Sat: 6pm - 11pm

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Water’s Edge Restaurant
Water’s Edge Restaurant
Water’s Edge Restaurant
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4+ YEARS IN TBR
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WATER’S EDGE RESTAURANT

(4.8 Score)
40 Parkes Place Parkes,
Canberra ACT 2600 Directions

Specialty:

✓ Stracciatella ✓ Cured Sashimi Salmon ✓ Kangaroo Fillet ✓ Achiote Marinated Spatchcock ✓ Honey Spiced Hawkesbury Duck Breast ✓ White Pyrenees Lamb Back Strap ✓ Fish Of The Day ✓ Panfried Halloumi ✓ Fries With Parmesan ✓ Green Beans With Roast Almond ✓ Yuzu Pannacotta

“Water’s Edge Restaurant is perfect for those seeking a fine dining experience in Canberra, with a menu that showcases the finest local and seasonal ingredients. The restaurant offers Modern Australian cuisine in an elegant lakeside setting, featuring a refined dining room with white tablecloths and towering windows that showcase stunning views. The restaurant is in the middle of an international flag presentation on the shore of Lake Burley Griffin. Water’s Edge Restaurant offers Modern Australian fine dining, suitable for parties of up to 107 seated guests, with excellent Lake Burley Griffin views from your table. Their dining options range from 16 to 107 guests for sit-down dinners or lunches. Enjoy an exclusive Dining Dome Experience at Water’s Edge Restaurant: dine in style and comfort in your private, exclusive, and warm dining dome, or book a table for two in a shared dome where you share a large dome with five other tables for two.

2025 Update: Gift cards are also available at Water’s Edge Restaurant.”

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License ABN 26 496 704 869

Price:

Stracciatella $27
Cured Sashimi Salmon $30
Kangaroo Fillet $27
Achiote Marinated Spatchcock $28
Honey Spiced Hawkesbury Duck Breast $44
White Pyrenees Lamb Back Strap $47
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Contact:

02 6273 5066

LUNCH
Wed-Sun: 12pm to 1:30pm|5:45pm - 8:30pm
Mon & Tue: 5:45pm - 8:30pm

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COURGETTE RESTAURANT REVIEWS

What a fabulous experience! We had a large group and they set us in a beautiful private room. We all got the three course degustation, and our waitress was able to recommend wine to match for entree, main and dessert. Everything was delicious, the service excellent, and the atmosphere a lovely balance of high class, exclusive and relaxed. We will definitely be visiting Courgette again!

We celebrated our first anniversary few years ago and came back for my birthday Good food, great atmosphere and friendly people as always! My top one option for special occasions! Flavorful risotto and tender beef were today’s highlights! BTW we love their small bread!

Second visit to Courgette, food and service amazing as usual. Every dish is beautifully presented, already feel delicious by just looking at them. We had $88 three course lunch and were quite full at the end. Absolutely love the seared scallops and lamb loin. Will definitely come back again.

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EIGHTYSIX RESTAURANT REVIEWS

I think we have found Canberra’s best restaurant! Celebrated here for our anniversary. Service was so amazing, friendly and helpful with suggestions for the menu. The food! Oh boy! The hotdogs are a MUST! Every single dish was absolute perfection. The cream cheese ice cream on the chocolate Bavarian was to die for and the banoffee was WOW! Thank you for an amazing night!

This place has some of the best service - all the staff are knowledgeable and friendly and are great with their suggestions. Food here was delicious, as were the cocktails which complemented perfectly. Menu changes pretty regularly so you can get to try different things!

This place is always top of the least when we visit Canberra. Had the tasting menu this time. Each dish was superb. The service was excellent from start to finish - attentive but not intrusive. The atmosphere is OK (other restaurants have more character) but I'd still make this place a priority if they worked out of a food truck.

WATER’S EDGE RESTAURANT REVIEWS

Amazing. The comments at the table said it all :- Possibly the best food I have ever eaten. That was superb. That was perfectly cooked. Superb presentation. After leaving Canberra I had forgotten how much I missed the fine restraunts and table service (Thanks Rashim). Water's Edge is a perfect example of that. Pricing is very reasonable for the quality.

I celebrated my mother's birthday at this venue yesterday. Fritz, the ON duty manager was a thorough gentleman. Though we ended up going at the lunch closing hours, he still allowed us to dine and the food was delicious. Risotto was too good and so was the barramundi fish plate.He went an extra step by making mums birthday even more special with his in-house dessert, presentation skills . Fritz thank you so very much for making mum's day a memorable one.

We had the most amazing dinner in the dome. The food and service could not have been better. The dome was so lovely. It was just the two of us with nice music in the background. The staff were so polite and professional and made our dinner so special. Highly recommended it.

TBR® Inspection Score Report

COURGETTE RESTAURANT Total Inspection Points: 118/120
Experience: 8
Acknowledgements: 10
Business Hours: 10
Menu Images: 10
Complete Info: 10
Contact Info: 10
Exact Services: 10
Legitimate Ratings: 10
Location Proximity: 10
Pricing: 10
Reviews Accuracy of 2.4K: 10
Videos: 10

TBR® Inspection Score Report

EIGHTYSIX RESTAURANT Total Inspection Points: 117/120
Business Hours: 9
Complete Info: 9
Social Media: 9
Acknowledgements: 10
Table Reservations: 10
Menu Images: 10
Contact Info: 10
Exact Services: 10
Legitimate Ratings: 10
Location Proximity: 10
Pricing: 10
Reviews Accuracy of 2.4K: 10

TBR® Inspection Score Report

WATER’S EDGE RESTAURANT Total Inspection Points: 116/120
Acknowledgements: 9
Business Hours: 9
Legitimate Ratings: 9
Social Media: 9
Menu Images: 10
Call Inspection: 10
Complete Info: 10
Contact Info: 10
Exact Services: 10
Location Proximity: 10
Pricing: 10
Reviews Accuracy of 1.4K: 10