Wardens Food & Wine

Ph: 5728 1377; 32 Ford St, Beechworth 3747 www.wardens.com.au

Italian, $$ +
Open Lunch Wed-Sun noon-3pm Dinner Wed-Sat 6pm-9pm; Licensed; AE DC MC V
Chef Douglas Elder (7-11-07) Owner Rocco & Lisa Esposito (7-11-07)

Other published opinions

Gourmet Traveller 2009 Australian Restaurant Guide Score: * "There's a wine and food renaissance happening in Victoria's north-east and at Wardens, Rocco Esposito has put himself at the centre of it. Within the shell of an old pub, his restaurant/enoteca celebrates wine, be it a Sicilian red or a biodynamic Beechworth white"

Age Good Food Guide 2008 Score: 15/20, One Hat "Bari in Beechworth? The North-East's answer to Melbourne Wine Room? Call it what you will, the simply restored old corner pub that is Wardens is the kind of honest Australian/Italian hybrid that will make you proud of this town"

Gourmet Traveller 2008 Australian Restaurant Guide "A love of wine rises like a mist from the floorboards of this former pub with an Italian heart"

The Age Good Food Guide 2006 score 14/20 "Wardens is a fresh player in Beechworth, but is already making a big impression. In the experienced hands of Rocco Esposito (ex-Cecconi's) and his wife Lisa, a modern Mediterranean restaurant has emerged from the disused Wardens pub."

Herald Sun Dining Out Stephen Downes 14/6/05 Score 18/20 "Wardens is the best thing about Beechworth. (But have a look at Ned's cell and other historic sites and buildings, too, if you haven't already.) The wine list is extensive, top drops quite expensive. But there is considerable relief in the high $20s and low $30s, and three whites and three reds come by the glass. Service is excellent."