Yering Station Wine BarPh: 9730 0100 ; 38 Melba Hwy, YERING 3770 www.yering.comModern Australian, $$, * for Food & Ambience Open Noon-3pm Mon-Fri noon-4pm Sat Sun Closed Xmas Day; Licensed; AE DC MC V EFT Chef Laura Webb-James (11-05-10) Owner Rathbone Wine Group (11-05-10) |
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Mietta's Review
Good food and well priced local wines are brought together in this modern complex set in the idyllic landscape of the Yarra Valley. The service is friendly and efficient. Billing itself as a showcase for what the Yarra Valley can offer, Yering Station tries hard and is worth a visit.
Other published opinions
Herald Sun Stephen Downes, 11-05-10 Score: food 15/20, staff 8/10, drink 3/5, X factor 7/10, value 7/10, Total 37/50 "IN ALMOST eight years since I first reviewed Yering Station it has improved considerably. Its big dishes of many elements are extravagantly plated and sometimes look like a gastronomic version of Dame Edna. It's expensive too, and all the listed wines are made by the Rathbone Wine Group, the restaurant's owner. For all that, the cooking is technically excellent, the view is a blinder, and the service and the space itself combine to produce an experience that might surprise"
Age Good Food Guide 2009 Score: 14/20
Gourmet Traveller 2009 Australian Restaurant Guide "Yering Station's open-plan showpiece - architecturally curving planes, water features and million-dollar views across paddocks to the nearby ranges - is a well-established feature on the Yarra Valley touring circuit, which can make dining here an aurally challenging occasion"
Age Good Food Guide 2008
Gourmet Traveller 2008 Australian Restaurant Guide "It touts itself modestly as a 'wine bar restaurant' but this dining room doesn't otherwise hide its light"
Age Good Food Guide 2006 score 13/20
Age Good Food Guide 2005 score 14/20
Age Cheap Eats 2004
The Foodies' Guide 2004,Allan Campion & Michele Curtis,'Big,glassy and modern,this winery-restaurant offers the best views over the vineyard and valley from any country restaurant,and contemporary Australian food superbly executed.The food may be a tad fussy,however it is well accessorised and designed to match the house wines.'
AGFG 2004, score 14/20, excellent bar, restaurant attached to a winery
Age, Sunday Life, 16/11/03, Roslyn Grundy
Herald Sun, citystyle, Simon Plant, 15/7/03
Herald Sun, Dining Out, food&drink, Steven Downes, 6/8/02 Score 14/20
Age, Epicure 9/10/01 score 14/20
Herald Sun 28/11/2000
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