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Sample Menu

A classic bistro influence, respect for what the changing seasons and our dedicated suppliers are offering, comforting dishes that work with wine.

Snacks

  • Oysters (A) Freshly shucked, lemon and mignonette · each $7
  • Gougères Pâte à choux baked with Gruyère · each $7
  • Saucisson et Brioche L’Artisan saucisson, duck fat brioche, onion jam $18
  • Long Paddock Baked Cheese Cornichons, sourdough · please allow 15 minutes · add charcuterie $15 $32

Plats Moyenne

  • Steak Tartare Sher Wagyu Rump Cap. Confit Yolk, Pomme Gaufrettes $26
  • Cured Salmon (A) Celeriac Remoulade, Caper, Pickled Red onion $25
  • Escargots Façon Pascal Tempura snails, sauce verte, garlic cream $25
  • Grandpas French Onion Soup Gruyere Crouton $22

Plat Principal

  • Steak Frites 200g Sher Wagyu rump 7+, frites, café de Paris butter, jus · en saison: fresh Black Cat truffle, truffle butter +$20 $60
  • Poisson Crispy Skin Barramundi a la Provençal, Lentils, Carrots, Bacon, Fumet de Poisson(A) $51
  • Choux Farci Stuffed cabbage, hazelnuts, winter vegetables · vegetarian $40 / pork $54 $40
  • Confit de Canard Confit leg of duck, Toulouse sausage, shredded pork, tomato, haricot beans $56

Sides

  • Frites $12
  • Salade $12
  • Crozeflette $14

Desserts

  • Crème Brulee Long Paddock organic cream, vanilla custard, crisp caramel $20
  • Mille Feuille Orange, Rhubarb Creme Diplomat, Raspberry Sorbet $21
  • Banksia Semi-hard cow’s milk cheese, Long Paddock Castlemaine, lavosh, onion jam $21

En Saison

  • La Truffe Noire Fresh Black Cat truffle, shaved at the table · 5g $20

Terroir Tasting Menu

  • Taste of Bordeaux Le Menu Dégustation · four courses · whole table only · Bordeaux, Arcachon & Périgord, by way of Daylesford $130
  • Canelé Salé au Persil et Pignons de Pin
  • Pressé de Crabe, Asperges Vertes et Gelée de Bordeaux Blanc (A)
  • Filet de Bœuf Sher Wagyu à la Bordelaise, Morilles et Truffe de Daylesford
  • Dacquoise aux Poires et Chocolat Blanc
Please note a 10% surcharge on Sundays and 15% surcharge applies on Public Holidays

Drinks List

This is a small example of our wine list, which changes often to suit the dishes and the Daylesford seasons.

Strictly no BYO unless organised with the restaurant beforehand.

Les Cocktails

  • Martini Français Grey Goose, pineapple, crème de framboise $25
  • Pierre’s Gimlet Gin, lime, Green Chartreuse $25
  • Zeste d’Orange Orange zest, vanilla, citrus, whisky, spices $24
  • L’Orchard Royale Spiced pear, Pommeau de Normandie, gin, Cointreau $24
  • French Kiss Pomegranate, vodka, lemon, quince $24
  • Les Classiques Classic cocktails available on request

Vermouths et Apéritifs

  • Pineau des Charentes, Cognac Park Charentais grape juice stopped with young cognac, then rested in oak $19
  • Pommeau de Normandie Cider-apple must stopped with Calvados and aged in oak. The Norman apéritif. $15
  • Noilly Prat Original Dry Marseillan, on the Étang de Thau — eighteen herbs and spices $13
  • Dolin Rouge Chambéry — the only protected vermouth appellation in France $12
  • RinQuinQuin à la Pêche Luberon white wine, Durance Valley peaches and the leaves of the peach tree $11

Sans Alcool — les Cocktails

  • Zeste d’Orange Orange zest, vanilla, citrus, spices, alcohol-free whisky $15
  • French Kiss Pomegranate, quince, lemon $14
  • Poire Épicée Spiced pear, verjus, cider vinegar, soda $14

Les Pastis

  • Garagaï Aix-en-Provence, organic — herbs gathered at the foot of Sainte-Victoire. Served with a carafe of iced water. $16
  • Henri Bardouin Forcalquier — more than sixty-five plants and spices. Served with a carafe of iced water. $15

By the Glass · Bulles & Blancs

  • N/V Domaine de Bois Mozé Crémant de Loire Rosé Cabernet Franc, Grolleau Noir · Loire Valley $26 $131
  • N/V Pommery Brut Royal Chardonnay, Pinot Noir · Champagne $35 $192
  • 2025 by Wilimee Chardonnay · Macedon Ranges $20 $99
  • 2024 Lyons Will Estate Riesling · Macedon Ranges $21 $110
  • 2023 Domaine d’Eole Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence Blanc Grenache, Rolle · Provence $21 $110
  • 2024 Domaine Dupasquier Jacquère · Savoie $23 $122

By the Glass · Rosé, Rouges & Doux

  • 2023 Sainte-Victoire Côtes de Provence ‘Aurissio’ Rosé · Syrah, Cinsault, Rolle · Provence $18 $92
  • 2022 Domaine de Chatillon Mondeuse · Savoie $18 $86
  • 2020 Montaine Pinot Noir · Macedon Ranges $19 $98
  • 2023 François Villard ‘L’Appel des Sereines’ Syrah · Rhône Valley $22 $105
  • 2024 Lyons Will Gamay Gamay · Macedon Ranges $25 $135
  • 2021 Bila-Haut Banyuls (500ml) Grenache · Roussillon $16 $87
  • 2018 Château Jeannonier Sauternes (375ml) Sémillon · Sauternes $19 $125

By the Glass · Coravin

  • 2025 Château de Maligny ‘Petit Chablis’ Chardonnay · Burgundy $30 $140
  • 2022 Domaine Florence Cholet, Saint-Romain ‘Sous la Velle’ Pinot Noir · Burgundy $35 $178
  • 2023 Château Grand Village Bordeaux Merlot, Cabernet Franc · Bordeaux $42 $225

Champagne et Autres Bulles

  • N/V Barron Jacques Blanc de Blancs Chardonnay · Burgundy $95
  • N/V Domaine Kientzler Crémant d’Alsace Auxerrois · Alsace $128
  • N/V Devaux Blanc de Noirs ‘Cœur des Bar’ Pinot Noir · Champagne $185
  • N/V Pommery Brut Royal Chardonnay, Pinot Noir · Champagne $192

Vins Blancs · Fresh & Crisp

  • 2024 Domaine Desol Picpoul de Pinet Picpoul · Languedoc-Roussillon $75
  • 2024 Circle of Hills Sauvignon Blanc · Ballarat $85
  • 2024 Domaine Patrice Colin ‘Pierre à Feu’ Chenin Blanc · Loire Valley $110
  • 2022 Cave de Turckheim Grand Cru Brand Riesling · Alsace $190

Vins Blancs · Floral & Aromatic

  • 2020 Domaine des 13 Lunes ‘L’Hirondelle’ Altesse · Savoie $96
  • 2023 Domaine Schoffit ‘Cuvée Caroline’ Gewürztraminer · Alsace $120
  • 2023 Nicolas Badel Collines Rhodaniennes Marsanne · Rhône Valley $143

Vins Blancs · Full Bodied

  • 2023 Bruno Lafon Côte Midi Chardonnay · Languedoc-Roussillon $82
  • 2021 Musk Lane ‘Malmsbury’ Chardonnay · Macedon Ranges $125
  • 2022 Domaine Cornu Hautes-Côtes de Beaune Blanc Chardonnay · Burgundy $162
  • 2023 Vincent Girardin Pouilly-Fuissé Vieilles Vignes Chardonnay · Burgundy $210

Vins Rosés

  • 2024 Château Gordonne Grenache, Syrah, Cinsault · Provence $82
  • 2024 Maison Lapalus ‘Le Vin de Mes Amis’ Syrah, Mourvèdre, Nebbiolo · Central Victoria $88

Vins Rouges · Light Bodied

  • 2024 Jérémie Huchet ‘Chapeau Melon’ Pinot Noir, Gamay · Loire Valley $88
  • 2024 Silent Way Pinot Noir · Macedon Ranges $95
  • 2023 Domaine Confuron-Gindre, Coteaux Bourguignons Pinot Noir, Gamay · Burgundy $143
  • 2022 Domaine Ludovic Bonnardot, Santenay Pinot Noir · Burgundy $218

Vins Rouges · Medium Bodied

  • 2024 Domaine de la Bèche Régnié Gamay · Beaujolais $86
  • 2024 by Wilimee Mourvèdre Mourvèdre · Macedon Ranges $91
  • 2023 Domaine Metrat et Fils Fleurie ‘La Roilette’ Gamay · Beaujolais $110
  • 2024 Domaine Daniel Bouland, Morgon Gamay · Beaujolais $156

Vins Rouges · Full Bodied

  • 2022 Harbinger Cabernet Franc · Macedon Ranges $93
  • 2022 Domaine La Soumade Rasteau Grenache · Rhône Valley $102
  • 2022 Château Haut Plaisance Haut-Médoc Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon · Bordeaux $112
  • 2023 M. Chapoutier Crozes-Hermitage ‘Les Meysonniers’ Syrah · Rhône Valley $148
  • 2020 Domaine des Hauts Chassis St Joseph Syrah · Rhône Valley $172

Vins de Dessert

  • 2021 Bila-Haut Banyuls (500ml) Grenache · Roussillon $87
  • 2022 Château La Caussade (375ml) Sémillon · Sauternes $105
  • 2018 Domaine Mader Vendanges Tardives (500ml) Gewürztraminer · Alsace $187

La Chartreuse

  • V.E.P. Jaune 2013 Vieillissement Exceptionnellement Prolongé — at least eight years in oak vat, numbered and sealed in wax $40
  • V.E.P. Verte 2016 The green, at fifty-four per cent, given the same long ageing $35
  • Chartreuse Verte Made by the Carthusian monks to a recipe of one hundred and thirty plants, set down in 1605 $17
  • Chartreuse Jaune Milder and sweeter; created in 1838 $15

Cognac

  • Jean Fillioux, COQ, Grande Champagne Juillac-le-Coq — a family house since 1894 $22
  • Audry, ART VSOP Cognac since 1878, now the fifth generation $20
  • François Voyer, Terres de Grande Champagne Twenty-eight hectares, one family $19

Armagnac

  • Château de Laubade, Intemporel 12 Ans Bas-Armagnac — thirty-odd estate eaux-de-vie, twelve to twenty years old $24
  • Domaine de Poutëou 2009 Bas-Armagnac — a single year, from one family’s vines $21
  • Delord VSOP Bas-Armagnac — Lannepax, in the Gers, since 1893 $18

Calvados

  • Domfrontais Vieille Réserve 2009 Domfrontais — at least thirty per cent pear, softer and more floral than the Pays d’Auge $25
  • Domfrontais Vieille Réserve 2013 Domfrontais $24
  • Pierre Huet, Vieux, Pays d’Auge Cambremer since 1865 — twice distilled in copper, four years in oak $21

Les Whiskies

  • Nationale 10 Single Malt French single malt, named for the old road through the Landes $25
  • Bertrand, Uberach 5 Ans Alsace — organic Rhine barley, matured in part in Banyuls casks $24
  • Michel Couvreur, The Unique Scottish spirit aged in a tunnel cellar cut into a Burgundy hillside $23
  • NED Australian Whisky Melbourne — corn-led, sour mash $12

Gin et Vodka

  • Daylesford Spirit, Australian Dry Gin Made up the road, with water from their own Mount Franklin property $14
  • Grey Goose $14
  • Archie Rose Straight Dry Gin $12
  • White Light Vodka $12
  • Daylesford Spirit, Sloe Gin Wild sloe berries and elderberry $12

Les Liqueurs

  • Bénédictine D.O.M. Fécamp, Normandy, 1863 — twenty-seven herbs and spices $16
  • Grand Marnier $14
  • Cointreau $14

Eau-de-Vie

  • Massenez, Poire Williams Prisonnière The bottle is tied over the branch in spring and the pear grows to full size inside it. Alsace. $23

Les Bières

  • Kronenbourg 1664 Founded in Strasbourg, 1664 $12
  • Holgate Pale Ale Woodend, Macedon Ranges $12
  • Holgate Choc Porter Woodend, Macedon Ranges $12
  • Love Shack Lager Castlemaine $12
  • Love Shack Mid Red Ale, 3.5% Castlemaine $10
  • Holgate Love All, 0% Woodend, Macedon Ranges $10

Eaux et Sodas

  • Mineral Water, 750ml From the springs at Daylesford and Hepburn $14
  • Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite, Ginger Beer $4.5

Le Café

  • Café, Roasting Warehouse Roasted in Melbourne $5
  • Thé, The Cottage Herbalist Blended in the Wombat Forest $5
  • Alternative milk $0.5
Please note: a 10% surcharge applies on Sundays and 15% on public holidays
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