Like Boffins at University House, the Belmore Restaurant is charming and takes you back to another era in Canberra.

It has far more atmosphere than it seems from first impressions on the Brassey’s website, but perhaps not quite as much as other similarly priced Canberra restaurants. However, if you use the Canberra Entertainment Book, the Belmore offers a complimentary main meal, which makes it good for value.

No BYO, but wine starts at $6.50 a glass ($24 a botttle).

The menu is fairly traditional, with steaks a specialty ( and they are). It includes the:

Mezze Plate for Two with turkish panini, hummus, rocket & macadamia dip & beetroot tapenade $14.00

Eye Fillet Mignon, wrapped with bacon  250gm  $39.00 with  sauce (served separately)  bearnaise, peppercorn, mushroom sauce, and cafe de paris butter

and  your choice of fries or potato wedges as well a salad selection from our buffet.

Crisp Skinned Snapper Fillet Puttanesca
roasted aioli, herb oil, eggplant caviar $36.00

Opening Hours:

Breakfast
6.30am-9am Monday – Friday
7.30am-10.00am Weekends & Public Holidays

Dinner
Monday to Saturday 6.00pm – 9.00pm

Restaurant and Bar are not open on public holidays

Cheery, friendly and very well-priced, Little Siam has an extensive menu including blackboard specials offering a range of  interesting dishes that you don’t always find in Thai restaurants.

A 25% discount is offered to Canberra Entertainment Book users and corkage is around $5 a bottle.
It’s an ideal spot for a casual catch up in this part of town. (It’s close to the Gungahlin Community Health Centre and Aldi).

Fish cakes $7.90                                                                 Coconut prawns $9.50

Beef Massuman Curry $12.90                                          Pud Char on a hot sizzling plate (around $16.90)

Green Papaya salad

Rice $2.50 per person.

Mr Wei’s on London Circuit is conveniently close to the Canberra Theatre complex, making it a good spot for a quick meal before an event. It’s open 6 days for lunch and dinner (closed Sundays).

Prices seem a little high and corkage is $10 per bottle, but if you have the Canberra Entertainment Book, it helpfully offers a 25% discount.

The atmosphere is  very pleasant and more upmarket than you expect, looking in from outside. It’s also fun that you can actually see the famous Mr Wei working in the kitchen.

One serve dumplings and two main dishes with rice can be just right for four medium appetites.

Pork dumplings boiled $13.50

 

Yu xiang Pork $22.50                   Fangxiang Green Curry Banana  Prawn $26.50

Bao’s Kitchen is a small eatery in Dickson, with a very basic decor, offering traditional Chinese food.

Weeknights are moderately busy with plenty of people who seemed to know the best dishes to order.

The Pork with Ginger and Shallot,is generous and tasty, (but not spicy) and comes with 6 small pancakes. This dish is a bargain at $14 and could be a great starter for 3-6 people eating in a group.

Buk Choy $12                                               Complimentary fruit to finish

Corkage is $4, rice $2 and Bao’s offers 25% discount for those with the Canberra Entertainment Book.

Very good value dining.

 

Deep fried Golden Gaytime with sticky caramel and honeycomb $11 (not a great pick as it melts quickly, and not suitable to share).

Other dessert options include:

Reeses sundae with nutella ice cream, peanut butter mousse and candied peanuts $13

Warm chocolate and hazelnut pudding with Sour cream ice cream and candied hazelnuts $13

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