Birch - MOSS VALE

My partner and I had the 4 course set menu last night. the quality of the food somewhat later...but other factors were drawn from the experience we expected from a restaurant with a high rating after the agfg. from the lack of timely greeting and the initial inability to find our reservation, the somewhat cool temperature of the atmosphere (apparently due to the front door wide open,) tablecloths that were clearly not ironed or damped, weinkists stacked against the bar in full perishes of the customers, and other mozens must pay for their meal at the entrance of the kitchen, this restaurant must seriously polish us that we have been working at hostiles like sixpenny, automata, yellow, cirrus, bentley, lumi and others, so we know how to be a hostile experience. the food was average. the ententerrine was slightly oversalted, the 2 small samples of luke-warm black angus were 't quite enough to be called main, some of the accompanying mushrooms were cold, the green tip of the carrot had not been washed properly enough as the crunch of grit in mouth indicated and the zitrus cake was not sufficiently adjusted and too sweet. the parsnip ice cream, although tasty, was eggy in texture. the waiter collected the sorbet goggles as he collected and stacked in the local pub beerglasses if he actually had a servedablett. the loud, glowing sound that came out of the kitchen when packed was another distraction. the atomic sphere remained cold and we kept our weights all night. it has the production of a good restaurant, but has to ask to work on these so that we will return anytime soon.

OH-MY-GOD... AMAZING! We had the chef's Rogue menu with wine pairing and each of the six courses were incredible! Not only the food was great, the two waiters were the most polite, amiable, funny, smiling people we met in our trip to the Southern Highlands Each dish pretty as a picture, beautifully plated, and each wine pairing served with a detailed explanation of why that wine had been selected to complement the dish. The chef went to great lengths to accommodate my chilli intolerance and replaced with other ingredients in each dish (not just removed the chilli, but replaced with other ingredients that provided a little kick without being too aggressive to my stomach) and they did such a great job, replacing it with mustard seeds in one dish and with pickled cauliflower in other... You can tell they actually had fun trying to step up to the challenge and I was so grateful for it! It almost made me feel special, rather than a nuisance (which is the case in most other places)!I could only fault one little thing and that is the fourth course was rather cold, which was a bit of a shame, but everything else was so so perfect that I'm still giving them 5 stars (and we did tip generously as they definitely deserved it). We'll return soon!!! Thank you for a dinner we will remember for years to come!!!

Delicious food. Great atmosphere wonderful service. I'd recommend it to all.

Food was outstanding. One of the best meals I have ever had!

Great food, lovely atmosphere, service was fantastic.