Maximilian's Restaurant & Cellar Door

What a beautiful place for lunch, the food was excellent, service was excellent and Andrew such a lovely guy! Such an enjoyable experience, and the boys loved the golf range. Can 't believe we have never been there before, but certainly will again in the future....Excellent!!!!

Booked Sunday lunch and it turned out to be the very best dining experience I've had in the Adelaide Hills in the past 10 years! I loved their old world country charm style in a very pretty setting, just off the main highway to Adelaide. The...service was charming and welcoming and the atmosphere was just perfect for a winterly Sunday lunch. And more importantly, the menu is impressive. I normally struggle to find three courses on any given menu but today I struggled because there were so many items that were very tempting indeed. Ended up choosing the quail starter, followed by a shared Chateaubriand, and ended with a dark chocolate marquise and long black. Wine selected was a bottle of the Hahndorf Hill Reserve Gruner, followed by another it seemed to be the best possible match for the interesting menu offerings and was that ever a good choice! Suffice to say that I have not dined anywhere in the Adelaide Hills over the past 10 years that has been as pleasurable and as delightful. Well done!

I have never been to Maximilian’s but have heard of its reputation, I took 13 girlfriends and my family for lunch in 13/2/21. We caught the bus up there and from the moment we arrived we were treated to 6star treatment! Our personal host Roco...had our arrival champagne champagne ready as well as our golf balls! After a few rounds on the golf driving range we went inside for lunch. We were in a beautiful separate quiet verandah and at that stage Colin came to assist with serving. Our waiters were more than professional, Roco kept my tab and kept me up to date with all drinks and food, there were a number of guests with dietary restrictions and t hi s was no trouble at all, the food was incredible, we had the 6 course shared menu and the real hero was the sashimi which had a middle eastern touch rather than the popular Asian influence. All of the food was exemplary cooked to perfection, tasty and plentiful. Unfortunately all good things have to come to an end and the bus was ordered too early we just didn’t want to leave thank you, thank you and thank you!!!

I was really looking forward to having booked lunch here but at 2.00pm, but our table was in a dark corner, we struggled to read the menu. My family enjoyed the chicken dish and the pork dish but the steak dish I had medium rare...was tuff and I couldn't eat it. The ambience was noisy everyone seemed to shout.

Dead flying on the windowboard next to our table, false cutlery layout, a escape that would have provided with a spoon had no, cracked pfeffer had to be physically hunted (not offered), hard steak in the main course, and those desserts were underwhelming. especially for the price. in no case during a course we were asked how everything was. a surly demeanour of a certain employee added the disappointment. music was too loud, and if more than one customer complained, the answer was that it could not be reduced in volume. room temperature was far too cold, and the style of the music was completely inappropriate for the style of the place. when I asked (if I would pay), if feedback would make a difference, the cold answer was “not financial”. this place was once fine silver service eating to its best, but now all you get is silver service prices. we had eaten a week before at the wrest point casino for less money and it overshadowed the quality at this place massiw. mediocre eat too high trips with poor pub quality, atmosphere and attitude. we would never eat there again.