St Isidore Restaurant is tucked away in the picturesque hills of Milton in the foodie mecca of the Shoalhaven area of NSW, Australia. The focus is on the quality of the produce, and much of it is sourced locally, including their own kitchen garden.The restaurant looks good, the setting is amazing. This is a fine dining establishment, where you least expect it, which is not really correct, as the Shoalhaven is the centre of many culinary finds.
We were privileged to do a foodies tour of the area. Tallwood wowed us with breakfast, Cupitt’s Winery and Restaurant delighted us a lunchtime and Rick Stein at Bannisters had us in awe. The Shoalhaven seems to have that correct mix of excellent local produce and people who know what to do with it. It appears that there is a whole lot of Melbourne going on around here.
We are obviously not the only one’s thinking this, as St Isidore have ranked 6th in Australian Gourmet Traveller NSW Regional Restaurants. This is a highly prestigious award in a country, where we take our food very seriously.
The Chef
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St Isidore Restaurant is set in the hinterlands, on the edge of Milton Town with beautiful views towards Burrill Lake. It comes as no surprise that the chef and his wife, have opened this restaurant. Alex Delly completed his apprenticeship under the eye of Teage Ezard at Melbourne’s acclaimed Ezard restaurant. He then furthered his skills overseas and then worked as a sous chef at Rick Stein at Bannisters in Mollymook. He and his wife Jo opened their restaurant on land that had an orchard and groves. They buy cialis no prescription australia named it St Isidore, named after the patron saint of farmers.
It’s all about the food at St Isidore Restaurant
The food uses garden-fresh dishes and is Modern Australian, which mean that he can call on all of the cultural influences that are Australian. Start with An egg from the ladies, cauliflower, parsnip, carnaroli rice, parmesan, macadamia. Follow this up with Roasted Aylesbury duck, beetroot, fetta, smoked eggplant, red chard, pomegranate or the Gratinated potato gnocchi, taleggio, basil, silverbeet, cherry tomatoes. And you know you want to, choose a dessert like Warm chocolate tart, salted caramel roasted peanut ice-cream or Quince, rhubarb, apple, walnut & oat crumble, golden raisin, five spice ice-cream.
St Isidore’s pride themselves on their hospitality and they succeed. They pride themselves on fresh and innovative cuisine and they succeed. The fact that this is all in a beautiful setting is a bonus.
Where to find St Isidore Restaurant
Located in the beautiful Milton Hills, a short drive to the beaches of Mollymook and Ulladulla on the NSW South Coast. The three-hour drive from Sydney (two and a half hours from Canberra) takes you through the lush, fertile lands and seaside glory of the Illawarra and Shoalhaven regions.
Opening Hours
Lunch – from12.30pm, Friday to Sunday
Dinner – from 6.00pm, Thursday to Saturday
Please note on Public Holidays we have a surcharge of $5 per person.
Phone: 02 4455 7261
The Writers were the guests of LBPR, and Shoalhaven Tourism
Read more about the Culinary Delights of the Shoalhaven Region of NSW, Australia
Stalking Rick Stein to Rick Stein at Bannisters
A Family Affair at Cupitt’s Winery and Restaurant
When you Don’t Want to Leave: Tallwood, Mollymook
Love that idea of ‘modern Australian’ cooking. Would love to explore all that might be. Thanks for enlightening me about this region’s culinary arts.
There are so many innovative restaurants in this region, that it is staggering in a very good way.
There’s something about the rustic picnic tables and the sparkling glasses and white linens that make me love a place instantly. I’d love to try this place out!
I agree totally; it is the complete picture
Love how there is much care is taken into the growing and preparation of the food. Good to know about this foodie mecca. Saved for a future trip to Australia. Thanks for sharing!
Pleasure Rosemary, the food is scene on the south coast of NSW is buzzing.
I think it’s fantastic that the restaurant get their own veggies from their own garden. It makes food all the more fresh and healthy.
I love the fact that everything is so fresh and being able to walk out the back door and pick fresh veggies and herbs is heaven.
Lovely photos, and I really like how thorough you are with your subheadings! Great work.
Thank you so much.
Wow, nothing beats restaurants that are like this! Fresh and out of the kitchen — and dining in the wonderful outdoors too! Perfect.
It is all so fresh and local, which is a winning combination.
Sounds like a great restaurant! I would love to see some photos of the food as well!
It was a lovely restaurant and one of those days when our photos didn’t do justice to the food.
The table settings look as lovely as the food seems to be! Great to see more places growing their own and taking pride in their produce, too.
I agree, it was such a perfect scene, fresh in every respect.
This sounds like a wonderful and delicious place to escape to. 🙂 Love the outdoor dining.
Loved it too.