Mietta's Review
This very plush restaurant has been on the Canberra scene since 1968 - it is part of history. The service is professional, and the food is well priced considering the setting. The wine list is good, and changes regularly. Lunch is in the attached Rose Garden Cafe which has outside seating and a simplified menu. The views of the rose garden vary with the time of year. The ownership changed in early 2004.

Other published opinions

Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2008 Score: 12/20 "This Canberra landmark turns 40 in 2008 and deserves a cheer. Prices have dropped to draw in cost-conscious political lunch crowds"

Canberra Times Bryan Martin, 4-07-07 Score: 14/20 "A great place for a relaxed evening of uncomplicated but interesting food in beautiful, timeless surroundings."

Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2007 Score: 13/20 "This Canberra icon (it turns 40 in 2008) has seen many a long political lunch and still hosts journalists into the wee hours on budget night. The stand-alone building is all glass walls and modernist design, with fern- fringed surrounds giving a lovely, secluded feeling to the warm timber space."

SMH Good Food Guide 2006 Score 13/20 "this Canberra institution opposite the rose garden has a new lease of life under chef Christian Hauberg, and the floor shares his fresh, relaxed yet well-versed approach. With floor-to-ceiling windows surrounded by a fern garden, the overall feeling is of feasting in an intimate, secretive forest."