River House Restaurant

DAYS OF BUSINESS

Mon - Sat:	6:00pm to 10:00pm
Sun:	12:00pm to 2:00pm 6:00pm to 10:00pm

River House Restaurant offers a dining experience of simplicity and style, complemented by a menu that changes daily and a wine list to match. Using fresh, quality produce, he features the natural flavours of the ingredients in his innovative cuisine. Expect to see the likes of golden eschalot tarte tatin with Meredith blue cheese and watercress salad; local line-caught Nobby snapper with wok-fried broccolini, tomato and eschalot broth; and slow-baked meringue with new-season local strawberries, vanilla cream and strawberry caramel. Winner of 2008 Vogue Produce Award for outstanding use of regional produce.

Latest User Reviews

"The food is wonderful and the ambience lovely. The daily menu has a great selection of local produce. We recommend the Noosa Spanner Crabs, they are delicious! Try catching the Ferry to the River House."

"Last time quite a few items had the same ingredients which made the menu read a bit flat. We have eaten better there on previous occasions. Maybe the recent sale has made them lose focus. Hoping for more next time." more reviews

Chef	Craig McCabe -
Price Guide	Entrée $16, Main $28
Payment Options	Cash, Amex, Visa, Mastercard
Features	Licensed, Outside dining area, Secure parking, Wheelchair access
Ambience	Contemporary, Romantic
Food	Gluten Free, Organic
Styles	Cocktail, Sit down
Suitable For	Birthday/Anniversary, Business lunch/dinner

Restaurant areas and private dining

Area name	Capacity seated	Capacity standing
Entire Restaurant	85	10

Sample Menu

Starters

Sashimi of export quality big eye tuna: ginger and coriander root dressing, sesame, freshly grated horseradish, wasabi cress

Date, pinenut and golden marjoram tortellini: shaved parmesan and cress salad

Thinly sliced spanish serrano ham: pot roasted quince, garrotxa, fennel seed grissini, wild dandelion and joseph first run unfiltered oil

Tom thumb and caramelised onion tart tartin: manzanillo olives and shaved red onion salad

Pork rillettes, mustard apricots, pickled walnuts, cornichons, toasted sourdough

Roasted beetroots, edith goats cheese, olive oil, mizuna, vincotto

Mains

Orecchiette pasta: cherry tomatoes, basil, crispy bread, broad beans, goats curd, olio bello special release extra virgin olive oil

Pan roasted line caught mahi-mahi: braised leeks, vine tomato and saffron broth

Thyme and garlic roasted bendele organic chicken: sauteed zucchini, lemon, muscatels, parsley and mint

Pan seared john dory: celeriac puree, asparagus, lemon, toasted almonds and parsley

Red wine braised wagyu beef and forest mushroom pie: seeded mustard mash, roasted red onion salad

Indulgence

Hand picked local noosa spanner crab: local avocado, spring onion, lemon and spearmint, gwydir grove new season lime oil

Chargrilleed 300+ day aged grain fed wagyu rump: sauteed leeks, parsley, mushrooms and fried onion rings. 7-9 score. Recommended medium rare. 250gr

Sides

Waldorf salad, roasted pecans and chives

Local salad leaves, verjus dressing

Crushed pink eye potatoes, olives, capers and parsley

Sauteed zucchinis, garlic, lemon and rosemary

Rosted sebago potatoes, thyme and garlic

Individual sourdough loaf, salted butter

Cleanser

Blood orange sorbet

Desserts

Chocolate terrine, vanilla anglaise, strawberries

Blood orange parfait, yoghurt sorbet, blood orange syrup

Pot roasted quince and apple pie, vanilla icecream

River house pavlova, lemon sabayon, blueberries

River house petit fours

7.00

Cheese

Bunya black (Queensland): apple, house made lavosh

Quickes cheddar (England): quince paste toasted sourdough

bleu d’áuvergne (France): toasted fruit bread

All efforts have been made by www.menulog.com.au to ensure the accuracy of this restaurant's menus at the time of publishing. However, we cannot guarantee that the menu or prices will be valid at the time of your visit.

All prices are in Australian Dollars (AUD$) unless otherwise specified.

This menu was last updated on 2/2/08.

Previous user experiences

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Overall 9.8 - Food 10, Ambience 9, Value 10, Service 10

The food is wonderful and the ambience lovely. The daily menu has a great selection of local produce. We recommend the Noosa Spanner Crabs, they are delicious! Try catching the Ferry to the River House. (Roslyn - August, 2009)

Overall 7.3 - Food 7, Ambience 7, Value 7, Service 8

Last time quite a few items had the same ingredients which made the menu read a bit flat. We have eaten better there on previous occasions. Maybe the recent sale has made them lose focus. Hoping for more next time. (bobka - See my reviews (3) - February, 2009)

Overall 7.3 - Food 6, Ambience 8, Value 6, Service 9

We have been to the Riverhouse a number of times in the past when on holiday. Our experience this time was not as enjoyable as things had changed. My wife had the lamb which was prepared and present well. I had the Kingfish which as dissappointing as it was overcooked and dry. This is inexcusable. The biggest surprise was the $12 corkage, which is really over the top as it exceeds even Sydney corkage rates. The wine list was expensive - a glass of ordinary WA white costing $12, which again, is more than Sydney. A good bottle of white started around $40. Service awas good and attentive, but that is the minimum one expects today. For an establishment charging these prices one expects a superlative dining experience, which it fails to deliver. (Tigger - December, 2008)

Overall 10 - Food 10, Ambience 10, Value 10, Service 10

First dining experience in Noosa,

and I have to say absolutely fantastic!

Had a fantastic night :) (Brianna - See my reviews (2) - November, 2008)

Overall 9 - Food 10, Ambience 10, Value 8, Service 8

An excellent restaurant. Food was without doubt the best I have had in Australia and completely delicious and without fault. Loved it! (July, 2008)

Overall 10 - Food 10, Ambience 10, Value 10, Service 10

Had an awesome dinner absoloutley wonderful, the food was to die for!!!! (February, 2008)

Overall 9 - Food 9, Ambience 9, Value 9, Service 9

This is the second time that I've been to the restaurant since 3 years ago. The interior still looks as good. Food is just as good. Love the touch of the tomato water, which is an original, never tried this elsewhere. Will visit again next time in Noosa. (See my reviews (2) - January, 2008)

Overall 9.5 - Food 10, Ambience 9, Value 9, Service 10

A simply fabulous evening. (January, 2008)

Overall 10 - Food 10, Ambience 10, Value 10, Service 10

I've never had a better meal anywhere than what I have here. I'm a local, but I'm still prepared to pay the tourist prices because its so good! (Emma - February, 2007)

Overall 10 - Food 10, Ambience 10, Value 10, Service 10

An amazing dining experience. Most enjoyable. (julie - See my reviews (3) - February, 2007)

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"...This is Mediterranean-style eating – an emphasis on freshness and seasonality and never overworking the dish; but a little indulgence goes a long way at dessert and it is here that Craig's deft hand with pastry comes to life..."

Lizzie Loel, Courier Mail - May 2010

This restaurant has also been reviewed by the following reputable critic. In Menulog's opinion, reviews are usually an indication that the restaurant is popular and worth trying yourself.

Simon Thomsen and Catherine Keenan, SMH Good Food Guide 2007 - January 2006

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