This hotel is a beauty that has been going for years. It was recommended to us and it did not disappoint. The food was excellent, although disappointed that the lamb was not available. The smalls and sides were all innovative and beautifully flavoured. Wine list...was extensive, both local and overseas - not sure why we need Bordeaux on the wine list when we are in one of the premier wine regions...I guess I'm old school. !! Heading back again.More

Great venue with wonderful food & very good service. Frankie the resident staffy is such a cool little dog. Great wines to complement your culinary experience.

Nicely done up throughout - courtyard, oven, grill area, lounges and nice small group dining rooms. Food was very nice. Might be better to call it The Watervale - it’s really a restaurant now and the pub name might confuse especially if people used to...go to the old pub. Bit cheeky in back of menu describing the old pub as uninviting- a lot of people liked the old pub!More

Went for dinner and knew very little about the venue or food. Both were fantastic. A beautiful restaurant (not a pub venue) , and the food was amazing. All 3 courses were faultless. Serves are not big so it is easy to eat 3 courses....Highly recommended and some of the best food we have had in a while.More

Arriving for a pub lunch we were totally unprepared for the experience we were about to have. After a traditional welcome by Warwick and being a large party, we were unable to decide on menu choices which is when Warwick put it in the hands...of his wife and the current South Australian Chef of the Year, Nicola. What followed was a degustation lunch of the finest station delivered by very friendly courteous and professional staff. Lunch progressed with visits from Warwick to ensure we were satisfied with the food, drinks and to tell us more anecdotal historical stories. One of the stories is that we were in fact dining in a four-cell lockup dating back to the mid-1900s. the loo being affectionately known as Solitary Confinement, we loved it all and made for a noisy bus trip back to our accommodation at Analby Station.More

Memorable lunch. Chose the 'feed me' option. No regrets at all. Excellent food prepared to a high standard. Staff are professional and seemed to be happy to be there. $85 ph is great value for the quality of the experience. Extensive wine list featuring the...best of the Clare Valley. Overall, highly recommended.More

This is a delicious and must do dining experience while in the Clare. The ambience is great- such nice styling courtesy of the wife of the owner who is also head chef, service was excellent- thanks Caterina! You wine recommendation and also tips for wineries...in Clare and Mclaren vale were spot on, and your humour and hospitality prowess are a real asset. We so enjoyed our dining experience because of your service. The king fish ceviche was sublime, buffalo mozzarella great and my husband liked his lamb cigars. Bizarre to say but the bread and butter here is one of those if I could only take one thing to a tropical island must haves this is one of them. I am still thinking about it! Can’t finish my review without mentioning Warwick with all of his charm as the owner, he makes the effort to be interesting and welcoming and overall we had a great experience at the Watervale.More

Vegetarians don’t miss this exquisite experience. We had the most creative, attractive and delicious degustation meal at the Watervale hotel. The atmosphere is lovely, staff friendly and knowledgeable, a real foodie place. I can’t wait to visit again.

Steer Clear! Over-rated. Had a large group and when I went to pay there was an extra $40 charge. Apparently that's for the table water. Everyone gets charged per head for table water. I've personally never experienced or heard of that before and it would...have been nice to be told by the waiter that there were unreasonable costs incurred prior to finding this out when going to pay. This hotel is making a LOT of money off charging every diner for water. Other establishments seem to manage to be able to offer filtered water with no charge. I guess they have to pay for their renovations in some way. Not sure what the other meals were like but mine was cold. This hotel will be the flavour for a while but people will end up going elsewhere because they're being ripped off. Plenty of other nice restaurants in the Valley. I suggest trying one of those.More

Arrived with great expectations of a great lunch 1pm booking. Service was pretty slow and abrupt when it did eventually happen. Veggies were great, lamb overdone. Friends eye fillet almost raw. Overpriced food and wine. Don't know how it won such high accolades. Certainly below...expectations.More

Beautiful renovated building. Best bread and butter but it stops there Food was disgusting - had to send back the lamb burger and our other meals were revolting. Had to wash our mouths out in the bathroom So disappointingMore

This was a lovely spot to try something different. We were accompanied by 2 small pups for mother's day lunch. The food journey we chose was delicious and despite being so busy, the staff were so responsive. We needed to sit where we could secure...the dogs on leads so that meant sitting in the shade near the garden wall. This was a little cold and lonely but itcwas the best we could do to ensure the pups didn't wander and bother the other diners. It was fantastic that all the plates could be shared. But sometimes you look for simple food on the menu and everything was a new experience. That's fine for every now and then and for special ocassions but it would be the familiar favourites that would have me visit with hubby again. Don't get me wrong because I enjoyed every mouthful of the food that came so beautifully presented to the table but this is not going to be a regular exercise for us. I did see what looked like a pizza oven but no-where can I find a reference to pizza on any occasion being served at this hotel. I would go again if they had 2 menus. The ever changing gastronomic menu that we experienced today and a more familiar menu but with that perfect twist similar to a pub food menu but a little more up market. The kitchen knows what they're doing for sure but hubby wants pizza and schnitzel, where I'm happy to be a little more adventurous. To keep hubby happy we chose to share the delicious 1/2 roast chicken. I never order roast chicken but today, I did simply because it was the most familiar and acceptable to hubby.More