Great customer service and amazing food. A must visit place in the Hunter Valley. Full of charm, great food and great service.

This restaurant is housed in an old sand stone cottage. Very charming, rustic & comfortable space. The food was inspired. My spatchcock was cooked to perfection. Accompanied by baked brussel sprouts & celeriac mash. The others had slow cooked lamb or barramundi. The desserts were...also fabulous. The wine list had a selection from the adjacent winery, Calais. Great value. A must try.More

We had a three course Saturday night meal on the verandah upstairs at the Calais Estate property. The service was efficient, the food was good. Dessert not quite up to standard of entree and main. Good value for money, wine list really just Calais Wines...and a few guest wines but at very good price pointMore

Brought my wife here for Valentine’s Day. As soon as we tasted the dukkah and ciabatta from the starter menu we knew we stumbled across a gem. Everything we ordered was just perfect and staff were very friendly. Will be coming back.

Lovely ambience, great service and delicious food. A surprising venue nestled in the vineyards with a beautiful view of the estate. Professional but relaxed service, interesting menu with many vegan options.

We have returned multiple times the restaurant ambiance far better since relocating to Calais Estate but the food and service are on scrutiny on this review. This restaurant is outstanding, our last visit for lunch we were seated on on the balcony overlooking the estate...what a great outlook. Our waitress very attentive and pleasant, the food excellent and reasonably priced. The wine list has local wines again reasonable priced. Yes we are locals and with such a huge range of restaurants in the valley to choose from offering great food, Kawul is top of the list Fully recommended..More

Great food, great service, not overpriced, friendly staff. I can't believe we hadn't heard of this place previously. It will probably be our first choice for future visits to the area.

We had been driving around as you do when your doing the wine areas. Sampling at Calais which has excellent wine and speaking to the lady giving great details we asked about a lunch spot. She recommended upstarts and checked to see if we could...get in and so after tasing we headed upstairs. Nice open area with an excellent view from the balcony across the grape vines. Good selection of dishes and of course wine. Wife had two entree and I had a main. The meals were a good size, fresh and tasty. Service was friendly, informative and food came at a good pace even thought they had a wedding going on. Will be backMore

Absolutely love Kawul! The best food we have had and the best service ever! Thank you for making it such a great experience! We will be back!!

We are Hunter Valley locals and always on the lookout for good value and excellent food. We were not disappointed on the Monday of the June long weekend. I received a reminder about my online booking and we were welcomed with a smile and efficiency,...straight to the table on the sun soaked verandah, menus presented with water. The dishes we chose from the short and interesting menu turned out to be superb, with subtle flavours using Australian herbs and spices. The twice baked goat's cheese souffle was brilliant, the hazlenuts offering some wonderful textural crunch. The pan seared scallops were served with a lovely Jerusalem artichoke and some avruga and a tawny sauce. Brilliant flavours and texture again. Mains were beef cheeks for me - fall apart, juicy, perfect - and saltbush and pepperberry calamari for my partner. It was delicious. A side of chips with bush tomato seasoning was just right. No room for dessert today! Glasses of wine at very reasonable prices from Calais Estate downstairs and the wine list is not OTT. Service was excellent and it was busy. We will definitely be back. Thanks and congratulations to Jadon the Chef and Millie!More

We recently enjoyed an excellent 3 course meal here prepared and presented to fine dining standard. Another great find as locals and looking forward to returning with travelling friends. Outlook would make this a be a very nice lunch venue also.

We waited half an hour just to get a menu. We needed to ask. We were told that they didn’t print enough for everyone and there were 2 table groups ahead of us. After finally getting a menu we waited a further half hour to...have our order taken. No offer of ordering a drink or explanation. We booked for midday on Thursday in the hope of good service. We had a hectic trip already with the M1 closed and finding detours. We managed to get some bread and a small glass of wine within 20 minutes of ordering. It was an hour and a half before our main arrived. The food was disappointing - pleasant enough but no promised bush flavours and quite bland. We had been to Kawul many times before in the old location - going back to days when it was Nanna Kerrs. We have always loved it and booked this adventure for a special occasion. So disappointing!More