Every time we visit, the food and service is amazing. Living in Sydney all our lives, until moving recently to the Southern Highlands, we thought we had the best dining on offer, eating at Eschalot has changed that. The quality of food rivals that of...any of our favourites in the city. The creative tastes, the food portions and the warm service ensure that each visit is a great one. Sydney visitors that we have introduced to Eschalot all go away saying how good the meal and how lovely the whole experience was. Will keep going back.More

It is always a pleasure to visit this beautiful restaurant that is full of ambiance and flavour. The new couple who own and run Eschalot are a delight and their culinary skills are amazing. It is not too expensive for what you receive. Keep up...the good work.More

Excellent service, fantastic food and atmosphere. You can really see the love and attention put into every detail.

Gosh, after reading the management response to the reviews, I think it's pointless to say anything! The last three reviews say it all. They were reading my mind.

I advised a neighbour of the terrific food at this restaurant . She hosted her sister and partner to a meal at this restaurant on Saturday night of the Easter Weekend 2021. The meal was unsatisfactory and at $300 she was disappointed. Scallop entree was...“ meagre “, her fish meal was too oily ( only ate half ) and another guest's “lamb blackstrap “ was burnt. I can not imagine how this could have happened unless a different chef was cooking, I had asked at the end of my own experience if a substitute chef was ever employed to cook and I was assured this did not happen. Thus my recommendation. Only difference was that I ate at lunch while she had her meal at dinner. My neighbour is an excellent cook and judge of food and I have had the experience of eating at a Michelin Star restaurant in the UK. We are just ordinary consumers . Above comments are to explain our interests and expertise in good food. I do wonder if my neighbour actually went to the same restaurant !More

Having previously eaten here we had high expectations of the evening. Due to dietary requirements, we elected not for the chef or tasting menus (which we had previously chosen) and chose to pick off the standard al a carte menu. For Entree we had the...cured kingfish which was excellent and the seared scallops which was disappointing due to the scallops being no larger than a 10 cent piece. The mains we asked for were the southern fried chicken and wagyu rib eye but the serving staff were insistent that between the two meals it was too much for two people and they encouraged us to choose one or the other. Accepting the recommendation of the wagyu rib eye, we asked for the meal to be cooked rare which again the wait staff outlined in detail the preference of the kitchen to cook the steak medium-rare because of the wagyu marbling and to ensure the fat was cooked. This decision to accept the wait staff's advice turned out to be disappointing as the steak was medium-rare in places and overcooked in other parts. We elected not to have dessert. On leaving the host (manager/owner) asked us about the dining experience and we provided direct and courteous feedback and expressed some disappointment due to our previous experience. I hope the restaurant takes this feedback with goodwill intended and we would be happy to at a later stage revisit Eschalot for another excellent meal.More

Very disappointed. The place is lovely, the staff delightful and efficient but the food really let us down. Here are the problems from last night. First, the starter scallops were so small as to be almost non-existent. We debated whether they should have been compared...to a five or 10 cent coin. If that is “all that was available” it should not have been put on the menu. Second: both mains were similarly disappointing but not for size. The Swordfish was very large (a pub portion) and the “panco crumb” was extremely oily and not pleasant. Neither person could finish their piece. The spiced backstrap lamb, ordered “medium rare” was overdone and very dry instead of succulent. The food quality was very disappointing and was nothing in comparison to our experience six years ago. We hope that these deficiencies can be corrected and it would be nice to see sherry on the menu.More