Eleonore's - Yering (VIC)

Fantastic food and wine in a beautiful and elegant restaurant. Eleonore's is one of my favourite places in Victoria.

This high tea experience was one of the most indulgent, traditional, and delicious ones I have had. For $60 per person, you receive a three-tier stand filled with delectable treats, a glass of bubbles upon arrival (which I swapped for a mocktail), and unlimited tea and coffee. The service was impeccable, the food fresh and flavorful, and the atmosphere was delightful. The stand included beef pie, pumpkin arancini, egg salad sandwich, cucumber sandwich, scones with jam and cream, choux pastry with strawberry cream, mango macaron, salted caramel hazelnut cake, and pavlova. It is definitely a must-visit high tea experience!

I recently had a romantic dinner at this restaurant. The food was delicious and perfectly cooked. However, the service staff could improve their performance. Our water glasses were not refilled regularly and the staff lacked knowledge about the ingredients. They also need to learn how to properly pour wine. It's possible that there has been a change in management. The atmosphere was pretty quiet so maybe my expectations were too high. Despite this, the food is what will bring us back to this restaurant.

Lovely weekend away at Chateau Yering courtesy of husband's work for all the late nights he does (loving the reciprocal partner perks of his job! . Part of our package included dinner at Elenore's, the Chateau's dining room. We both had the spanner crab gazpacho for entree, he had the whiting for main, while I had the wagyu, and for dessert we shared both the chocolate delice and the citrus panna cotta. Food was Devine! Atmosphere was very prim and proper (the place is decked out like it's the 1890's but the service was warm and friendly. Would go back for another weekend away. Neetz88

If a place is more renown for their wine than their food ... Well there's a reason. The food wasn't bad but it just wasn't very tasty. It's as though the chef had an aversion to salt. Presentation was beautiful though and their wine pairings were excellent and truly enjoyable. <br/ <br/ Service was very slow the day we went and the waiter warned us about that so at least we got a heads up. It took us 4 hours for 3 courses. We'd normally only take that long for 8 course degustations or something and I almost fell asleep by the time dessert came around. <br/ <br/ We had the following:<br/ 1) Wagyu tataki entree: small portion. Nice mustard sauce but the meat slices themselves were quite bland. 3/5<br/ 2) pork belly entree: very nice crackling one of the least salty cracklings I've ever tasted which I actually liked. I don't like crackling that's overly salted but my dining partner was not a fan and started lathering large amounts of salt on it. Not too oily despite it being pork belly. Sauces were a bit bland. 4/5<br/ 3) 200g sirloin steak: steak was pretty bland. Sauces were too sweet. A little overcooked for medium rare. 3/5<br/ 4) pan fried John Dory fillets: generous portion. Smelt fishy at first but it wasn't when you actually ate it. Very well done. The bean purée was very bland but the chef actually seasoned the fish this time so thumbs up. 4/5<br/ 5) chocolate brownie: beautifully presented and came together well. 5/5<br/ 6) cheese platter: 4 different cheeses of which two were OK, 1 was bad and 1 was inedible. But nothing wrong with the cheeses themselves, I think I just don't like goats cheese. It's too overpowering and smells too much like animal. Dehydrated grapes were nice but they had seeds in them, which I wasn't expecting. Walnuts were really nice ... They had this subtle sweet caramel on the outside but my dining partner said it was all in my head and it definitely wasn't caramelised. 3/5