Best Private Dining Rooms in Canberra

One of Canberra's favourite Italian eateries, Mezzalira Restaurant offers a choice of cozy banquette seating or al fresco on the elegant colonnade, more reminiscent of a building in Milan. Located in the attractive Melbourne Building in a converted 1921 Bank, this Canberra restaurant continues to satisfy its diners who flock here to enjoy exquisite Italian cuisine.

OTTOMAN CUISINE IS CLOSED BUT WILL REOPEN IN NEW LOCATION 2022 - TO BE ANNOUNCED.

With its baroque decor and Middle Eastern flavours, Ottoman Cuisine will take you on a magic carpet ride to old Istanbul. Almost hidden in the leafy suburb of Barton, this restaurant has achieved a well-deserved reputation among the movers and shakers of Capital Hill for its modern, classy take on familiar Turkish dishes.

One of Canberra's most loved restaurants, this is fine dining with all the flavour and service and none of the pretension. Most notably, the restaurant has their own farm near the restaurant, where they grow their own herbs and vegetables as well as looking after cattle and sheep. Famous for their excellent wine list and dishes like cured ocean trout with a wafer of baked fennel and tiny horseradish meringues, if you are visiting Canberra Sage should be at the top of your list.

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One of Canberra's classiest establishments, this restaurant is far more refined than its humble namesake. Courgette's plush dining room is softly illuminated with conical hanging lamps and candlelight and guests sit comfortably on luxurious cream velour chairs amidst blue carpeting and purple organza curtains. The European cuisine served here is carefully crafted and intense in flavour.