It is very hard to find a restaurant that not only pleases me but also pleases my spouse and Shiraz definitely delivers.
Set on the highway in Ballandean, we were the only customers that night (tourist season has not yet started so many places were very quiet or closed) but they still treated us so well. Our waiter was very attentive but not overly so and made some excellent suggestions on what wines to have with what food. Again, like with a lot of restaurants in the region, they only use local produce and local wines.
We started off with the bread with dukka. Both of which were made on premises and the olive oil which came with the meal came from Lyra which is another suburb in the Granite belt. For my main I had the chicken and it was cooked perfectly. My spouse had the steak and it was cooked exactly the way he wanted. Both meals were perfect. Desert was the chocolate fondant (him) and the creme brulee (me). both were so amazing.
Shiraz restaurant is so good that it is actually the kind of restaurant I would find in a 5 star establishment - not in a country town.
This is definitely on my 'must go to again' list. read more