Subo

In my mind this is the best restaurant in Newcastle, I’m a fan of many a local restaurant but this experience was perfect. The ‘degustation’ style menu was a perfectly balanced mix of flavours in perfectly sized portions. It’s not often a restaurant nails this delicate mix so well, but these guys truly do. Each of the five courses was a delicious, different dish that complemented the previous one perfectly! I don’t need to go on and list the food, it was all great and they have a seasonal menu. What you need to know here is that the culinary expertise (Mad skills) at work here should be enough to make you want to eat here. To top it all off the serving staff were all really friendly, attentive and knew their stuff too. I’m someone who normally finds faults everywhere, as I’m so detail focused in what I do in creating experiences. There were no faults to be found here though. Even still today I can’t stop thinking about details like how good the butter tasted, the perfect taste and presentation of the beef and how amazing the Apple granita on the desert was.

This is the best food I’ve eaten in Newcastle and it’s not close. After five visits, will always return for superb cooking of seasonal produce and warm service in a relaxed, intimate atmosphere. Interesting wine list with some good local picks. Stacks up with the best modern Australian meals I’ve had in Sydney and Melbourne. If I lived nearby and could afford to eat here every week I would.

Our first time to Subo. So many people said it was great & we weren’t let down. Great food & wine. But book early.