Cafe Enzo

Set in the idyllic Hunter Valley at Peppers Creek, this lovely little café was a great idea for lunch. The staff were friendly and attentive without being overbearing. The food was fantastic with fresh ingredients, flavour and beautiful presentation.
It’s quiet, with a lovely location and plenty of other little places to check out nearby.

We came here on a recommendation, but we’re pretty underwhelmed with the food and service. The food is way overpriced for what you get and the flavour lacking. Do not order the «fries,» they were completely under seasoned and huge cuts of potato that basically just tasted like oil. The aioli was okay, but again lacked flavour. There was supposed to be garlic somewhere in this dish, but we couldn’t find it. Just big hunks of flavourless potato and some mayonnaise. We also got the pulled pork croquettes and while they tasted fine, the serving size was really small and not worth the price tag. Also, the pork crackling that came with the dish was clearly prepared in advance, it was chewy and stale. Bleh. The staff was friendly enough on arrival, but didn’t come to check on us when our order took forever and never asked us how we were doing once we got our food. Would definitely not return.

Café Enzo is a fantastic option for a nice and delightful lunch. Every time I’ve been there I’ve really loved their menu, incredible location (the views are exceptional) and friendly staff.
The pasta options were great, having tried both their vegetarian linguini and linguini with tiger prawns (perfectly cooked prawns are a joy) and the chicken breast roasted with tomato and basil butter was divine.
Still haven’t made it for breakfast yet (there’s something alluring about sleeping in when in the hunter!) but I’ve heard great things from other travelling souls.
Do yourself a favour and spend some time down at Enzo’s, order a bottle of something you love and enjoy it with someone you don’t mind!

One of the best places to eat in the Hunter Valley… so good we went back for seconds! Having been recommended this restaurant by our wine tour operator (Boutique wine and gourmet food trail), our group was very impressed by not only the good service of the wait staff, but also the quality of the food. I had the home made prawn linguini with Chorizo. which was delicious and ample in size (so definitely worth the $). Others had the burger and caesar salad, of which feedback was also positive!
For seconds (the next day) I had the big breakfast — although not ‘big’ in size, the food served tasted amazing and certainly filled me up (with three eggs served, who wouldn’t!). Oh, and they serve Campos coffee — enough said.
Definitely coming back to this place if i’m up in the Hunter again.

Expensive. Gimmicky. Not very friendly. Specifically the lemon tart was one of the worst thing ever tasted. I wanted to cut my tongue off to remove the taste from my taste buds. And the chips was so large that you wondered whether it was one large potato can’t in half and fried. The atmosphere is nice but that’s about it.

Mmm, mmm, mmm!!! Café Enzo was all we could have hoped for. This place came recommended for the lunch stop during our full day of wine tasting in the Hunter Valley — one of Australia’s most well-​known wine regions just two and half hours North of Sydney. We spent this past long weekend in the region with our friends Ryan and Sara and the whole trip was pretty amazing. We were not at all disappointed by any of the meals we had on the trip starting off with Café Enzo.
The restaurant itself is situated on the Pepper Creek Village grounds. The inside of the restaurant looked cozy, but we were seated in the beautiful outdoor area. We got very lucky with the weather! It’s open for breakfast and lunch, and while the menu is a bit pricy for lunch — it’s well worth it for the quality and portion size.
Joe, our driver, had recommended the linguini dish ($ 29.50) so McKay and Sara both had that. It was delicious. Linguini made on-​site served with Tiger Prawns, sausage and fresh chili. Spicy and filling — I almost wished I’d ordered it as well.
I was not at all disappointed with the Risotto dish I ordered ($ 36). It was served with King Prawns wrapped in Prosciutto — really can’t go wrong with anything wrapped in Prosciutto!