GOURMET Traveller has named Underbar one of the country\u2019s top eighty restaurants.<\/p>\n
Included in the magazine\u2019s 2022 Restaurant Guide, the Doveton Street venue offers a seasonally inspired, ever-changing, eight-to-10-course tasting menu from chef Derek Boath.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a really humbling award to have received just recently because it\u2019s a restaurant guide that we definitely follow, and a significant restaurant guide nationally,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cGiven that it\u2019s only 80 restaurants in the entire nation, it\u2019s huge for us. We\u2019re a little Ballarat restaurant that can only seat 16 people, and we\u2019re only open two nights a week.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo get the recognition that we do, and to be included on a list that has some of our three and two-hat heroes and inspiration on it is a huge achievement. We are very proud to have received it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Boath said Underbar is an extension of himself, and his staff.<\/p>\n
He produces dishes with \u201cskill and care\u201d that they love to cook and enjoy themselves, and wines they love to drink.<\/p>\n
The Underbar team curates their own music playlist for the evenings they\u2019re open, and care about the locally made \u201clittle touches\u201d in the small venue, from the cutlery holders to the tea lights.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe celebrate the great produce in and around Ballarat that we can find, and the little winemakers that we call friends that are locals as well,\u201d Boath said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re a country restaurant, but we\u2019re in the heart of Ballarat. We\u2019re trying to bring a bit of the countryside into the city, so when people come to visit us they feel relaxed and energetic, but calm and comfortable enough to sit back and relax.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe hospitality that we provide is in a relaxed environment that doesn\u2019t feel stuffy, and our staff have personality that comes through.\u201d<\/p>\n
Underbar currently has one chef\u2019s hat, and runs a vegetarian tasting menu once a quarter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
GOURMET Traveller has named Underbar one of the country\u2019s top eighty restaurants. Included in the magazine\u2019s 2022 Restaurant Guide, the Doveton Street venue offers a seasonally inspired, ever-changing, eight-to-10-course tasting menu from chef Derek Boath. \u201cIt\u2019s a really humbling award to have received just recently because it\u2019s a restaurant guide that we definitely follow, and […]<\/p>\n