This stylish restaurant-style cafe is located at Gartelmann Wines in Lovedale. It’s situation minutes off the Hunter Expressway makes it popular amongst visitors en route to and from the Hunter Valley. Set amongst forest bushland, it overlooks a picturesque dam and is the perfect place to gear up for a day on the vineyards. The menu is diverse, with lunch options that include wild mushroom risotto, wood roasted ocean trout, beer batter snapper, housemate lasagne and their signature ‘Decks Salad’ of quinoa, roasted pumpkin baby spinach and goats cheese. Plus, whether it’s a morning fuel up of Piazza D’oro coffee or a afternoon tipple of Gartelmann wines, you certainly won’t go thirsty here.

The cafe is open 7 days for breakfast and lunch and can cater for groups and private functions too. It is proudly pet-friendly and your four-legged friends is welcome to enjoy the hustle and bustle in the al fresco dining area.

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The Deck Cafe

The Deck Cafe

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