Always a little scary when you try a new eating venue. Especially when it is only minutes drive from home heading towards the Mornington Peninsula. The Peninsula is home to many, many wineries and restaurants most of them very good and of course some better than others. We ‘tend to favour the better ones. Some make assumptions that they are fine dining but regardless of the excessive bill telly they aren't as good as they charge. We don’t go back, pay the bill and wave good-bye.
So here we are ten minutes from our home, sitting outdoors at Tre And in pleasant surroundings dinning on what could only be described as beautiful food. Currently you are expected to have two courses, not hard when there is such a temping selection, in fact we both went to three courses. Being a winery there is an abundant selection of local grown wines. My wife who is hard to impress with wine loved her red pick, grown on the grounds and a nice three years old. I stayed with the bubbly.
At a guess I would say the owners of the winery and magnificent manor are your wait staff. Relaxed, friendly, knowledgeable and very busy. The Saturday we were there it was a full house with current restrictions. Very noisy inside so pick your day or go for the veranda as we did. Not only that they really don’t have high capacity aircon but what is there is assisted by ceiling fans. Not enough in my view for a hot January in Southern Vic. More over we sat in near quiet with the noise from inside quite audible but not overpowering.
Is this a culinary gem at the gateway to the Peninsula, you bet? Not cheap but when you have a knockout chef, serving consistently beautiful local grown fresh food with good proportions, it’s a gem. Go soon while the weather is good, sit out and book early with an eye on the weather. Like us you are planning when to go back and who to take with you.
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