Upstairs at Hollick - PENOLA

Upstairs at Hollick has fine dining pretensions Regrettably, it's a long way short of that mark The restaurant space is pleasant with a nice view.

The staff at Hollicks we could not fault as they were there to please all customers. The gesture of a extra entrée was lovely and delicious Arichini Balls, thanks .This is not a criticism but the meals are large and we probably didn't really need a entrée at all. Upon deciding on the wine the waitress was kind enough to bring a couple of different ones out a as tasting and that was really good.The only hiccup we had was that we had a table near the window and because the whole place is glass, which is lovely during the day, on a cold night outside the temperature of the glass radiates in a few meters and the heating could have been turned up a notch.

Very happy to visit Upstairs at Hollicks again during our annual Coonawarra trip. Food and service here are always good which allows you to be comfortable and just get on with enjoying lunch.Good variety of food options and no hassle dealing with dietary requirements.Wine list is terrific and prices are more than reasonable.

We drove into Coonawarra but missed out on tasting their wines and so decided to have dinner at their restaurant Upstairs instead. Hannah who was waiting at our table took the meaning of exemplary service to another level up. Having observed that I was undecided as to which wine to have with my rib eye, Hannah offered and served me at the dinning table 6 glasses of their best wines on tasting! And to top it all, the flight included their flagship Ravensworth cabernet. The crusted lamb which my wife selected was as delicious as my rib eye. Strongly recommended

When making a lunch booking we were asked whether we wanted the 12 noon or 2 pm sitting. We booked for 2 pm sitting as we were visiting wineries before lunch. We arrived at 2 pm to be told our table was not ready, it would be ready in 15 minutes. We were finally seated at 2.30 pm however, we were virtually ignored until at 3 pm when we flagged down a waiter to see if our order would soon be taken and whether we were likely to be served lunch within the hour. As we could not be guaranteed lunch would be served any time soon we were forced to leave the restaurant and ended up with take away Pizza which was to say the least disappointing. I am unable to comment on the quality or value of the food as we were not served. Clearly staff were unable to manage the large number of dinners present and the two sitting times arrangement did not work well.