The Charles Dining Room

Amazing food, was never without a full glass of wine or beer, staff were fantastic and meals came out quick and it was packed. Well done. We will be back.

We had an amazing meal here. It was the set menu (as we visited on a Friday). Super friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable staff. Great "upper class" dining experience

Probably the Best restaurant in Wagga. Not trying to be over fancy but providing good food and service with a nice relaxing and casual ambiance. Food: everything was delicious from start to finish Service: Easy going Ambiance: not to overly fine dining Family friendly: leave the kids at home and enjoy the moment. Will I come back: most definitely

The fanciest restaurant in Wagga Wagga floats over the driveway of a motel. The Roundabout Restaurant could well have been named for the street feature, less than fifty meters up the road. Suburban nature strips and lichen-speckled roof tiles are certainly an odd view for a well-appointed fine diner. We had a shaky start to our meal. Our reservation was incorrectly recorded on their booking system—despite both email & SMS confirmations being correct—and junior staff panicked for a manager rather than simply seating us in an empty table and working it out quietly behind the scenes. Luckily they have a good wine list, and we were soon soothed with a keenly priced 2017 Tolpuddle Chardonnay ($120) that was elegant to the final coveted dribble. The five-course tasting menu ($79/head) gets underway with bread and black garlic butter that we were cheekily advised not to devour before our dumplings. This is apparently because their sauce is too good not to dip in. While I disagree about the sauce—the tamari and chilli blend was unbalanced—it definitely was improved by the butter. And while the dumpling skins could do with more refinement, their packed prawn interiors were impressive. A beautiful piece of yellowfin tuna served two ways—seared with jalapeño mayonnaise and tartare with tequila & lime applied too sparingly to taste—was let down by under-seasoning & corn crackers so crisp they hurt my mouth. Boned and rolled leg of chook was perfectly executed, wrapped around confit garlic and thyme risotto with an accompanying pat of the silkiest Paris mash I’ve had all year. It stole the thunder from the Wagga farmgate beef fillet, which also came with Paris mash (I suspect the former dish was meant to have cafe de Paris butter on green spears of asparagus instead). Desserts—where guests can choose between macadamia sable with honey sorbet, lemon curd, yoghurt foam and fennel pollen or a freeze dried strawberry ice cream concoction—throw too much at it for my liking. I suspect a simple panna cotta with the beet & Bidgee Strawberries and Cream compote would have been enough, without the Junee Liquorice and Chocolate Factory liquorice meringue, caramelised white chocolate milk crumb and aforementioned strawberry ice cream. Good produce doesn’t need over-complication.

The the service was fantastic at we went with 4 adults and 2 children nothing was too much trouble. All the food was fantastic well thought out and beautifully presented. The portions were not huge but we were full at the end of it.