Dr Abalone

Updates

Posted on Mar 7, 2020

Our Autumn menu is now ready for tasting. Make a booking today to try the newest additions to the menu.

Posted on Jun 23, 2019

What better way to start the school holidays than getting a babysitter and heading to Dr Abalone for some smooth sounds and fabulous food. Bookings Essential.

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Posted on Jun 8, 2019

Dr Abalone Chef already grilling more of our delicious Saltgrass Lamb. Who doesn't love their lamb? Pair it with a nice delicate 2012 Sangiovese from Kennedy in Heathcote Victoria. Or choose from our extensive wine collection.

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Posted on Jun 8, 2019

Fresh in the door from Newlyn Sandor's Harvest Farm. Pan sautéed in olive oil and served sprinkled with fresh rosemary and served with aioli.

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Posted on Jun 8, 2019

Flinders Island Saltgrass Lamb from Tasmania. Grilled to perfection served with a housemate Salsa all Menta (fresh mint sauce)

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Winter Solstice Feast with Mount Towrong

Jun 22, 2019 – Jun 23, 2019

Join Dr Abalone for an evening of Medieval dishes. Red wines from the Mount Towrong vineyard located at Macedon. A long night of feasting fun and frivolity. $130 per person. Bookings Essential

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Posted on Jun 8, 2019

Heathcote Artisan is a local company helping us make our food more gourmet and absolutely delicious. We have reinvented the humble 70's classic Devil on horseback with our succulent juicy prune, stuffed with almond wrapped in Kaiserfleisch and drizzled with Heathcote Artisan's sticky aged balsami...

Posted on Jun 7, 2019

Gin! Neat, straight up, in a Martini, with tonic or soda. Celebrate World Gin day on Saturday with our local heroes @animusdistillery @mountaindistilling and @bigtreedistillery. If you like gin Macedon Ranges is the place to visit, live and love.

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Posted on May 2, 2019

With this cold wet weather visiting then why not visit us and warm up with our homemade French onion soup with Swiss Gruyere croutons.

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Autumn Menu Tapas Style

Oyster (Pacific) from Blackmans Bay Tasmania each
A$4.00
Shucked to Order. Produced in pristine waters of Forestier Peninsula in the south east corner of Tasmania. The oysters are grown south of Marion Bay in a clean and productive body of water. The nutrient rich waters of the Southern ocean roll in from both ends of Blackman Bay and the landscape is largely isolated culminating in a pure and healthy estuarine environment for oysters to flourish.
Oysters (Dozen)
A$20.00
Pacific from Blackmans Bay Tasmania
Olives (local)
A$10.00
Warmed + Marinated in fresh herbs
Endame pods
A$10.00
Beetroot Infused Pickled egg
A$3.00
Farmed from free range organic Lauriston Chooks
Smoked Kingfish board (Harris Smokehouse Hahndorf SA)
A$22.00
Served with baguette, radish, caper berries, red grapes + horseradish
Mediterranean tapas
A$18.00
Mixture of prawns, scallops and marinated octopus served cold drizzled with olive oil and lemon.
Warm pear and blue cheese salad
A$16.00
Grilled fresh pear tossed with blue cheese ( Tarago River blue, Gippsland) and baby spinach, walnuts and a housemate honey vinaigrette.
Saganaki
A$16.00
Lightly fried Kefalograviera cheese served in the hot pan with lemon.
Saltgrass Lamb cutlets
A$18.00
Flinders Island Saltgrass Tasmanian Lamb grilled to perfection served with a house made Salsa alla Menta (mint sauce).
Chef's Crostini
A$14.00
Assorted toppings on toasted baguette
Anchovies Sardines Garfish tinned in Spain with Olive oil
Served with caperberries, cornichons, lemon
Insalata Caprese
A$16.00
Petits pois
A$16.00
baby peas cooked with Kaiserfleisch
Steamed Potatoes with herbs
A$12.00
Banderillas x 4 Spanish bar style 'things on a stick'
A$10.00
Miss Leon traditional farmhouse terrine
A$16.00
served with Emelia's chutney + cornichons
Dips
A$10.00
Spicy pumkin or Tatbiki
Spanish Jamon (ham) board
A$22.00
Tinned Smoked mussels
A$12.00
Spanakopita
A$18.00
Smoked mackerel rillettes
A$18.00
Served with toasted Noisette baguette

Charcuterie + Salumi served with baguette and cornichons

La Boqueria Fuet Anis and Salchicon
A$30.00
Supplied by Spanish produce importer and Catalan, Emile Gomez (NSW)
Flinders Select Casa Chorizo Salami Mild
A$30.00
De Palma Pork Capocollo
A$30.00

Dr Abalone's Chef's selection

Charcuterie of Salumi, pickled products and cheeses.
A$40.00

Cheese- Single special served with pear and prosciutto

Berthaut AOC Epoisses washed rind Fromagerie Berthaut (Bourgogne, France)
A$20.00
A strong musty rich cheese with a melting texture. Originally developed by Cistercian monks at the Abbaye de Fontenay in Burgandy. Famous for its strong smell and sticky golden rind which is washed with with Marc de Bourgogne eau-de-vie. Served warm.

Cheese Plate 1 cheese- $16, 2 cheese-$22, 3 cheese- $28,

Cheese Platters available in 1 - 4 cheese selection. See our restaurant menu for selections.

Dessert

Cherry Tart
A$16.00
Served with vanilla bean ice-cream from Powlett Street Ices Kyneton
Pistachio ice cream
A$16.00
from Woodend Ice Cream Co, served with Albanian biscuit
Chef's orange creme
A$16.00
served with Albanian biscuit

Liquid Dessert

White Peach Sorbet with sparkling wine (Bresseco)
A$16.00
Woodend Ice Cream Co + Bress Winery Harcourt
Spider coca cola
A$15.98
served with Rum and vanilla bean ice cream
Affogatto
A$16.00
Vanilla bean ice cream, espresso + your choice of liqueur. Orahovac (walnut) Frangelico (Hazelnut), Disaronno Amaretto.

Testimonials

a year ago

Great wine selection, delicious food and friendly service.

- sarah h

a year ago

Spent a fabulous weekend in Kyneton. On Saturday night we decided to pop into Dr Abalone before heading out for dinner. The staff, the ambience, the decor, the wine list and the menu meant that we weren’t moving! What a great night at a venue that ticks all the hospitality boxes.

- Susan B

a year ago

Excellent happy friendly service. Beautiful wines and beautiful food. Great place to enjoy a glass or two. Highly recommended.

- Mark S

Stylish Wine bar and Restaurant

Kyneton's most stylish place to wine and dine. Featuring over 100 wines from wineries in the Macedon ranges to the far reaches of the world. An extensive range of cocktails, beers and top shelf spirits. Accompanied with a range of Tapas style menu items. With a seasonal and continually changing menu Dr Abalone offers a one of a kind experience every time you visit.