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Seafood Restaurant Central CoastAbsolute Sea Side DiningTelephone: 02 4334 4600 Regarded and awarded as one of the Central Coasts best and NSW finest seafood restaurants. Oceans staff commit to quality, whether its the freshness and seasonality in the food or attention to detail and personalised service. By day you may see whales or dolphins or by night dine under a romantic moon across the star lit water. Superb dining and truly genuine warm service (easy parking) comes together to create a relaxed fine dinning experience not to be missed on the Central Coast. ‘Nature is a Genius’ Brett – Chef/Owner works closely with local fisherman and suppliers as well as foraging from both land and sea to bring the freshest natural ingredients to the plate. New Castle Herald - February 2010 Quality food and excellent service make lunch at Ocean Restaurant a truly memorable experience.
Sydney Morning Herald Sept 2009 A fabulous ocean frontage is good enough reason to convert this location into a fine dinning restaurant with good food and warm, sincere service offering plenty of worthy distractions. And how local do you like your food, how about fat oysters from just down the road or samphire gathered from the rock shelf below your dining table its salty bitterness the perfect foil for poached ocean trout left slightly rare at its centre.
A generous pan roast duck breast is piquant with its quince, hazelnuts and lovely cabernet vinaigrette and the melt in the mouth Southern Highland lamb shoulder also impresses with its super smooth butternut squash puree.
These adventures beyond fish, chips and chikko rolls in a beach holiday town deserves thanks, applause and support.
The menu at this seaside restaurant is just a tweak shy of remarkable.
Talk about position Ocean is perched above a large rock shelf of full of little sandy beaches and rock pools.
Ordering from a capable, efficient waitress is a breeze.The entrees here are anything but ordinary, a collection of ambitious ideas that are beautifully presented, a sea treasures shows off pristine seafood and a smoked salmon and roasted wild scallop terrine with its layers of beautifully smoked lemony salmon.
Our main courses of pan roasted marlin steak and poached ocean trout are sparkling fresh and perfectly cooked, both dishes are cleverly supported by partners which waltz around the plate. Ocean's cassatta with its just cooked meringue and subtle hint of clementine and a gingerbread parfait with slow roast quince spin our palates through sensation after sensation. What is one to make of cooking that is so passionate, so accomplished in a holiday haven town– Ocean restaurant exceeds expectations.
Ocean Restaurant: 02 4334 4600 |
