Araluen Restaurant - Salisbury

The meal we had was superb. Most of the vegetables and herbs are home grown by the restaurant owners and taste wonderful. The service provided and hospitality was excellent!

Philippa obviously takes a lot of pride and works very hard to deliver a unique, delicious dinner experience.

My wife and I visited Salisbury Lodges last weekend and ate at the Araluen restaurant last Saturday night. It was quite an experience! This is a very small family run restaurant with Phillippa Augl doing the cooking and husband Sepp doing the front of house. The menu was quite restricted with two entrees, three main dishes and two desserts. The restaurant is licensed, but wines are inexpensive, with an emphasis on locally grown. Wine is also available by the glass. The meals were very good with the highlight being the house special, local trout de-boned at the table in front of us by Sepp. My wife Virginia, had the trout whilst I had the excellent Lamb Rack with blueberries and Manis. Heaps of honey roasted vegetables on the side, plus two desserts Apple crumble and Palatschinken (a type of Austrian crepe) served with ice cream and chocolate. Both desserts were excellent. And all finished off with a glass of Jagermeister. All in all a very interesting evening. It's great when the chef comes out and talks with you and her husband entertains you with tales from years ago. A great location, very quiet and peaceful.

There was NOTHING to dislike about this restaurant. Ingredients were fresh, everything was just cooked. Limited choice but great variety. Quality of ingredients, preparation and presentation would hold up anywhere in the world.

This cafe franchise is located outside of Target and can get a bit noisy. The interior is clean and they offer a full range of coffees starting at $4, as well as beer and wine options.