Trentham Estate

Whether you're in Trentham Estate's airy formal restaurant feasting on yabby souffle and house-made ricotta gnocchi, cooking your own sausages, fish or porterhouse outside, or just sampling the house wines in the tasting room, you'll find yourself in an idyllic location. Grassed terraces run down the banks of the mighty Murray, red gums soar overhead, and the smell of the barbie lingers in the air. There's an Italian slant to the modern menu, encouraging sampling of the estate's La Famiglia range of Italian varietals. Seafood comes up from South Australia, for the particularly more-ish saffron tempura prawns on an avocado, tomato and red onion salsa. There are smatterings of local produce and large platters designed for sharing. The kitchen has a fondness for big flavours, as evidenced by double-roasted duck leg on poached pear with a feisty citrus sauce. Follow that up with a rosewater and orange blossom honey panna cotta with mango coulis and pistachio praline, and things really are idyllic.