Kirsten Lawson
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Canberra's top 20 restaurants for 2018
To round out the year, the Canberra Good Food team has put together our favourite restaurants of 2018. We've been game enough to put them in order this year.
- Karen Hardy, Kirsten Lawson and Jill Hogan & Natasha Shan
- Review
- Barton
French food that ticks all the boxes at Buvette
Hotel dining that's a little bit 'schmanzy'.
- Kirsten Lawson
- Review
- Braddon
Barrio Collective review
Eclectic and enjoyable dinner is on offer at the brunch and coffee haunt.
- Kirsten Lawson
- Review
- Kingston
Morks brings Kingston Foreshore to life
Contemporary Thai food that's bang-on for an easy night out.
- Kirsten Lawson
- Review
- Griffith
Moody Aubergine is a comforting cocoon
In an age of all-day, anything-goes dining, Aubergine has gone the other way, upping the exclusivity factor.
- Kirsten Lawson
- Review
- Canberra
Welcome to the jungle
Pack your safari suit for Canberra newcomer Kokomo's.
- Kirsten Lawson
- Review
- Canberra
A gastropub where the locals clearly love to 'meat'
Generosity is the theme at Weston Creek's Meating Room.
- Kirsten Lawson
- Review
- Braddon
Eightysix is more than a one-hit wonder
More than four years after opening with a rebel yell, eightysix has settled into Lonsdale Street like an old-timer.
- Kirsten Lawson
- Review
- Pialligo
What's it like inside the revamped Pialligo Estate Farmhouse?
The fancy farmhouse restaurant has shifted to an accessible pasta and steak menu.
- Kirsten Lawson
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