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Pokolbin

The Smelly Cheese Shop sells local and imported cheeses.

Smelly Cheese Shop

Everything you could need for a cracking Hunter Valley cheeseboard.

  • David Matthews
Veal cotoletta with lemon and rosemary at Harkham Restaurant.

Harkham Restaurant

Fresh, open dining room broadens area’s eating options.

Pan-fried Murray cod, charred leek and shellfish cream at Muse Restaurant.
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Muse Restaurant

Essential wine-country dining on a grand scale.

Yellow Billy restaurant cooks much of the menu over custom fire pits.
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Yellow Billy Restaurant

Homegrown, fire-kissed shared plates underscore a cracking wine list.

Delicious small bites make up the menu at EXP Restaurant.
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EXP. Restaurant

Precise tasting menu allows a bush-centric sensibility to rule.

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EXP. has slowly, suddenly become the most exciting restaurant in the region. 
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The Hunter Valley’s newly two-hatted restaurant is the most exciting in the region

Ten years on, chef Frank Fawkner’s EXP. Restaurant is at the centre of what comes next for the wine district.

  • David Matthews
With restaurants such as EXP., the Hunter is building its own strong regional style.
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Piece of the country at EXP. in Pokolbin

With restaurants such as Muse, Margan, Esca, Bistro Molines and EXP., the Hunter is building its own strong regional style.

  • Terry Durack
Muse Kitchen
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Muse Kitchen

This is a lovely Hunter hideaway on a bright green lawn that’s all sweetness, sunlight and white on off-white.

Muse Restaurant
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Muse Restaurant

Theatrics come with the territory at Muse Restaurant, and it’s a joy to watch chef Troy Rhoades-Brown at work in the expansive open kitchen.