Circa 1876

Fabulous food, fabulous service, cannot recommend this restaurant enough. It’s a must to dine at if you are out Pokolbin way...... most enjoyable & we will be back.

Had a lovely lunch here with my sister and nephew. The food was superb and service top notch! They also cater well to young children.

The staff really were wonderful and the little delicacies between courses were superb! The setting is idyllic!! Good wine list and nice food. A lovely afternoon.

Lovely location, great desserts.

A great meal as usual! A favourite at the Hunter!

Absolutely outstanding beautiful food great service and a wonderful venue

Excellent three course Father’s Day lunch.

After reading the reviews we decided to give Circa another try after a couple of years and boy were we disappointed. This is a new record for us for three courses 50mins even after asking staff to slow the kitchen down. The food was good enough but when you’re not given the choice to digest it it becomes more of a stomach ache which was a pity. I’m sure if you arrive for the first sitting you might be ok but don’t go after 2pm as staff seemed to be in a rush to empty the restaurant. As a local there are a lot of better restaurants in the Hunter for this kind of charge.

Omg that was the best meal we've had for a long time. From the welcome, the atmosphere, the staff, the food I couldn't fault any thing. Absolutely amazing we will definitely be back

Celebrating a belated 50th birthday dinner...an absolutely wonderful night. Food was delicious. Staff were very friendly and helpful and the dessert was delicious... with a wonderful lavender honey surprise.

Amazing atmosphere and friendly staff delicious cuisine. Highly recommend we will definitely be back.

Amazing from the moment you arrive.

Overprice food. The meat was cold and overcooked.

Fabulous friendly staff, enjoyed our meal very much. Amazing deserts!! Wines were quite good also, and the location is very central for Pokolbin!

Fantastic service, the food was sensational, the atmosphere was incredible. We enjoyed every moment of our lunch. I highly recommend this restaurant. I had never eaten tooth fish and it’s melt in your mouth

This is our 3rd visit to Circa 1876 and we came away incredibly disappointed yesterday. We booked a meal from 6 pm for a family of 4. We ordered 2 x 3 course meal and 2 x kids meal. Kids behaved impeccably aged 6 and 9 years. It was my birthday celebration. We've eaten all over the world and visited many expensive restaurants but never before have we been asked to have our dessert course in a waiting room to get the table ready for the next sitting!! We were left in the waiting room and joined by 2 male adults. When we paid the bill of $300, the table we left from was still unoccupied 30 min later. Shocking service and experience. The poor waiter was nearly in tears having to tell us to have dessert in the waiting room after being given instruction by his manager to move us along.  We waited 90 minutes before we got round to our dessert course. We understand they have 90 minutes/sitting but you can't expect a paying table to move on if the restaurant is running behind schedule. It's unacceptable and even worse being left to eat off a low table with strangers in an enclosed waiting room.

Deliscious

Unfortunately after 2 confirmation emails, no phone calls, or error emails, we arrived for our anniversary and where turned away, very disappointed.

The restaurant was quite busy but we were served quickly. Although limited, the food was incredible and each course was better than the previous. Great value for such quality in the Hunter Valley.

Out first experience at Circa and was really impressed. The food was beautifully presented and full of flavour. Service was outstanding without being overly intrusive. Loved the old character of this restaurant. Highly recommend!