Offbeet Eatery

Moroccan Lamb Shanks on Persian Saffron Rice … absolutely delicious !Surprised to find such a lovely fine dining experience on our first stay at The Country Gardens Motel Coonabarabran

A very disappointing dinning experience after reading their menu which sounded delicious. We decided on two starters and one main meal to share as we were not overly hungry. We ordered the Manoosh Za’atar described as middle eastern flat bread brushed in za’atar seasoning serve with a side of tomatoes, olives and yogurt. Pieces of the bread were semi warm other pieces were cold, there was no flavour to the bread and not enough tomato or olives for the bread and the wait person forgot to give us serving plates for our first starter. Then our main meal arrived, Moroccan lamb shanks, but wait we ordered two starters, what happened to our seconded starter? That came out several minutes after our main meal had been served with no serving spoons, again had to ask waiting staff for serving spoon for main meal. Our second starter Limpia,, five Filipino spring rolls were nothing exciting, at least they were temperature hot, but odd to have five in a serve. The main Moroccan lamb shanks described as slow braised, topped with a zesty and fruity Ras El Hanout salsa dressing and served on a fragrant bed Persian saffron rice. This was served warm, did not have saffron but perhaps saffron colouring and was pretty tasteless. What I read to be an exciting and glorious meal was disappointing. Won’t every return and could not recommend it.

Must try when you are in Coona. Well curated menu, welcoming ambiance, friendly staff and food was absolutely spot on. From starters to the dessert (and pizzas) the quality, presentation and taste was outstanding. One of the best meals we had in a while. Highly recommend!

Dropped in for dinner. Ordered a small gourmet pizza which was huge and excellent. Lovely pizza dough base and very tasty pizza. Lovely room with good music mix on. Service is a bit slow but with a chef and 1 other in a small town that's to be expected.It's part of a motel but anyone can go there.Entrance is from the motel room carpark.Bit hard to find.Worth a visit and I would go back next time I'm here.

Great food, service and atmosphere! Everything I tried was absolutely delicious. Ate here one night during a work trip to Coonabarabran and had to come back again the next day for more!

Beautiful relaxing setting for dinner, food and service were wonderful!