Binara One - Canberra

Binara one is the modern in-house bar at crowne plaza and apart from a great wine card and cocktails they have recently also launched a brand new menu of bar snacks, share plates, burgers and hot dogs.

Service was excellent. Food was all fine. (Although I don't think I have yet been to a hotel restaurant, for breakfast, that had a motorised toaster, which toasted the bread, close to how I like it).

We went here for our anniversary dinner and hadn't made a booking but the restaurant was quiet (a Sunday night). My husband got the roast lamb which he said was great and I got the gnocchi which wasn't so great (deep fried mashed potato covered in rocket, not really gnocchi).The staff were fantastic though, they didn't charge us for the gnocchi and offered to replace the uneaten meal too. Unfortunate situation but handled very well.

We stayed at the hotel with our family and had dinner

We have been here quite a few times so I was apprehensive at first to see that the menu has changed and our favourite seafood plate was gone. The restaurant had a nice quiet ambience. There was a wide variety to choose from. We ordered the pork belly, the salmon and lamb rump. The dishes were very good although the lamb rump was a bit too salty.