Budgewoi Hotel, Budgewoi – SMH Good Food app listing

The place that makes the whole day feel like aperitivo time.

Lago Cucina, the Italian restaurant at the Budgewoi Hotel.James Brickwood

In 2021, members of Sydney Restaurant Group’s Drakopoulos family purchased the bar formerly known as the Coast Hotel. It recently reopened with a large beer garden and Italian-inspired restaurant that makes it feel like aperitivo time all day long. The Hawkesbury-caught squid fritti is very popular (it’s still a pub, after all), as well as porchetta and veal ragu rigatoni.

Best for: Antipasti at the end of a day trip on the Central Coast.

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