The gorgeous old country boozer is in new hands. Will handmade pasta and snacks like ’nduja sausage rolls restore its daytrip destination status?
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There’s a renewed energy at the Healesville Hotel after a subtle facelift and menu overhaul by new owners Scott Connolly and Matt Vero, the pair who also updated the Orrong Hotel in Armadale in 2021. “We’re pretty light on touch in terms of renovations,” says Connolly. “For us, the beauty is these beautiful old buildings. We want to accentuate what’s already there.”The pressed-tin ceilings, fireplaces and Yarra Valley mural in the dining room of the 1912 building remain intact, but there’s fresh paintwork in lush shades of green, larger patron capacities, and a new children’s play area in the backyard.
“We’re pub guys. We want a place where you can stand around a tall table and have a couple of beers and a glass of wine,” says Connolly.The Healesville pub was built in 1912 and features pressed-tin ceilings and fireplaces.’s regional restaurant of the year award twice and was regularly awarded at least one hat under previous owners Michael Kennedy and Kylie Balharrie.
Approachable Italian dishes are dotted throughout the dining room and public bar menus by new chef Ella Stevens, who is making spaghetti and reginette, lacing sausage rolls with fiery ’nduja and slowly cooking Otway pork butt with sage and rosemary to serve alongside polenta. Pub classics, like a parma with ham, are along for the ride.Pete Dillon
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