Lovat

Best Known For

Handmade spaghetti with blue swimmer crab, rocket, cherry tomatoes, pangrattato, chilli and kombu sauce.

With an emphasis on market fresh seafood and premium quality steak, Lovat on Barrenjoey Road in Newport is a modern restaurant serving home-style fare. From light starters ideal for sharing to gnocchi made in-house daily, the extensive menu has something for everyone, served in chilled-out surrounds of banquettes with striped cushions, hanging greenery and white cloth lanterns. Cast your net over starters such as scallops in the shell, sweet corn purée, XO butter, shallots and sesame; before perfectly cooked Wagyu rump, mushroom sauce and sides of crisp new potatoes, roasted broccolini and grilled eggplant. Perhaps potato gnocchi with goats’ curd hits the mark, served with wild mushrooms, crisp kale, peas and edamame, or pork belly, crackling, mash, baked apple, pancetta and cider jus.