Audrey's Cafe
Highlights
- Savour seasonal, organic produce sourced from the retreat, enhancing your meal with fresh, local flavours.
- Join the community for Woodfire Pizza Night every Friday, enjoying a relaxed atmosphere and delicious, handcrafted pizzas.
- Indulge in a la carte dinner every Saturday, featuring a rotating menu crafted by a consulting chef with global expertise.
- Complement your meal with expertly roasted Arabic blend coffee, ensuring a rich and satisfying experience in every cup.
Farm-to-Table Dining at Audrey’s Cafe, Southern Highlands
Nestled within the peaceful Canyonleigh Retreat, Audrey’s Cafe offers a true taste of the Southern Highlands. Their menu celebrates seasonal, organic, and locally sourced produce, much of which is grown right here on the retreat. They partner with local providers like Maugers’ Meat to bring you wholesome meals that are as fresh as they are flavorful. Complement your meal with their carefully roasted Arabic blend coffee, crafted to deliver full quality in every cup.
Led by their consulting chef with over 32 years of international experience, their kitchen brings global flavours to your table using the best local ingredients.
Dining Experiences:
Brunch (seven days): Open daily to both retreat guests and the public. Enjoy a relaxed start to your day with fresh, seasonal fare.
Woodfire Pizza Night (Friday): Join them every Friday for their famous Woodfire Pizza nights—a perfect way to unwind with the community.
A La Carte Dinner (Saturday): Experience a refined evening every Saturday with their rotating a la carte dinner menu.
Please Note: While the cafe is open to the public for specific hours, full dinner service for retreat guests is available seven days a week by prior arrangement.
Bookings are essential for all dining experiences.
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Cabyonleigh Feast Picnic Basket
Imagine a day spent entirely on your terms. With our ‘Canyonleigh Feast’ Basket, we take care of the details—filling it with the freshest picks from our garden and hand-selected local wines. You simply need to wander the 500-acre forest on foot, find a quiet spot with a view, and let the day or sunset unfold around your picnic.
Let us get the best for you. Therefore booking is essential.
Actively welcomes people with access needs.
General access
- Offers multiple options for booking – web, email, phone is available.
- Accessibility information and photos, including of a bathroom, room and/or floor plan on their website (can be emailed on request).
- Asks all visitors if there are any specific needs to be met.
- Advise tour guides of the access needs of guests at the time of booking (includes pick up and drop off requirements)
Communication
Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)
- Staff are trained in communicating with people with learning or behavioural challenges.
- Uses Plain English / easy read signage and information (includes menus and emergency information)
- A quiet space is available at the venue/ facility.
Physical – Mobility
Caters for people with sufficient mobility to climb a few steps but who would benefit from fixtures to aid balance. (This includes people using walking frames and mobility aids)
- Uses floors/coverings which are slip resistant, firm and smooth
- Uses non-slip tiles in the bathroom or slip resistant matting
- Grab rails in the bathroom
- Seating in common areas including reception area
Physical – Wheelchair
Caters for people who use a wheelchair.
- Step free outdoor pathways (includes picnic areas, barbecues and shelters)
- A step free main entrance to the building and/or reception area (includes ramps or slopes with a maximum gradient of 1:14, otherwise are too steep for wheelchairs)
- Step free access to restaurant, lounge and bar
- An accessible public toilet which is unlocked.
- A wheelchair accessible toilet / shower and change room is available.
- Wheelchair accessible picnic tables (picnic tables require 720mm knee clearance and 800mm maximum height).
- At least one wheelchair accessible parking space with wheelchair accessible signage clearly displayed (International standards are 3200mm wide x 2500 mm high).
- A choice of wheelchair accessible accommodation rooms (Guest may wish to know if you have a choice of wheelchair accessible rooms, such as single room / studio apartment / apartment / cottage / quality / views, etc. Wheelchairs require a 1600mm x 2200mm width area to turn around and require step free access.).
- Step free access to room (Entrance to the room wheelchair accessible with step free greater than 5mm or has a doorway threshold ramp not exceeding 1:8 for 450mm length).
- A kitchen area and desk which is accessible for a person at seated height or is height adjustable.
- A wheelchair accessible bathroom (Entrance to bathroom must have step free greater than 5mm or a doorway threshold ramp not exceeding 1:8 for 450mm. Bathrooms dimensions must be no less than 2000mm X 2500mm. Have a hobless (step free) shower recess. Shower recess must have at least 1100 x 1100mm clear area for wheelchair access (no door). Have a slip resistant fold down seat or fixed seat in shower .Seat must be at least 900mm long.).
- A lever handle on bathroom door.
- A shower curtain (no door).
- Grabrails in shower recess (can be removable and height adjustable).
- A handheld shower hose (should be at least 1500mm long).
- Allows space around toilet for a wheelchair (A space of at least 900mm width beside the toilet pan and 1200mm clearance in front of the toilet pan is required).
- Grabrails provided adjacent to the toilet.
Allergies and intolerances
Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.
- Complies with The Food Authority requirements for allergy management in food preparation.
- Uses organic (chemical and fragrance free) cleaning products.
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