The Fireside Festival is here and we have a number of events on at our Smokehouse Cafe throughout the month! This weekend we have our Fireside Degustation Dinner, an exciting 100 Mile Meal and wonderful entertainment provided by local musicians over lunch, Saturday and Sunday. If you read more>

Leave the working week behind and escape to the country to enjoy dinner by the fireside. The Smokehouse is oh-so-warm with the potbelly fires burning. A glass or two of Wily Trout red and Poachers winter dish that warms you right through. The lamb cutlets with parmesan thyme crumbs – a def read more>

A sequence of crisp, frosty mornings signal the beginning of a cold Canberra winter and being just that little bit out of town, the Poachers team have been feeling it! Although, we have been spoiled - the pot belly stoves are now burning! So Canberrans, don’t succumb to the cold. Come  read more>

We’ve put our tasty recipes to print with the assistance of world renowned food photographer Alan Benson. Alan spent time with our ever-so inventive chef Mel Hanns, to create a range of fabulous recipe cards. Mel had lots of fun while preparing each dish to perfection. Some the Poacher read more>