Highwater Eatery

Fantastic seasonal dining, cocktails to take your mind of the worlds problems and a wine list to write home about. You’ll find what you need at Highwater. The decor is soothing and reminds me of another life.

Went for dinner over the Christmas period and we were very pleased with the food we ordered. The highlight would of been the mussel emulsion. Service was attentive and we left very happy. Hope to come back some time for breakfast.

Nice food, friendly staff, great bloody mary, bit too noisy for my liking (had difficulty understanding people).

Wonderful place lower Cuba street. The menu is designed to be shared with a variety of dish sizes on offer. Great list of wines and cocktails to go with the food. The food is exquisite, with bold flavour combinations that work! We didn’t have a dish that we wouldn’t order again.

Highwater is a new eatery on Lower Cuba St, positioning itself at the upper end of the restaurant scene. The menu is based around different sizes of plates to share, with a really interesting, eclectic wine list to accompany it. We really enjoyed everything we ordered, including oysters with quince sorbet, kingfish crudo (raw fish with a soy-based sauce), a creative take on venison tartare, wagyu beef, duck parfait (paté), cucumber with warehou and more. Service was attentive, and while the waitstaff's knowledge of wine wasn't high you can expect it to improve with time in a new venue. My only disappointments were, firstly, that the kitchen wouldn't do the "chefs' selection" menu for 3 people on our table of 5 - it had to be the whole table. This option is $70 per head for a selection of dishes covering the whole menu i.e. You don't have to choose - it's all brought to you. Their reasoning for not doing it for 3 of us was that with different menus, the whole table wouldn't all be eating at the same time. I think that's up to us to decide, don't you? Similarly, when we started ordering dishes individually, our waitperson stopped us to check we were going to share. Yes we were - we had decided to each order our top choices - but again, up to us what we each eat and how, thanks. Highwater has great food and service, but must be careful not to fall into that trap of telling its customers what to do.

Beautifully designed cafe/bar simple clean minimalist look which is very inviting (even when empty). I only got a long black but it was delicious and definitely gives a caffeine kick that lasts. Highly recommend for some quiet drinks or if you want somewhere to focus on your work.

Briiiant. Haven’t eaten here before but highly recommended. Innovative menu great knowledgeable staff and I loved the vibe.
Go. Go. Go.

It was ok. Ok food and alright value for money.but.our waiter was a co-owner who, it seemed, thought waiting tables was beneath him. Fair enough if that's what you think but I suggest you go back to supervising perhaps. His attitude can only be described as "surly". I suspect this will come as no surprise to the other owner.

Had brunch there at the weekend and was very disappointed. The worst poached eggs I have ever tasted, they were hard and overcooked. The coffee was excellent.

Great place very new only been open for a few months really good if you want to try new things and flavours I hope to go there again soon.

Really good food, extensive wine list and excellent service. Portions could be a bit larger but probably similar to other restaurants offering share plate type menus.