Best Restaurants for Outdoor Dining in Castle Hill

This was our first time to The Heritage House. Dinner midweek to celebrate a family birthday. The restaurant was pretty quiet - 2 large family groups 4 couples and my family of 4. Probably 30 diners in total. Plenty of wait staff on duty and a restaurant Manager. The venue itself is superbly unique (I'd love to know the history) and offers a range of seating options including, indoor, terrace and garden. We were indoors in a very well appointed dining room with great views out to the Blue Mountains. My immediate impression was that the staff (with the exception of 1 member who served us) were all very young and new to the restaurant. I have no complaints about the service which was good, but there was a lack of warmth and interest from the majority of staff as they focused on service. I expect this will improve over time, but the venue has a natural feel for more mature, seasoned staff. The Manager was very attentive and given the restaurant quietness, was a bit 'omnipresent'. My post dinner conversation with him confirmed the 'new staff' thought as he advised he was in his first week. Positively, he was open to feedback and took it constructively and asked for us to visit again to see how he and the staff have improved in the future. The food is very good quality - zucchini flowers, calamari and prawn toast all well cooked, beautifully presented and tasty. Barramundi, gnocchi, prawn aglio e olio and eye fillet steak mains were even better than the starters. They have a very extensive drinks list, wines, tap beer with the highlight being the 'Fairytale' cocktail, made with fresh passion fruit pulp a real winner. Being relatively new and in a reasonably competitive area - Round Corner, Dural etc. I hope they get the marketing right as The Heritage House. It has the potential to be a real destination venue for all of Sydney in the Hills District. We will be back, probably a lunchtime Sunday sitting where we were advised the atmosphere is more lively.

Great staff Champika and Des and team did a fantastic job as they always do, the cakes that Ryna helped me organise topped the meal.off

Always a favourite venue for a meal. Can’t go past the eggplant, it’s amazing.

Overall, the food was good. The service and atmosphere was pleasant.

Beautiful food, not too loud, spacious and attentive staff. Will definitely be back