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Perhaps the only feature that can divert your attention from the stunning view at Jonah’s is the food. The award-winning Restaurant offers excellent Modern Australian cuisine under the direction of acclaimed chef George Francisco.

With a significant French influence, George’s style of cooking is anchored in his passion for fresh food and unparalleled knowledge of produce, method and style. George gained his extensive knowledge and acclaim working and training in a number of internationally renowned restaurants in the United States including ‘Stars’ and ‘Farallon’.

Reflecting Jonah’s unique seaside location, the seasonally updated menu focuses heavily on seafood. From a cellar containing over 2,500 bottles of vintage Australian and international wines, the extensive wine list entices and rewards.

Proudly, George and the team have earned many awards including a ‘Chef's Hat’ from the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide 2007, 2009 & 2010, as well as a ‘Bent Fork’ from Sydney Eats.

The Restaurant is open seven days for your dining pleasure;

Breakfast from 8 00 AM 
Lunch from 12 noon - 3 00 PM
Dinner from 6 30 PM - 9 00 PM

Current Menus

* Menus subject to availability and are changed with each season.

Scott Bolles, The (Sydney) Magazine, August 2009 ~ "Jonah's has a toque in the Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide and chef George Francisco likes to display the full hire wire act of his range. He can play with produce as only an American chef would dare, matching, for example, seared foie gras with Armangac ice-cream. His flash fried spanner crab and snapper cheek cakes are worth a sizeable detour and the depth of the wine list is impressive......over the Pacific, a whale appears, moving slowly along the coast. It's a sight you wont see in many places in the world".

Amanda Davey, Manly Daily, July 31 2009 ~ "Considered one of the top restaurants on the peninsula, we come to Jonah's with high expectations - as well we should - and, as always, the place deliveres".

Simon Thomsen, The Sydney Morning Herald, June 2009 ~ "This luxurious eyrie overlooking the ocean is a fine place to bask in the winter sunshine and indulge in whale watching as they migrate north for winter. It's also simply a fine place to enjoy the polished surrounds - white linen tables, freshly squeezed orange juice and polite table service. The talent that earned George Francisco a chef's hat in the Good Food Guide is also evident at the start of the day, from buttery croissants to fruit bread with maple butter and granola with poached fruit. Don't miss the elegant eggs benedict with Springs smoked salmon and the surprise of black sea salt crystals sprinkled on top . It's all very, very good".

Matthew Evans, Good Living, Sydney Morning Herald, October 2005 ~ "As I see the plume of a southern right (whale) perhaps, through the enormous windows that face east over the ocean.....I've always like Jonah's, sometimes more than others......Now after a long-overdue refit, the place seems reinvigorated....During the day, the view remains as simple and sublime as you can get at a restaurant perched on what feels like a cliff top facing the ocean....Service is swift and caring......There's good news in the kitchen too....Jonah's has taken on George Francisco, who made his name locally at DISH in Newport, and before that set a much higher tone at the esteemed Farallon in San Francisco...Already he's helped lift the standard.....It's easy to celebrate with food like this........It's seriously, seriously good........dessert is the best course of all....Francisco's food successfully treads the fine line between foodie fantasy and conservative audience reality........it would be easy to beach ourselves here, curled around the booth........I hope it's not next spring before we pass this way again". Score: 15/20

Jonah’s has limited off street parking available. Guests must park legally at all times. Guests that ignore designated no stopping or no parking signs, park too close to t-intersections, block neighbours driveways or any other illegal activity will be booked by the police and/or council rangers. 

Jonah’s, Whale Beach
69 Bynya Road, Whale Beach, Sydney, Australia 2108
P:+61 2 9974 5599  F:+61 2 9974 1212 
E:enquiries@jonahs.com.au

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