The Gates is the restaurant at Leogate Estate, a winery on Broke Road at Pokolbin, cooking a modern Australian menu among the estate grounds and the vines. Its centrepiece is beef the kitchen dry-ages itself, hanging whole primal cuts in an on-site room for four to six weeks before service. The cellar door alongside pours Leogate's own estate wines. It was named Best Restaurant in a Winery in regional NSW at the 2020 Restaurant and Catering awards.
Lunch is the main event, long and unhurried at tables looking over the vineyard. The kitchen also runs dinner and seasonal set-menu events through the year. Bookings are needed, and the estate does not publish firm opening days on its own site, so phone ahead before you plan a stop. Set among a working winery, it suits a long estate lunch built into a day in the vines.
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Food & stay
The Gates Restaurant
| Mon | Closed |
|---|---|
| Tue – Sun | 11:30am – 3:30pm |
The kitchen dry-ages its own beef on site. Exact opening days and hours are not published on Leogate's own site, so phone ahead; third-party listings suggest the kitchen is closed Monday and Tuesday. Runs seasonal set-menu events such as a Father's Day lunch and a New Year's Eve degustation.
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The Gates Restaurant is at 1693 Broke Rd, Pokolbin, in Hunter Valley.
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Details last checked 2026-08-02.