Windy Point Restaurant

Taken to a higher level

THERE ARE rooms with a view and then some, but in Adelaide one name crops up again and again when the outlook is deemed to be equal to and at times even more important than the dining.

Make that the outlook and the occasion, for Belair's Windy Point restaurant occupies a special place both physically and also in the hearts and minds of many Adelaideans.

First, the view, in a nutshell, is mesmerising, especially during daylight-saving as sunset and dinner times coincide. The location has been key in marking generations of SA births, deaths, marriages and plenty in between, such as engagements, anniversaries and all the stepping stones in the human journey.

The venue where this all happens is actually two separate floors, upper and lower, offering different levels of eats and seats. The cafe offers a range of small snack plates from dips up to medium entree plates and then a selection of contemporary char grill, slow braise and roast mains.

Upstairs the higher-end dining venue takes a finer and fuller approach, occupies a sweeping room with a couple of stepped floor levels within, and amps up the comfort levels with plush seating, vertigo-ind...