Bella Char Restaurant and Wine Bar

We just had dinner here tonight, and the food was immaculate! I ordered a few entrees as a main, and my partner ordered a steak. All was cooked to perfection, super tasty. We both agreed it’s the best meal we’ve ever eaten at a restaurant and want to cancel our dinner plans for tomorrow night to come back again.
Desserts were equally as delish! I don’t usually come on here to do reviews but I felt it deserved one.
The table service was also immaculate. Highly reccomend and will be coming back again! :)

Most excellent service, friendly and discreet.

Great Restaurant to take your Interstate Lover for an intimate dining experience, pay cash, so that your card statement has no Digital footprint.

Stayed at Mercure resort for wedding anniversary and had dinner at Bella Char restaurant, ambience is nice, high ceiling , Good food and cooking, large portion . For my husband and me, we ordered1 entree, 2 mains and 1 dessert but leave a main untouch as too full ! Service was good but a bit struggle with staffing.
The following morning we went there for the buffet breakfast which was also very nice and comprehensive, barrister nice coffee made to order included , we enjoyed very much.

My partner and I enjoyed happy hour drinks here. We appreciated the amazing service from the waiters and bar tenders and enjoyed the live music. Good variety of cocktails and other alcoholic drinks available, including from vineyards local to gerringong.

Best steak and excellent food service.
Consider an ALL accor card.
Half price meals are the best

Sensational food and professional service. The steak was divine with superbly cooked vegetables and beautifully presented. Highly recommended.

Great friendly service and family-friendly. Great food and served in a timely manner. Plus accorplus member discount benefits

The food and drinks took a long time to come, but were all well prepared and delicious when they finally arrived

Our experience at Bella Char was great.
The food was seriously good and flavourful. The drinks were also well made and mixed by the bartenders. Staff were attentive and helpful.

We moved to the exterior fireplace and the staff were happy for us to move there with our post dinner drinks.

My friend group and I enjoy delicious Sri Lankan cuisine accompanied with Sri Lankan beer and cocktails. The food was as authentic as it gets. Highly recommend it

If you're heading down to 'the gong' do yourself a favour and stop in for a feed at Bella Char. The food was amazing and the service was even better delivered with a can-do attitude usually reserved for a white glove experience. Nail it

Great food and attentive service. One small hiccup with my cocktail that was rectified quickly. Lovely atmosphere. Singer was great but volume was a little loud. Would recommend

Some of the BEST food I've ever had. Jean was absolutely amazing!!!
Don't miss out on this experience!

We stayed at the Mecure last week (24/11/21-26/11/21) whilst in town for a wedding. As the weather was very average on the 25/11 we stayed local and really were quite stumped on where to go for dinner. Myself and my partner are usually not ones for dining at hotel restaurants usually due to them being very sub par. The local places we found searching Google seemed all ok and to be honest what you'd expect from a nice little seaside town like Gerringong. The rain was pouring down and we thought we would look up the hotel restaurant for the sheer convenience. The menu looked good. Reviews, although mixed all seemed pretty good for the most recent 6mths. The menu showed a good variety of foods. The only concern we had was the price. Not cheap, but not exorbitant. I'd day $$$ to $$$$ from a possible $$$$$. We booked and went along. Again, the booking was made purely due to the bad weather and us not being bothered to go elsewhere in the horrendous rain. Well, thank heavens for the rain. The restaurant was a lovely clean space with nice furnishings. Tables were also not on top of each other. My partner who is predomintely vegetarian didnt have the biggest options available but ended up choosing the Polenta chips with Gorgnzola sauce ($14), we shared the in house baked bread that came with black garlic butter ($11). I took on the duck terrine ($24). So far, all amazing. For mains my partner had the local beer battered snapper and chips ($34) that was huge, amazing batter, 2 massive snapper fillets and came with a in house made dill tartare sauce that was devine. I had the beef cheeks in pappardelle pasta with a rich tomato sauce ($30). I would have to say the pasta was also made in-house and was spot on al dente.... Unfortunately there was no room for desserts but from what I saw coming out of the kitchen they looked the goods... Overall, this blew our minds. Friendly staff, amazing food, lovely setting... food bill (we drank 2 x Cokes each) was $150... $20 of that was for 4 cokes so food was $130... I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Bella Char to anywne staying in Gerringong or even up the road in Kiama or anywhere surrounding as it would 100% be worth the 10-25mins drive... we will most deinftely dine here again....

Hadn't been to Bella Char for a while, but recently went for a club function and found it really worthwhile. The food was really good and had much improved from my previous visits. Also, the service from the staff was excellent.

Fantastic food cooked with love. Service was excellent. One of the best restaurants in the Illawarra / South Coast. Had dinner with my Husband and neighbours. We all ordered different meals. All were cooked to perfection.

Great restaurant breakfast was outstanding. Dinner was excellent. The service was warm and friendly .staff are great

The chefs are first class and wonderful staff.

The food here is actually very special - wasn’t surprised to hear the chef is someone of note - we will be back. Great wine list - upmarket venue with friendly staff. The veal schnitzel was to die for 😍

Great food in a lovely cottage with high ceilings.