RESERVATION REQUESTS.

Antica Australis in Carcoar was always meant to be simply an extraordinary moment in time...and that time is now.

WE ARE CLOSING OUR DOORS IN CARCOAR FOREVER ON

17 NOVEMBER 2024.

Antica Australis in Carcoar is now FULLY BOOKED for our five fabulous farewell weekends before we close our doors in Carcoar forever.

Feel free to make a request to join our waitlist.

We are embarking on new adventures.

Antica Australis will live on as a pop-up at the 16th Century Emirati pearling village of Al Jazeera Al Hamra during the Ras Al Khaimah Art Festival in the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah in the UAE throughout February 2025. From March 2025, we will be relocating to Italy to focus on our relaunched travel brand Antica Travel Co. hosting curious, cultured travellers through adventures in Ciociaria, central Italy.

We have shared some truly magical moments with you all, a heartfelt thank you and lots of love from both of us.

Paolo & Kelly Picarazzi

WAITLIST ONLY. WE ARE FULLY BOOKED FROM 19 OCTOBER UNTIL CLOSING 17 NOVEMBER 2024.

Please fill in our booking enquiry form below.

We require at least 2 days prior notice to the weekend to prepare the vegetarian option. We don’t encourage any further dietary requests.

If you are a genuine coeliac we can usually adjust our current set menu, feel free to ask when making a reservation request and we will let you know if it’s possible. We are really sorry, but we are unable to cater for dairy-free, vegan, nut allergies or FODMAP requests.

We recommend checking our current menu before booking to see what’s being offered and if it suits you.

Antica is not ideal for small children.

Please let us know if you require wheelchair access on booking.

BOOKING INFO

We respond to all booking enquiries within 24 hours of receipt of email. Please check your spam folders if you haven’t heard from us.

To avoid disappointment, we recommend booking at least 2-3 weeks ahead of your preferred date.

Our cultural dining experiences are considered ticketed events, with all guests arriving and being seated at the same time. Our lunch sessions commence at 1pm and dinner sessions at 7pm.

Please try your best to arrive on time for your set session. We will commence without you if late.

PREPAYMENT REQUIRED TO CONFIRM

To confirm your reservation you will need to pre-pay for each person in full. Payment is required within 24 hours of confirmation of reservation. Any delay in payment may mean you forfeit your reservation and the timeslot will be offered to others.

INDIVIDUAL BOOKINGS

If you need to cancel your booking for circumstances outside your control, we require at least two days’ notice prior to the weekend in writing to provide you with a full refund (less $3 per person transaction fee). Notice provided with less than two days’ notice prior to the weekend will be provided with a credit voucher to use at an alternative date. No-shows are ineligible for refunds or credits.

GROUP BOOKINGS

You are welcome to make large group bookings during our regular trading hours (we recommend you request at least one month prior to secure date) or to request a private group booking for Thursday or Friday dinner sessions (minimum 10 guests). Group reservations must be confirmed by prepayment in full at least two weeks prior to your dining date.

At least two weeks’ notice is required for cancellations to provide us with enough time to try and replace your session with guests from our wait list. Notice provided with less than two weeks’ notice will forfeit 25% of final payment plus $3 per person transaction fees. Please be mindful of potential impacts on a small local business, send some of your guests if not all guests can attend!

ALL BOOKINGS

Bookings are essential. We only order in or source direct from local producers what we need each week. It’s best to reserve your place at least 2-3 weeks prior to the date you desire to avoid disappointment.

We run our locanda on a ‘minimal waste’ principle. This means we source all of our in-season produce locally and that we only bring in what we need each weekend to cater for our confirmed guests.

Help us to achieve our sustainability goals by respectfully cancelling or amending any individual booking with as much notice as possible. Please be mindful that we are in a tiny village in the middle of nowhere - we are unable to replace last minute cancellations or no-shows.

If we are in the unfortunate position of needing to cancel your booking due to circumstances outside of our control, such as changes in Federal or State government regulations particularly in relation to COVID-19, we will endeavor to let you know as soon as we can and refund your booking in full.

GETTING HERE

Carcoar is a 45 minute drive from Orange. Take the A32 highway from Millthorpe to Blayney to Carcoar, and don't follow the secret road for locals on GPS unless it's daylight! We recommend you stay in Carcoar if you are joining us - there are many gorgeous options, take a look at our website.

DIETARY REQUIREMENTS

We have a very small kitchen with a very small team of one in it - we simply don’t have the resources to cater for various dietary requirements. If you are a genuine coeliac we can sometimes adjust our current set menu, feel free to ask when making a reservation request and we will let you know if it’s possible. We are really sorry, but we are unable to cater for dairy-free, nut allergies or FODMAP requests.

OUR PROVENANCE AND MINIMAL WASTE ETHOS.

We source our produce direct from local producers, orchards and farms in the Bathurst, Cowra, Canowindra, and Orange districts within a 100 mile radius of Carcoar - with a focus on being artisanal, sustainable, ethical and organic.

We only order in or source direct from producers what we need each weekend. We hand collect our produce direct from our producers’ farm gates each week. Our kitchen scraps are collected for the enjoyment of local chooks and we run on solar power.