Civic Table Fine Dining
Civic Table operates on the belief that Canberra's surrounding region - the ACT farmlands, Snowy Mountains producers, and Southern Tablelands growers - contains enough raw material to sustain a genuinely ambitious kitchen without importing atmosphere from elsewhere. It is designed for guests who want dinner to be the point of the evening, not a prelude to something else. Chef Holloway's approach treats each menu rebuild as a fresh brief rather than a revision, which keeps the kitchen honest and the dining room worth returning to.
Eight-Week Rotating Menus
Every menu cycle is built from scratch around confirmed ACT-region supply, meaning the kitchen never retrofits a dish to available produce - the produce dictates the dish from the start.
Open-Fire Cooking Station
A central wood-fire hearth visible from most tables handles the majority of protein and root vegetable preparation, producing results that a conventional oven physically cannot replicate.
Producer Provenance Cards
Each table setting includes a printed card identifying every farm or producer featured that evening - names, locations, and a sentence on why Chef Holloway chose them this cycle.
Private Dining Room for 12
A glass-walled room separated from the main floor accommodates groups who need conversation privacy without losing the visual connection to the kitchen and dining room energy.
Dedicated Sommelier-Free Beverage Programme
The non-alcoholic beverage menu - house-fermented shrubs, single-origin filter pours, and seasonal pressed juices - receives the same development attention as the food menu, not an afterthought listing.
Chef's Counter Experience
Four seats at the pass allow guests to watch full service in real time, with direct conversation access to Chef Holloway between courses - available to a maximum of four guests per sitting on Thursday and Friday evenings.