The Room
Station Street, after dark.
A dining room in the Southern Highlands where Chef Subash Ghimire folds the flavours of Kathmandu, Dubai and rural France into one table.
Monaco Bowral opened in 2023 in a heritage cottage on Station Street, built around a simple idea: that French technique and Himalayan memory could sit comfortably on the same plate. The dining room seats guests across a main hall with an open kitchen, a private room for up to sixteen, and a pet-friendly courtyard that has become one of Bowral's quieter evening rituals.
The kitchen is small, the menu changes with the season, and the chef still remembers exactly which dish reminds him of home.
Subash's first kitchen was his mother's, cooking over an open fire in a small Himalayan town — where he learned that flavour starts with patience, not equipment.
Formal training gave shape to instinct, and set him on a path toward hotel kitchens abroad.
Years spent alongside Michelin-trained chefs, mastering French and European technique in some of the region's grandest kitchens.
Helping open new restaurants from the ground up, kitchen by kitchen, country by country.
Head events chef, refining a style suited to Australian produce and Highlands weddings.
A restaurant of his own — where Nepalese heritage and French elegance finally share one menu.
A refined, unhurried night out — the chef's food more than lives up to the setting.
Google review, Bowral diner
The beef cheek alone is worth the trip up from Sydney.
Google review, weekend visitor
Warm service, a menu that keeps surprising us — now a regular booking for our family.
Google review, returning guest
A quietly elegant room with genuinely first-class cooking behind it.
Google review, Southern Highlands local
Southern Highlands, NSW 2576 — a short walk from Bowral station, with street parking nearby.
Private room for up to 16 guests. Courtyard seating for up to 50, pet-friendly.
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