Jenkins
Street Guesthouse
The Jenkins Street Guesthouse is a big house with common guest facilities downstairs and guest rooms upstairs. It used to be an old bank and the kitchen used to be the vault. The building is solid, with lots of brown tones, heavy country furnishings, polished wooden floors, good knick-knacks and some good art. It’s comfortable and relaxing. Try and get one of the two rooms with the lovely wide, old veranda. Beds may only be Queen size but the rooms are tastefully decorated (watch for mosquitoes though). The restaurant downstairs, Cha Cha Cha, alas is less successful. The chef is capable of getting the food out on time, but the dishes are fairly ordinary. I am surprised that the quality of the meat is as pedestrian as it is. I expect better meat in the country. The wine list is equally without any excitement and although the hospitality is good the execution is inept. Coffee names are misspelled on the blackboard menu and the chairs are by far the worst I have ever sat on.
Nevertheless this is a good country place to stay in. It's in a really pretty village, the showers certainly have good water pressure and the rooms have great views; just don’t expect too much from the food.
Score (for the restaurant): 5/10
85 Jenkins Street
Nundle NSW 2340
Tel.: 6769 3239