Ates Blackheath
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A Blackheath restaurant that cooks Mediterranean sharing plates in a century-old wood-fired oven inside a former bakery. It received one Good Food Guide chef's hat in 2024 and 2025.
The name means 'fire' in Ottoman Turkish. The restaurant is set in an old bakery, with a century-old wood-fired oven in the middle. The Mediterranean-style sharing menu is headlined by wood-fired duck, the most acclaimed signature dish, which has once been served with nectarines. Other dishes include charcoal-grilled octopus with chorizo and fennel, wood-fired cauliflower, charcoal-grilled fish and house-made focaccia. The wine list focuses on New South Wales wines. It won one Good Food Guide chef's hat in both 2024 and 2025, and Time Out rated it five stars. The space is small and cosy and can get noisy when full, so booking is required. It is a 2-minute walk from Blackheath railway station.
Opening hours
Lunch and dinner; check OpenTable for current hours
Nearby sights
- Govetts Leap Lookout
- Grand Canyon Track
- Hydro Majestic Hotel
- Evans Lookout
- Pulpit Rock Lookout
- Katoomba
- Leura
- Leura Cascades