10 Yards — Restaurant in District of Belconnen

Once the ‘Bolt Bar’ now a more open spaced bar and casual restaurant sharing a space with Two Before Ten. When Two Before Ten closes one end at 2pm 10 Yards comes to life serving food, wine and spirits etc until 9 pm. We thoroughly enjoyed the crispy squid with aioli and a plate of delicious toasted sour dough bread with oil for an entree. The ragu mushroom sauce with pasta and market fish with chips were also tasty. We found the staff pleasant and attentive and overall enjoyed our evening. What is very impressive is the magnificent outdoor vegetable gardens where there is a constant supply of fresh produce for both Two Before Ten and 10 Yards. We will definitely return.

Returned recently with a party of 8 - our ‘ABC’ dinner group and we were up to ‘T’. On the whole everything was fine. A few mistakes or misunderstandings wit orders and one order forgotten but very quickly provided once realised. My ‘Frozen Wee Jasper Distillery’ martini was very nice. Everyone seemed to enjoy their meals. I particularly enjoyed a plate of their very fresh, straight from the garden, sautéed vegetables. My duck was deliciously...

Whilst we always swear we'll never come back we always give it another shot. Very underwhelming, Buffalo Mozzarella was a bowl of leaves with a drizzle of balsamic and a tiny broken up cheese ball..... Beetroot Ricotta Dip, unsure of what was the desired outcome but we received a beetroot juice with 6 tortilla chips again on a massive bed of salad... Antipasto Plate..... I have no words... The wines were nice and cold... Service is ok, 2 staff members were preoccupied and nkt paying attention the the empty bar/restaurant, ended up going to bar to order. They we however extremely lovely when interacting. It's a shame because it has been such a hit since conception but witnessing the sad decline of a business that's got so much promise...

The food was average, definitely edible but not the standard I expected from a place that seems to be more than the standard pub meal. This bar does do a Thursday meal deal of $15 schnitzels and a drink for an extra $3 and I was surprised that they didn't have a prepared list of drinks that were included so we did get an $8 wine with a schnitzel for $18.

The wine list was not large but nearly every wine was not easily found elsewhere.

The atmosphere was nice however I did notice that nearly everyone (30 people) in the pub was above the age of 40 and I don't know why that would be.

I'd definitely try it again but if the food doesn't improve over the next two visits, I would...