best restaurant canberra

Experience Gravitas

best restaurant canberra

Experience Gravitas

best restaurant canberra

Experience Gravitas

Our Journey

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We proudly present Gravitas Hospitality as the new parent company of Canberra’s multi-award-winning Daana Restaurant and Catering, which has been serving Canberra since 2015. We are delighted to announce our latest venture, The Abbey by Daana, an iconic venue at Canberra’s Goldcreek Village in Nicholls.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Experience Gravitas in the grandeur of this iconic venue
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Delightfully Different Catering in Canberra
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Our flagship business from September 2015 to September 2023
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The Best in the Business

Our Chef D’inspiration

SUNITA

Sunita’s family hails from Kerala, a South Indian state. Her childhood passion for cooking developed in her parents and grandmother’s kitchens, inspiring her to train professionally in India to become a qualified chef. Daana offers a range of dishes inspired by many of Sunita’s home recipes. She is delighted to share those heirloom recipes with the guests, so ask for them.

Our Chef De Flavour

SANJAY

Sanjay is from Delhi, and his grandfather was a renowned culinary specialist famous for his acumen in wedding and festival catering. Sanjay followed in his grandfather’s footsteps and chose his career as a chef. Following his academic training, Sanjay joined India’s leading hospitality group Taj Hotels as a chef. Chef Sanjay received the prestigious RCA ACT Chef of the Year award in 2020.

This family business is amazing. The owners/staff are helpful, informative, and actually care about the food they are dishing out, and the people eating it. Every Saturday, they do a different region of India and foods that the area specialises in. Haven’t had a bad dish from here, don’t think I ever will! Must try for everyone!
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Theodore Leonidas Merkoureas on FaceBook
Going to Daana for thali is always an absolute treat. The food is beautifully prepared and the selection of dishes is perfection. No one else in Canberra offers such a selection, especially of vegetarian food. I can’t wait for my next visit to Daana!
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Pip Thompson on The Fork
Very impressed, this establishment prepares Indian food to a standard rarely seen in Australia. So many Indian restaurants in this country simply follow a tired formula, but Daana presents regional variations with real skill that demonstrates a wide appreciation and knowledge of regional cuisines. We were visiting from Victoria and can’t wait to try out the Khatiawardi menu if it is on next time we visit family in Curtin.
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Neil Longmore on Google Business
We were visiting Canberra from Perth to see old uni friends. Growing up around authentic Kerela inspired South Indian meals cooked by my grandmother, we visited Daana during their “Onam” special weekend. Food was amazing and the experience came with so much warmth from the owners Sunita, Sanjay and the rest of their staff (banana leaf service with full typical Kerala menu of more than 20 items). It felt like a delicious home-cooked meal after a long time! Highly recommend if you are looking for good South Indian food in a cosy setting!
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Sangeeta Parmeswaran on Facebook

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