1918 Bistro & Grill

About

The iconic Barossa Valley Food and Wine Experience

Story

The Great War was drawing to a close when Frederick Carl Gottleib Wallent put the finishing touches to his family home by chiselling the date in the foundation stone by the front door. His son, Morris Wallent, later became the mayor of Tanunda and took over the family home.
More than 70 years later in 1992, an enterprising group of locals turned the proud Wallent home into the Barossa's first bistro grill - a friendly place where Barossa winemakers could entertain their guests and visitors could relax after a hard day's wine tasting.
In 1998 Tanya and Sid King visited 1918 as guests and said “when we get our own place it would be great to do something like this”, 17 years later, in 2015 the opportunity arose for The King Family to be the new custodians of this fine home of Barossa Hospitality.
The 1918 family are passionate about serving the freshest, seasonally inspired local cuisine. This is complimented by a wine list featuring back vintages of some of the Barossa Valleys most remarkable family owned and produced wines.
On frosty winter evenings red gum logs still splutter in the open fireplaces and in the summer, there's temptation to linger on the shady wisteria-scented veranda or under the giant Norfolk pine.
What you'll also find is a youthful passion and buzz, modern Australian tastes and flavours and a genuine willingness to please.
We hope you enjoy being part of the ongoing story of 1918.