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Tuesday 5:30pm - 10:30pm Wednesday 5:30pm - 10:30pm Thursday 5:30pm - 10:30pm Friday 5:30pm - 10:30pm Saturday 5:30pm - 10:30pm

Peasant

Name: Peasant
Address: 613 Main Road, Ballarat, VIC, 3350, AU
Telephone: +61343107238

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Peasant Osteria is now in residency at the Mercure Ballarat Hotel & Convention Centre
serving unique Sicilian and Calabrian peasant-style food with a captivating w**e list.

18/10/2026

A tweak to our open hours: we're now open Tuesday through Saturday evenings. Closed Sunday & Monday.

Make an evening of it at Peasant Osteria.

Buon appetito.

Weekend tables available: www.peasant.net.au/reservations/

5 nights a week 5:30pm - 10:30pm.

11/10/2026

We had the pleasure of Gastrology dining with us over the weekend.

"We began with the Calamari alla Griglia, where grilled calamari was paired with cavolo nero, candied chilli, preserved lemon and oregano. It is a deceptively simple combination, but one that demonstrates the appeal of Southern Italian cooking: quality ingredients, bold yet balanced flavours and enough acidity and spice to keep everything lively..."

Read on as they take you through their dining experience: https://www.gastrology.co/article/peasant-osteria-ballarat

We're so glad you enjoyed it!

Buon appetito.

Tables available: www.peasant.net.au/reservations/

7 nights a week 5:30pm - 10:30pm.

30/09/2026

We’ll be honest with you, putting our prices up is the last thing we ever want to do. From tomorrow, 1 October, card surcharges are banned across Australia, and the fees the banks charge on every card payment now land on us.

With produce, wages and energy costs all climbing too, we’ve had no real choice but to adjust our menu prices. Like every family and small business right now, we’re feeling the squeeze from the cost of living. It wasn’t an easy decision, and we’ve kept the increase as small as we possibly can.

To everyone who pays with cash, you shouldn’t have to cover card fees you never create. From tomorrow, every cash payment at Peasant gets 2% off the bill.

We’re a small, local restaurant and we couldn’t do what we do without you. Thank you for sticking with us. We’ll keep putting everything we have into every plate. 🖤

25/09/2026

You don't always need an occasion to dine beautifully.

Sometimes the occasion is simply good company, an open bottle and a table you have no intention of leaving anytime soon.

Make an evening of it at Peasant Osteria.

Buon appetito.

Weekend tables available: www.peasant.net.au/reservations/

7 nights a week 5:30pm - 10:30pm.

23/09/2026

Spring brings a different rhythm to the kitchen. Tender greens, young vegetables, fresh herbs, brighter citrus and produce that needs very little interference to become something beautiful.

At Peasant Osteria, seasonality isn't simply a reason to change the menu. It's part of how we cook.

We follow what's growing, what's abundant and what's tasting its best, allowing each ingredient its moment before the season moves on again.

Buon appetito.

In residence at The Mercure Hotel Ballarat
613 Main Road, Ballarat, VIC

Tables available: www.peasant.net.au/reservations/

7 nights a week 5:30pm - 10:30pm.

19/09/2026

There are Saturday nights.

And then there are Saturday nights with handmade pasta, beautiful w**e, something decadent for dessert, and absolutely nowhere else you need to be.

Buon appetito.

Tables available: www.peasant.net.au/reservations/

7 nights a week 5:30pm - 10:30pm.

17/09/2026

Dinner at Peasant isn't intended to be rushed.

Begin with something small. Follow the season through the menu. Allow us to find a w**e for the table. Leave room for something sweet, then perhaps Amaro, grappa, or espresso.

No shortcuts or hurry, just the pleasure of a meal allowed to unfold.

Buon appetito.

Tables available: www.peasant.net.au/reservations/

7 nights a week 5:30pm - 10:30pm.

14/09/2026

A little Sicily. A little Calabria. A bottle from somewhere you've never been.

Food made with restraint, w**e chosen with purpose and hospitality that understands there is no prize for finishing dinner early.

Italy is closer than you think.

Tables available: www.peasant.net.au/reservations/

7 nights a week 5:30pm - 10:30pm.

11/09/2026

Not sure where to begin?

Allow us.

A few plates for the table. Something from the cellar. A dish you might not ordinarily choose. Something sweet to finish.

Sometimes the best way to experience Peasant is simply to let the evening take you somewhere.

Buon appetito.

Tables available: www.peasant.net.au/reservations/

7 nights a week 5:30pm - 10:30pm.

08/09/2026

The table is set. What happens next is entirely up to you.

Begin with slow-cooked beetroot salmon, wrapped in saffron skin with smoked tomato, capers, peas and mint. Perhaps the duck prosciutto, cut delicately and paired with blood orange, caper berries, Capra Sarda and tender pea shoots.

Linger over risotto, rich with crab, mascarpone and spinach, lifted with chilli and lemon. Then something a little more indulgent. Pollo Ripieno, filled with prosciutto, Capra Sarda and sage, with sweet parsnip. Or a 300g lamb steak, fragrant with garlic and oregano, served with bulgur and jewel-like pomegranate.

And when you think there might be room for just one more thing...

Savarin al Negroni. Soft, decadent and unapologetically grown-up, with silken mandarin custard and bittersweet Negroni ice cream.

A little of this. A little of that. Another bottle for the table.

We’ve set la tavola. You choose how the evening unfolds.

Buon appetito.

Tables available: www.peasant.net.au/reservations/

7 nights a week 5:30pm - 10:30pm.

Address

613 Main Road
Ballarat, VIC
3350

Opening Hours

Tuesday	5:30pm - 10:30pm
Wednesday	5:30pm - 10:30pm
Thursday	5:30pm - 10:30pm
Friday	5:30pm - 10:30pm
Saturday	5:30pm - 10:30pm

Telephone

+61343107238

Website

https://www.peasant.net.au/, https://www.peasant.net.au/reservations/, https://www.peasant.net.au/menu/

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