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02/10/2026

Such and Such is hosting a three day interactive exhibition featuring collaborations between contemporary creatives from multiple industries across Canberra and surrounds here for the centuries old game Chess.
We would love to see you there!

Proudly supported by the ACT Government.

Clubb Chess is being held as a part of the 2026 Craft + Design Canberra Festival held on 5 - 15 November, and supported by artsACT through City of Design fund.

♖ Everyone is welcome! ♖

Jaquie Meng, Mark Brook, Shaun Hayes, Harry Townsend, Hands on Studio, Olivia Kidson, April Phillips, and Nathan Nhan have dissected, resurrected, folded, manipulated, built, broken and constructed artworks presented as games for play.

If you have signed up to our newsletter you will have received an access code for the presale starting today at 12pm.
All other tickets go on sale Monday 5th October at 5pm.

Head to .chess to buy tickets

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HOSTED BY SUCH AND SUCH
CURATOR: GRACE BLAKE
MUSIC: SONIC BUISNESS
PHOTOGRAPHY: CASSIE ABRAHAM
ACCESSIBILITY: FANCY AND PICKLES

Thank you to our sponsors:

and...

and partners:

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02/10/2026

We are hiring 🚨

We are looking for FOH professionals and bartenders from casual to fulltime, and a kitchen hand or two.

If you like people, food, restaurants and enjoy working with intention and care get in touch.

Send your cv and why you want to work with us to:

[email protected]
And/or
[email protected]

Image: cassie abraham

31/03/2026

It's been while since we posted on the notice board.

We are open all long weekend. There's a few reservations available and if you want to just swing by for a drink is open all weekend too.

Bye Bye March, and hello April. That means a new organisation for BYO Thursdays. For the month of April all corkage sales will go towards the Chain Reaction Foundation.

We will see you when we're lookin' at ya.

xx Pilot

12/02/2026

Two things can be true.
We stand against genocide and we stand against terrorism.

Mainstream and social media and actions by our government and police force are fuelling the divide in our country.

Our BYO focus for the next few months is highlighting diversity, inclusion, acceptance and growth. This is an opportunity for us to have conversations, protest, and listen.

Next month it will be a year since we started our BYO Thursdays, and we will do a round up then. We wanted to say good job! thanks! keep going! you're awesome! and everything in between.

We would love to raise more awareness and donations for this coming year.
Send us an email for anything you want to support including local, national and global organisations.

Swipe to see more info on
February: Bondi Community Relief Appeal
March: Cafe Stepping Stone
April: Chain Reaction
and
Past Organisations you helped us to support.

29/12/2025

Want a job?

We have a few positions available.

We welcome chefs, and front of house of all levels and experiences to reach out and apply.

We are looking for people who love the industry and restaurants like ours. If you do not have experience in similar restaurants let us know why you want to work with us and your goals for the upcoming year.

Positions available include:
Casual front of house
Part time front of house
Full time front of house
Sommeliers
Restaurant Manager/2IC
Head chef
Sous chef
Chef de partie

And everything in between.

Send us an email or apply on the website in the career section
[email protected]

19/12/2025

We are excited to announce that we’re transitioning our reservation system to in January 2026.

Stay tuned as we will update how and when to book towards the end of the year.

This is our last week of service before we re-open on Friday 9th Jan.

Looking forward to the New Year!

Dash, Ross, Mal and the team 💙

04/12/2025

As the end of year is fast approaching we have a few reservations available until we take a short break over the summer from 22nd, re-opening on the 9th January.

For the month of December all proceeds from byo Thursdays will go towards If you bring a bottle you can decide how much you would like to donate.

Tom and Kane have been busing working on the drinks program for summer. A few hits include:
Non alcoholic:
Doing the Dew - �All parts of Rockmelon, lemon verbena, herbs.
The Mighty Booch - �Riberry and pear skin kombucha.
Berry and Beans - Strawberry, miso, tonka bean + vanilla cream soda.
Cocktails:
Pep Talk Negroni� - Pepperberry infused Forty Spotted gin, Okar, Naturi Rosso, strawberry.
Beet Wellington - Starward wh***ey, mushroom caramel, beetroot.

And a new edition to the pairing for our pre dessert featuring Bellicose pink gin with strawberry, rhubarb + pandan.

Congratulations to Tom for coming 19th in the country for his non alc cocktail Raspberry & Miso in the Boothby drink of the year awards ❤

Lastly!
Our good friend Angus is hosting a pop up at dairy road for the month of December. More than Friends opens this weekend!

Remember to sign up to our newsletter for all the good, fun and spicy bits of Canberra. And visit us in the courtyard for some chill snacks and incredible cocktails.

28/10/2025

Introducing our new supplement cheese course...

A duo of sheep and goat milk cheeses served with macerated apricots, Reedy Creek Honey, and roasted macadamias. Presented in a perfect glass saucer by Scott and Gina of

You are welcome to add this onto any of the three menus we offer as a additional course... In fact it is encouraged.

27/10/2025

Sign up to our monthly newsletter 💌

We want to go slower and appreciate the history and forever stories of Canberra and its people. We also wanted to take back control of what and how we share.

A few times each month we get together and chat about people, places and stories. There are interviews, recipes, musings, reviews, poems. There's silly things and heartfelt things. There's the goings on of our restaurants but also the cool events outside of it. We know we can't cover everything, and so need to be selective and we're just starting to find the groove. It is subjective but it's also objective. It can be anything and hopefully it's something. We're going to keep at it for as long as we can.

So if you haven't read it we encourage you to! You can read past issues on our website, and sign up to our mailing list to receive the November issue next week. If you have given it a read let us know what you think!

All the issues so far have been solely written by us and our friends which has been a great experience. We are looking for people that would like to write about Canberra in a creative way. So if this is you please reach out.
All of the writing is accompanied with images by who is also a collaborator on the newsletter. Each month we get a bit more creative and are really keen to see what interesting and unexpected visuals we can deliver in the future.

Please reach out if you have an idea for a story, want to be involved, give feedback, or just say hey!

Since the first newsletter went out in June we have more than doubled the readership. It's been so great having real conversations with people about the project. It makes it all worth it.

Thankyou to everyone that has been a part of it so far!

Stay tuned ... ❤️

16/10/2025

The idea is simple. If you wish to pay corkage select your amount and 100% of your corkage amount will go to our chosen organisation for the month.

For the month of October we have chosen

This is an independent not-for-profit committed to championing Indigenous land and sea management across Australia by supporting, advocating and amplifying the vital work of Indigenous Rangers, Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs), and Indigenous caring for Country.

Before European contact Indigenous Australians occupied and managed all of our continent for millennia. That connection has been sustained despite enormous challenges since colonisation. Our ecosystems today are a result of Indigenous use, occupation and management and require active management to sustain the unique biodiversity and natural values we all cherish.

In close collaboration with their extensive network of frontline Indigenous partners, their advocacy has helped build a new narrative for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who wish to live and work on their Country, for the benefit of all Australians.

They do this by ensuring Rangers and Traditional Owners can talk directly with decision makers, initiating constructive engagement with governments of all persuasions, through policy commentary and feedback, and by communicating with and mobilising a broad public support base through traditional and digital media.

If you are inspired and interested you should certainly watch their documentary Keeping Country Strong. The documentary highlights the critical work of Indigenous Rangers in Indigenous Protected Areas including Budj Bim IPA, Gaagal Wajaarr Proposed Sea Country IPA, Ngururrpa IPA, Tiwi Islands IPA, Anangu Tjutaku IPA, Lungtalanana IPA, Mayala IPA, SE Arnhem Land IPA and Karajarri IPA.

You can watch this at one of the screenings or on online at SBS.

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Address

Shop 1 Wakefield Gardens
Canberra, ACT
2602

Opening Hours

Wednesday	6pm - 12am
Thursday	6pm - 12am
Friday	6pm - 12am
Saturday	12pm - 3:30pm
	6pm - 12am
Sunday	12pm - 3pm

Telephone

+61262574334

Website

http://pilotrestaurant.com/

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