Moss Manor – on a rise above Moss Vale

Continuing the series of posts about places we've visited and reviewed on Google Maps, but which have never been posted to this blog, my next post is about a relatively new place to stay in Moss Vale. Moss Manor was a newly-discovered place for us, even though we have been visiting Moss Vale for years. It only opened the year before we visited. It was very impressive and a great addition to the Southern Highlands. We had a fantastic time utilising a special offer on a three day break from daily life. Even though, now they are established, the special offer seems to have ceased and we can't afford to go back, it's extremely high quality and highly recommended.

Moss Manor was luxurious, well renovated, top quality and very comfortable. Heated bathroom floors were a bonus. The renovated function rooms/dining rooms and lounge at the rear were a very effective addition to a heritage house (and double glazed, which is good, because one of the other great attractions of Moss Vale is its trains and they passed behind very close).

The front door to Moss Manor in the former Council Chambers.

Nearby activities
Just down a short hill are all the attractions of Moss Vale – more excellent furniture, design and homeware shops than you can count and Mosaic Wine Bar, so good it should be my local.

Wine o’clock in downtown Moss Vale

I've always had a weak spot for Moss Vale in the Southern Highlands of NSW – I even got married just down the road from there, at Sutton Forest, one of the better and more enduring steps in my life. I have been watching it slowly change over the decades since.

Argyle Street Wine Merchant entrance, on the corner of the main road through Moss Vale.

I like the slightly worn feel that Moss Vale has, not to mention the fine steaks in its pub, which has been a finalist in important national meat awards. Given we have often stayed in many of the cottages at Pines Pastoral, just outside Moss Vale, and Pines is mainly a producer of quality beef, this seems appropriate. For a long time the town was the poor cousin to Bowral – where the well-off and famous came to live – but lately it has been blooming, with shops opening rather than closing, as used to be the case.