Appropriately themed '10 commandment' Schnitzel menu is awesome…read more $20 for a decent sized schnitzel with assorted 'pizza like' toppings. comes with salad and chips. The plate is just huge. Most won't get through it (it's a good thing). Hmm all this talk has got me hungry. I may go tonight!

Some people no doubt will be absolutely horrified to learn that a church has been turned into a…read morebar, but honestly, I really don't care at all because at least the building has gone to good use as opposed to either gathering dust, or even being knocked down and replaced with some monstrosity. It turns out though that this place was actually pretty good. Sure, it is also a restaurant, but they do serve some rather nice beers, and the outdoor area is pretty cool. Well worth checking out.

It was about an hour drive for me but nonetheless it was quite a nice experience. It's quite fancy…read moredespite it being housed at the RSL. Food it pretty good and the portion sizes are quite generous.

Two different restaurants inside. One is a covered outdoor tavern atmosphere and the other an…read moreindoor traditional RSL. Ate at the outdoor restaurant- was pretty good.

This was actually a really lovely pub, and it was one that I had no idea existed until I wandered…read morepast it. Okay, I have never been up to this part of Sydney previously, so I guess I had no idea what I would encounter, but this place literally appeared out of nowhere. It is probably more like one of those country restaurants, but in reality, it has a real nice charm about it that many places are lacking. Oh, and it has a nice outdoor area, though it doesn't have a huge selection of beers.

Not bad. But overpriced given the quality of nearby eateries. We picked it because they re-opened…read moreat 4 an hour earlier than nearby restaurants, and we didn't want take out. The Charred Veggie Salad with Chicken was really good (Mrs B.) I got an "American Burger" with "Kumera" wedges (Sweet Potato Fries) the Fries we're better than the burger, which was nonetheless enjoyable. Better beers than some places

It's incredible to me but the Macquarie Arms Hotel in Windsor is thought to be the oldest inn and…read more"the oldest pub" on mainland Australia. (Tasmania likes to sneaks in now and then when we aren't looking. Not sure if you can trust the Tassies though. I heard the place started as a penal colony. lol). Being the oldest pub is surely a great honour in Australia, in a land where beer is damn near sacred. Talk about hiding in plain sight up there on the hill in Thompson's Square (see separate review). I wonder if the patrons went from Australia's oldest school & church at nearby Ebenezer down here to the oldest pub. The Arms' website (http://www.macquariearms.com.au/history/) states: "In 1815 a "spacious and commodious inn" was constructed by Richard Fitzgerald adjoining Thompson Square and was known as the Macquarie Arms. In order to save Government the cost of providing such a structure, Macquarie had given "Mr. Fitzgerald a large allotment in the square on the expressed condition of his building immediately thereon a handsome commodious inn of brick or stone and to be at least two stories high." ( Macquarie's Journal of his tours- 12th Jan. 1811) The soldiers would sometimes stay on the upper floor. After a hard day's work, the convicts who built the Macquarie Arms entertained themselves by smuggling barrels of illegal rum from the Hawkesbury River into the quarters below through the "Rum Smuggler's Tunnels". Two convict brothers blew themselves up in the cellar. A young girl Mary died upstairs after being trapped by a fire. Windsor Ghost Tours says their ghosts remain and will take you on a tour on Saturday nights. That would be fun. The Heritage Council of NSW describes the Arms as follows: "Physical Description: The hotel is a building of generous proportions, with sandstock brick walls, stuccoed over and painted white. It has two large Georgian doorways with semi-circular traceried fanlights and sidelights, but the glass in the one facing George Street has unfortunately been painted over. The one opening onto Thompson Square can still be seen in its original state. The hotel retains its well designed cedar joinery, its cedar circular staircase, its extensive stone flagged cellars, its turned wooden verandah columns, and its stone flagging." I'll give it four stars for not giving up the ghost. A portrait of Governor Macquarie hands in the Dining Room as would be expected. The Arms boasts "Beautiful Pub Food from $6.50 pastas to $9.95 steak and beer deals (see our weekly specials in house). Keno, TAB, Pokies and three pool tables and two dart boards. HOURS: Monday/Tuesday/Sunday 10am to 10pm. Wednesday to Saturday 10am to 12am." I never thought of pub food as beautiful, but maybe it's in the eye of the beholder. Average or adequate would be a better description, but the wait can be painful. Maybe they're resting on their laurels, but pretty good laurels they are generally. Good for a drink for history's sake, but I wouldn't base a family meal here if you know what I mean. But when visiting a pub I'm not going to get picky about the food. They have steaks, battered fish & chips, schnitzel, burgers, pasta, salads and more. $10 for 10 items on Monday, and other specials, sometimes beef ribs. A horseshoe on the outside wall of the Macquarie Arms pub marks the level a huge flood peaked at in 1867, when beaches along the Hawkesbury to Barrenjoey were littered with the debris from the town.

This pub certainly doesn't feel like a local pub, namely because it tries to capture the semi-rural…read moreatmosphere of Windsor. It feels a lot like one of those pubs that appeals to the daytripper up here, particularly with the architecture, and of course of lovely beer garden down near the river. It is a nice pub, and it certainly has a lot of atmosphere about it, and in fact, feels that it is the original pub from up this way. The other thing that stands out is that it does have a nice selection of beers as well though the service, well, it wasn't the best, but it was still good.

Scalling back my review from a 5 to a 4. The food tasted great BUT $70 for 2 kids meals and a…read morecrumbed lamb cutlets with some drinks is ridiculous. I was either over charged or they charge a lot for their drinks! I could have gone to several other places close by for a larger meal and about $10-20 cheaper.

The breakfast Sunday great for the hole family 7am 10am great shambled egg, has brown, snags,…read morebacon, toast, fried egg and tomato onion sauce wonderful for $7.00 $4.50 mug coffee.

With the number of pubs that happen to be located in Richmond there is probably going to be a pub…read morethat I really, really didn't like. Well, that turned out to be this particular pub. It really feels like your typical suburban pub, that is basically being a sports bar with a VIP lounge and a restaurant, as well as a selection of tap beers that really doesn't spur my imagination. Well, now that I have been to this place once, I can mark it off my map and go and do something a lot more interesting.

Been here a couple of times & never had a drama. Good honest old fashioned pub with affordable…read moredrinks & meals. Nothing flash but enough variety to suit most tastes & diets & the serving sizes are beyond generous. Nice deck out the back to have a drink &/or meal looking out on the trees. They have a motel style accommodation beside too but I've never used it so can't vouch for it either way.

ONE OF THE WORST DINING EXPERIENCES OF MY ENTIRE LIFE…read more This pub has management issues - as in apparently no management and the staff running amok. Our visit was on or about November 29, 2012. I'm pretty sure it was a Thursday. Didn't know if Australia had Yelp at the time. We wanted to go there for the $10 rump steak dinner. First of all, my mother was told a different closing time than when I called. We didn't know the other one had called also. Don't they know when they close? YES THEY DO. When we met up at the bistro, I ordered a rump steak dinner for myself, my mother and my son. The chubby blonde lady working the bistro said it was $35 total (in OZ tax is included). I sensed her "attitude" but didn't want to ruin our dinner by calling her on her BS in that $10 X 3 does not equal $35. That would mean each steak dinner costs $11.66. But the sign out front says $10 rump steak (and tax is included). I describe her as a "chubby blonde" not to comment on her weight, but to identify her in light of the serious issues. She wasn't that overweight. I had an important phone call to make and didn't want to upset myself. I just considered the $5 as a tip for the staff. No hesitation from her whatsoever, and little doubt the extra $5 went into her pocket. She heard my American accent, thought I was a tourist, and presumed I didn't know what the hell is going on in Australia. She didn't know I was from there. This hotel is right next to Australian Pioneer Village, so they probably get a lot of tourist traffic. There was a table of local guys getting drunk and loudly swearing up a storm. Whatever. This is semi-rural Australia so it was not so unusual. A manager ought to quiet them down some, but there was apparently no manager around. But this next part takes the cake! Two in our party had finished eating, but I was still finishing up. While I was obviously still eating, the same blonde lady comes over and throws a used serviette / napkin on my unfinished plate while I'm sitting there with my knife and fork still in my hand. She then picks up the three plates and goes off to the kitchen. OUTRAGEOUS. Never have I experienced something like this in my entire life. Obviously she didn't have the patience to come back in just a couple of minutes. Too lazy to want to want to walk back a second time, also. I was so flabergasted I did not say a word because for sure it would have made a nasty scene because I have no doubt whatsoever this b@tch would have mouthed back at me. I WOULD HAVE GONE OFF, make no mistake about it. So there you have it, Yelp is ramping up in Australia and the Heritage Hotel has its first review as a big fat negative. Well-deserved I might add. BTW, when is Yelp going to grace us with a zero star option, instead of one star being the lowest?