Dropped in for dinner on a Tuesday night as I heard it's been renovated and was interested to see what the place was like now. Renovation weren't that exciting from what I saw just a coat of paint and some new furniture. The painting on the walls had me wondering what theme they were trying to follow. There was no nightly specials that you normally get a pub. No Parmy Wednesday or steak Tuesday or kids eat free Fridays which is usually a bit of a draw card to families.
Anyway to the meal. We grabbed a beer from the limited variety they had on tap. And sat at a table and had a look at the menu. First disappointment was there was no garlic or herb bread at all not even a bread roll. The menu was fairly limited and had a fair variety of different types of dishes. The prices were a bit in the higher side for a pub meal so we expected good food. They staff were average not overly friendly but we did get water with a slice of lemon which is always refreshing.
Started with spicy chicken wings. These weren't bad just wings in a peri peri sauce. With a bit of roasted peppers and feta. Nice and spicy but nothing you couldn't do at home really. Main we got a Chicken Parmy each. This was a decent size meal the Parmy was stacked on top of some nice crunchy French fries. The Parmy was ok not too dry but no really moist. The crumb was all but falling of mine. The garden salad that was with the meal but had a very bland dressing on it and was just eatable.
I had read mixed reviews about the meals and thought we would give them the benefit of the doubt. Over all not bad some of the other patrons meals looked ok. But I always question when they have slow cooked brisket and ribs on the menu how fresh they are. Won't really be in a hurry to go back as plenty of other places that do the same thing but cheaper. read more