This is concerning the restaurant. Additionally, this review is all about the service…read more We went here as part of a tour group of 20. Our orders were taken ahead of time and called ahead by our tour guide. First, let me say, we found the food quite tasty. I had the vegetarian burger with eggplant and chipotle sauce. It was flavorful, well seasoned, and accompanied by perfect hot chips. My husband also enjoyed his grilled fish and chips with tartare sauce. Despite being in a remote mountain town, it was as food or better than anything we had eaten in Sydney. The restaurant itself was quaint and cozy and had beautiful views of the Blue Mountains. But then there was the service. And that's where the three stars come in. It would have been five stars otherwise. One member of our tour group changed their order. Then there was a simple to fix mix up between my order and the order of another group member. The staff member (unsure if he was a server or kitchen manager or what) LOUDLY proclaimed what a pain tour groups are and how ridiculous we all were. He then stomped off. And when he returned, he was extremely RUDE to the group leader. These tour groups must bring hundreds of dollars to this small town restaurant. They bring multiple tours of 20+ people each week. If they don't care about them, I can't imagine this establishment cares about anyone. I don't care how good the food is, I would never return after being treated like trash.

Fancy a getaway only 1.5 hours away from the Sydney CBD in the picturesque town of Leura? Look no…read morefurther as we have the tips for you! It's hard to visit Leura without spending a small fortune, as there's a number of extremely expensive lodgings and restaurants in the town and surrounds. However, we will point you to somewhere that is extremely good value for money at high quality. The Alexandra hotel, established 1903 is the only licensed hotel in Leura and a short stroll from the mall. It is an old quaint boutique building with ornate trims and stained glass windows. The hotel is sectioned off into a number of areas, with a sports bar and lounge bar (with floor to ceiling bookshelf). There's also plenty of space for a party or function. The hotel is right beside Leura train station, but the noise isn't obvious at all. The hotel aptly has has a railway theme to it, with the outdoor bar called "platform 3", and a Leura Rail sign featuring in the dining room. We also stayed in the hotel. It was a comfortable heritage room with vintage furniture, double bed and modern bathroom. They also have some modern additions of an a/c and tv. The room opens onto a balcony with a nice outlook of the hotel's backyard beer garden. The hotel is a great spot to dine, whether it be lunch or dinner in either of the two beer gardens for a more causal vibe or a more upmarket experience in the dining room, named "Redfern Bistro". There's some casual food like burgers and pizzas, with the pizzas made in the wood fired oven by Marco Marano, but we chose to eat in the dining room. The summer menu, prepared by chef Anna Borna features modern Australian gastro pub food, beautifully cooked and presented. We began with a glass of bubbles and some Garlic bread made on a house baked baguette, topped with melted garlic and parsley butter. This came out with the confit mushrooms - portobello and button mushrooms cooked in olive oil with rosemary and lemon with feta, almond and coriander dukkah (gf). Other entrees on offer include oysters, liver pate, calamari and baked haloumi. For the mains, the Pan roasted duck breast instantly piqued our interest. The meat was cooked to perfection, skin nicely seasoned, served with duck fat potatoes and rustic heirloom carrots. It's accompanying home made Peking duck citrus sauce was brilliant and kept us searching the plate for more of it. From specials board, we couldn't go past the pan fried and seared ocean trout. This was a splendid fish dish, the skin salted, nicely rendered and crisp. The flesh was perfect; a lovely pink orange hue, flakey and melt in the mouth followed by the beautiful flavour of the fish. The sauce was a delicious combination of smoked paprika dill and grapefruit veloute, served with roasted potatoes, charred leeks, broad beans, peas and cherry tomatoes. Whilst we were extremely satisfied at this point, we had to go with the dessert option on the specials menu, the banana spilt. Here it is the classic dessert that has been pimped up with two bananas, deep fried in a Moreish crisp salty batter. This has been placed atop a butterscotch sauce and served with vanilla bean ice cream. So tasty, it was irresistible. Worth driving up to the blue mountains for the beautiful pub alone and the scenery in the area is an added bonus.

This pub was actually pretty cool, especially considering some of the other pubs that I have…read morevisited earlier in the day in this so called tourist spot known as the Blue Mountains. The first thing that stood out was the beautiful old building that the pub happens to be located in, but then again, I suspect that this old building has always been a pub. The thing that really grabbed me though, other than the beer garden of course, was the selection of beers on tap, something that I hadn't seen much of earlier in the day. As such, I pretty much fell in love with this place.

Food was super greasy, service poor. Not sure about the stay, but would definitely not recommend…read moreeating here. Consider going into the town for a better bite.

This pub wasn't all that bad, though it certainly wasn't one of the best, particularly considering…read morethat it does happen to be located in a rather touristy area. Then again, come to think of it, the part of the Blue Mountains where this pub is located is nowhere near as touristy as some of the other parts along the railway line. However, as a pub, this place wasn't too bad, though the thing that stood out the most was the gorgeous building in which it is located. Oh, and the service was pretty good as well, though in the end, the thing that annoyed me was the lack of beer available.

A great crossover of pub and restaurant. The atmosphere here is great. A great spot for beers after…read morework or a more formal dining on the otherside of the hotel. They do food that won't disappoint. A good special on Monday's is ribs and a pint for $25 (can substitute the pint). The service is there when you need it but not annoying. There's no Riff Raff here, P.s I must admit I haven't seen any kids / families but usually I go on weeknights, so I don't know the policy.

Absolutely breathtaking and amazing place. super friendly staff. They also serve coffee and tea. A…read moremust see place.

This amazing place is surrounded by teapots, mugs, cups ect and extras all around you…read more There is an interesting museum with a fabulous collections. We just had some hot chocolate and some cake. The apple pie was delicious. A little gem of a place at least for me. A must visit and sit down.

This place is truly amazing for high tea. We were unfortunate that we did not have a view that day…read moredue to the rainy/misty day however it did not spoil our afternoon treat. The food was delicious with grand variety. Nice selection of tea too. We were well looked after.

It is annoying that for this kind of prices no one is serving you in the lounge area. You got to do…read moreit yourself. It is weird.

Oh, I know, we were meant to be getting bags of ice and heading straight back to the wedding venue…read more5 mins outside of Katoomba but you can't walk past a classic slice of Australiana like this one and not toddle inside for a beer, a pie, and a flutter in exactly that order. It didn't disappoint. Old weather-eaten tradies in hi-vis propped up the bar talking about their missing teeth, the matronly woman behind the taps was almost certainly called Beryl, and Tooheys New was like $4.50 a jar or something similarly great. It's old, it's careworn, it's dripping with history and the blue mountains and everything great about this great land. Not a lot of women in here though.

Wow...... It's like stepping back into the 80's. this pub works and does just what you would want…read more..... as long as you don't want something that's up to date or even similar to most pubs but then again, we are not in the city anymore Dorothy !!! Any Hotel that had a pool table these days gets my vote .... so the fact this one has two .... gets two stars just for that. After spending the night before at Leura ..... at the Alexandria Hotel ..... it's kind of hard to believe that they are both owned by the same family. One the crown in the area ..... the other the poor alternative. On a positive note .... not everything has to be brand new, up to date ...... it just has to work, serve cold beer and ok meals ..... which it does. Give it a go ..... nothing to loose except maybe a few hours on the pool table.

The area is pretty. The hotel just feels strange...examples, the shop for gifts and snacks was…read morenever open. Only option for breakfast was a buffet. I wanted a bottle of water and a coffee but that didn't seem possible. I asked for ketchup for my chips and was told it was around the corner. I didn't see any so had to ask at the bar and it was in the fridge behind the bar. Overall, staff were friendly.

Me and my dad have gone 2 times as a walk in to the buffet and the second time they were all like…read morehi guests welcome and we told them we weren't going as guests and thay were saying we don't usually let walk in's in and implied they could and might stop us from going in so dad said he could because the website said so so they let us in but the food was very good try the danish pastries goodbye