Nic Warr
26/05/2023
*NOTE, THIS REFLECTS THE FOOD ONLY*
OK, to be clear this rating is only a reflection of the food. For the brief interaction via telephone and ordering, the staff were friendly and helpful.
This is a tavern. This is not a place for dinner and conversation. It's loud and rowdy and a place to socialise. None of these things are bad but if you're expecting to sit down and have a nice dinner..... well no.
Now onto the food. Presentation was reasonable, everything looked good but I tell you what, never in my years have I eaten ribs so bland, tasteless and utterly without any joy. If depression had a flavour, it would be these ribs. They were seasoned with nothing but the air around them. The sauce was bland and tasted exactly like the colour brown. Not a nice, earthy brown but the kind of brown you'd see in a home built in Sydney suburbs in the 70's. The wings were pretty much the same. They tasted like the chickens had been fed entirely on the tears of orphans. I ate one and chose a different path. The onion rings were quite good though. The salt & pepper chicken was reasonable but what I THINK was calamari was more like what you'd get if Deb potatoes came in Seafood form. Waffle fries were ok, you'd have to work pretty hard to mess them up. Bread was pretty good, actually.
Overall, pretty disappointing after being recommended to this place by some co-workers. Explains why I have trust issues. Great place to have a drink for sure and I'll visit again (assuming I'm not banned after this) but probably not for a meal.
2.0 stars for the food.
4.5 for the venue and staff.