Maryanne M
11/08/2022
We travel from Melbourne through New South Wales and Queensland regularly. In Victoria RSLsocial members can use their card at any Victorian venue and reap the benefits. I have an RSL membership in Queensland and the same applies. I decided therefore I would join Deniliquin RSL as we come through here often on our travels. Found out membership in NSW can only be used at the club you join up to. It beggars belief the RSL does not have the same rules Australia wide.
We were at the Deniliquin RSL today for lunch and what a disappointment. My husband ordered the ribs, members price $34 and I ordered the Lamb Cutlets, members price $35. When ordering my husband requested the lamb cutlets to not be burnt. A good chef would not immerse crumbed cutlets into a deep fryer, but alas guess what, they were done to death nd burnt, and for $35 I received 3 cutlets that were terrible I managed to eat 1 as I was hungry. The description on the menu sounded good, served with mash potato and wilted spinach. The mash potato was of the frozen variety and terrible, the wilted spinach was long ago wilted and inedible as it was soooo salty. When the cutlets arrived at the table my husband said he was glad he requested them not burnt to which Charli replied "that's the way they come". Absolutely not good enough...when she put in the request to the kitchen they should have said they could not do. My husband's ribs were OK but normally they fall off the bone, these were dry and chewy. Suffice to say we will not be dining there again.
The kitchen closed at 2.00 pm and the cooks, I would not call them chefs, left. We were going to complain to Charli (mind you not her fault) when she cleared our dishes but she did not venture out of the kitchen until after we left the dining area as I am sure she knew we were not pleased.
If you want a good meal in Deni do not go to the RSL.