The Original Coopers Alehouse

Good spot for a work lunch. Tasty meals, prompt friendly service with a pleasant atmosphere.

The food quality was unacceptable - the beef schnitzel was dry and very hard to chew, the gravy was cold, and the chips were inconsistent, with some cold and some hot.
What made the experience worse was the service. The front manager came across as rude and unwelcoming. The way she was looking at us made us feel uncomfortable and embarrassed, like we didn't belong there. That is completely unacceptable, especially in a place that should be welcoming to everyone. Hazel and the other girl was quite nice.
Unfortunately, after this experience, we won't be returning.

Good beef snitty with the surf topping, a decent salad and nice friendly staff.
The Alehouse was very quiet for a sunday lunch, clean premises but a terrible gaming room. Machines were horrid, broken, hardly working and dirty, chairs are terrible, filthy and bent up and a small room thats rather claustrophobic. Yuk. . Have no room rather than that dump.
Otherwise it was a good lunch out.

We dropped into the alehouse for a lunch on Saturday. The bar atmosphere is great and there is plenty of seating. The service staff were very helpful and friendly. We both ordered the famous ribs and they were very tasty and had heaps of meat. I'd definitely have the ribs again.

Very few places come up to the same aspirational depths of causing the same level of disappointment.

With an interesting menu and a strong beer selection you\'d bethinking: \"this should be good\"

Instead the food comes close to an hour after you\'ve ordered it and seemingly after other tables that came after you. And then it arrives drier than a kitchen towel, hacked apart, irregularly cooked. Our kangaroo fillet came out in pieces with the sauce trying to hide some pieces were closer to brakepad/biltong than steak. The chicken schnitzel could replace my shower loofah.

Use a timer! It\'s not rocket science! Do not be fooled by menu, it\'s a selection of disappointments. At the price you end up paying here, you\'ve got double the reasons to feel short-changed.

Service is surly with a smile leaving you secretly wondering if they hate you. You know the food came out surprisingly expedient after voicing concern about the absence of it. You know that they suspect you know they know why. But they will still be curt with you when you\'re expressing disappointment. It\'s tough to believe they care when they\'re already rude when a patron asks about the beer.

The beer is the only good thing about this experience: Lovely beer.

They have all the ingredients for a good bar: good menu, great beer, nice bar.

Instead: slow to serve, quick to be rude, tired inattentive cooking has shaped this place to squander its own potential