Hotel Frangos, Daylesford VIC

Came for a Mother's Day lunch. Expected a slight delay, but had to ask twice where our food was. Took 1 hour before our food actually arrived. Got told "Sorry for the wait, but it's Mother's Day. You'll be waiting the same amount of time everywhere else in Daylesford". Oh how we wished we went somewhere else. I'm sure any alternative would have been better staffed and more efficient. There's a very common theme that emerges from the many bad reviews on this place - the food is always late. Get it together.

Spent $32 on a pumpkin gnocchi that was the smallest plate of food I've ever been served in my life. I literally laughed at it. Tasted like they just poured a can of pumpkin soup over the gnocchi. Margherita pizza was nice. Cauliflower fritters were pathetic - too lazy to even cut it up into proper sized fritters, causing the batter to be raw in lots of places. When a family passed by our table and asked if the food was good, we happily shook our heads no and told them to keep walking. Glad you didn't get their money too. Two words for this place: Tourist Trap.

After a lovely weekend away enjoying the delights of Hepburn Springs, we stopped for breakfast at Hotel Frangos in Daylesford. Friendly attentive staff, reasonably priced, food delicious. We had scrambled eggs on sourdough which were light and fluffy, accompanied by bacon. Orange juice was freshly squeezed and coffee how it should be. I would recommend having a stop here! ??'?

Second time staying here so have experienced two rooms now - they were both extremely dirty, full of cobwebs, missing lights (only one in bathroom could hardly see!) creaky floors, nothing has been dusted in what seems like years. Restaurant food & service was average at best. I would have explained this to the staff but they're never there - reception was never manned in the two nights that we were there including at check in (in the afternoon of arrival) . The place has clearly been let go and just simply not maintained or at least cleaned regularly. Shame as it's a great location being in the main street of beautiful Daylesford.

I visited the restaurant with a friend. We ordered a capricciosa pizza to share and a couple of drinks. The pizza was very disappointing, the base was thin, hard and crunchy. The ingredients were scant and mixed together instead of clearly defined. I like to see the ingredients like artichokes than have them mixed in with other stuff. The ingredients did not seem fresh, more like they had come out from a fridge. The small amount of ham had little taste. I reported this to the waiter who said he would inform the cook. At the end of the meal I enquired if the restaurant had changed hands recently and was informed that it had not. The restaurant/cafe at Hotel Frangos was good in the past, especially the pizzas which were on a thicker and fluffier base, more like gourmet pizza and had fresh ingredients. I'm giving 2 stars instead of one just in case they were having a bad day or the normal chef didn't turn up. No serious chef would serve that up. Service was ok but the waiters were disinterested.

Stopped in for dinner & it was fabulous. All four meals were generous serves, nicely presented & delicious. Great looking hotel, really beautiful & warm atmosphere. Cocktails were very good & fair price. So pleased with our time there. Staff were friendly, quick & helpful.