Lorne Hotel, Lorne VIC

The Chicken schnitzel was delicious, well crumbed and flavoured with a zesty and refreshing side salad and tasty chips. The atmosphere of the hotel was pumping too and the view was great. We would come back.

We came for a drink and dinner to the hotel. We had low expectations being a holiday place. We were pleasantly surprised. The food was fabulous, we had the lamb, and the tiger prawn pasta. Both did not disappoint, very tasty and interesting flavors. Would recommend! Not to mention views of the water and live music in the early evening. Do go!

Great location. Rooms have been nicely renovated for an Art Deco period hotel. Comfy bed and good sized room. Bathroom was excellent with instant hot water. The room was spotless and very quiet. A couple of small things..the floor boards under the carpet creaked and although the curtains were a true block out, they needed a pelmet at the top to block out the street light which was right outside my window. Also one of the windows didn't shut properly. But they were minor things. The Bistro in the hotel was excellent...high standard for a Bistro.

We three went on Wednesday night. Noisy bistro, no wait staff, $16 gin/tonic. Ordered wild fish with kipfler potato. Fish had a lot of bones, kipflers were a bed of mash complicated by tomatoes, capers and god knows what turning it into slurry, and Fish was very dry. Salad was just thrown together. Dessert of lemon delicious was lava hot but dry and resulted in absence of expected tangy lemon sauce beneath. Came with whipped cream. Had to deconstruct in order to prevent cream melting before daring to eat the lava hot pudding.
View of the sea was pleasant. But for the high prices charged I expect wait staff, and not to have to collect condiments and water from bar. Three gins, three mains, two salads and three desserts $210. All in all a disappointment and we won't be going back.

We were hoping to finish our holiday on a high and decided to try the Lorne hotel for dinner. What a mistake! We walked in and were greeted and shown to a table. We were given a couple of menus and that's when the service stopped! We waited for a while then decided to leave telling a staff member on the way out we were leaving because it was too slow, the table service as promised was non existent. Later after reading other reviews we definitely made the right decision.