Tea Gardens Hotel, Bondi Junction NSW

Not a bad stop for a quick drink after a big day shopping at Westfield. Downstairs bar is quite good, but lots of new bar staff and drinks were a bit hit and miss. Upstairs you have to walk via the smoking area to get to the restaurant and balcony area. The balcony area is meant to be smoke free but we were seated amongst four or five tables who were all vaping, not very pleasant at all. This was reported to one of the staff members who didn't really seem to give a damn. Limited bars/pubs in the Junction, so I guess competition is non existent.

I was looked after by two of the security members Johnny and Joey. I honestly have never had the experience of feeling so safe and comfortable in an atmosphere like that. They were so kind and very professional I will definitely be back again and recommend to friends!

The new menu is so bad
We ordered pizza and salad
Pizza was not done Pastry was still not done. We send it back and when it came back, it was still Disgusting. Salad was very small for the price
The menu before was perfect we used to come every Friday all the girls after work( 60+) To sit on the balcony and to have some drink and food
I don't think we will go back
New menu is definitely awful

We sat upstairs there was a big group of us adults and kids, 10/10 for the staff they gave great service start until finish. The Food was Goooood 😀 I got the Christmas dinner and it was spot on everything was made to perfection

The dining room is upstairs & is not available on the balcony, but that's fine cos there are many smokers / vapers. There is a good selection of beer on tap. Wednesday is steak night & it is very good. Ordered rump & got a good size piece of steak that was tender, yet cooked to the right level of pink ( medium ). The Beef & Guiness pie is an open pie that is rather tasty. The meat was tender and the gravy with bits of peas and carrots was sweet ( but not overly). The bowl was covered with flaky pastry. We all chose mash over chips & the mash was good, not dry or lumpy.