The hotel side is fantastic for the money and very clean. Friendly service.

The food/restaurant is quite possibly the worst place I've eaten. I've given it a few goes as I stay here for work often due to the nice rooms, and sometimes I just can't be bothered eating elsewhere.

Food is terrible; they get everything wrong. I thought I couldn't go wrong with a steak on steak night this evening; get served up a grey, gristly piece of leather crap, asked for rare and got medium, but somehow, they still managed not to have any grill marks on the outside. Literally, the worst steak I've ever paid to eat.

Last week, the Parma on Parma night was like they'd pre-cooked them all and then re-heated them in a microwave - not even re-heated properly, lukewarm and revolting.

Make sure you book yourself a seat at a restaurant somewhere else if you're staying.

Previous owners made the best wood fired pizzas. Turned up today to be told there are new owners, and they have canned the wood fired pizzas. The wood fired pizzas brought an ambience to the Cafe section, and when we walked in today we were devastated. Please bring back the wood fired pizzas and we will bring back our business

We have stayed at the Settlement for almost 3 weeks. Good food, good people and comfy room. Albeit the aircon is very noisy. Katrina in the Bistro provided us excellent service.
No cooked breakfast is a detractor for us and may explore the Sands. We stay for 3 weeks every 4 months.

I can't give me than 1 star. It had been at least a couple of years since I've eaten there, and I used to love going there. I happened to be in the vicinity on Monday and decided to go back there for dinner. What a big disappointment. The Chicken Scallopini I ordered was as hard and tough as leather. It had no taste as if it's not been marinated. There was more mesh than the chicken as if the mesh was the main dish. My wife had the Pumpkin soup. Mind you they were right when they said the special was Pumpkin soup because that was all she had. Never in my life have I seen anywhere serving soup without as least a slice of bread. There was nothing but soup which wasn't all that great too. Well it might be decades before I go back there.

Went to the settlement hotel yesterday morning with my wife arrived 10:30 am all we wanted was cheese Ham toasty with a coffee not a main meal.
We were told 11am we can order so we had a coffee quick chat went back to the bar to order the toasty only to be told we can't sit at the table and eat it's regarded as a Snack menu and can only be eaten in pokies area why the staff member behind the bar didn't say this at the start