Restaurant & Pub Reviews

[Booney]

Well I gave the rating and it's a ******* 8/10.

im just not sure i can trust you anymore

I'm certain IDGAF.

[mighty_tiger_79]

Now just have to wait on the other 2 reviews Booney has in store

[Lightning McQueen]

it shouldnt be a pure mean though, it needs to be a weighted average.

I feel like if the 3 criteria were food, location, scenery, then it would be something like a 50/25/25 weighting, which would give an 8.5 rating in the above example, not 8.67

My point was there was an 8 and two 9's, even with your weighed criteria it should've been rounded up, giving it a 9.

I had my my plans set to go there immediately and had alerted all of my friend that we were heading there as Booney was giving it a high 8, after it got knocked down to just a flat 8 I had to cancel.

Good pick up

[norwood8]

Was out North the other day so I thought I'd pop through the Cross Keys.

The food was much better than I thought It'd be. Had the Salt and Pepper Squid, bloody delicious and well priced. A solid 8.5 out of 10.

The beer prices were some of the cheapest I'd seen in some time. Consumed quite a few Heineken pints that were on special. A solid 8.5 out of 10.

For a hidden den, the scenery was classy yet beautiful. The service was brilliant, a really friendly upbeat vibe from the girls behind the bar. A solid 10 out of 10.

Only critique would be that the air conditioner could have been set much cooler.

Can't believe that place has it's knockers.

All in all a great afternoon was had by all.

[Booney]

Was out North the other day so I thought I'd pop through the Cross Keys.

The food was much better than I thought It'd be. Had the Salt and Pepper Squid, bloody delicious and well priced. A solid 8.5 out of 10.

The beer prices were some of the cheapest I'd seen in some time. Consumed quite a few Heineken pints that were on special. A solid 8.5 out of 10.

For a hidden den, the scenery was classy yet beautiful. The service was brilliant, a really friendly upbeat vibe from the girls behind the bar. A solid 10 out of 10.

Only critique would be that the air conditioner could have been set much cooler.

Can't believe that place has it's knockers.

All in all a great afternoon was had by all.

So you went at the right time then?

[am Bays]

Only critique would be that the air conditioner could have been set much cooler.

Can't believe that place has it's knockers.

All in all a great afternoon was had by all.

So you went at the right time then?

I can see the point of that....

[Lightning McQueen]

I can see the point of that....

He got the fried eggs.

[Lightning McQueen]

Was out North the other day so I thought I'd pop through the Cross Keys.

The food was much better than I thought It'd be. Had the Salt and Pepper Squid, bloody delicious and well priced. A solid 8.5 out of 10.

The beer prices were some of the cheapest I'd seen in some time. Consumed quite a few Heineken pints that were on special. A solid 8.5 out of 10.

For a hidden den, the scenery was classy yet beautiful. The service was brilliant, a really friendly upbeat vibe from the girls behind the bar. A solid 10 out of 10.

Only critique would be that the air conditioner could have been set much cooler.

Can't believe that place has it's knockers.

All in all a great afternoon was had by all.

Has anyone had the big breakfast there on a weekend? Great value.

[JK]

Had a Buck's gathering at the Ed Castle on Sunday, so snuck in a quick feed of S&P Squid - Just wanted something light that I could drink around. Bloody hell for $12 there was heaps of it (I couldn't finish it) and it was on point. The Wooden Oven pizzas looked and smelled fantastic, wouldn't mind getting back there to try some of the other stuff on the Menu.

[Pseudo]

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Can't believe that place has it's knockers.

Well don't ever dine at Checkmate's. You simply won't be able to fathom the knockers there.

[HH3]

Had a Buck's gathering at the Ed Castle on Sunday, so snuck in a quick feed of S&P Squid - Just wanted something light that I could drink around. Bloody hell for $12 there was heaps of it (I couldn't finish it) and it was on point. The Wooden Oven pizzas looked and smelled fantastic, wouldn't mind getting back there to try some of the other stuff on the Menu.

This place is a hidden gem. Looks like homeless people squat there, but the values great, and the foods better.

[Spargo]

Looks like homeless people squat there

Is this due to urine & faeces being on the floor there.......?

[JK]

Had a Buck's gathering at the Ed Castle on Sunday, so snuck in a quick feed of S&P Squid - Just wanted something light that I could drink around. Bloody hell for $12 there was heaps of it (I couldn't finish it) and it was on point. The Wooden Oven pizzas looked and smelled fantastic, wouldn't mind getting back there to try some of the other stuff on the Menu.

This place is a hidden gem. Looks like homeless people squat there, but the values great, and the foods better.

We went to the Ed, then stopped at the Grace Emily for a quick one on route to the Cumby .. To be honest I was impressed with all 3 places. Deffo getting back to the Ed for a feed though.

[BoundaryRider84]

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Can't believe that place has it's knockers.

Well don't ever dine at Checkmate's. You simply won't be able to fathom the knockers there.

They seemed to have the same old knockers there all the time

[Lightning McQueen]

Well don't ever dine at Checkmate's. You simply won't be able to fathom the knockers there.

They seemed to have the same old knockers there all the time

Is it "all you can eat"?

[Footy Chick]

Cheap jugs

[JK]

Estia's at Henley Square .. Hadn't eaten there for a few years, but its always been pretty reliable, and yesterday was no exception. 8 of us there for Valentine's lunch yesterday, so we took the $42 Banquet option. Beautiful food, plenty of it, and the young lad serving us was a ripper. Thoroughly recommend.

[HH3]

Went to the Bartley on Saturday night to avoid the V-Day rush.

Was put on the "mezzanine". I thought "Wow, fancy" until they pointed to the front of the dinning area that is 3 steps above the rest of the place.

First off, there was no vego option at all. The missus wasn't too happy, but she just ordered the pasta special, minus the meat. The waitress came out a bit later and asked if she wanted the plain pasta, or if she wanted a vego pasta.

It seemed like the chef had seen the order, realised what the missus must have wanted, and got a waitress to ask. The problem was, the waitress was very nervous, and didn't really explain it well. When the missus asked what the vegetarian pasta was, the waitress said, "No, do you want the special pasta without meat, or do you want a vegetarian pasta?". In the end, Mrs HH3 just said "what I ordered is fine" just to get out of this awkward convo.

We smashed the buffett, and I got extra starters just in case the pasta was shithouse.

The mushroom and feta bruchetta was great.

The bowl of chips was good, the aioli was pretty bland.

I got chicken stuffed with chorizo. Was pretty good.

The pasta was plain pasta, no sauce, and some tomato pieces. There were a few spinach leaves and some Parmesan cheese. Terrible.

I'd say it was the worst place we've been for a fair while.

The best part of the night was a relaxing stroll along the lake afterwards.

The Bartley Tavern - 3/10

Been there twice now. First time had to wait in line for 15 minutes to order, then another 45 mins for our meals to come out.

We will keep taking our business to the Lighthouse.

[mighty_tiger_79]

The Bartley is now on your banned list....

I must say ive eaten there and never had any real issues with the food/service.

disappointing to hear that it may be on the slide.

[FlyingHigh]

Sammy's on the Marina last night. Overpriced and nothing special.
Not a seafood fan but went for a family Birthday. Table of 12 including 3 kids. Started with bread and Dukkah which was nice enough. Entrees were ordered and most tucked into theirs , brother in law ordered a dozen oysters kilpatrick, after waiting for about 10 minutes after everyone else's entree had arrived he questioned the waiter who then admitted he had stuffed up and forgot to order them so he went without.
Mains started coming out about 40 minutes later despite not being overly busy, adult meals came out before kids and then it got worse. My sons Salt and Pepper Calamari was stone cold and several other meals were barely lukewarm. My meal didn't even come out and once again the waiter admitted his error and my meal had been given to another table and they would prepare me another ASAP. Now I only had Beer battered Whiting and that took another 20 minutes to come out and was basically 3 tiny pieces of whiting and a handful of burn chips, the salad was ok though.
Pretty average night TBH, $35 for fish and chips I could buy for $10 at any take away store. All up with a few beers and bottles of wine it came to over $800 and of course then we were told they couldn't split the bill after being informed when we arrived that we could. Food and service pretty average 2/10

Went here recently with a work group of about 20. Our experience wasn't as bad as this, but probably just middling.

Think it biggest problem is it's not sure what it's trying to be, café-style restaurant or an up-market establishment? Most meals and service were good enough without being great (although a couple of the deserts and entrees received high praise, including the scallops I had). Price-tag definitely the latter.

Wait times for the meals didn't seem too bad and they all came out at the same time.

Drink service wasn't really attentive. Being in a group we were put upstairs, but below didn't seem to be overly busy when we walked through. Plenty of times empty glasses and bottles sat there without being queried. At one stage someone had to go downstairs to get their drinks. I'm not a huge drinker so was just having a couple mid-strengths, thought I'd have one more and out came a warm full-strength - not a huge issue in itself, just indicative of the overall set-up.

5/10