1841 bar and restaurant

we have been regular diners at 1841 since the new ownership took over a year ago. noticeably, this place is beicoming busier no matter what day of the week. the menu offers a wide variety(although we have been through it in full!) and is very well priced. if you are after good pub grub at a great price this is the place. the staff are very attentive, friendly and welcoming. i also come here with my girlfriends and feel safe and comfortable. perhaps adding a tasting platter of some sort may cater to the females a little more than the deep fried platter that i'm sure the lads love! overall great offering, service with a smile and a place that caters to the people! keep it up

booked well in advance for mother's day. on arrival table booked for 2pm for 10 not available. paid for drinks and waiting in the outside smoking area. told our table would be available soon table had just ordered coffee. waitress brought 6yo and 3yo kids activity kit and menus so 'our orders would be available once the table was'. 45 minutes later no table. moved us inside to 2 tables not adjacent to each other. entrees started to arrive. some of our party couldn't fit on the 2 tables we were sat so were still outside. asked about our table and told restaurant couldn't do anything about it. people still sitting at table proposed for us starting perusing menu and picked up carafe of water from the bar. decided after 45 minute wait for taking our 70 yo mother/mother-in-law for a mother's day lunch we had been patient enough and told the waitress we were leaving. she then said had another table available and it was up a small step. one of our party is in a wheelchair. went outside to let the rest of our party know we were leaving, some of our party had already left and waitress said we could now have free entrees. 45 minute wait and 10 people inside, outside, already left, some entrees delivered....no thanks. wouldn't recommend for busy occasion's mother's day etc. or for large parties. either 1841 don't know how to run foh and turn over their tables or they are greedy and overbooked their restaurant. huge disappointment will not be returning. our alternative arrangements came up trumps!

made amends by inviting us back for complimentary meals. although matriach who original booking was made for refused to return the rest of our party enjoyed prompt service, good pub fare. restaurant was not busy so attentive staff, prompt service. thanks for the gesture. appreciate the generous compensation.

good honest tasty food with generous portions, easily cater for large groups of diners. diner comes out in reasonable time considering the busy nite. the staff are helpful and attentive and billing is very accurate.

i had dinner at the restaurant last night. it was absolutely awful. i ordered the ribeye steak on the bone with red wine jus, hand cut fries and the house coleslaw. the meal also came with onion rings. the steak arrived on top of the fries which were soggy and had no taste. they were soaking in the red wine jus which was watered down. i asked for a new order of fries in a seperate bowl. the coleslaw (if you can call it that as it had bits of corn in it) was tasteless as was the steak which tasted like cardboard. the onion rings were obviously pre-frozen and not made on the premises. they also were tasteless. there was no seasoning in the whole dish. all in all, a bad experience.

we so looked forward to this night out as my husband and i where celebrating our 26yr wedding anniversary, only to be totally disappointed. it started really well, staff where very friendly. we ordered starters which where ok, then ordered our mains... that's when it all turned sour.

pork belly, it look as if it had been sitting under the heat lamp for so long that the reduction was reduced, no crackle at all as the apple sauce had totally soften it and the meat was so over cooked and salty we both couldn't eat it, coleslaw and mashed potatoes where terrible. the only reason i am giving you 1 point is due to my husbands steak being cooked amazing.

it also seemed that after our mains we became invisible to the staff, as my husband had ordered pudding which didn't arrive. in the end we got tired of waiting and went to pay the bill only to see that we were being charged for pudding? it had ended up on someone else's table apparently.

not a very good experience for us, and one we will not be repeating. i know i should have complained about the food, but due to my husband not wanting to make a fuss, i let him win this time round...

went to 1841 for lunch on saturday of anzac weekend. i had my 2 and 5 year old boys with me. waited ages to order, when no one came i went to the bar to order, waited ages for our meal to arrive which was cold when it finally did arrive. would have complained at the time but was really hungry and not in the mood to wait any longer (they usually come and ask how our meals are just after being served but no one did) had to wait for ages again to order our kids deserts. not sure why everything took so long as it wasn't even busy!! when it came time to pay i went to the bar and the waitress looked at me as if i was interrupting her making me feel extremely uncomfortable, when i said thank you she said "no worries" there was no smile, no thank you back. all in all a bad experience and i'll probably avoid going back on a saturday in the future if those waitresses are working. shame because every other time i've been there it's been quite a nice experience.

we have been there three times and got the shitest service ever. their food is also so budget, you get what your pay for. the longest waiting time we had was about 45 mins. good works guys, keep it up.

whilst most restaurants continue to take bookings to ensure they do not exceed the cap of 100 during level 2 ,1841 is not taking bookings at all and suggests ringing on the night to “ see how busy they are”. or perhaps we should turn up and hope they have space. this is too vague and unorganised when trying to plan a meal out.

the $29 bill cutting breast dish had a juicy piece of chicken breast 🐓 . it was perfectly cooked and was easy to cut + eat. mashed potatoes 🥔 was creamy and the flavour complimented well with the wine/herb sauce. coleslaw itself was standard, could’ve done with some seasoning 🧂in my opinion.

the other dishes such as the mixed platter and veggie nachos had if portions, but flavours were typical of pub/bar food otherwise. garlic bread 🥖 was not too bad, i did like the taste of the butter 🧈 and pesto sauce.

i especially appreciated the ambiance that i experienced in my visit. the interior delivers a vintage, but kiwi style hospitality that is welcoming to both adults and children. it goes well with the friendly waitresses on the upstairs floor. despite being a busy saturday night, they made sure that our food and drinks arrived in a timely manner 🙃

the "chips" with the fish and chips were re-heated wedges and as hard as nails, while the fish seemed to be mainly batter.  the local takeaway is better for food quality, and cheaper.  not somewhere i'd visit again.

always wanted to try this restaurant every time i went pass j'ville. well finally did it on labour day with a huge disappointment.

1.my sons meals (6,2) which was mini pizzas with fries took nearly 35min to arrive. poor presentation like from a chinese takeaway. kids got grumpy as they were hungry.
2. our meals took 35min to arrive too. when asked about the delay the waitress didn't not bother even to apologize. food was dry and hopeless. waste of time and money.

lunch on the labour day at this hopeless restaurant was able to put us off track for a while. but we managed to get it back to enjoy the rest of the day.

we went on the night the ironside steak was $25.00 was amazing meal, we had to wait a bit to be seated as the place was packed, we weren't asked if we want dessert, which we did, pretty good service, but it was the meal that got the 4* for me.

this place is great for a few brews and a feed with mates. there's a nice sheltered courtyard if you don't mind the odd smoker and the service is tops! thank you to the friendly waitress for your recommendation about the chicken and bacon burger. i was not disappointed!

it comes with a decent amount of chicken, grilled cheese on the top and bottom of the bun, bacon, onions, tomato, lettuce and a generous amount of fries. love the signature burger sauce - like big mac sauce just better!

great service. staff are helpful and really friendly. place has a good vibe wether your having dinner or just out for a cheeky or 2. recommend this place to anyone who hasnt tried it.

i am trying hard for this review not to be tainted by the all blacks loss to the springboks that occurred while we were eating at 1841 but not sure i will achieve this...

we booked a table and the lovely person i spoke to made sure we had a good spot to watch the big screen for the game. for the most part, the service on the night was just as great as when i had called. this was no easy task as the place was packed with avid suburbia rugby viewers.

the waitress who took our orders was polite and welcoming. the waitress that cleared our plates, then distributed all the table bills. i get they were busy and she wanted to streamline that process but she didn't check if we wanted dessert so that may have lost some additional $$. catch 22 for them i guess...

the food is decent pub food. i had the vege burger and substituted the bun for gf toast. i barely managed to eat the burger as the housemade vege patty is huge. i was a bit dubious about it so was pleasantly surprised at the numerous flavours they managed to pack in there. the fries were a bit soggy (i'm a crunchy chip fan) so didn't eat them all but overall was an ok meal.

overall, decent experience...overshadowed by a great game of rugby with a result that wasn't what we were after. thanks 1841 team!