mutton dressed as lamb. my family and i (quite a large booking) ate here this easter. first of all i would like to say the venue looks very nice, and our food arrived fairly quickly. however there is a big problem withlordof the isles, mainly being its price and quality of food.
lord of the isles seems to be harbouring under the delusion that it is an upscale restaurant, believing it's food to be 'fine dining' when in fact it is counter meals at best. there is a certain expectation when one is paying upwards of 30 dollars for a main meal and that is one of quality and service. neither of which are present here. the food is sloppily presented in the style we've all become accustomed to of pubs but i haven't paid 22 dollars for my chicken parmigiana i've shelled out 28 (plus 15% mark up for public holiday). the chef seems to have an adverse reaction to seasoning his food as the ingredients of salt and pepper are strangely absent from almost all items. service is also lacking, despite having plenty of staff on we were never checked on during our meal and offered another drink, asked how our meal was etc.
all in all there is nothing wrong with a good pub meal, but it must be that; good. with so many pubs around geelong doing the same things better and cheaper why bother going here?