no. 4 bar

greatfoodhighly enjoyed the plank. great ambience, nice place to take a date. in a good location off the main street, the staff were friendly.

no 4 is definitely a "regulars" type of crowd. during the summers, the patio is filled every night with loud laughs, a sporting event on the tv or live music on the weekends. the average age is around 40, but on thursdays it does draw in a good young population. with various specials featuring every day, it's a great place to unwind after work. as it's located in the merivale/saint albans area, except to drop more than a few gold coins for a drink or a bite to eat, but thefoodis pretty tasty (put the mango back in the mango chicken salad, please!) and the drinks are made with care. most of the beers on draught are monteith's, so if you fancy something different, try a different spot. what makes this such a great bar (besides the taxi stand out front) are the various rooms that available. there are two separate outdoor patio areas (a larger one where live music is played with high top and low top tables and a smaller more intimate area great for a small group gathering to watch a sport match or for a birthday dinner). inside they have a more formal dining area, a high top area and a library with a large tv and tall top tables. this is where the hen parties can go wild. it's definitely one of the top choices if you're in the area.

mixed review...need to go again. afternoon drinks and snacks with friends. bottle of bubbles + beers bought from bar andfoodordered from table and self seated outside. a friendly, cozy atmosphere, in a well presented property. shared platter was great, as were fries (shouldn't be too hard) and offered with 2 dipping options. pork sliders were quite dry and we had to request salsa and we rebuilt ourselves. the waiter didn't grudge our request but certainly wasn't interested in our concern. we even said 'thanks, appreciate it' and he walked away with no response. we were spoken to by another waiter an hour or so later (totally separate matter) with the same surly demeanor. nothing was cleared from our table either over 2-3 hrs.food4*, staff 3*.

first let me say i am astounded by the reviews and am thankful none of my numerous experiences at no. 4 have consisted of any of them. i have always been fortunate enough to have wonderfulfoodwhen i have dined at no. 4 restaurant, on saying that i did dine there a while ago with a friend and was shocked with how visually unappealing his meal was based around non-searing of the sausages (they looked like food-poisoned tadpoles and inedible), but their recovery at time to pay was no-nonsense, sincere and suitably compensatory and left me with enough confidence to take people there again in the future.

a friend an i went here for lunch this week. i had remembered it as having nicefoodbut it is probably 4 years since i had last been there. i wouldn't be in a hurry to go back. $36 for fish of the day and it was awful - salted so as to be almost inedible. i did pass my comments on but nothing was done and not wanting to make more of a fuss and spoil time with my friend i just paid and left.