spread eagle hotel

thumbs up!. this pub is great for dinner and drinks. the meals are reasonably priced and the food is great. parmanightis an obvious favorite.

our experience started out fine. it was steaknightbut i preferred the options of the steak on the regular menu - it was $33 instead of the $18 special. after the waiter took my order, he came back and said he put it through as a steak special but ordered the chat potatoes as a $6 side, instead of the potato that came in the special. he said everything else would be the same but it would work out cheaper. i said i had an entertainment voucher for a free meal, he reassured me the potato wouldn’t be charged as an extra. then he came back and said the potatoes would be extra... i asked for the regular steak off the menu but they said they couldn’t do it because there was a steak special. so i accepted the additional charge for the potatoes. when the bill came, they charged an unexpected additional $3 for mushroom sauce. the waiter failed to mention this, so when i questioned it, the restaurant manager was very rude and said “it states very clearly on the steak special, sauce is additional”... it was hard for me to get a word into explain, she was saying “i’m sorry you didn’t read the menu properly...” i had to interrupt her and ask if i could talk. i then explained the situation & reiterated i had no menu to read as the waiter made the changes after i had ordered the regular steak. she just kept saying it states clearly on the menu, it was like talking to a brick wall. she was so insulting and displayed very poor listening skills & customer service. it’s mushroom sauce, $3, who cares, but it’s the principle and lack of good customer service that was so aweful.

went there for steaknighton wednesday evening. food and ambiance were good.
easy location very near to public transport.
tried medium steak and with some beers.
overall a great place, nicely priced not too pricey for the food and ambiance provided :)

came for a parminightand had the meat lovers parmagiana - boy was i surprised at how huge it was - but i guess being a pub meal this is often the case. the parma was pretty good (chicken could have been a bit more moist) but this was made up by the oozey melted cheese on-top. i was glad that i opted for only salad on the side as the goliath parma was overwhelming - but suitable for anyone with a serious appetite. 

i didn't drink or really stay too long as i was pretty hungover when i came here (to be honest) but i recall the ambience being pretty cool - your average pub atmosphere.

this pub is always pretty packed, particularly on a weds for their $18 steaknight(note $3 extra for gravy/sauce - a bit cheeky compared to other steak nights around!) also, coming with chips should be an option. upstairs is quite warm in summer. we shared the slow-cooked lamb with grain salad & the gnocchi. surprise to see the gnocchi pink (but lovely soft pillows gf!) could have had more pea purée & maybe more greens to break it up. lamb was good. for $33 i expected it to be bigger..staff a friendly.

bloody love this place. went for the steaknightand had an amazing 300g rare porterhouse. cooked to perfection and had a lovely wine jus. wednesday nights are steak nights from now on. wowee! sometimes you get a sub-standard piece of the red stuff when you go to steak nights but his was plump and lovely. i've eaten here before from the menu and i've loved it each time.

love this place!

wednesday steaknightis a must, $18 for a nice big porterhouse (always cooked to perfection), with a nice fresh side salad and scalloped potatoes.

oh and stone and wood on tap helps too...

great local. literally 2 min walk from our place.
food is always good, and they have some great localsnightspecials also.
the menu is mixed up regularly so you aren't forever choosing off the same list.
we shared the slow cooked 24 brisket platter last night, was a huge serve along with the condiments that came along with it (corn tortillas, avo salsa, salad, jack daniels bbq sauce and beer battered chips) for $42 you can't go wrong! can't wait to have it again!

they say kylie minogue had her 21st birthday here upstairs, she was probably lucky enough to be around when they still had parma night.  a solid little corner pub establishment, warm, inviting, friendly staff, great food, the type of 'nice place to take your parents' - but really no value or loyalty for locals. you want parma? you pay $23 everynightof the week. probably what led kylie into depression and forced her to break up with jason donovan.

was pleasantly surprised on fridaynightby how decent the food is. from the music playing and the crappy drinks selection you wouldn't expect much but the food was really nice. the steak i had was cooked just right and we appreciated the mustard bar they have set up. the staff were friendly and efficient.
if they increased their beer selection to include more than 1 porter or stout then i'd be here every week...even the mountain goat surefoot stout would do!

we we're visiting for the long weekend from adelaide and stumbled across this pub. we had just popped in for a drink on a sunday evening., a table came free and we decided to stay for dinner.
in our group of 6, 3  including myself had the gnocchi with mushrooms. it was so delicious. one had the chicken parmmy, which was well received. another had the crumbed pork cutlets which i tried and also loved. i would definitely order that next time and the last person had the chicken ravioli which had the most amazing rose sauce. 
i have a sweet tooth but don't normally order desert but i couldn't resist the chocolate fondant pudding with peanut butter ice cream and salted caramel sauce. omg my dessert of the year so far. 
great little pub on outskirts of cbd. ended up dancing thenightaway there too.

as a local pub it is exactly that, great a few beers with the lads, casual cerb side parma in summer and more fitting wintry dinner with the olds on a saturdaynightwith the footy on the tv. can happily say every time i go am a happy customer. table service in the dining room can be a bit hit and miss, and on more than a few occasions a little whirlwind like, but i'd put that down to the fact that the place is pumping every night! looking forward to trying out the new italiannightsoon.

the food is great. the steak on steaknightis awesome and great value. what made it most enjoyable was that the service here was genuine, friendly and attentive - what a lot of melbourne casual restaurants are missing.

delicious. lastnighti had dinner at the spready with some friends. we regularly come here for drinks and occasionally have dinner here but this was the first time we had tried the new menu. we were blown away! the lamb shoulder pasta in particular was amazing! went great with the stone & wood pacific ale which we all are hooked on in this weather. the service is consistently great; attentive without being annoying. they're always accommodating (we changed our reservation twice!) and it's just an all-round great place. we will certainly be having dinner here more often!!

i had the veal schnitzel with mash and green beans & husband had the cassoulet of duck and pork belly with chorizo and beans. to be honest we either caught chef on a super busy saturday or they were still recovering/celebrating the shock richmond win in the footy, because i'm still not sure what all the fuss is about. schnitzel was slightly soggy being oil-logged; and husband wondered if he was the only person thatnightto have ordered the cassoulet (oh wait no, someone behind you has ordered it too honey!)... the meat was a tad overdone. we waited next to no time however and the waiter was friendly and efficient, so perhaps they are making a few tweaks trying to address the gripes about lengthy waiting times (that i browsed here).
seeings as this is basically our 'local' now, we will be back at some point to give it another go. maybe we'll stick to the much lauded steaknightinstead