the bayview hotel

restaurant at the bayview hotel, gladesville. i recently dined with friends at the restaurant at the bayview hotel. it has been refurbished and the new decor provided a pleasant, relaxed and family friendly environment in which to dine. the most important reason for choosing the bayview hotel however, was the food. if you are familiar with the high standards of catering at the longueville hotel, the bayview is excellent in the same tradition. fish is always a favourite for me when i dine out, and at both the bayview and "the longie" it is as good as the best prepared and presented that i've tasted. my guests at the bayview recently, a husband and wife, are both steak eaters. one of them is arguably the most critical person i know when it comes to food. when i saw her steak served i thought, "my god, she'll never get through that!" she did, and was full of praise for the quality of the steak and the way it was prepared and served. high praise indeed. so enjoy a night out at the bayview or "the longie." enjoy the quality, and the value for money.

it's a quite a large place and usually busy on weekends. decent crowd. great and quick customer service. location is great too. parking is available nearby (at around 5 mins walking distance)

food was really good but i didn't like my cocktail (expresso martini) much.

reasonably priced menu.

frozé ($7.50) - based on frozen rosé wine - has hit our shores after being the darling of the last american summer. looking every bit the frozen pink slushie, its climate-friendly characteristics combined with the obvious instagram appeal, is likely to make it the drink our own long, hot summer. i got my first sip at the bayview hotel in gladesville, and i can definitively see the appeal of this blend of luna rosa rosé, peach schnapps, strawberries and lemon juice. gladesville – one of the local council areas that valiantly fought against the mike baird government’s forced amalgamations in court – has lost its village appeal since my last visit. it’s currently a zone of industry, with medium density apartment blocks springing up on both sides of the over-taxed victoria road. the bayview hotel seems well placed to offer the impending influx of new residents a home away from home, with a diverse range of crowd-pleasing dishes, well-priced wines and an airy, all-weather deck. wipe away the remains of the day with a foxy lady ($17.50) that turns hendricks gin, cinzano dry, cucumber and mint into a pleasurably sharp, unsweetened martini-style drink. the menu, which still includes pub classics, puts its own leftfield stamp onto what’s popular in contemporary pub cuisine. the taco salad of southern queensland prawns ($23.50) takes a quirky mix of jicama (a wet, white yam), radicchio, star fruit and thai nam jim and makes them into a cross-cultural, hot weather salad. as tracey, our personable vietnamese waitress explains, most folk on this side of the anzac bridge “don’t like spicy” so expect to visit the wall of sauces & spices if you do. swapping out spicy for sweet explains why there was a bit of a disconnect for me with...

the bayview hotel has been a popular local watering hole and dining destination since opening back in 1879. this neighbourhood haunt serves up a selection of your the usual popular pub fare along with a great selection of drinks and cocktails. the bayview 8oz open slather (image below) recently won best burger at the 2016 awards for excellence nsw.

i stop for a drink with a friend and am quite enjoying the decore. i haven't come here in years since they have renovated so they seem to attract a more polished crowd. drink prices are comparable to city prices but may be more reflective of the lack of competition in the area.

the bistro looks decent so i'll have to come back and check it out. prices were around $20-25 for most dishes.

luscious chunks of lobster meat is villain food in a bond movie. but bond is not the hero here. it is the tempestuous villain girl in a pillowy brioche bun with her buttery decadence.

the new bayview is very good. we love it but pleaaassseee can you add some more vegetarian options to the menu, it's the only thing stopping me being able to go up there more as the wife cant keep eating the same couscous salad or pizza every time.

everything else rocks.

a kids meal costs $10.00 - you receive the meal, an activity pack, small soft drink (in a plastic cup) and ice cream for this price - excellent value i say. now the meal options are your usual deep fried suspects, pizza and spaghetti, you can substitute the chips for vegies if you want to be a bit more health concious for your kids.

overpriced and awful food. we stopped going to trivia at this pub because the food was so bad. disappointed

nice food, nice atmosphere, nice decor, clean kid friendly perfect for sunday lunch.

the new menu is great. stopped coming some time ago as the menu was pretty stale, that has been fixed. great bar

used to be a good spot for sunday lunch with the family. food is ordinary and $38 for a rib-eye steak which was tough and undercooked was disappointing at best. won't be back...