not good. tried this place again for dinner, wanting to support. they have a "specials" night, where i am told about the steak and pot of beer for $17 or so. can't go wrong with that, right?
wrong.
the porterhouse was so untrimmed it was a quarter of gristled uncooked fat.
the mash tasted like it was that half powdered "deb" brand, which took up half the plate.
even with arriving early in the night, the veg was three quarters boiled carrots. did they run out of the other vegies?
the very low grade porterhouse was laid atop of the deb (why?) with a small topping of mushroom sauce. very, very ordinary.
although it was "specials night" the place was only half full, if that - yet it took about three quarters of an hour to receive my meal.
i'll save mymoneynext time.
a "specials night" shouldn't mean "something i would not serve my dog".
-----16 feb, 2015-----
nasty, nasty. horrible young staff. we'd spent somemoneyat this pub, then last drinks were called. fair enough. none of us were drunk. we'd all had a meal and paid quite a bit over the evening.
they already closed the "smoking area" out the back so we had to stand out on the street. we asked if it was ok to have a cigarette and then return to finish our drinks. they said sharply "you have ten minutes".
then when we got back after five minutes they had tipped out all our drinks. i asked for a refund. the rude young female bar person poured me half a beer while saying that's all you had left. i didn't bother. i'm not going to be insulted by some surly young thing half my age. we just walked out, not to return.
very, very bad service. i asked who the owner was before i left and she said she did not know. that's ok sweetie pie, i can work that out on my own.
we left after being admonished by a 20 year old with attitude who clearly does not understand anything about customer service.
we are all locals, who have been going to this pub for some years.
not any more, with the service, that used to be great. whoever these "new" staff are, they need to pick up their game.
geelong west is not new york. word gets around.