the yardz

very disappointing, we used to go here regularly for their salt and pepper squid, but it's like once they finished their refurbishments they just said ok we've spent enough let's save on the chef and get a new low budget one in! it all went south after that, we took our daughters there for tea, they love their full sized parmies,they got small parmies and overcooked, i had fatty, chewy steak which was supposed to be cooked medium, the meals were overpriced and thestaffwere really rude, needless to say we didn't finish our meals we stopped by maccas on the way home

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 my money next 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 some money at 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"staffare, they need to pick up their game.
geelong west is not new york. word gets around.

great pub with an excellent bar menu. great, friendlystaffand reasonably priced meals.

i thought my meal was bad but the service, or rather, lack of really took the cake. went in for dinner, went to the bar twice to order drinks for our table - waited about 6 minutes each time and was not served each time so i went back to my seat. third time lucky! they had run out of draught - seriously? and lemon squash - don't know what you call it but that ain't lemon squash! on a table of 8 not one person enjoyed their meal. the parmi was the worst i have ever eaten - dry, burnt and overly salty! didn't try dessert because nostaffcame back to ask if we wanted dessert or coffee. tried to get the bill but couldn't find any staff. half an hour later we were finally able to get the bill, were out of there and won't be back! disappointing to say the least - another restaurant in geelong that used to be consistent but has now gone down hill.