Reviews The Road House Grill

We visit for lunch today and on arrival Manager Sam advises us of Monday’s 250g Rump Steak Special ($14). Sold! We decide to have the Rump Steak (medium-rare) with Baked Jacket Potato, Coleslaw and Peppercorn Sauce.

Our meals are served in under 20 minutes. The Rump Steaks are perfectly grilled and are surprisingly tender. Our tall glasses of Lemon Bitters are refreshing, making this a very enjoyable meal. The Road House Grill is attractive and very comfortable despite the heat and bushfire smoke outside. Thank you Sam for the warm hospitality and great service. This value meal improves our overall score to 5! We will return soon!

Extensive menu, great for kids with yummy Kids’ food and kids’ area, and affordable drinks. My eye fillet steak was cooked perfectly, just needed a little more seasoning. Will definitely be a regular for our family.

Had a really good experience with service, food and cocktails! This place wasn't busy when we arrived but as the night progress it got busy. So I'm guessing this is a popular joint. Gotta love pub food.

Average breakfast. When my local Richlands Tavern stopped doing buffet brekky on a Sunday I found out the good ole Jindalee Hotel was stepping up to the challenge. $15 a head and open on Sundays for the buffet brekky 8am to 10.30. Dying for a coffee we were there bang on 8am so imagine my surprise when I saw the coffee urn being taken away. Noooooooooo..................apparently a guy who had beaten us to the punch had complained and it was brought back refreshed - he tasted it and declared it fine, I thought it was quite weak. At least it was on tap and you didn't have to do the instant coffee and hot water thing, but in this day and age a proper coffee machine wouldn't have been out of place. To be fair, whilst I give it an "average" rating my friend thought it was great value for money and I guess that's what it is - for your $15 you get the urn coffee, cereals in the little boxes, DYI toast - baskets of cold muffins and pastries (these really should have been under the heat lamps) hot boxes of chipolatas, bacon, scrambled egg, baked beans, tomato, mushrooms, hash browns and plain pancakes. For me the best quality of it all was the pancakes, the chipolatas were rock hard, the scrambled egg very strange, kind of like a slab of tasteless powdered egg stuff, food wasn't cold but not quite hot either - like other diners have said the staff were excellent - one of the guys came out while I was mournfully looking at the cold pastries and I asked if it was possible to zap em for a bit, no worries and I got my nice warm pain au chocolat - so it was a nice way to end the morning. Sure, we'll be back, like my friend said - for $15 what more do you want?

Good variety on the menu, service was ok, nothing startling. Koftas were a bit bland but the pulled pork burger was awesome. I will be back just for that.

Went there tonight only to give it a go again after the dismal time we visited 2 years ago(cafe style). The staff were friendly and the food was good and reasonably priced. Will definitely come again.

Food Being just my wife and I, we ordered one starter and two mains. For the starter, we choose the tomato bruschetta flatbread ($14) and for the mains, the lamb chops ($29) and the Moroccan spicy chicken supreme ($25). The tomato bruschetta was a pizza style offering with lashings of fresh tomato, cheese and onion and smothered in a smooth balsamic vinegar. It was a meal. My wife’s lamb chops were tasty, well cooked and came with crispy potatoes, beans, a small serve of coleslaw, a little bowl of gravy and a little bowl of mint sauce. My Moroccan spicy chicken was succulent and tender. The cous cous and fig apricot relish were the perfect accompaniment and the whole concoction was covered in a creamy tzatziki sauce. We both enjoyed our meals. Ambience We lunched on a busy Sun afternoon in May, and the place was packed, giving it a lively, energetic and fun vibe. We found the inside dining area a tad too hectic for our liking so we decamped to the terrace outside, where tables were decorated with colourful green and white striped tablecloths. That suited us fine and we were quite happy dining there in the warm autumn sunshine. There were a few other occupied tables outside but the acoustics were fine and we were easily able to converse. Even though we were out of the line of sight of the wait staff, there was no compromise on the service. If you choose to sit inside you’ll find a large, airy and comfy space that’s been decorated in bright and cheerful colours with high ceilings and large low hanging lamps. There are cute signposts around the place and colourful wall murals just near the toilet and an interesting retro petrol pump. There are carpets throughout the venue, adding that homely and warm touch. It just had a thoroughly happy and cheerful buzz to it with tons of families enjoying a day out. Cost Drinks were expensive and we paid 15 pesos for a schooner of ale and a bottle of apple cider. Food costs were a bit more reasonable and it was a nice surprise to discover that long-suffering seniors at least get a 20% discount on menu items. Consequently, we paid 54 for one starter, the aforementioned very generous bruschetta, and two mains, the chicken and the lamb. All up, with three drinks included we paid 75. I guess a year or two ago this would have been 50. So thanks to the idiots who run the Reserve Bank for destroying the purchasing power of our money. Toilets There are ample clean and well provisioned toilets just behind the main indoor dining areas, and you can enjoy the interesting murals and retro petrol pump that I mentioned, on your way in and out. Service Service was polite and friendly. Wait staff are neatly dressed and professional in their attitude. We had booked directly through the hotel’s website and our table was ready for us when we arrived. Of course, there are different ways to order, either directly at the bar, or using the Aust Venue Company app. I used the app then went up to the front bar counter to pay, but it took ages to finalise the transaction. Staff seemed unsure how to handle the seniors discount, rewards points and payments. To my annoyance, they wouldn’t accept cash. But apart from that, it all flowed smoothly and after eventually sorting and paying, food came out quickly and in the correct order. Summary We had a pleasant lunch here on the terrace outside enjoying the warm and balmy Brisbane autumn weather. Food was nicely prepared, portion sizes were generous and the service was friendly and efficient (apart from aforementioned issues with app ordering and rewards redemption). It had a bright, happy and fun ambience. Add to that easy parking right outside and ample clean and well provisioned toilets and you have all the ingredients for a perfect afternoon or evening out with friends or family. Memo Just for the record, the official name of this restaurant is “Roadhouse Grill”, even though in it's in the Jindalee Hotel. And to add to the confusion, RHG seems to be a brand name, with six hotels sharing it, I presume, all under the umbrella of the Australian Venue Company.

I went to see singer Bloom here. First outing since covid. Definitely not used to the young, squealing drunk teens, but the hotel was clean and maintained. They seem to have good musicians there. I would go again.

Best value chicken parmies in Brisbane. Great atmosphere and food