Great atmosphere with tables set-up for dinner that are later moved to make room for a dance floor.
Cocktails aren’t the cheapest around but they make up for it with different events on different nights like Tranny Bingo and the infamous Dildo Racing.
Can see why this place is still around compared to other restaurants that have failed.
No complaints for a recent dinner here. Plenty of outdoor and indoor seating - great for group gatherings. Ordered at the counter and my meal came out almost instantly. Couldn't fault the meal and the portion size was generous. Only thing I would change are the chips being served under the chicken schnitzel, it made it all soft - served to the side would be great. I wouldn't mind coming back again!
Great atmosphere, friendly service! Hopscotch delivered fresh and such tasty mussels! So impressed! The calamari was also tender and scrumptious! If I lived in Canberra I would be here often!
Adventures In Winterland
+3.5
Regular readers will know how I love a good burger – and pickles, I’m a sucker for pickles. So it’s no surprise that I’m always willing to try the burger on the menu, which is exactly what I did when we holed up at Hopscotch on a particularly chilly afternoon. Which burger, I hear you ask? The specials menu offered a pulled beef burger with wholegrain mustard and pickles. Sold. The food took a surprisingly long time to come out, given how quiet the place was, but when it did the plate was packed full of chips (and there was plenty of burger too). The fries here are great – thin and generally crisp (I reckon they could have been in for a tad longer this time around) they’re also nicely seasoned – very moreish. The burger was
Good combo of great beer and decent food. Probably not at debacle standards yet but staff are friendly and happy to take you through the beers, only tried a couple of dishes off the menu which were quick and good for what is essentially a pub.
Top atmosphere and a seat outside under umbrella with fan and water spray is a must for a post work summer beer
Chicken Schnitzel deal $13 chips and salad plus a beer - absolutely fantastic deal. Try the chocolate brownie as well. Not a fan of the rum and raisin ice cream but the choc b is one of the best in town. Overall the food is really good and the stakes are reasonably priced, especially when compared to an overpriced chain that many people may have heard of (Hogsbreath). The service is great and I'm happy to call Hopsotch my local with a friendly twist.
Stuck in the middle. Hopscotch. Awesome name. Awesome play ground (where else has giant jenga & connect4)? Food is good, but desire to eat there is somewhat dampened by the price: I want a nice lunch, but I can get it somewhere else for
Great tucker & wine. We ha.... Great tucker & wine.
We had a group of seven out fare welling a friend. We had a variety of meals from Morroccan Lamb to Lamb Backstrap, Beef Brisket & Chicken Burger - all the crew loved their food. Quality, flavours, quantity were all fantastic. We tried a number of the wines & smooth as. And the staff were great.
Great atmosphere. The Argentinian brisket was amazing and worth going back for. The service was inconsistent - great when we were there but booking a table was a drama. Don't rely on the online functions - it is not checked or used by the staff and causes more problem than it's worth. I would love to go back there sometime.
Not sure what others ordered that were such small portions, I've been here 4x now and like it. Ordered typically pub food items off the menu (schnitty, Parma, burger) and they were all great. Pacific beer on top is also great not fan of the other beers but swings and roundabouts. Much prefer the food here to bent spoke up the road. I'd guess the cuisine is a few notches above typical gastro pub dude food. 7.5/10
Relaxed vibe, yummy food (but small portions), good drink selection. A good little local!
Great atmosphere, great vibe
Hopscotch will be hosting Sunday sessions with a whole pig/s roasting outdoors. Ahh this is going to be great in summer! I like the large mural outside above the BBQ pit where I'm assuming the whole pig on a spit will be roasted. The Canberra Times reports the mural was created by a 16 year old street artist. Green foliage peeks through above the bi-fold windows providing a glimpse of nature before opening up onto the beer garden in the warmer months.
Hopscotch is on to a most excellent start as far I’m concerned. The food was exceptional and the service and the vibe were fantastic. I am aware that I have not reviewed the hop or the scotch aspects of the bar but I feel that’s best left to the experts. I have no doubt come the weekend this place will be packed to the brims and deservingly so. If you are a group of six or more they do take bookings but Brian wants to encourage walk-in customers so fear not, they are only taking a certain number of bookings each night so drop in for a drink and make sure you try something from the Argentine grill.
My favourite aspect of Hopscotch, however, is the imported wood-fired Argentinian grill found in the kitchen. It is a beast. My colleagues and I sat inside, at a table that overlooked the kitchen and Argentinian grill. We mentioned that it would be extremely hot in the kitchen, with the open flames close to where the chefs are working. Deb and I ordered the lamb souva, featuring lamb cooked on the Argentinian grill, hummus, greek salad, feta, tzatziki and house made flat bread ($18), served with shoestring fries and garlic mayo. The serving size of the souva was huge and we loved the soft, warm flat bread and the tender, flavoursome lamb. We were definitely impressed. Astrid ordered the Fish and Chips ($22) – stone wood pale ale battered fish, tartare sauce and her choice of chips and salad (with potato mash and grilled vegetables also available) for her sides. Astrid proclaimed that the fish and chips were the best she’s found in Canberra, and I was lucky enough to be offere
Just stopped in for a couple of drinks before dinner. We loved the beer garden area and industrial look of the inside area.
Nice cocktail menu ($15-20 mostly), for those interested in that kind of thing.
I can recommend the Coco loco. However, it did take a while for the cocktails to be delivered to the table.
This is a great spot for big groups. They have a huge indoor area with long tables and heaters if you're sitting outside.
Hopscotch used to be the new kid on the block back in like 2015, and now it's a well recognised Canberra institution. HOPS/ SCOTCH is not just a place for beers & whiskey, it's an expansive gastropub where you can enjoy a quiet arvo drink. Like Assembly down the road, it has a chameleon like quality. Hopscotch suddenly fills up with people who appear out of nowhere, which transforms it into a rowdy bar. The live music is too loud, Canberra is cold, the heaters are hot, the pub grub is mediocre. Supposedly the bartender looks like someone from MAFS?
While visiting War Memorial, we are looking for a nice and cheap food nearby. We found this place, Hopscotch (on Lonsdale Street)
They offered the meal deal for $5 pizza (but U have plus a extra drink with this deal) and $10 chicken schnitzel. The food is great and fresh. Pizza paste is thin, tasty. The chicken schnitzel is beautiful and lovely, it's real one, not like factory ones. The paper corn sauce is good. The chip is very crispy.
I think it's very good quality and good value, not like those terrible cheap food with no tasty.
I give it 4 out of 5 base on quality and value (CP).
Suggestion:
The waiter should greetings when the customer walking into and tell the customers the special deal before they ask.
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