Looks like a generic pub on the outside but is much cosier and cooler on the inside. The space serves a nice range of local beers and wines and has some interesting interior decor. I love the upstairs loft areas. But the best part is the massive and cheap and veganisable mains including a vegan parma and pizza.
Friendly service, cheap as parmas which are lovely! Good chips, great beer choice and gorgeous atmosphere. Great for mates or for a date. Will definitely be back!
Ridiculous $5 Parma, really I don't understand what justifies it being this cheap, but it was really good! Really love the high ceilings atmosphere and good tunes. I got the margarita pizza which looked good, but kept falling apart and when I realized I could've ordered 2 more plates of chicken parma for the same price, I felt dejected. Totally coming back!!
$5 Parmas! Have dined here twice for dinner and found the experience on all fronts to beat my expectations. The signature dish, the $5 Parma, tastes great and is able to be upgraded with a number of different add ons for a small cost. Don’t let the outside fool you, this place has a great feel with high ceilings, booth seating and quirky decor!
Went in for their $5 Parma and we had their holumi chips and their salt and pepper calamari and the chicken wings. _ all resonably priced and delicious
Do you like chicken parmas? Do you like beer? Do you like life? If the answers to these questions were ‘yes’, I suggest you get down to Foresters Hall. Plenty of good beer on tap and incredibly friendly and helpful bar staff to help you navigate. $5 parmas. Yep. $5. Don’t go there expecting mumma to debone a chicken to give you the best bits and crumb it herself. Not happening. But these hit the mark with pretty good chips too. Don’t be silly, get there.
Sitting around the table at Foresters last week discussing how this review would go, we tossed out the idea of the entire article consisting of one line -. "It's only five dollars". People come to ParmaDaze for long form reviews, not tweets. So rather than a single line review we're giving the Foresters Five Dollar Parma the full treatment.
"Oh I, I just died in your arms tonight. It must have been something you said"
Foresters Pub and Dining is a superb venue. It’s hard to fathom just how different it is to the establishments that stood there in the past (Bar Called Barry + Barracuda Bar), but the fitout is tremendous. The range of beer is jaw-droppingly good. The hot wings consumed ($14.50) were delightful. Spicy and delicate. The ranch sauce that accompanied these wings was fantastic. Also consumed was the pork crackling pizza. At least that is what The Dear Luncher called it. It was on a specials menu. Foresters make a very nice Negroni and having Feral’s Wart Hog IPA on tap was ever so pleasing. Just a great all-round venue for groups with all manner of seating options, including booths. Excellent service as well.
Melbourne foodies and hospo workers boogied on down to Foresters Bar and Dining this week to celebrate the best of Melbourne’s pub scene. We raised our pints to pubs in 11 categories, including Best Pub which went to Carlton establishment The Lincoln. “The Lincoln looks like an old pub, and feels like an old pub, but inside our pub of the year you’ll find ace beers, seriously delicious wines and counter meals that are a cut above,” said Emily Lloyd-Tait, Time Out Australia’s Food and Drink Editor.
Went here last night w my friend. A random visit and it was a fun place. They were serving $14 jugs of moon dog pale ale, gotta live a craft beer or three haha
They have a couple of lifts upstairs and a table tennis table w bats n balls for free to keep you busy between jugs lol
A great selection of spirits and friendly attentive service. The front section overlooks smith street which is great, as there is always heaps of people watching here!
Cheap parmas every night ($10) including vegan and vegetarian ones. Beers are a tad expensive ($7-11 for a schooner) but good choices. The woman who served us was very friendly and efficient. Nice moody lighting and decor.
I really like this place. Always a good beer selection and such great cheap food.
Average pub food but much cheaper. $10 parmas all the time.
Not too loud (Thursday before a public holiday), and you can usually get a seat.
The staff are very friendly and attentive as well.
Great venue with a good drink selection. Do yourself a favour and get the $10 Parma special - amazing quality and value!
Such a nice place with great ambiance, friendly staff and awesome craft beers. Amit provided a great service especially when I erroneously ordered the wrong thing and he quickly rectified it without additional charges. The pub looks posh, yet reasonable, clean and smells good. Would definitely go there again. I was there with my colleagues for a farewell and totally recommend it for such events as we had our own area and privacy.
Unparalleled selection of beer on tap! And the food is really good too! If you're in to great beer, you don't want to miss Forester's!
With the closure of Gertrude this is one of the best craft beer venues in town. Also a great selection of Belgian ales as well!
Just had the chicken parma and chips, best I've had in years. Always rated this place for the number of tap beers and varieties they rotate through but haven't eaten here for a while so I was pleasantly surprised. Happy hour runs from 4 to 6 and beers were only $6.
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