The Ironbark Smoked Barbecue

Katherine Ho

Definitely worth coming to. First off, the food is highly impressive, and awesome value, and I say this as someone who is well versed in what great BBQ tastes like. Came on a Sunday for lunch, and ordered two different Pioneer Brewery beers (local brewery) the Ironbark pulled pork, bacon and brisket patty burger (yes all three meats in one burger) $20 and BBQ pork chops with appleslaw $16, both came with chips. Both were enormous and had fantastic meaty and smoky flavours, perfectly seasoned and cooked, couldn't believe the prices we were paying!! We were happily groaning and full of food, we didn't even bother with dinner that night, initially we were a bit apprehensive with the poor Google reviews but were blown away. Meals came within 20 minutes. A few things that take off a star is that the lack of vibe and atmosphere was strange. It is a lovely space but with the lack of people, it felt jarring when it should be a great place to have a drink on a Sunday. No table water, only one staff member to take orders and serve which we could see he was run off his feet. Ladies bathroom was in keeping with the rest of the place, nicely done up, but obviously not looked after, as there was no toilet paper, bins not empty, tap running constantly. The hours were 12 to 2pm on a Sunday, so it's only a short window of time for lunch when it could be a destination to have boozy Sunday lunch. Just a few things to consider. Overall, it's a good establishment, worth supporting in Cowra, so I've left it at five stars, as you won't be disappointed with the food, or prices.