The Wandering Reviewer
+4
A group gather regularly in and around Essendon and I was fortunate enough to be invited. This night was at The Royal Hotel which has had some incarnations over many years. We started with a few drinks in the bar that already has Christmas decorations lining the walls and hanging from the ceiling. The cocktail list was impressive and an espresso martini at $13 is a very reasonable price. After a few drinks, we made our way to our reserved table and perused the menu. It's quite extensive with something for everyone. Thursday night being $20 steak night, it's worth coming for that alone. I however, went for the lamb ragu and many others chose parmas, pork belly and gnocchi. Unfortunately, I was only able to snap one good photo of my friend's pork cutlets - the photo of my lamb ragu was blurred. The pork cutlets were nicely cooked and I had to write this down to cover off exactly what was on the plate - 250g grilled pork cutlet on a bacon, apple and cabbage craise with broccolini and cider jus - $28.50
The bar, as you would expect has wine, beer, soft drinks, cocktails and more. We ordered a couple of bottles of wine that were reasonably priced. The service was excellent and a big thank you to Nicole and Kathleen who navigated the complexity of our orders. Much appreciated.
The Royal Hotel is kid friendly with highchairs available, wheelchair accessible and disabled friendly. Good parking around the area but just read the signs as it can be tricky.
Jo, one of the waitresses who works here is so lovely and is the reason why we will come back again. Steak night is great on a Thursday and good value for money!
Nice dinner!. Having read previous reviews, i was a bit apprehensive. Undeservedly so !!!!
We started our meal by sharing the arancini balls, which were yummy, my partner then had the lamp lamb rump and I had the potted pie. Whilst the sides of mash and peas were a bt boring, the pie itself was delicious.
My partner thought his meal was very good.
We finished off with lemon merengue. Fabulous.
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