Had my 65th birthday lunch with the family in the Gallery Function room, at the weekend,the food was first class and perfectly cooked and presented. The service from Mel and Brooke was perfect and helped make the day memorable, with great comments from the guests.
It's the perfect location for private functions with an old world charm but modern menu and excellent wine selections available.
I love this old original hotel. It's very traditional, stylish and welcoming. Sits atop of the hill. Provides the bistro style meals always delicious generous serves. There's an area for relaxing with a tea or coffee afterwards and it's reasonably priced. A beautiful traditional venue. I would highly recommend it.
Great place, lovely food and fabulous atmosphere. Definitely recommend.
Eileen Smith Patterson
+5
We had a fantastic meal, food was superb and service excellent we finished with coffee in their beautiful lounge area - terrific arm chairs and sofas. Highly recommend.
Delicious food, comfortable setting, great staff. Would definitely recommend.
We held my mum's 70th birthday lunch in the Old England Dining Room yesterday and it was wonderful. The staff were amazing, especially our dedicated ladies Kate and Rachel who were very attentive. The food was delicious and our guests all commented on what a lovely day it was. Thank you all for helping make mum's day so special.
Brilliant, we've been coming here for 10-15 years. We visit every three months for a girls catch up. The food is always delicious and the staff friendly. Love it here 💜
The Old England Hotel never fails to disappoint. I prefer The Dining Room. Food delicious and service fantastic. Popped in yesterday for a sandwich/coffee. Menu lots of choice's + daily special's too. A great piece of history right in the middle of Heidelberg.
I had a really nice meal here! Was quite weary of this place as the reviews aren’t great, but our experience was lovely!
We went with family, the decor is by no means modern or trendy as that is not the vibe or style of the location. But the food was tasty, great serving sizes and came out quickly.
Had a pleasant lunch function today with our family.
We had the function room as we had a large group, and found the service very good.
I had the duck and scollop stir fry that comes wrapped in a crepe. This was delicious.
My wife had the lamb salad and was also excellent.
The only negative which i noted on another review was the roast pork was dry and bland.
Although the price is probably 10% higher than I would expect from a pub meal the food was worth it.
I’ve visited the Old England Hotel in Heidelberg many times. The hotel excels in traditional English fare. We ordered a range of dishes and the notable ones were the pub classic, lamb’s fry; the pretty and tasty Greek lamb salad; the roast pork loin with crackling; mushroom risotto; and whole flounder. Overall, we were happy with their choices. This is quite an achievement when you consider the range of dishes that the kitchen sends out.
Went here Wed 13 Dec for a family get together. Is a little more expensive than the pubs in the area but was worth it. Nice meal, especially the sizes. The pouched pear salad and the way the potato was done was excellent.
Good pub food! Parma is one of the better around I think! Chips a bit crap so get some gravy to go with them!
At in the front bar and ordered a Parma. Looked good on the plate, decent size but not too big. Was happy with the thickness of the chicken and also the flavours. Chips were cold and crap but had a nice gravy to warm them up a bit. Parma is a good safe choice
Very very busy bistro style dining . For the portion size it quite reasonable pricing. Food was lovely. Good strong flavours in the Asian pork belly. Parma was a little lack luster. Lambs fry was "like it was back home" says my English mother. Quite loud and a little dated in the decor. Service staff were nice however I felt that it would be nice if they at least served water on the tables.
Awesome pub set in old English style dining area. The public bar has some great decor and love the fireplaces set around the pub and lounge areas. Food was what you would expect of a local pub meal, wholesome, generous and good. Well priced too and they go out of their way to cater to your specific dietary requirements.
There were 16 of us for a family function, a few weeks ago. We sat in the dining area which offers table service. Everyone was happy with their choice of mains - good sign, considering we were a large group. Only one meal was delayed.
Staff were friendly, bar one, who appeared impatient when decisions were not made quickly.
The high chairs lack a harness, so are unsuitable for children under 2 years.
Some of the upholstered dining chairs looked as though they needed a clean.
Management are happy to allow you to bring a special cake. No extra charge.
This dining area has a lovely feel to it, with good acoustics. Therefore, I would recommend this venue for a mixed ages gathering.
Delicious Greek salad with lamb. Perfectly cooked, fresh feta cheese, olives and more. Usually go here with my grandparents who absolutely love this place and you can tell the clientele are around that age group but that definitely didn't mean the quality wasn't there. Presentation however could have been improved!
Not the best place in Heidelberg to eat, but somehow we manage to come back time and time again. The paella was very spicy but still delicious. This place is a pub with a classy twist. Food is normally pretty good.
I have gone to this restaurant many times and everytime I have enjoyed it. It has lovely food, resonably priced and a nice atmosphere. Recently I had the lamb shanks which just fell off the bone but the sauce and cabbage were a bit sweet. My friend had a lamb steak, spinach and chips which she really enjoyed.
Had a work dinner to attend at this venue and for a bistro-type place it was surprisingly good. Food, service and ambience exceeded my expectations. As their parmigiana is their best seller, I opted for that (also in the mood for a standard bistro favourite) and found it to be flavoursome and superbly presented. I would order it again if I returned here.
Staff were extremely positive and accommodating, and service as a result was efficient. In a busy restaurant we had waited no longer than 10 minutes for our meals to arrive.
Great spot in the heart of Heidelberg.
Faultless . Exceptional service , very good food : ordered the Atlantic salmon with Niçoise salad which was made to a turn . Good selection of drinks and lovely ambience . Great Australian vibe .
Been there a few times. One of the better pubs around. Nice pub professionally run and very popular with the locals. It is however pub food which is cooked and presented better than most other pubs in the surrounding area.
I have dined here a few times, great atmosphere and friendly staff. They serve quality food at reasonable prices. Weeknights are best because bookings are not required and the place is not overcrowded with noisy diners.
Love the Old England for a quick midweek meal. Gets crazy busy on Fridays and Saturday nights though so I'd highly recommend booking a table. Can't go past their chicken parma.
I expected bad things due to the reviews on hear, but it was the complete opposite! Great pub food at standard pub prices, nice dinning room and bar, this will become our new spot, can't wait to go back again
I've been here a few times now and for a pokies venue the food is always delicious and the service is always wonderful! Nothing fancy but does pub food well!
A Christmas treat. This is my elderly mum's favourite pokies venue so we took her for a Christmas Eve night out. After reading all the negative comments on urbanspoon I was concerned. I was so pleasantly surprised. All of our 6 meals were excellent. In particular my eye fillet was tender, cooked perfectly and well accompanied. We eat out regularly in Australia and overseas and the food compares, especially for the price. The restaurant was packed and we didn't wait long. Don't know where the other reviewers ate but??
I ate for a bday dinner on tues, and must confess I was worried after reading the reviews online especially considering I'm a vegetarian, I thought perhaps I wouldn't have much choice and the service would be bad but actually there were zero issues. The food was delicious and large portions, served quickly and our waitress was lovely and attentive without overcrowding. If it was like that again I would go back-I'm not sure if I came on a good night, or management have brushed up or if perhaps diners are quick to review when feeling negative about the venue but not so much when it's just neutral??
Don't completely give it a miss its not hopeless...
Fyi I was in the dining room not sure if that made a difference.
Will be back. We read the reviews and were apprehensive about our friends suggestion to dine here but we are now planning our next visit. The food was sensational, fresh, hot and well presented. A great extensive menu that spoilt us for choice and beautiful warm atmosphere.
It's basically an RSL ... with better quality food at the higher price tag. The big bonus is the Help yourself bun rolls and special sauces
Had a very nice steak sandwich in the bar havn't been there for a long time because last time I went it was disgusting it seems to improved
Starting to slip. Used to be a huge fan of this venue but their recent efforts (last three months) have not been great.
This place has never really appealed to the hipster crowd, slowly I am starting to agree.
Get the eye fillet steak. It's probably the best dish there. Everything else is just standard pub food.
A great local venue very generous servings of your traditional pub meals plus more. Would recommend to anyone as we have not had a bad meal yet.
Busy place. Great meals. Pays to book. I'd say fine dining in a pub. Warm cost atmosphere. Lots of comfort foods. Very impressed.
Love coming here for dinner, consistent quality, it does help to book a table though, some meals can take a while but it's always worth the wait. Great steak, paella and Greek lamb salad.
Sometime hard to get a table, but love the food. I've been here a couple of times and the most memorable thing I have here is the coleslaw. LOL. It comes as a side to most of their mains but I did enjoy their beef ribs. They were mouth watering. Atmosphere is nice - a lot of old people. But a great family dinner place IMO.
Good food but pricey. We have been to OE twice now...both times the food was good pub quality food...but not suburban pub prices...fish for $30 is a bit rich. It's a good venue though with dining room, bistro, couple of bars even though you should be able to order the nice restaurant wine which is by the glass at the other bars.
Massive steaks. The food is delicious. Today I still love it because I have been there heaps of times already because the food is excellent and the service is great but I found their prices really expensive and I can't afford to keep paying that much either can anybody else for that matter
I like being pleasantly surprised when dining out and this was more than pleasant.
The Old England's food was excellent from entree thru to dessert. (The Parma was magnificent)
The staff were friendly and accommodating.
The building itself is a classic with plenty of history - check out the photos in the entrance.
I highly recommend this place and hope to make another visit soon.
Really really good pub food! Portions were generous, and the quality of the cooking was seriously good. Went with a party of 8, and they sat us in a really quiet corner when we requested a quieter spot. Service was excellent, with entrees coming out very promptly and no mistakes for quite a large order. Very cool and comfortable on a hot day too. Kudos to the Old E, we’ll be back!!
Pretty nice place to go get a feed with friends, I got food at the sports bar and the lady was fantastic, Parma was pretty good.
Nice spacious hotel with pokies there aswell.
Pity theres no entertainment live music and such but not many pubs do anymore it's just all gambling and eating and drinking not social like in the past. Someone needs to get the pubs rocking till early hours of the morning partying all nite and having so much fun with the locals dancing drinking talking socialising. But it does serve fantastic food and is a very nice place with lovely staff I just miss the good old days and I'm not old at 36 Bur the world has gone downhill since my teenage years
We had a beautiful dining experience here recently. With 11 of us dining we were impressed that all our meals came out at the same time allowing us to eat together. Each person was extremely satisfied with their meal & not a drop of food was left on the plate! Meal presentation was beautiful, portions were generous & flavor was perfect! Look forward to returning!
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