Pandora's Restaurant Rouse Hill

Had my sisters 30th dinner celebrations here at it was fabulous! Food was wonderful the setting was great and we had our own lil space. Service was good on the night and Tracey and her team adjusted the menu to what we wanted. Thanks for that. All our guests had a great night and enjoyed the food. Will definitely visit again.

We chose to go out for dinner on a whim and a google search showed their current $15 mains offer. So we chose the Moroccan chicken, penne amatriciana, the chicken burger and the chicken schnitzel. Our 7 year old went with the Caesar salad. Morrocan chicken was a chicken breaston a bed of roast pumpkin, green beans, cous cous and rocket. Chicken was tad dry but this was the best plated $15 dish I have laid eyes on. My 11 year old smashed the penne, drinking water and panting to the nice burn of the chilli. A tasty and simple pasta dish. The chicken burger was deconstructed and my 10 yo just ate the chicken (a tad dry and lacking in flavour). The chicken schnitzel.... well you can’t go wrong with a chicken schnitzel; it comes with a big salad and chips. It is served with something that is more jus than gravy, but a crumbed schnitzel, IMHO should be paired with a humble thick gravy rather than a more complex jus. My 7 yo thoroughly enjoyed the Caesar salad; which comes with a poached not boiled egg. Nothing special but and interesting variation. As it was only $15 for all the mains (except the Caesar, that was $18), we decided to splurge on dessert, even though it was just a Tuesday night. Crime brûlée, is served with a slice of straw berry and almond biscotti. The brûlée itself is finished off with a layer of toffee (freshly blowtorched by the waiter). We rated this dessert quite highly. It was absolutely delicious. Each of the kids had sticky date pudding. The butterscotch sauce tasted home made, you could taste the rich butter through the sweetness. I’m only guessing but it tastes exactly like the butterscotch I make at home to pour over my air popped popcorn. In fact each of the kids absolutely smashed the pudding. I’ll definitely be taking the family back to try the main menu! With a free kids meal with every adult meal, it should be a great value. I’m reading some other reviews in which customers note their disappointment that the venue did not meet the expectations of a fine dining restaurant. It is not fine dining, I think it’s important to clarify that. However it is quite good as something that is a like a good restaurant at a pub. No issues with service tonight either...they did forget to bring my coffee at dessert time, but it was proactively raised at bill time with an apology.