Play Pokies at Corio Hotel in Goolwa

Corio hotel, Goolwa, South Australia
Delightful food for a great selection in the menu. The food tastes as good as it looks and the staff are lovely. Highly recommend for a meal 🤙

Had a quick lunch in School holidays. Group of 8, 4 children and 4 adults. Service was quick and friendly. Food was decent.

Certainly an old pub but no complaints about food or service.

The bartender was amazing, welcoming and friendly. My Finacèe an I (both women) came here without any knowledge of the town and had quite the odd experience.
Felt like fish in a aquarium everywhere we went.
Damn near every person that we passed looked at us, with some form of contempt or judgement.
But we took it with a grain of salt an on our last night went to the local pub none the less to see if we could have a good time.
An we did for the most part but it was short lived.
Some local men decided to protrude on my personal space demaning the pool table for themselves and treated me in such a way that would resemble mens treatment to women dating back to the 50s. Incredibly rude, disrespectful and disgusting, i was ashamed and shocked to see this example of a \"man\".
If you\'re a woman or a member of the LGBT community.
STAY AWAY, there are plenty of other towns that aren\'t stuck in the past and won\'t cater to those who treat people with disrespect regardless of sex or orienation or whatever.
An the people here just stuck up for the bigot when we needed support.
Disgusting!!!

★☆☆☆☆ One Star

I haven't left a bad review in a while, which makes this even more disappointing. We were genuinely looking forward to trying Corio hotel. From the outside, the building looks great - but unfortunately, that's where the positives ended.

As soon as we walked in, there was a strong smell, almost like toilet cleaner, which wasn't a great start. My wife, son, and I were dining together. I ordered the parma (my usual go-to), my wife had the steak schnitzel, and my son had the fish and chips.

The parma was very disappointing. The flavour just wasn't there - the breading was poor, the marinara tasted unpleasant and oddly cold, like it had just come out of the fridge, and the chicken was dry and tough. The cheese was the only decent part. I didn't even trust the salad enough to try it.

My wife's schnitzel was worse. It tasted like it had been fried in very old oil that had gone off. I took her meal back to the staff and explained the issue. I heard the staff member mention something to a chef, but that was it - no follow-up, no one came out to ask for more detail, and no attempt to address the complaint.

The only meal that was okay was the fish and chips.

Overall, it's very sad that this place missed the mark so badly - both in food quality and customer service. Even more disappointing was that no one bothered to follow up on a genuine concern. We won't be returning.

My partner and I decided to come in for the first time and I must say we were blown away by the quality and taste of the meal. We had fish of the day (whiting) and Roast of the day (beef). Fish of the day was amazingly fresh, tasty and good portions. The roast of the day had beautiful roast vegetables which I feel many pubs get wrong, tasty thick brown gravy and again had really good portions. The food was prepared and cooked with care and attention to detail. The lady who welcomed us in was lovely and welcoming.
We will definitely be back soon!