Play Pokies at The Oakbank Hotel

We dropped in here for an early date night tonight (Monday night) and had a fantastic experience. The owner was warm and welcoming, staff were fantastic, friendly and attentive making sure we were looked after, drinks replenished and table cleared in good timing. The food was exceptional and the value for money was spot on! We left feeling nourished and well looked after. The pub has been tastefully revamped with lots of natural light, and great outdoor space for the warmer months and the overall atmosphere was very relaxed, though I imagine it could get quite busy on weekends. The chicken wings were the best we've found in the hills. Kilpatrick oysters were good too, and reasonably priced. I'm keen to try the beef ribs next! They look real good! Thanks for having us! We look forward to having dinner here again very soon!

We has lunch here and it was amazing. Very good chef. Started with Thai pumpkin soup and arancini balls followed by smoked Wagu Brisket. Super tender served with a rich sauce. We shared the Brisket, enough for 2! All by a nice wRm fire in the front bar area. Top marks! Will come back for Thurs $12 schnitty!

Management and staff are extremely customer focused. The service is excellent creating a truly wonderful experience.

Great place ..lovely eating areas ...inside and outside .. great service from freindly staff and the foods great .. nice selection ??'?..cheers 😀

Previously we raved about this place, not today.
We sat indoors, they had a band playing in the garden but kept the doors opened which was a shame as you hardly hear your companion talk over the noise of the band and other diners talking loudly over the band, it also meant that we were constantly annoyed by flies ans even a European wasp!
My son ordered the burger (he had placed as best in Adelaide) and requested no fat on the bacon and for extra crispy bacon, he forgot to say no pickles but that was his fault; the almost just cooked bacon with unrendered fat was definitely the cooks fault. He had to pick off the bacon, which was mostly adhered to the cheese, so his cheese went with it. The picture attached is off what went back to the kitchen.
I had the ocean trout with lemon caper rosti, wilted spinach and hollandaise sauce. The skin of the fish was not crispy but slid off the flesh, I ate one bone then found another. The rosti was hard to cut into and also seemed to hold oil. The proportions of small rosti, to quite a lot of spinach and a decent serve of fish was out; the rosti needed to be bigger in size or have two IMO.
We had the onion rings and sweet potato fries which were fine. We also had 2 x lemon , lime and bitters then ordered a jug of the same, which equates to another 3 drinks (thats all we poured out if the jug, the rest was ice.)
There was a 15% surcharge for a public holiday, which is fine but it seemed that the care factor of food preparation was way lower. Total cost of the very disappointing meal for 2 was $135. This experience has turned us off returning, which is a shame as we held this place in high regard and had been looking forward to treating ourselves today.