Henry Buttsworth
14/05/2026
Well the food is certainly hit and miss and appears to be luck of the draw as to which chef is working that day.
On Tuesday 13 May 2026 I was looking for somewhere to have lunch and read the reviews on Google for this tavern. There was a lot of negative reviews regarding the food, however the review from 3 months ago said there was a new chef and things were better. So I thought I would give it a chance. Ordered the lunch special roast chicken for $19.90. The lady behind the bar was lovely. Very friendly and helpful. I asked her to please request the chicken leg for me as I prefer the leg, so she made a note on my order. I was very impressed with the meal that was served. There were 3 pieces of chicken, 2 drumsticks and a nice big thigh. Please see photos. I thought $19.90 is not cheap but there was a reasonable amount and it was very tasty.
So the very next day I went back for exactly the same meal again. I asked the same lovely barmaid if it was the same chef as yesterday and she said it wasn\'t. I said how impressed I was with the meal yesterday and could I please have the same again. She said she would try. When she brought the meal out we were both surprised at what she had. She apologised and I told her I felt completely ripped off. There was 2 tiny drumsticks of chicken. No thigh like yesterday. 2 small drumsticks instead of 2 drumsticks and a big thigh the day before. After I Finshed the meal and still felt hungry I went to speak to the lovely barmaid and showed her my photos comparing the 2 meals. She was shocked and asked if she could show the photos to the chef, which I allowed. Now here is the kicker. She came back with my phone and said the chef said he had run out of thighs. Are you serious. Take my money, short change me on the food and then say bad luck you lose out because I have run out of food.
I asked if I could speak to the manager at this point. I am not normally a speak to the manager type of person but this was a completely unacceptable response from the chef, I felt.
Harriet the manager came and spoke to me and she too was lovely, apologetic and completely agreed with me how unacceptable it was. She insisted on refunding my $19.90 and I appreciated her help. I asked how I could identify when that chef was working as I wouldn\'t eat there again when he was but unfortunately there was no way for me to do that she said, so I probably just won\'t eat there again. Shame because it is a nice venue with mostly great staff, but they really need to sort out their food and all these bad reviews.