Play Pokies at Tower Hotel, Hawthorn East in Hawthorn East

Shout out to the team at the Tower hotel. We went down there for dinner this evening and both the food and the service were excellent. It's also very reasonably priced. It was my first visit back there in many years. Definitely worth checking out.

Con from the pokies room is an absolute legend. The way he welcomes patrons, watches and encourages wins as well as provides drinks and food is second to none. Thank you so much. The drive through service is also second to none with Con and the boys providing the best service and advice. Good parking and great friendly locals.

Went here for a party, bartenders were super fun, forgot to say goodbye but great service to them!

Thanks for all the drinks!

First of all, if this listing is for the pub, they have a restaurant area in the same premises, and the food comes from the same kitchen, so, anything you see here in my review you can get it at the pub too
The Tower is an all in one hotel, restaurant, pub, and pokies (gambling machines)
I personally sat at the restaurant
The menu has lots to choose from: it has appetizers, salads, burgers, pizzas, pasta, risotto, and other mains, sides, kids menus, desserts...
Lots of alcoholic drink options indeed, beer, wines, and liquors
They have drinks specials, and food specials that change everyday
Personally I went for
- orange juice
- pear, rocket and walnut salad, with lots of walnuts
- linguine vongole, with lots of clams
- apple & rhubarb crumble
Every food item came in a generous portion , was yummy, and looked super good too (always a good sign to me, if they take extra time to make it look good, you can understand they care a lot about the taste)
The person in charge of attending customers, Gina, is lovely, very good first impression on my side, and I could see/hear she had returning guests, which she cared a lot about too
While the guys in the kitchen are well efficient too
With the same for served in both spaces, you can choose to eat in the restaurant if you want a relaxed place, or in the bar if you're more into meeting a crowd. Oh, and there's a terrace too
Basically, lots of options about the atmosphere you wanna get, and the food and drinks you wanna get, great food, nice presentation, friendly and efficient staff... highly recommended!

Had 3 x meals + garlic cheese pizza and the food was awesome. Partner said it was the best Parma he's ever had plus the dough on the pizza was perfect