Newmarket Hotel — Restaurant in Adelaide

Had a meal at the Newmarket Hotel two weeks ago and was expecting a really nice meal going by the advert out the front claiming a 'New Chef' etc. I had a schnitzel served with chips and a few sprouts, I was surprised that they did not serve slices of lemon which is the traditional accompaniment when serving plain schnitzel. They have a salad bar and the salads were not fresh when I took my choices to the table I could smell the cucumber was off and stank so rancid that I couldn't stand the smell and had to move the plate of salad away from me. When we left I told the waitress, when she came to collect the plates and she took it to the kitchen and came back a short time letter and said someone (the chef? not sure) couldn't smell anything but she could and thought it was the cabbage in the coleslaw. The salads all looked like the ones sold in Coles. I wouldn't recommend this hotel for a meal, such a shame because I had always had a good meal there in the past. The only good thing I have to say is that the wait and bar staff...

I think the reviews listed are very old as my recent experience in dining at the Newie in February was fantastic. I would go as far as to say that the food is best pub fare in Adelaide. Wine list is comprehensive, beer selection on tap and packaged great and the staff are sensational. Would recommend to those who have not visited the best kept secret in Port Adelaide to 'do yourselves a favour' (thanks Molly!). We will be back and will be bringing others with us. Old reviews have done their job as management must have listened and addressed comments as everything is...

I ordered a pale ale and the bartender gave me a glass of cloudy sludge. When I said I don't want that sludge, I was told that the keg had just been changed. I said it's disgusting. I was then told people love it like that. In 50 years going to the pub, I have never been sold a cloudy dirty beer and told that people love it like that. The person was rude and I said, I can't believe you think I'm going to drink that. How rude. One thing I know. Pubs don't last long that try to sell dregs. I will never go...