HOMESTEAD TAVERN — Restaurant in Brisbane City

The sacred Homestead hotel. Where such joyous occasions were once the norm when it was 'the local'. Where Val ran the bar like a well oiled machine and already had half of the shout poured when you were still making your way from the car to the entrance. The glorious pre-pokie days when pubs still had atmosphere. Many birthdays celebrated inside that big, open public bar. Thousands of dollars won, lost or hastily scribbled I.O.U's on a beer coaster. The fairest of maidens selling raffle tickets on a Friday afternoon right before I suspect they were heading off for a frolic in Downfall Creek. There could be no other feasible explanation for the bikinis they wore and the prizes they didn't carry. I don't remember ever seeing anybody win anything from those raffles. In fact, I don't think a number was ever called out. The $4 roast beef roll with chips is no longer not only, the ONLY thing on the menu, but Chef has taken it completely off! The old smoking area that used to be that area inside the entrance and include everywhere, even right next to somebody eating their roast beef roll and chips...everywhere EXCEPT over the pool tables where smoking is banned WORLDWIDE has been replaced with a cool little area just outside the bar in a kind of beergarden setting. One of the nicer durrie habitats around these days. The pub itself is the same as most of the pubs these days. A bistro on one end, a bar with screens for the races, sport etc in the middle and an outdoor area at the other end. A pretty sterile, clinical environment. A mere shadow of its former glory. One thing that has not changed though is the welcoming smiles of the staff. I don't get there as frequently as once was the case. But everytime I walk in that door I feel immediately welcome, relaxed and glad I stopped in. Friendliest bar/floor staff in all of Brizvegas. Will definitely be back. The pics are old. ...

Would not recommend

Walked in to the restaurant area and were ignored and had to approach the young girl at the bar about a table. She asked if we had ordered I said we don't even have a table yet she replied "you need a table number to order " I said we don't have a table yet. We then ordered and she hardly communicated with us and when she did her attitude was unprofessional and very unwelcoming.

We then went and sat at our table which was filthy and when another staff member cleaned the table after we had to ask the girl behind the bar shouted out "it's already clean" I replied back and said no it is filthy.

Our meals were served whilst we racked up a game off pool but as we sat down to eat two men took over our table without even asking.

Our meals were less than average and we noticed the kitchen staff had no gloves on or hair nets whilst handling our food

Very unprofessional and I would not recommend unless you wish to be spoken to with an attitude, served less than average food and putting up with rude staff who didn't know the first thing about...

We recently hosted a 50th Birthday party in the upstairs function room. We have had many functions over the past 10 years and using the Homestead Tavern makes it so convenient for us. The Private room allows for large parties yet does not make you feel crowded or closed in as the room is modern, light and airy. With it's own bar, overhead projector connectivity and speaker system, it makes any party so easy to cater for individual needs. The food catered and presented by the resident chef was of high quality and quantity, every guest left satisfied. The staff went above and beyond to make our event run smoothly, in particular the event manager Debbie, nothing was too hard, and she also went out of her way to get extra items to make our day special, also thankyou to the Tavern manager Matt, the bar and kitchen staff, Thank You. I highly recommend this place for your...