Terminus Hotel Forrest — Restaurant in Forrest

:: Great Country Victoria Hospitality :: We rolled in with a bunch of mates and were treated like kings :: We had great chats - and occasional pearls of wisdom - from the locals. Plenty of good natured games of pool with the local silver fox ‘Murph’ (possibly Brendan ...) and pumped a bunch of coins in the well-stocked jukebox - I seem to recall Total Eclipse of the Heart and Sabotage - even the publican supplied along a few rollicking sea shanties :: There was dancing on tables - literally :: One of those rare nights out when you felt like a local and not a city interloper :: Genuine, unpretentious - slightly unhinged - good times ::...

We stayed on Forrest for 4 nights. Went to the pub on the Sunday night being our first night there. There was nothing else in town open, so they were the only option. They are not open Mon or Tues. Something was going on with the kitchen I think as the only thing you could order was chicken parmi or schnitzel with chips. When the meal did come out was served in polystyrene containers which was weird. Food was ok. But if you are the only place in town open for dinner then more of an effort needs to be made to ensure people come back. Im all about supporting local business in small towns. But geez it was difficult...

Looks like the pub is in a state of decline. An old washed out blackboard at the front of the pub states it is open Wednesday to Sunday from 3.00pm. It in fact didn't open till 5.00pm. I went in and had a beer, the publican seemed disinterested in serving me. He was talking to the locals about walking away from the pub next week. It seems a pity as it was a good country pub a...