Great Western Hotel — Restaurant in Grampians

I'm not sure why they changed the name of this pub to the 'Great Western' all those years ago other the obvious reason, and perhaps a lack of decent English teachers at the local school - 'The Shakespeare' was a lot more evocative and probably more relevant. |We popped in for a meal and parked the van nearby, with the kids lodged in the attached motel accom. The staff were very welcoming, the meals good and cheap and the room pretty basic but clean. |A very country feel, filled with locals on a winters Friday night - always a good sign - wood fires kept parts of the pub warm but in other parts the droughts were as cold as the Carlton Draught. Pool table and juke box were largely ignored but a necessity nevertheless. A meat raffle for the local CFA and lots of talk about the Greater Western Lions ( the Magoo's unbeaten more than 1/2 way through the season ) - lots of rain over the weekend - understandably the locals were in a good mood with the picking finished and the pruning yet to be done.|Country pub, no nonsense, with country...

I'm not sure why they changed the name of this pub to the 'Great Western' all those years ago other the obvious reason, and perhaps a lack of decent English teachers at the local school - 'The Shakespeare' was a lot more evocative and probably more relevant. |We popped in for a meal and parked the van nearby, with the kids lodged in the attached motel accom. The staff were very welcoming, the meals good and cheap and the room pretty basic but clean. |A very country feel, filled with locals on a winters Friday night - always a good sign - wood fires kept parts of the pub warm but in other parts the droughts were as cold as the Carlton Draught. Pool table and juke box were largely ignored but a necessity nevertheless. A meat raffle for the local CFA and lots of talk about the Greater Western Lions ( the Magoo's unbeaten more than 1/2 way through the season ) - lots of rain over the weekend - understandably the locals were in a good mood with the picking finished and the pruning yet to be done.|Country pub, no nonsense, with country...

Passing through around dinner time and decided to drop in for a meal...from the get go we should of walked out.....the guy at the counter serving us had no clue... We ordered the "Chef's Special" which was the Roast Lamb...for a start I would dispute the title Chef...a Chef would or should never let that monstrosity you called a Lamb Roast out of the kitchen...you should be ashamed of yourself. Firstly it is criminal to serve a Roast without gravy, the meat had a funny taste, I counted 6 peas, soggy beans, 2 tiny shrivelled things that l think identified themselves as Roast potatoes, burnt pumpkin and a little container of mint sauce that I think was mouth wash with some dried mint flakes thrown in for good measure....what were you thinking???? We then asked for gravy and we were brought out some gluggy Maggi ....waste of $25...I really thought a Roast would be a safe choice. Send the "Chef" to...