Royal George — Restaurant in Kyneton

The good: the lady who served us was very nice and knowledgeable. The space is lovely, the bar upstairs is very nicely built and the outside upstairs deck is lovely. The not so good: the owners are sitting at the bar and actually aren't overly hospitable people. The bar itself is a nursery/glassware store/bottle shop/furniture store. Seeing this beautiful building used as an unsuitable furniture space on the lower level is a shame. I guess covid has knocked it around which is understandable, however the multi use takes away from it rather than adds in this case. In short, the potential is there, I think the owners are capable, however it's definitely not hit...

(August 2014) Ambitious effort. 17 taps in a country town of 6,000 odd people seems like a tall order but Kyneton has some decent form when it comes to all things epicurean. Still early days for these guys and they were all over the shop managing the food (seemed overwhelmed). The tap list is a little pedestrian by Australia’s rapidly improving standards but still some gems like Hargreaves Hill BA stout, Murray’s Punk Monk and Boat Rocker Hop Bomb. Didn’t give the food a good look but the small pub food dishes seemed ok. Very small main room and it was tough to get a seat. Points for being the most comprehensive tap lost outside of...

Popped in whilst we were in town for the night and were very pleasantly surprised by the cosiest bar upstairs, and very relaxed atmosphere. We ordered some bar snacks and cocktails, all of which were delicious. Must say the cocktails are probably the best we had tried anywhere- the one with tequila, peach and Tabasco, I am still dreaming of it and trying to recreate it at home (with not much luck so I guess we will be...