Rosebud Hotel — Restaurant in Melbourne

Firstly, I never ever write reviews. But I honestly felt compelled to write this. We went to the bistro a few weeks back, made a booking and we had never been there before. The manager, a young guy with a moustache and tattoos, “greeted” us; I have never met a less hospitable person- he didn’t actually say hello, he just looked us up and down and said “have you been here before?” After an awkward exchange he took us to our table. Fast forward to the meal, THEY DONT HAVE OYSTERS. you are a pub, and a pub that is literally on the beach- how do you not have oysters? Alas, we ordered, I ordered a Parma with a side of garlic butter. Surely you can’t mess that up. There was about a whole bag of oily cheese on the Parma, I had to scrape most of it off, and the ham underneath was cold. The garlic butter, HAD NO GARLIC. Not even garlic powder or garlic salt. It was literally a block of butter straight out of the fridge. We never get to go out as we have two young children so this was a special occasion, absolutely ruined. This place is getting 1 star instead of zero, because the bar guy (Riley?) was lovely. Also the chips were good. Also I don’t recommend the bistro if you have kids because the place stank of cigarettes. Once we left, the tattoed block and another lady were standing at the entry, we looked at them expecting them to say ‘come again’ or ‘thanks’ or even an ‘oo roo’, they did not even look at us or say goodbye. Nothing. So unbelievably rude and we literally felt like we weren’t welcome. Only been there once and will never go again. Do yourself a favour, get that bloke some customer service training, put garlic in your butter and get some...

3.3. What can I say. It’s a pub would be a good start. It looks good from the street. The outside looks good is what that means. The inside was ok too. We grabbed a nice spot by the window. The world’s most beautiful woman was keen to eat/dine here. She once spent a golden summer in the nearby area and had fond memories of this pub. I would have sought out another hipster haunt until I was reminded of my liking of the occasional more modest dining experience. The pub therefore got the nod. My house cab sav was truly awful. Bitter, thin and insubstantive. It was the sort of wine I’ve spent half my life trying to avoid. A reminder to always look past the house wine if you want to retain self respect. The soft bread rolls were triumphantly over processed. I last ate bread like this in the late 1990s, I think. Not whole grain. Try no grain. But, I quite liked them because I know I’ll never have another bread roll that’s this unhealthy ever again. I had the lamb shank for my meal. I’d misread the dish in the plural. One shank only it was and I momentarily fell into shock when it arrived. I’d never only had just the one before. The shank singular was ok. It was lacking a bit of flavour but strangely I quite liked it. The accompanying mash was slightly under seasoned but otherwise ok. By contrast, the WMBW’s eggplant parmigiana was a triumph. It was very tasty with some nice fries and a well dressed salad. It wasn’t just the memories of the golden summer that were making her happy. She loved her meal. I had a taste and I have to admit it was pretty good. I plan to never return here but I liked my one experience of going...

Hey went there as a family on Saturday night , (had booked ahead during the day) to share a rare night together of celebration .All going not too bad ,we were enjoying each other's company and the pub atmosphere, until officious staff member decided to pick on us . Officious Security Gaurd (over the top) asking for ID papers for our 17.5 y.o. daughter who was having a small alcoholic drink with her meal , with her family.Which as far as I know is completely legal. She was made to stop and they posted a scrutinising security guard nearby , some sort of bar manager also carefully watching us.Which made us all feel very uncomfortable . All due to our 17.5 year old daughter sharing a beer from the jugs we bought to have with our substanial meal. Overbearing, unnecessary officious scrunity, that spoilt a rare night out together. There won't be a next time for us here, we'll take the few hundred we spent here and spend it at a place that appreciates patronage and is family friendly and far more deserving of our hard earned. Tough covid times for businesses and you're treated like this. GOODBYE. P.S. Food was typical pub grub for what is basically a spruced up beer barn . What I expected , but for the BIG BROTHER attitude of BAR MANAGER AND SECURITY STAFF. P.P.S But the wait staff and front-of-house at the bistro were really great. The reason the place got any stars in fact. P.P.S Stay away if your kids are in the same age bracket, the scrutiny can cause an uncomfortable night and there are other options in Rosebud...