Summerhill Hotel — Restaurant in Melbourne

I gave Summerhill a 3 because of the quality of the food and not enough salads served with meals. The meals are huge, if they cut the size of the serve, example lasagne to about half the size and serve with a salad then it would be much more appealing. This would also make it a healthier option and a lot more appealing. Most of the food was deep fried and/or rich in sauces or toppings. This doesn't have to be the case, a bit of twicking could make the meals a lot heartier and appealing to the eye. I say this also as Australians in general don't need this size serve and need a lot less richness in the foods. These serving sizes are contributing to Australians belt size. Sure you can say that one does not have to eat it but, people tend to think 'I'm paying for it so I better eat it', yes that's how people do think. My dinner was not what I expected, I got a ceasar salad because no salad was served with the dish I wanted. What I didn't expect was to get what seemed half an iceberg lettuce and very little other. The chicken seemed a bit fatty and the bacon was not trimmed of the fat and had a lot of excess fat from cooking. There was also no anchovies and very little sauce. The dish was not what I saw in the photo, so I was disappointed. My Mother thought about the Seniors seafood basket but it gave no indication in the description as to what was in it. When you put something up for offer on the menu, make sure you have what is in the dish. Saying "Seafood and eat it" is not good enough. The service by Tash (in training ) was good and she brought our coffees over to the lounge table. We used to goto Summerhill regularly and decided to try it again to perhaps make it a regular outing, but this won't be happening in a hurry. This outing was honestly not worth my $60+. Something we also found that you (Summerhill management ) may wish to look into is that it is a lot hotter in the restaurant part then the lounge. By all means if you want huge meals then goto Summerhill, but if you care about the size of your meal and the quality, you may wish to rethink Summerhill as a...

Dinner tonight was not a great experience.

Firstly, the girl on the counter was friendly enough, but didn’t have knowledge around drinks or food. Which is fine we all have to learn, but she had no support immediately around her to ask.

Ordered an onion rings as an entree for the table to share, kristy was the server for the meals, the mains showed up and I said I don’t think they are ours we ordered an onion rings to come out first, she responded with well these are ready and the onion rings aren’t so they will Come out when they’re ready.

We ordered 2 parmys chips and salad and side of mushroom gravy which is $3, when they arrived it was plain gravy. This point was raised with Kristy who said “ well the ticket in the kitchen said plain. That’s why you got plain.” We advised her the ticket was incorrect and asked to her to change it, which seemed like a major inconvenience for her.

Lastly, there was a seafood basket on the specials beside the till, prior to ordering it, I asked what was in it. Was advised, fish, prawns, calamari and scallops. What arrived was processed “prawn cutlets”, what they called the scallops are known at the fish and chip shop as seafood bites, rounds of processed seafood extender, the calamari was the processed “squid” rings and the fish is still unknown, all of it completely disgusting.

I get that sometimes food isn’t wonderful, there’s issues with suppliers and mistakes happen, BUT the attitude and blatant hostility around it was...

Lockdown restrictions over, I now get to check out the local and surrounds. Found the Summerhill Hotel on a quest to Marco's, the fabulous supermarket next door.

The Summerhill is a Casino-chic, restaurant and bar that caters for a wide variety of people. While I'm not a gambler, I do appreciate the "Vegas" sign up in lights as it reminds me of my time in The States. There is a centralised, massive tv and various mix-sized screens for sports watching.

The bar staff are friendly, and have a neighbourly vibe. They are attentive, and act on requests (ie channel changes on the tv to specifics sports - with sound!). Brilliant for watching the game, whether it be footy, NFL, basketball, cricket etc.

The bar selection is standard, but could do with more variety in beer (suggestions could be draught from other states, increased international selection from USA, UK and Europe).

The kitchen is run by an iron chef that impressively caters for over 40 tables.

Had a flat white coffee while here, prepared by Neysa ... and it was superb; easily rivalling boujee coffee shops. Since this is Reservoir, a place desolate for good coffee; I was ecstatic to make this discovery. Like finding an oasis in the desert.

Will be back, will...