Trumble Bar and Cafe — Restaurant in Melbourne

I'm like to write two reviews for the Hugh Trumble Cafe because it is SO different on different occasions. On non-match days, it's great. A wide variety of freshly prepared meals (all under $17 for generous sized serves), with a constantly changing, always interesting menu. It's certainly "no frills", but for $17 you wouldn't expect many). Highly recommended. On match days, however, it's a very different story. A never changing menu - and the prices have gone from $17 to around $25. On our two recent visits, the food was poor - parma that seemed to have been in the oven for hours, seafood pasta with2 prawns and not much else - uninspiring at best, completely unacceptable at worst. Clearly from the non-match day experiences, they do know how to do it better. ...

We used to really enjoy the Hugh Trumble Cafe prior to Covid. Went for the first time in years at the Geelong v Brisbane prelim final. Loved the interior makeover, but the food was very average. You would think a roast beef roll would be pretty standard - crusty roll, roast beef and gravy. It came with an almost stale tasting roll, smidgen of gravy, some kind of aoili and a coleslaw mix inside Also, bowl of chips had some weird cheesy type seasoning on it. Partner had the fish and chips which were overcooked. Bit...

I have dined in the Hugh Trumble Cafe for many years. Friday evening the meal was almost inedible.Even the bowl of chips was left 3/4 full when the waitress removed the plates. Chicken so dry it was tasteless.The waitress of her own volition sent the supervisor over to our table as she could see the meals had hardly been touched.Supervisor said she would bring it to the attention of the kitchen. My advice DO NOT eat...