The Ettalong — Restaurant in New South Wales

Not what we expected at all! After joining a group of 16 for a much anticipated bottomless Greek brunch, we were excited. However, it was vey disappointing overall for the price we paid. Our table was a last minute make-do with high tables joined together and sitting on stools, not easy for short or older ladies to manage. It was in front of the entry doors, so a cold breeze hit us every time someone went in and out. Music was nice from a solo singer, but not Greek, so the atmosphere was not great for the event. The starters were nice, and we did get a few plates on our table, the flavours were good. But the mains were not up to expectations. The advertisement stated "a souvlaki platter fit for the gods" but it was very limited, just 1 dinner plate size serving for 4-5 people at our end of the table. The pita bread was terrible, crumbly and probably stale. The undercooked chicken souvlaki (skewers) were small and only served 2 per person, and was not flavoured much with lemon as advertised. The tiny bowl of pulled meat, we eventually realized it was lamb, was enough for 1 person only, so we shared a spoonful each. The salads were ok, again not enough. The Greek inspired cocktails were nice, I did enjoy the mojito with ouzo, but it seemed to be a bit watered down. There was no coffee or dessert offered. But when we went to see if we could order some separately, there was nobody serving. Our waitress was awesome, and near the end of lunch she arranged some Greek music from the singer. But it was played on her phone with really poor sound quality. But it was good to get up and dance a bit with all the fun crowd that tried to enjoy themselves despite the poor food experience. Some real Greek music that played throughout the day would be much appreciated. I'm not going back there again for this...

I’m the president of the Central Coast American Classics Club and we were invited to attend the Happy Days event on Sunday last by the event organisers and to display a dozen of our American cars. Upon arrival it was clear that it wasn’t very organised, but we finally parked our cars and proceeded inside. Some of us sat at a table but was immediately told that it was booked so we moved to another location in the hotel and this time most of us were seated and perusing the menu when another waiter asked us to move as this table is booked. We were actually moved another two times and on no occasion was there a “ booked” sign on any of the tables. Our organiser that had invited us finally seated us all in the outside beer garden when a very robust waiter with an attitude that would have complemented Basil Fawlty from Fawlty Towers said abruptly what are you all doing on these tables as there booked. One of our ladies from the club innocently stated that we were the people who had the classic cars on display, to which he rudely said l don’t care about the cars just move, you shouldn’t have even been put here. After a few more cross words we decided to get up and leave and cruised on home. I’ve never been to this pub nor will I in the future, this waiter/manager whatever he is was the most rudest person I’ve come across in years and to think he is working in the hospitality business is an absolute disgrace. I’m sure the staff are extremely good in what they do but it only takes one person throwing their weight around that spoilt a not so Happy Day. Thank you for the...

Attended yesterday for a “ Greek BOTTOMLESS lunch” for $70 per head, I’d rather go elsewhere. Firstly when the organizer of our booking arrived, they were directed to a table of 4- she had booked for 16 and she had booked by actually speaking directly to staff at the venue. The scramble was on to set up tables, we were given high tables, which ended up being only able to seat 14. Thank god one of our party didn’t come. The seats were really inconvenient for a few of our party due to age and health issue, so they had to sit at a low chair where a coffee table was given to eat from, which meant they weren’t able to actually join in fully with the whole group. These were ladies who are around 70 yrs old. Then comes the cost for a pathetic range of food. Obviously the money was for the watered down cocktails. One plate of food between four-five for “entree” not even enough for one for each person then the so called main. Bread that seemed like it was a week old, two tiny chicken skewer each that were bland, a tiny bowl of pulled beef or lamb, who knows what it was we went told, and a very small cereal bowl of tomato, cucumber ( if you could find that) a few olives, and onion. Poor. No coffee or dessert. And only one Greek song played in the 2hrs we were there, because our organiser requested it. A plus, our lovely young waitress was lovely. Thanks god our party was...