Endeavour Restaurant — Restaurant in Newcastle-Maitland

Ok, so it's a proper old style restaurant, straight out of the 80/90's, authentically so, not in a remade retro way. The decor is like walking back in time and the menu choices are the same. Copperart style sculptures on the walls, exposed dark brick. It's old.

But the thing is, it's really good. I went out with my parents and we had oysters and lobster, which is really easy to mess up. Very tasty, very well cooked. My folks said it was better than Scratchly's in Newcastle.

Sometimes classic dishes done well are the best. It was honestly very nostalgic. The wait staff were attentive, friendly but not intrusive and there's a plethora of places to park. The food came out quickly, although it was a Monday night so can't estimate for more popular nights. They have a good selection of beer wine and spirits and they make cocktails (drinks menu is in transition atm, so best to just ask what they have atm while they're in transition) and you can look up the food menu online. They also had a 3 course special including a half lobster for $69

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Not sure where to start. I come from a time when a Motel restaurant was one of the special places to go for a meal, a birthday celebration or wedding anniversary. We decided to have a meal at the Endeavour Restaurant after a good friend recommended it to us with a promise of great food. She was right, the food was fantastic, but it was so much more than the food. The decor is 1978, clean, neat and tidy, the bar are is like walking into a time machine. The menu also holds flashbacks like prawn cocktails and chicken & asparagus voulevant. The meals were great, the deserts mostly made in house, service was fast and friendly. One of the best parts was the atmosphere, the fish tank, the quiet and pleasant piano tunes playing softly in the background. The ability to have a conversation without shouting, so very relaxed. It was our first visit to the Endeavour in a very long time, but we will be back soon. Please do not hesitate to go and enjoy a great meal in a relaxed, friendly...

6 star for the food and service. Staff were super friendly and very quick, really great service. The food was fantastic. We had an entree of garlic and Cheese bread which was delicious, mains were the steak and chicken Oscar and both were cooked perfectly and the sauce was so good. We finished with dessert of sticky date pudding and Mars Bar cheesecake and they were absolutely beautiful, they even let us switch cream for another scoop of ice cream! Would definitely recommend coming here.

My only negative would be the atmosphere. It feels like they aren't sure of what vibe the place is going for - there's a random mix of top hits type music, the acoustics aren't great so you can hear others' conversations, there's a big TV on the wall playing free to air television (a movie was on, later changed to cricket), there's a fish tank and it's a bit too bright. It would be a whole other level with a renovation to modernise the place and to have some continuity...