Son of a Gun — Restaurant in Newcastle-Maitland

Super disappointing dining experience.

They had a special advertised on a sign outside which drew us inside to eat dinner. We weren’t advised this special was unavailable until after we had already ordered drinks.

We contemplated leaving as the menu wasn’t overly broad but decided to stay and give some other stuff a try and really regretted it.

Cheeseburger came out and looked good but the patty was the worst I have ever had, was super crispy on the outside (almost burnt), but had a soggy, mushy texture on the inside and was more like a rissole than hamburger patty. Other than the gross patty, mustard was the only flavour that was evident, very overpowering.

Chipotle chicken loaded fries were super average, came out with unseasoned shredded chicken breast (odd choice for loaded fries) had no chipotle flavour at all and only found 1 piece of diced bacon in the whole serve, the ranch sauce was nice though.

Onion rings, we’re frozen pre-crumbed rings you would expect from mid 2000’s hungry jacks, not worth the $9.50 they charge.

The southern fried chicken and waffles were again very average. The waffles were stale and fairly cold when they came out, the jalapeño bacon butter and maple syrup were already spread on the waffles which didn’t allow any control over the flavours. Chicken was cooked okay, but had no “southern” flavour or seasoning.

Overall these four dishes (two entrees, two mains) and two soft drinks cost over $70, which is the worst part of the experience, as that’s premium prices for well below average food.

It might be a nice place for a drink, but I would strongly advise against coming...

Well. Usually we stop here to just grab a takeaway coffee and kept wondering what it would be like food wise. Yeah you'll see some low reviews here and they probably had reasons for those things they complained about. Yay. You've had your 5 minutes of my attention and I disagree.

The staff. Now I don't know if that guy with the amazing moustache is the owner and the lovely gal running around with him is his wife but I assume they are based on the conversation we had with a regular lovely old lady sitting across from us. The drinks we ordered consisted of Life on Mars(Mango), Starman (Raspberry) and a Large Caramel Latte. They gave us a few minutes and we just couldn't decide but on their specials they had the works burger and she got the Prawn Burrito Bowl... OK the mean on the burger was very simple with a lovely crust but still had pink through the centre. My critique there would be to ask the customer if they want that level. I have Medium Rare so for me it worked well. That sauce was awesome and the chips very much enjoyed. I truly made a mess of the sauce over the chips and was to the point of wiping the bowl with the chips. Yum. My gals Prawn Burrito Bowl... That was awesome. Flavours perfect. For her liking she would have had less spinach or had it wilted with the prawns cause that would have punched it up a notch.

The drinks came our before the food so ordering both at the same time might be a thing for some people but I would happily order two of those drinks. Yum.

Overall loved it....

We went for my husband's birthday as it was somewhere our kids had been before (with their grandmother). The kids were desperate to go there again. Service was brilliant. Vanilla Thick shake and Life on Mars juice were delicious. 10/10 The food started with Poutine (fabulous) and garlic bread ( unfortunately it was drizzled with dill sauce, not sure why but it was yuck). Unfortunately the the cheeseburgers had no discernable cheese, but did have barely cooked bacon, over onioned meat patty and a drowning of sauce which made it worst dining experience we've had. lucky the kids were hungry. My bowl of food looked amazing but again all I could taste was Dill. The waiter asked multiple times if everything was okay he even came back after clearing the plate to say he noticed it was untouched I told him I had made a rushed choice Soi just accepted that I must have missed the mention of dill and he left it at that. However when we got the car and i re read the menu the over dilled sauce that ruined my meal was meant to be salsa verde. I would say def go back for the service and the Poutine and drinks but given the crappy burgers we got on this occasion and I cannot get the Dill flavour our of my mouth (I only had one bite ) we...