Shamrock Hotel — Restaurant in Rochester

Another example of why rural pubs end up closing. The sort you always see on the TV news moaning about how hard done they are and how they find it hard to survive….. without once looking in to a mirror. Poor lacklustre management that wouldn’t know if their a**e is on fire. You’d think they’d be trying extra hard after the closure of of the dairy factory and bank to attract patronage in a town hard hit. Wednesday after Christmas. Roads busy as. Holiday makers going up and coming back from the Murray. Stop for lunch - kitchen not open until tonight. But bar open - okaaay that makes sense. Lots of drivers will be really wanting to load up with booze then drive with police around rather than have something to eat. Saw several people also look like us at whether the...

Outside the hotel it advertises lunch for $15 and there is a good selection of meals at this price. If you are a senior it is only $13. But when you get inside there are some very creative dishes written up on the chalk board, they made my mouth water, just thinking about them. I ordered grilled fish, chips and veges. I was pleasantly surprised to see the vegetable selection on my meal included asparagus, bok choy, snow peas and broccoli. The seating is comfortable, the service was prompt and unlike many country hotels I have been in they did have a pinot grigio on the wine list. I will return one day soonish to have an...

the food was mid and someone’s burger was “inedible”. there was a really depressing atmosphere, no music, no good vibes. the customer service was okay, the servers were nice but the food just wasn’t up to scratch and it took a while for some of the meals to arrive. a poster about how there were spirits haunting the hotel hanging up on the wall scared the younger children to the point of tears, and the decorations were extremely disappointing. unfortunately, this was a pretty disappointing visit. although i will say the hot chips were delectable,...