Commercial Hotel Strathalbyn — Restaurant in Strathalbyn

Two dinners, a week apart, two different outcomes. First dinner, 4 people, good meals all round, good value for money but the person taking the orders (part owner, I believe) needed reminding of the importance of being friendly and helpful to customers. Overall, a reasonable evening and I was happy to return a week later. Second meal, 6 people and only 1 reasonable meal out of the 6. The Asian salad was refreshing, crispy and delicious; the accompanying pork belly was a little dry and flavourless but overall, reasonable. Four serves of roast pork were very dry; the meat looked as if it had been cooked hours ago. Definitely a thumbs down from all concerned. The one serve of lamb rack was raw. Pink lamb is lovely, but this was raw. The waitress reluctantly returned it to the kitchen. When it was returned to the table, it was just as raw, but part of the rack had been removed from the plate. The solution should have been to replace the raw lamb with a new serve, cooked appropriately. The waitress's implied attitude was that "you win some, you lose some." In the absence of a replacement main course, an offer of a complimentary dessert may not have been accepted but would have gone a long way to appeasing a very dissatisfied customer. This is not a dining room any of us will choose to dine at again in the foreseeable future, not because of the cooking blunders but because of the way the complaint about the lamb...

What a find the Commercial Hotel at Strathalbyn is!

Visiting SA from Brisbane, I jumped straight in the hire car to Hahndorf. I had such great memories of the village and couldn’t wait to get back. Gosh was I disappointed. It’s lost it’s village, community feel to a chain store cafe vibe along the Main Street.

So ... I kept driving and found beautiful Strathalbyn and the Commercial Hotel. It’s a stunning country pub exactly as you would hope it would be ... Made out of stone and featuring a stunning timber bar. The food was awesome, the wine list was great but most importantly ... the service was amazing. It is the kind of service where you feel like part of the family and you can tell that it is very genuine.

I can’t wait to return to the Commercial at...

Really enjoyed visiting here for a sunday lunch with a friend. When entering the Hotel we were greeted by the friendly staff, shown to a table and provided with menus. We ordered and our meals arrived quite quickly. When ordering main meals you are able to access the hot and cold all you can eat food bar. Consisting of salads and hot vegetables. Our food was delicious. Great portion sizes and we left feeling very full. This was a lovely, friendly, cozy, country pub. Its located at the top end of the antique shop strip. There are so many shops to browse through before or after lunch. Make a whole day of it. There is a drive thru bottle shop attached to the Commercial Hotel. Great staff and reasonable...