The Courtyard — Restaurant in Sydney

Nothing special, laksa didn’t taste like laksa but rather tom yum or curry paste soup. Small meat, ingredients and noodle portions for the price (we ordered Chicken laksa and Chicken noodle soup). Beer battered onion rings were okay, aioli felt like bulk sale rather than homemade. I can’t comment on the western food but I did see a couple other mains coming out and the meat portion was small but compensated with large vegetable serves, based on looks alone the schnitty looked mid, but then again I can’t confirm this. In my opinion, there are better food options in Westfield just beside Hornsby train station.

Regarding service, no one greeted us, had to ask thrice (and re-directed) for water as no one seemed to want to help. Self service cutlery, menu, everything apart from food delivery. Also was asking for directions to the Courtyard while walking past the bar, the 2 male service staff were chatting / presumably doing something on the counter system but were pretty disinterested in welcoming us in or guiding us, not even a “how are you”. Even the lady clearing our table went “are you done” and proceeded to clear our tables with no other form of greeting or friendly hello. I don’t believe any service staff were rude but it felt like I was in a game with robots assigned to tasks and absolute 0 interaction skills. I can’t justify paying for a service fee on top of my already expensive meal.

Redeeming points include: great green-filled atmosphere & nice furnishing, sufficient seating for family gatherings, decent service time, relatively clean restaurant. Would be nice for a birthday party as it has a nice...

UPDATE Impressive Affogato with Tia Maria on the side and substantial amount of ice cream 😍 The Courtyard was fully packed in weekday night hustling bustling like pre COVID. WOW~ Had one of the best fish and chips (crunchy and thin batter) with some beer. Can't go wrong. The burger was good too. I wish they bring back the weekday night specials like they used to. One of the best RSL club restaurants in my opinion. Used to be my go to place for weekday special dinners and drinks. The steak night was my favourite! The Couryard is spacious and clean, offering usual pub meals in addition to the Asian dishes (dumplings and noodle...

Sept 23 update : Need to downgrade the food to 2 stars as was served less than fresh fish in the Fish and Chips. Wife then switched to Chicken Ceasar Salad and got dry, tough chicken. My roast lamb was also hard and dry. Not even a pale shadow of what we had before. My bet is there has been a change in the kitchen personnel. Will not be returning.

(before, in early 2023) Traditional club food executed beautifully. Wider range than usual too. Staff generally friendly and helpful. Great...