If you've every enjoyed a leisurely lunch on the balcony at the Royal Hotel in Leichhardt then think again because those days those have gone.

As most good restaurants in Leichhardt have gone the way of the dodo bird so has this place. The table service has evaporated yet still funnily enough the prices have remained at restaurant prices with the patron doing essentially all of the work except cook the food.. After jumping up and down like jack rabbits I asked the manager what's happened to the table service and the reply was "oh, we had to change that because of covid". I've found that most restaurants have ramped up service delivery and food for that matter minimising patron movement within the premises because of covid..

So we then get to the food.....my friend and I shared an entrée of the croquettes which were lovely. We'd both ordered the standard menu baked salmon which was $29 and to be honest a sliver of fish in a broth with another sliver of bok choy. When I asked our waiter if this was a main or an entrée she informed me that salmon was very expensive...

My advice is just order a burger or a parma ....that's the best option in yet another establishment that serves burgers, parma's and salt and pepper calamari...