Maldon Hotel — Restaurant in Victoria

We love staying at pubs and, for the most part, tend not to expect much. Let’s face it, we stay there because we are looking for something simple and cheap. Well this was simple but not necessarily cheap. The room was very small, old and dingie. Pubs are not renown for spending any effort on the accommodation because that’s not the main income. Glad we travel with our own pillows because the ones on the bed stunk like hundreds of people who had slept on them before we got there. The towels smelled like they had not been dried properly before being folded so they had that off musty smell. Kitchenette had no sink but a plastic tub for dirty dishes to be left in for collection to be cleaned. Wasn’t emptied in the time we stayed. There was no way I was using any of the jam or vegemite that was supplied for the continental breakfast (not that there was any bread to make toast anyway apart from a half loaf of fruit bread scrunched up in the freezer) they were greasy with the contents smeared over the outside of the jars. I’m pretty open minded but just thinking back on the this makes me shudder - yuk. We did chose to give the dining room a chance - food was okay, nothing to write home about. Staff on duty - girl behind the register looked like she wanted to be anywhere else but there and her manner mirrored this. The fellow serving at the bar wasn’t much better with his arrogant attitude. Very disappointed and really don’t have anything positive to say...

We love staying at pubs and, for the most part, tend not to expect much. Let’s face it, we stay there because we are looking for something simple and cheap. Well this was simple but not necessarily cheap. The room was very small, old and dingie. Pubs are not renown for spending any effort on the accommodation because that’s not the main income. Glad we travel with our own pillows because the ones on the bed stunk like hundreds of people who had slept on them before we got there. The towels smelled like they had not been dried properly before being folded so they had that off musty smell. Kitchenette had no sink but a plastic tub for dirty dishes to be left in for collection to be cleaned. Wasn’t emptied in the time we stayed. There was no way I was using any of the jam or vegemite that was supplied for the continental breakfast (not that there was any bread to make toast anyway apart from a half loaf of fruit bread scrunched up in the freezer) they were greasy with the contents smeared over the outside of the jars. I’m pretty open minded but just thinking back on the this makes me shudder - yuk. We did chose to give the dining room a chance - food was okay, nothing to write home about. Staff on duty - girl behind the register looked like she wanted to be anywhere else but there and her manner mirrored this. The fellow serving at the bar wasn’t much better with his arrogant attitude. Very disappointed and really don’t have anything positive to say...

Ordered the steak of the day (porterhouse) from the tall wooly haired bloke but noticed he was slightly slurring with blood shot eyes and what looked like a fat lip. Was not deterred however because we were all starving after touring from Melbourne.

When the steak came it looked like something coles puts their reduced sticker to and sure enough its taste and texture was supermarket budget steak at best. To be fair, the other meals were all fine but after paying almost $30 i decided to complain.

Wooly haired bloke took over from other staff who were handling my complaint. He insisted he eats the steak all the time and its fine so not sure what my problem is?

Wow... so i said i'll skip dinner then but he insisted he will not be returning the money for the meal as there was nothing wrong with the steak. In fact it comes from his farm! Oh and its his pub too and...