Paynesville Hotel — Restaurant in Victoria

As a local I have seen many incarnations of the Old Pub. I would say that I’ve never had a good experience there but each time there are new owners I have given it a try. I have put off tonight’s visit with the latest owners for some time but a family member convinced me to give them a go. There was an extremely long wait for the entrees to appear but given that it’s a long weekend we were understanding. We ordered prawn spaghetti, pork chop, 2 parma’s 2 full size gummy’s and 1 half size gummy as mains. The spaghetti was well presented and contained a substantial amount of prawns. The pork chop was large but as tough as an old boot. The parma’s were well presented but very small and we believed they may have been half serves as this is offered on the menu but we ordered full size. We received only one full size gummy , the other full size serve only had 1 fillet where the other full size had 2 and when this was mentioned to the waitstaff we were told it was full size. The waitstaff all looked harassed and miserable. Even though it was a long weekend the bistro was far from full. I believe the new owners have been there long enough to have ironed out any teething issues but in my opinion, they still have a long way to go. I’m afraid I won’t be visiting the Old Pub until it changes hands once more after...

12 months on -WOW this place has improved and found its own idenity. Had a meal this week, great portion size, fresh and great food . Well done all.

Finally, new owners' new direction and this place is on the improve. Now, there are still areas to improve, but great start. Scallops well over priced for what you get ok flavours but trying to create something that doesn't reflect there business. Keep it simple. Prawn Spaghetti, winner everyone will have different taste but thought it was good question fresh prawns but was good. Chicken Parma, still not hitting mark, clearly prepared early in day for flash fry and grill and thrrfore lacks taste. be brave go local and fresh the balance not quite there on a pub classic. Kids meals went well . Overall its not a out of the park but this is a team that just started working together after refreshing the place and new owners stepping in. 1000 times better then 6 months ago great simple menu just needing to get balance right and please improve the steak visual that was the let down the presentation of the streak and taste, local yes but didn't reflect price. Worse thing was salad dressing so really can't complain because we didn't go there for the salad. Overall family...

If I could I would give a 0 star rating I would. my partner saw a waitress sneeze into her hands then immediately put napkin on bench another waitress wiped cutlery with her hands we were given our food I had Parma and my partner had a hot and cold seafood dish.

The seafood is out of the freezer and clearly not fresh as you would expect from a restaurant by the water mussels were drowned in sweet chilli sauce calamari was tasteless and consistency like rubber . The Parma left me feeling very underwhelmed especially for $26 tasted like home brand pasta sauce. chips were still half raw when we complained the food taken to the chef they come back no offer of replacement refund or even an apology.

Only reply we got was 'tasted fine to me' if you want a good seafood platter is worth the drive to lakes entrance to the ferrymans seafood is fresh and service excellent. If Parma or steak what you rather imperial hotel in bairnsdale. Great food and have a Parma deal $15 Parma with free schooner.

Only good thing I have to say about the old pub is the beer was cold. would not...