Royal Hotel St Arnaud — Restaurant in Victoria

To say our Parma quest has been an adventure of the Good , Bad and Ugly is an understatement . We just never know what we are going to get . We hit the road today hoping to try the Logan Pub in Logan but we're told at the moment they are only doing dinner 2 times a week . We are on a mission though to go there as the exterior of it screamed too us , as it looks like a building straight out of Texas Chain Saw Masacre 😏😏 . But they say in life everything happens for a reason due to this we found ourselves at The Royal Hotel in St Arnauds . Until today we thought The Mansfield hotel was secure in its number 1 position but today's Parma blew it out of the water . I mean it was bloody delicious but what made it was instead of the normal Parma sauce they used a chutney sauce with a hint of something . The chips were cooked in a chicken stock and the salad came with beetroot with is so far a few between these days . Icing on the cake today was the price of $24 . We are finding more and more Parma's are pushing the $30 price tag . If you find yourselves in the area you would be crazy not to try their Parma ❤️ Parmagedon...

On our day trip to visit the Wimmera/ Mallee Solo Trail, we decided to stop off in St Arnaud for lunch. Made a phone booking for three on our way up and this proved to be a good idea as the hotel was quite busy. First Class reception on arrival. Staff ever so diplomatically checked our credentials to ensure we were not from a Metro area. Asking folk for ID is not a pleasant task, but the young lady who greeted us did this so well. This sends a strong message that the business cares about it's customers and the community. Passion level by staff was so obvious and we were made to feel very welcome. The Menu was simple, very reasonably priced, and provided us with plenty of choices just like a country good pub should. Something for everyone. Apart from the great food, the highlight was "the passion of the young team" for they just made you feel so welcome. After finishing our meal they sort feedback and were overtly and genuinely happy that we had enjoyed our experience. If you are going to or driving through St Arnaud, do yourself a favour and take the time to enjoy this great...

The Real Deal in every way!

No sooner had we walked in the door of the cosy room with open fire place, when out from the very busy bar service area stepped a smiling, charming young lady, her eyes flashing an enthusiastic “welcome.” What a blessing to encounter the ‘real deal’ when ‘going through the motions’ is the much easier option.

What is at the top flows down, is it said. True. We encountered similar from a couple of other young ladies in service also. Speaking of the real deal, this applied to the food and wine. Glorious Royal Parma - mouth-melting chicken, topped with bacon (not boring ham!), a delicious home-made tomato relish and cheese, tasty side-salad, plus the best of the best beer-battered chips. Yum! Yum! For desert, we couldn’t ignore the sticky-date pudding served with cream and vanilla ice-cream. Yum! Yum again!

Don’t know when we’ll get back to lovely St Arnaud, but the Royal Hotel will be the one and only for us. Well done, people;...