The Broadford Hotel - Bottom Pub — Restaurant in Victoria

Was told a great service and feed could be had at the Broadford Hotel. Unfortunately not the case for us! Getting the meal was good time wise, getting cutlery and salt-pepper seemed to be something forgotten! And when we order a meal with mash potato we like it fresh, not crusty and heated up! Really was at a loss to understand how any Hotel or Bistro could serve up dry crusty reheated mash potato being as simple as it is to make! Then there's the T bone steak, could have resoled my boots with it! Fairdinkum, it was suppose to be medium rare, well done and hard to chew was how it came! And finally with that came the super thick gravy; if there's any brickies out there looking for a good cement solid slurry mix then come here!!! Very let down and not as cheap as one would think given all the so called good reports, not the case for us...WON'T be...

Upon arrival the lady was helping another customer. The place has a nice ambience and appears to have been here a while. It's a family restaurant and the noise level was higher than I liked. Signage said wait to be seated. They had specials on the chalkboard. Was interested in a large rump steak and prawns but didn't have the steak. I ordered the carbonara and a salad. You pay up front. They didn't ask about salad dressing and it was covered in it. The meal didn't come with bread, I told the waitress I needed to order bread since no one was working counter. The bread never arrived. The carbonara came with a tiny bowl of parmesan cheese. The spaghetti was cooked perfect and the carbonara had a...

The Broadford hotel has a nice warm social atmosphere. Their meals are diverse and the selection is plentiful. The dining area is large enough to accommodate a good size group. Top quality feed. This is one place where everybody is constantly in a good mood. Especially when the local footy club has had a win. Winter nights can get pretty cold at Broadford, so the staff ensure that the internal temperature of the pub is always just right. There's no problem there. Broadford is in the exact right spot to be far away, but not too far away from the city. It's in a...