The Plough @ Myrniong — Restaurant in Victoria

My uncle booked a dinner for just over 20 people - a memorial dinner if you like - in February 2013. His is a very switched on fellow indeed. We were able to get the downstairs room (down 3-4 stairs). 7 course dinner at $55/head not including wines (cheaper menus available of course). Although some said the courses were generally small (we had some gastronomes in our party) I defy anyone to have been hungry after the service. I have to say they were very accommodating with last minute vegan and chicken requests (due to the presence of some seafood in the menu that was selected). Nicole helped tremendously with wine and last minute preparations. The room had a wall TV with HDMI which allowed us to play photos from iPad all night (we took our own HDMI - IPAD cables).

Staff were excellent. Food was very good quality. A number of people noted the blade steak on the night was amongst the best they had had.

Having eaten at some of the best (sometime I would add "supposedly" to that description) restaurants in the world (e.g., Michelin star affairs in London [yes yes Gordon Ramsey's place], Dubai and Tokyo) what struck me about The Plough was that the last minute requests for chicken and vegan (not sure if the vegan was last minute) were delivered with such great presentation..... they didn't look like second rate meals at all. Personally, I loved the blade steak (but wouldn't have minded some vegan after seeing it). The mark of a great and flexible chef! Did not expect that AT ALL!

The blade steak justified the $55 entirely compared to some places where we have had trouble justifying either $20 meal or 300 pound meal with anything but the brand and reputation. It was GREAT value.

People were very happy with selection of wines and spirits. Great food and drink matched by great service (not pretentious just good).

This was fine dining in a rural location, which is a nice surprise. If you are in the area at any time - there probably isn't much around to choose from anyway at Myrniong but this place is a jewel. If you are not in the area - it is worth a visit on the way somewhere - more for the quality of food / drink / service than anything in the area itself..... I hope they keep it up.

The place would be great for 2 to 100 people I think. Although we didn't sit outside (there is a limited patio area) we sat there temporarily (as we arrived early) and it was very pleasant under the big trees looking out - I thought it was relatively scenic.

Note: Myrniong is not a large locale at all. It has an old church across from the bistro. One of the party had a wheelchair and general access and toilet access for him was not great (but it is an old pub / bistro - so I did not deduct any points but you should...

We have been coming to the Myrniong hotel since it was an original old style pub right through to its current form, The plough.||I can’t actually believe that I am writing this review!||Through the years we have celebrated birthdays, special occasions and everything in between. We have been to many Locals nights.||So on Saturday we went again to our special place to celebrate a few milestones in our life.||Was greeted by one friendly staff who guided us through the Covid check in process, no worries.||Then we were seated and unfortunately, that’s when it went downhill.||Our server was rude and snooty from the get go.||He treated us like primary school children and had a very condescending attitude, he made us feel very uncomfortable and awkward.||We looked over the same menu that has been in place for a long time.||It was not a busy night as Covid restrictions are still in place. |The service was incredibly slow and staff only visited our area if they had to.||Somewhere during the service we had a new server who was a terribly grumpy person.|I asked a simple question regarding the origin of the wine and she tuned her back to me and stormed off!! I would have preferred the snooty woke guy.||My steak came out and it was fatty and the pepper sauce was bland brown water, I honestly couldn’t believe it!! By this stage I was too scared to approach the wait staff as she was unapproachable.||The Bok choy was nice and that’s what the one star is for.||I have never felt so uncomfortable and unwelcome in all the years I’ve ever dined.||Do not go to this place if you wish to celebrate, the service staff will ensure that you will have none of that.||I will tell ten people about my horrible experience and so will the other diners and discourage anyone from going.||They ruined our evening, with their bad atmosphere and mediocrity.||After all these years? I’m...

We have been coming to the Myrniong hotel since it was an original old style pub right through to its current form, The plough.||I can’t actually believe that I am writing this review!||Through the years we have celebrated birthdays, special occasions and everything in between. We have been to many Locals nights.||So on Saturday we went again to our special place to celebrate a few milestones in our life.||Was greeted by one friendly staff who guided us through the Covid check in process, no worries.||Then we were seated and unfortunately, that’s when it went downhill.||Our server was rude and snooty from the get go.||He treated us like primary school children and had a very condescending attitude, he made us feel very uncomfortable and awkward.||We looked over the same menu that has been in place for a long time.||It was not a busy night as Covid restrictions are still in place. |The service was incredibly slow and staff only visited our area if they had to.||Somewhere during the service we had a new server who was a terribly grumpy person.|I asked a simple question regarding the origin of the wine and she tuned her back to me and stormed off!! I would have preferred the snooty woke guy.||My steak came out and it was fatty and the pepper sauce was bland brown water, I honestly couldn’t believe it!! By this stage I was too scared to approach the wait staff as she was unapproachable.||The Bok choy was nice and that’s what the one star is for.||I have never felt so uncomfortable and unwelcome in all the years I’ve ever dined.||Do not go to this place if you wish to celebrate, the service staff will ensure that you will have none of that.||I will tell ten people about my horrible experience and so will the other diners and discourage anyone from going.||They ruined our evening, with their bad atmosphere and mediocrity.||After all these years? I’m...