Yarragon Hotel — Restaurant in Victoria

Foodies out for lunch: The whole dinning experience was very welcoming. From making our booking to follow-up after our visit. Excellent covid protocol in place, checking certificates and all staff masked. The venue looks fresh and has a wow factor with clothed tabled not often seen for a lunch service in other venues. The menu, although hotel style, flat double-sided A4 and laminated, gives the diner a good cross section of foods available, with the drinks menu on the reverse side. Cocktails are offered on a small table menu. All food prices are comparable with other local hotel locations. Table service, (excellent) you don't have to decide how hungry you are prior and go up order and pay for your meal before you eat, I hate that. There is not auction at the table when it's served, eg: "Who's having!" Food was delicious and more than ample for a lunch. I hate feeling bloated after a meal. You eat with your eyes and the food was appealing, I did follow my burger with a famous slice of the carrot cake and it was to die for, so fresh and moist. Simply put the whole experience to me was superior and I would choose this venue over our own local, albeit a good 20 minute drive away. To step it up and I'm finding it hard to think of something, but I would look at maybe offering an better menu presentation, perhaps in a A5 binder. Keep up the...

We came in for lunch today, having dined here once before, but unfortunately, this visit was quite disappointing. From the moment we walked in, we weren’t greeted — possibly due to the layout of the pub — but it still set a poor tone for the experience.

The venue itself feels quite outdated, and we noticed a significant amount of dust, particularly on the shelf near the bistro counter, which didn’t leave a great impression. Even the water tasted strongly of chlorine, which made it unpleasant to drink.

When ordering, we weren’t informed of the daily specials like the roast or risotto and had to ask the waitress ourselves. We ordered the pork belly and beef cheek. Sadly, the pork belly dish seemed more like a plate of purée with very little actual pork, while the beef cheek lacked flavour entirely. The pasta served with it was overcooked, and it was confusing to see two different types of pasta on the same plate — not sure if that was intentional or just careless.

The air conditioning was also oddly blasting on a cold day, making the environment uncomfortable. As for service, it was below average — staff seemed disinterested and not particularly welcoming.

Overall, it was not an enjoyable experience and there’s definitely room for improvement both in food quality and...

Have lunch here regularly with a friend and love their food and general atmosphere. Reasonably priced and a good selection of meals. They have a good pool table which is always used by us lol. Also have a jukebox which disappointingly is not always on and sometimes when we've requested to use it the boss has in not so many words expressed reluctance to put it on for what I gather is the fear of "upsetting" the older patrons out the back who are having lunch and don't want to be subject to lots of pop and hard rock! On one occasion recently they had some other piped music playing when we got there and it was mostly swing genre with one old blues tune slotted in. My friend commented that it was driving him mad but we didn't dare object. On a Fri or Sat night I think the tables would be turned where the music selection would be more in keeping with the younger crowd who would be there playing lots of pool...