Horse and Jockey Hotel Now Tarcutta Hotel — Restaurant in Wagga Wagga City Council

This hotel is a little gem on its own indeed! Staff and management looked after us in the most proactive way imaginable. Providing the best unbiased advice on local points of interest, offered artful conversation, free drinks (maybe they liked us and this is totally up to their courtesy if they do so) and the manager even went to the kitchen to prepare his secret sauce for the legendary lamb burger just for us! We felt part of the family and spend one of the most pleasant evening playing the best games of pool. We recommend the lamb shanks and the legendary lamb burger. We hope places like the Horse and Jokey to remain active in Australia for a...

Located halfway between Sydney and Melbourne Tarcutta's Horse and Jockey Hotel is a great alternative to the chain restaurants lining the rest stops along the Hume Highway. They serve pizza, pasta, steaks and other mains. Nothing fancy, but good homely food. The chips were excellent. Portions are generous and very reasonably priced with meals ranging from around $8 to $30 and most options in the cheaper to mid range. Service was on the slower side, so this probably isn't the place for the traveller in a hurry, but it's great if you want to take a breather. Meals are served between 12pm and 2pm...

So disappointing. Stopped here for lunch on our roadtrip after looking at Google reviews (rating 4.3 with 30+ reviews). Food was slow, despite us being the only customers. We ordered the rissoles and vegetarian nachos. The rissole was barely cooked in the middle, the nachos a couple of dollops of tinned food on a bed of corn chips. Many country pubs we've visited in NSW and Victoria are a revelation, with food and atmosphere that make one want to return. Sadly this was not...