Gather on Hay — Restaurant in West Perth

Was so looking forward to Mothers Day family lunch. Arrived to a lovely looking place, very few people at the restaurant and this was surprising for a traditionally busy day for lunch venues. Our table of 13 people had been asked to pre order the day before to avoid waiting on the day. The meals came out in dribs and drabs over about 10 mins. My steak sandwich was horrid. A large thick hunk of meat much like a porterhouse steak complete with a huge strip of fat and numerous inedible chunks of gristle and other fatty chunks. A small bit of meat that I tried to slice thinly and eat within the bread and meagre other fillings. The meat was stringy, tough and a cheap product that a steak knife would have struggled to make headway. It was impossible to eat and it was not the right cut or type of meat to use in a sandwich. I persevered for a while but gave up in disgust after my whole table of people agreed it was horrid. A lovely lady had cleared some plates from the other end of the table but did not come near me.. pretty sure she knew what was coming. I discreetly took my plate to the counter and told her that I could not eat my meal and I would not be paying…. Calm, quiet but factual. She said she would have to speak to the manager (could have been owner or other title). A male appears with my plate in hand asking who had a problem with the meal… me…. He storms over, argues with me about the meal so all his other customers could hear! I was told if I wanted softer meat I should have ordered a burger with mince meat. I was told I have ordered a steak sandwich and that’s what I got. He was so rude and arrogant….. such embarrassment for me and all at our table. He repeatedly asked me if I was going to pay….. nope not paying. The food was bad, but his behaviour was worse being so incredibly rude for a person in a leadership role. I did not pay for my meal. The other meals were ok, but I would say mediocre, another steak sandwich with chunks of gristle, eggs Benedict with hard boiled eggs etc. The other staff seemed lovely, the venue was really gorgeous, such a disappointment to have this man and his attitude at the helm. I hope he is not a new staff member from the recent position vacant. Time for a career change regardless...

I used to searching on google map to decide where to go for restaurants/cafes. The photos looks nice in here so I decided to give a try. After I walk in to the backyard,the atmosphere is lovely, such a nice relaxing place to be. For the food I ordered chili scramble egg with chorizo, my friend got steak sandwiches.

I have to say I’m disappointed for my meal. I noticed that chorizo was burnt straight away but I didn’t want to point out, then after I ate half way through, I found the eggshells on the plate. Of course it’s not the big issue , but it’s just not nice. Also the plate have few chips on it, I understand as a small business probably won’t pay too much attention about all those details. But I used to working in the kitchen and all those things shouldn’t be happened.

I still enjoy the time to sit there and drinking my coffee, but unfortunately I...

Disappointing and confusing. The quinoa and cauliflower salad didn’t come with any quinoa. The cauliflower was curried, and along with lemon dressing and dried cranberries, the flavours just didn’t go well together. There was too much dressing on the salad, which was an overpowering lemon taste. The breakfast bruschetta was better, but the ratio of tomato salsa was off, as there was more onion than tomato, it was too much. It was also missing the feta and could’ve done with more balsamic glaze. Came with plenty of bacon and two eggs which was nice. There’s also no kids menu. Plenty of...