Stopped here after Zumba to get a beer and wedges. Tasty cold beer and the potato wedges are…read moredelicious. Cool vibe.

Went here for my wifes birthday. I was impressed by the excellent service and my meal was very…read moreenjoyable. I love the decor here. Its very clean and warm and inviting. The customer service here is excellent. The food came out very quickly and everyone was very friendly.

Had the wood oven pear pizza and a capricciosa. Absolutely delicious. Great environment as well!!!!read more

I have been visiting The Daylesford Hotel for meals and drinks on and off when visiting family in…read morethe area for the past 20 years even with the number of changes to its management. This last trip in June would be my last. The quality of the food and service have dropped significantly while its prices have gone up. My husband and I had the Sunday roast and we were sorely disappointed. The kitchen thought it was being clever by popping a huge half cut cos lettuce with a dollop of ranch on it to cover up the fact that we had a small portion of pork roast and vegetables. The dishes also arrived lukewarm- when we raised it with a staff member she didn't even bother to suggest taking it back to the kitchen to heat it up or some other form of service recovery. Another member of our family ordered the beef cheeks with mash and at $43 we expected it to live up to the price tag. It didn't- tasteless! We won't be returning on our next trip to Daylesford. Massively disappointing!

I remember first hearing about Lake House when I was 14. My love of food and cookery was evolving…read moreat the time and I heard of a magical place, near a lake, serving up some of the best cuisine in the country. I didn't get to visit for 20 years but finally, this past May, I was able to tick it off my list of must-do Victorian experiences. My favourite +1 and I have birthday's one day apart so we took each other here for a two day getaway, complete with dining experiences and massages. Just hours from Melbourne, it was the perfect way to relax and celebrate together. What I loved about the experience was that you really didn't need to leave if you didn't want to. The rooms have simple mini bar supplies, but you can always order room service if you want something more substantial. The bathrooms are positively divine and we spent hours soaking in the tub over the weekend in between reading sessions in the living space, strolls around the lake and eating excursions in the main restaurant. Breakfast is served for a number of hours and is so incredibly generous that you can skip lunch altogether then hold out to dinner time which will no doubt be over-indulgent if you've booked yourself in for dinner. A visit here will mean you probably eat, and drink, more than you thought humanly possible but hey that's what weekend getaways are all about, right? This isn't a bargain experience, but you pay for indulgence and the opportunity to truly relax and get away from it all. Forget gifts, this is the kind of birthday present I want every year

Where on Earth do I start...?…read more The Lake House would have the be the best restaurant I've been to in Melbourne (my view - better than Vue de Monde, better than Attica) and only second in my journey so far to Daniel in New York. Food was simply stunning. Between us we had delicious things like tempura quail; 12 hour roast suckling; rabbit cassoulet; a berry-themed share plate dessert with black forest cake, deconstructed strawberry shortcake, raspberry sorbet and raspberry and champagne jelly; lemon and lime panna cotta; and an out-of-this-world antipasto plate with duck and rabbit pates and terrines and heavenly salumi. Petit fours consisted of toffee popcorn, strawberry fudge, shortbread and jellies. Cocktails and organic teas were also amazing. In summer, try to have a drink on the deck before being seated. Atmosphere was upmarket but relaxed. We had a fantastic table in front of the bread and petit four station, which overlooked the lake and hillside. Staff were attentive, friendly and very professional. Cutlery, plates and other trimmings were very special. I fell in love with the multicoloured glass salt, pepper and sugar bowls (which, coincidentally, were also for sale at the Lake House store). It's expensive, but not as expensive as the city hatted restaurants. In my opinion, you don't need an excuse to go to the Lake House; just do it for yourself because you certainly won't regret it (but leave any kids at home)...

Thoroughly enjoyed an overnight stay at the Sovereign Park Motor Inn…read more A last minute booking made it necessary to call the hotel to make reservation for family room. The friendly staff member on night duty were most obliging and was able to provide a most suitable second floor room at a discounted price. The room was very comfortable and included microwave, toaster and tea and coffee making facilities. The room was very clean and had the softest large white towels I have seen in any previous hotel experience. Also available for dining needs are a restaurant and cafe both providing extended service hours. We chose to select from the room service menu and the meals were delivered promptly by very friendly staff. The children loved their ham and pineapple pizza and were delight with the specially created ice-cream desert which came with snakes, smarties and crushed chic mint cookies. The adults selected a pulled pork with spicy barbecue sauce and coleslaw pizza which was perfect with the cab merlot selected from the quite large wine list. The breakfast menu is varied and has some really interesting selections including breakfast fruit crumble. As the children wanted to take full advantage of the beautiful poof we chose a cold breakfast of cereal and bread to toast. The servings of bread were 3 slices and not the usual 2. The pool area is covered and warm in winter. The under water coloured lights create ambiance even in daylight. As well as a main pool area there are additional pools sectioned off and included are a shallower young children's area with water feature spouts and a large spa pool. All in all our stay was wonderful and we will most certainly return!!

Honestly, I found this pub to be rather dull, but I suspect that that might have had something to…read moredo with it basically being the bistro of a proper hotel as opposed to a pub. Still, it really wasn't a place that grabbed my imagination, particularly since there was a limited number of beers on tap as well. Still, the place was okay, just not great.

Staying at the Ballarat Premier Apartments around the corner and Oscars offer a delivery service to…read moreyour room! I had a pizza and chicken salad and both were delicious. Pizza was warm not hot but as it's the middle of winter and about 0 degrees outside u won't blame this on the restaurant. Salad was huge so managed to have some for lunch the next day also. Would absolutely recommend this place as somewhere to grab a mean whilst in Ballarat

was there today for Lunch with family - absolutely loved my meal - and the chap serving us was…read moredelightful, couldn't fault him at all.Definetly go back again.

Very responsive, as we had a few questions upon arrival. Our unit was delayed being done cleaning…read moreand they offered a bottle of wine to compensate which was a nice thought.

I found a property I liked on Stayz called 'Hisha' (Dalesford). The Stayz website advertised the…read moreseasonal weekend rate as follows: from 18 Jun 2016 thru 28 Feb 2017 price is $970 for Fri/Sat nights. When I went to book it on Stayz, Sandra from Dayget.com.au answered my request by informing that Dayget.com.au would be finalising the booking and the price was now several hundred dollars more. I told her that was false advertising and very misleading but she didn't seen to care or offer a reasonable explanation for the difference in cost. This experience has put me off booking anything in Dalesford especially properties advertised on this dodgy site. AVOID Dayget.com.au at all cost!!!! They advertise one price on Stayz (to draw you in) and then refuse to honour that price when you make the booking. They tell you Stayz prices are indicative only and the booking itself must go through Dayget.com.au which in turn ups the price by at least several hundred (some properties end up almost double the price)... What sort of crappy booking agent is this? I am now looking for properties in nearby towns just so I don't have to go through Dayget.com.au.

Warm Atmosphere: TICK Great meals: TICK…read moreFriendly Welcoming Staff: TICK Worth the drive : DEFINITELY The menu is surprisingly different to your regular pub meals. You can google the menu and see for yourself.