This is certainly a pretty cool pub, especially since they really do capture the essence of your…read moretypical English pub. Well, not quite actually, namely because many pubs in England pretty much look like your typical, well, pub. So, yeah, I do feel that this place has been hammed up somewhat, but that doesn't mean that it is a bad pub, by no means. Like, for instance, it has a pretty awesome beer garden, one that I would more than happy spend time in with a nice beer. Okay, the beer selection wasn't too great, but it was still a pretty cool pub.

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

Gorgeous!!! If you…read moreare looking for an elegant night out in Ballarat, this is the place! The restaurant is in a beautiful conservatory area and it's just magnificent. We were there for a girlfriend get-together and the service and food were great. We had the pork bellies and the seafood fettuccine. Both were perfectly prepared. It's a little pricey, about $40 per place and sides are ordered separately, but for a special night out - worth it!

The food here was really good and I loved everything from the atmosphere to the service. The only…read morething that bugged me was the use of plastic straws. I know it's picky but a lot of places, even smaller cafes, are using metal re-useable straws and I thought that somewhere as wonderful and elegant as Craig's would be up to date on this. Just some food for thought.

This is where you eat if you get the package deal for the Blood on the Southern Cross show at…read moreSovereign Hill. You're a captured diner and it shows. The food is quite good once it arrives, just way undersized and overpriced. And if you want to get an extra drink that just proves to be a little too hard. The experience of dining inside the park, at night with the street lights on, is pretty good, but just make sure you're well fed and watered BEFORE you go for dinner. (If you have an appetite that is).

Simple room, and nicely updated room! We had all that was…read moreneeded! The king-size bed was comfy as! Set in beautiful surrounds! The only downside was that the hallways to the rooms smelt damp. Also, we decided to eat elsewhere for dinner & breakfast as the food prices were steep!

Fantastic conference venue…read more I visited for event only and did not use accommodation so this review is for facility only . I was surprised to see how big this Mercure is. There's a big carpark on site, a small lake, 2 conference facilities separate to the main building and a few more within the main building. There's also spa house on site. Sitting in the lobby and conference room I was pleased to see how bright and open the facilities are. There's generous Windows and wrap around verandah with seatings to enjoy the outdoor. There's a cafe/ restaurant on site too called Billy's. I thought the place had a 'mini resort' vibe going for it. Although can't comment on the accommodation. The furnishing was old school grand, but clean and dos not feel outdated. Definitely looks better than the pictures. I would suggest this venue to be considered if you are looking for a conference venue in the area. Even accomodation although you might need to find out a bit more about that part.

This was a rather nice pub, though it wasn't necessarily one of the fanciest pubs that I have been…read moreto. Well, it was okay, but I guess it was more the lake view that it is named after than anything else. Okay, the service was pretty good, and they had a decent outdoor area as well. However, there wasn't really a huge selection of beers on tap, which was a little disappointing.

The Lake View Hotel occupies one of Ballarat's prime locations for watching the sun set over the…read morelake. Unfortunately, the pub's interior is badly in need of some work- much of the dodgy 90s decorations are showing their age. Dirty beer lines make their tap beers sour, and their wine and bottled beer lists are pretty uninteresting. Lucky they're in a good spot.

Excellent. We loved our stay - great location, the staff were very friendly and helpful and we had…read morea fabulous breakfast. Highly recommended