Honestly, this is probably one of the hardest pubs to get to in Melbourne, at least using public…read moretransport, as it is a fifteen minute walk from the nearest bus stop, and technically it is still within the city. Anyway, since I am attempting to get to as many pubs as possible to have a beer, this one was on my list, and yeah, it was pretty disappointing. The beers were pretty standard, and getting here and back felt like time that could have been better used doing something else.

As a vegetarian, I'm used to a limited dinner menu, but this place has virtually nothing! After…read morediscussing this with two separate wait staff, I was informed that other people have complained about the exact same problem, but that the chef doesn't care and refuses to update his menu to accommodate vegetarians. As a result, I was forced to have bruschetta and garlic bread for dinner! What my non-vegetarian friends ordered was all swimming in oil and the pasta marinara dish was inedible! You just lost yourself four more paying customers. Perhaps if the chef won't listen, then the owner should! Vegetarianism isn't a rarity anymore - get with the program Dingley International!

Well, this pub is just another one of the many suburban pubs that you tend to come across once you…read moreleave the inner city. I guess being close to a shopping centre certain does help, but in another way, while it did look nice, the lack of beers that were on tap sort of disappointed me. Then again, I certainly didn't pay attention to what was behind the bar, but that's another story. Anyway, this place certainly wasn't too bad, and they do have a rather nice beer garden as well. However, the other thing that certainly does stand out is the service, that was actually pretty awesome in my opinion.

I ordered a seniors meal and then went to the bar at 6.53 to get a happy hour schooner at $7 before…read more7pm. By the time I was served it was 7.01 and the bar staff told me I was too late and the computer wouldn't let them process a happy hour discount after 7, I explained I'd been waiting in the queue but no luck. I went to a different staff member and explained and she reluctantly gave me my $2.20 but wasn't pleasant about it. Senior Chicken Parma arrived, the salad was warm with an inedible mushy tomato and limp lettuce, Parma was tasty enough but barely warm enough, it had obviously been sitting there while the chips were done. Very disappointed with some of the staff and the food.