Royal Hotel – Essendon

Went to try steak night again but no improvement.
ordered oysters kilpatric and after 30 minutes came out swimming in a tomato relish. never have I had poor oysters like this. Then the steaks came out, overcooked as usuall.
I wont be back…

cheap and not so cheerful.
I went to the bar of this place for a nice drink. Customer service was below average; just miserable staff whos time you seem to be taking up. Décor is falling off the wall. Did have a pool table which was a bonus, and they do have live music i believe but i happened to miss that. From what i gather the restaurant section can get quite busy, I have no idea what the food is like though, i didnt try it. It is also has a pokies section if thats your thing (not mine).

A friend of mine once said that there was an over 28s club here, but upon visiting here (for the third time) I am still yet to find it. Maybe he was telling me a porky pie, but then I sometimes wonder what he would achieve out of that (other than the pleasure of sending me for an hour long bus ride for no reason whatsoever). Mind you, while I haven’t been to an over 28’s club, I have walked passed one, and I must admit that the patronage was not the type of people I would feel comfortable around.
As for this pub, well, it has everything that you would expect from a suburban Woolworths pub. It has pokie machines, a restaurant, and a sports bar, as well as a half decent beer garden (something that I have not come to expect from some of these pubs because they seem to prefer people to be inside playing pokies than outside smoking cigarettes). The pub also seems to have live bands, though they don’t have the impressive line up of washed up 80s rock bands that the Doncaster Shoppingtown hotel has.

Friday nights — There’s a band, it’s pretty easy and free to get in, there’s lots of drinks and a smoking area.
Will admit you won’t get me here sober, but after a handful on a Friday after work I do love joining the mostly middle age women on the dancefloor.