Kookaburra Hotel

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125-127 Grampians Rd, Halls Gap VIC 3381
Added by Jopie, at 04 December 2016

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• Anonymous

  21 November 2017

  Bit over priced but the food was good enough for what it is and came out fast.

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• Anonymous

  03 November 2017

  Wonderful evening at the pub with Begonia Probus club friends on our Halls Gap holiday week.

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• Anonymous

  11 August 2017

  Awful experience. Told the woman serving I didn't eat meat and was allergic to prawns. Nothing vegetarian on the menu. So asked if I could have barramundi without the prawns as I'm allergic to them. Was told twice that barramundi was meat so had to explain it was fish and I eat fish but not meat. Was then asked if I wanted the sauce that came with the prawns which has prawn stock in it. So had to repeat I was allergic to prawns. I asked if I could have some salad instead of the prawns. Was told, the assumption being I wasn't prepared to pay, that that wasn't a fair swap! The food was definitely not worth putting up with the rudeness. Won't be going back. I recommend the Indian restaurant up the road.

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• Anonymous

  12 June 2017

  After hearing good reviews of this place on the web and by locals while we were in Halls Gap we were excited to try it. Unfortunately, it did not live up to expectation. Their website advised the owners/chef were on leave, but the staff assured us the standard would be just as high as usual.
  The restaurant itself is cozy and has nice décor. We were seated on the edge of the noisy bar but on request they moved us to a quiet table down the other end of the restaurant.
  We ordered garlic bread and prawns for entrée, and chicken and kangaroo for mains. The garlic bread came out literally two minutes after we ordered it, and was clearly microwaved not baked. It tasted ok but was really soggy.
  Three minutes after that, our mains came out. But we still didn't have our prawn entrée or our drinks! I told the staff member who delivered our food we were not ready for it as we still didn't have drinks or entrée, but she didn't care or say anything and just walked off.
  The kangaroo was nice, but the chicken dry. Both meals, and in fact I think all main meals, come with steamed veggies. They were so bland it was unbelievable. How difficult is it to put some garlic or seasoning on the veggies? Tasted just like the ones you get from McCains in the frozen section.
  Drinks and prawns came out after we were almost finished our mains and by that stage we were extremely thirsty and had asked for them twice.
  We ordered a tiramisu to share, a coffee and hot chocolate. The tiramisu was not good. It had not been given adequate time to soak, so the coffee was all at the bottom, and there was too much of it, and there was not enough cheese to cream ratio, too creamy.
  The coffee was average, and the hot chocolate had hardly any chocolate so was like drinking warm milk. I must say I have never had that problem before, usually it's too much chocolate by the end.
  We went to the Views the previous night and it was excellent. 10/10. I am not sure what this place's problem is, whether it was due to the owners/chef being away, or if it is just that poorly organised normally. However we wouldn't recommend this place to anyone, there are plenty of nice restaurants in Halls Gap to bother with this place.

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• Anonymous

  15 April 2017

  Visited tonight, fit us in last last minute. Delicious food, good service!

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• Anonymous

  12 April 2017

  Our third visit here and it did not disappoint delicious food presented well prompt service, nice atmosphere

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• Anonymous

  12 March 2017

  Great food, fast service perfect for the long weekend

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• Anonymous

  01 January 2017

  Good pub food. Great selection of beer and wine.

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• Anonymous

  11 December 2016

  Great atmosphere, great food. Nice and quiet too. A lovely, romantic night out for sure. Will be returning.

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