Steampacket Hotel

I didn’t take a picture of the food, after the first bite we shared our food drank our drinks and watched Hobart win the T20. The salt prawns , load of wings and amazing take on a Caesar salad pumpkin croutons s AMAZING! A few little areas to sit and enjoy, selection of craft beers on tap. Directly opposite the Big 4 park.

Google bistro times are incorrect- they are open for meals 12-9pm. We arrived at 2pm with our pup so headed out to the backyard where several groups were finishing up. The meals didn’t take too long and they were big on volume and taste. The rating loses a star as my beer seemed to be the first poured of the day and was not great.

We went with friends for a meal at the Steam Packet Hotel . Lovey ambience with log fire burning . It’s has a real country feel . Delicious food at sensible prices and a pool table . An excellent way to spend a cold sunday afternoon . A bonus is the courtesy bus .

Having visited a lot of pubs and being served really delicious food, we were disappointed about this place. The area is lovely, upon arrival, we were greeted by very friendly and helpful staff who showed us out to the back to the dining area. it is clean, comfortable I had a good atmosphere. That’s where our great experience ended. I ordered the pulled beef tacos with corn salsa and lime, and my husband ordered the half kilo chicken wings with a side of chips with roasted capsicum aioli. When it arrived, it looked great, but upon first tasting it, there was no taste. The pulled beef was very very dry (warmed up in the microwave from yesterday??) and yet when I picked up the taco to bite it, a lot of watery liquid leaked out, I assume from the corn, tomato and onion salsa that was also on the taco. No hint of lime in there. My husband said the chicken wings were very plain with some kind of brown sauce which was supposed to be smoky barbecue, there was neither smoky nor bbq taste about the sauce or the chicken wings. The chips were freshly fried and crunchy and the capsicum aioli was tasty too so they got that right. To be fair the previous day there had been some kind of music festival, so they may have been running on limited supplies, but we expected a higher standard of taste, based on a past experience of eating at pubs, which we have immensely enjoyed. At around $50 plus drinks we left quite dissatisfied. we would probably be willing to try again on another day when they had not been a larger than normal crowd dining there previously.