Overall the steak was fantastic - as you would expect. The let down is in the presentation and side dishes. It becomes a crime on your plate to serve a beautiful and perfectly cooked steak with frozen chips.... urgh! The cabbage salad is good. There are no steak sauces just cheap mustards.
To make this place a 5/5 all they would need to do is make the whole experience gourmet rather than gourmet with fast food sides. Simple - add some nice potatoes homecooked in duck fat; some onions or garlic.... work on a sauce? The Metropolitan Hotel in North Melbourne has this down pat - I would recommend that place for an all round satisfying experience. Hopefully Charcoal on the Hill will lift their overall game.

Approximate cost: $50

Rude front of house staff and AWFUL doctors. I would avoid this place - would not even go in if I was desparate. Both myself and my husband attended this medical centre over the 4 years we were living in the area and we were always unhappy. Waiting times even when you make an appointment are at least 1hr +. But the service from the doctors just got worse and worse. At our last appointment we had a quick form with us which our private health insurance needed our GP to sign. He refused to sign it even though we were doing nothing wrong - he just had to sign to say we originally came to him for initial consultation of our problem - he just got angry told us he didn't want to be involved (???). I ended up in tears over this. I wrote to my health care fund and they also couldn't believe it - they agreed to process our claim without his signature luckily (see Peoplecare they are AWESOME)!

I arranged to hire a car from Launceston Airport. I arranged the car hire four months in advance of my trip. A few days before I was due to arrive I received a call from their office telling me that they didn't actually have a depot at the airport so I should call their office as soon as I land and they will have someone send the car out to me. Hmmmm - a little dubious but nonetheless I had already made the booking.
My flight arrived and I called the office.... only to find that no one answered. I called continuously only for the phone to ring through to a message which told me that the office was "now closed for the day". I was starting to get rather angry and annoyed and was just about to give up and see if a more reliable car hire company had a last minute car available. Then I decided to try the number listed at the end of their "our office is closed" message - which I was very hesitant to call because it was described as "in cases of absolute emergency" pleae call the following number.
So I call the "emergency" number and it is answered by some other business. However they seemed to know what I was on about and sent the car for me. The car arrived and it was absolutely awful - it was covered in dents and scratches and seemed like it had been in who knows how many accidents. You couldn't open the boot with a key you had to open through the drivers side door every time. The worst thing though was that the tire had a flat spot so the car shook and rattled for the whole time we were using it - it really should have been replaced and I really did not feel that it was very safe. The guy handing the car over to us appologised and said that it was the only car they had left! This is despite my booking four months in advance!

Then we find ourselves in a foreign city not at all knowing where the nearest petrol station is - only to look at the fuel gage to find that the car has less than 1/8 of fuel left in it! How nice is that? And the no one even told us how empty it was (and I assumed a car company would give you a car with at least 1/2 tank!).

I think in the future I will go with one of the bigger rental car companies and feel safer. Even if it does cost slightly more its probably worth the peace of mind.

Exquisite fine dining experience - I do not think you will find a better restaurant in the whole of Australia. From the food, to the wine, staff and setting everything is perfect. It may seem like a high price tag for some but if you truly adore food you will make the time and funds to dine here for it is an experience you must have. It is like eating art! The whole evening (especially if you are wise and choose the degustation menu) is an experience - wining and dining for around 4-5 hours. Sumptuous. Staff are truly incredible. Food is to die for and I would love to personally thank Jacques Reymond himself for such an amazing menu! Highly recommended.

An amazing showroom where you can trial all of the range of sofas. I was a little worried about the price tag at first but I purchased an enormous sofa (The Melbournian) in chocolate leather and I purcahsed it using their 2yrs interest free option. This was easy to apply for and relatively quick. The sofa took 3 months to be delivered (which is standard) and it was delivered by two moving men (Plus use their own delivery drivers rather than contracting out). They were very careful when moving the sofa and they put it all together for me and unwrapped it all too so that I didn't have to worry about removing the plastic wrap and accidently scratching the sofa. I have had the sofa for a whole year now and it is abosolutely incredible. I do not think I could have purchased a better item. It has been extremely comfortable and the quality has held despite numerous vistors and three children using it all the time. I clean it once a fortnight with leather cleaner and apart from the small creases (as you should expect anyway with leather) it still looks brand new.

I think you can buy a more expensive sofa but there is no need - this one was $4K and is worth every cent - supremely comfortable (everybody comments on the luxurious comfort), very good looking and so easy to clean. I highly recommend products from this store.