kathc5

#7 in Park Orchards VIC

Reviews by kathc5

This review is for The Pie Shed, Bayswater VIC

verified email - 21 Jul 2014

We enjoyed a meal at The Pie Shed yesterday. Unlike the previous review that l read, our experience was a delight. My husband enjoyed his crocodile pie meal, mine was a delicious bacon & cheese pie, as I am not as adventurous as he is. We finished with a vanilla slice, which is our signature cake for afternoon tea, which we always buy at local bakeries when on fishing trips together. The slice was to die for - easily the lightest smoothest creamiest vanilla slice we have ever had - and we have enjoyed a few! While my husband was happy with his pot of tea, he's a sweetie, l had a lovely deliciously HOT - which is rare, mug of Chai late, which finished off a lovely meal, in a clean restaurant with natty colonial decor. - while l will not hesitate to go again, or take friends there for a keenly priced and tasty meal, the experience was slightly marred by the customer seated at the table beside me. A woman with her family, who had enough experience with her previous children to know better, asked if there was a nappy change area, in this small restaurant. In my day such rooms didn't exist until they started to emerge when l had my last child. On the seldom occasions that we went to functions or restaurants with the children, it was no hardship to go out to the car to feed or change children. - the Pie Shed is surrounded by car park, and the weather was ideal for this time of the year, sunny and quite pleasant. On being told that a change room was not available, she proceeded to change the child's nappy right beside me as l ate my lunch - would she change the child at the dining table at home if she had guests? I think not. What is wrong with these people. I fed all my children including twins, privately in the car, while my husband entertained the other kids. What is wrong that these women to have no sense of decorum or common decency when out in public? Are they frightened of missing out on something or just exhibitionists? If the staff had approached this woman and asked her to desist from what she was doing just for hygienic reasons alone, we would never have heard the end of it in the media, as others rush to support her right to do toilet changes right beside other customers. The staff are caught somewhere between a rock and a hard place. That being said, the rest of our culinary experience was very pleasant indeed, and l can't believe we had not been there before this. Fair dinkum, those vanilla slices were unbelievable!!!

Approximate cost: $30ish??