I have been a regular at Magpies for a number of years - the food is generally very good, the chefs specials, while a bit pricey for a "club", are very good. $12.00 members meals during the week is a great deal!

Approximate cost: $15

First of all my family enters the club. Fumbling for a club card I am greeted by a sir you cant take that bag into the club (a old laptop type bag containing kids coloring in books surely really dangerous) I'm simply appalled. Supposedly a family friend club ? Hmmm. After alot of mucking around taking out coloring in books and pencils to entertain the kids and several other parents wandering by with large nappy bags, ladies with large handbags, someone with a laptop bag my wife just shakes her head (great trying to get her to come to the club for a family dinner isnt going so well). After that issue we almost want to walk out. Then as we enter we are greeted by the usual selling of raffle tickets. 20 minute later still nowhere near getting a drink (by this time Im thinking I need one). We sit down and then get get drinks. Finally things are looking up we have drinks. chat then go order our meal. After a while one of the kids meals come out. The other kid has to share hers whilst they wait. We then get the rest of the meals. The food all looked good but that said the salads are in small owls and obviously prepared quiet some time ahead as the lettuce in the salad was droopy and the tomato dry. The chicken snitizels were large and nice the steak was apparently a 400gm steak we ordered rare it came out medium rare. Overall the meals were nice however the steak was sitting on a pile of chips and nothing else on the plate. Overall nice meals not quiet cooked properly as I have come to expect (alway order steak less cooked than you expect it). Sadly, my wife wont be going back unless they change the rule re coloring books in bags. A not so family friendy dinner.

Approximate cost: $20