We dined here recently and found it be a not so pleasant experience. Sure I appreciate it was a busy Sunday and were told our meals would take an hour at least. note to management perhaps they should cap the number of patrons putting a booking in their establishment so their relevant staff can meet satisfactorily the demands of customers, so they can be served in a timely manner without having people wait about 1 hour or so to eat their lunch

upon arrival our table was sticky and was not even cleaned which was a concern
the bathroom did not even have soap in its dispenser. sure I appreciate it does run out but it was bone dry in my opinion. i politely asked a staff to top it up but it was not done in the time i was dining at the pub

the meals itself were not so good i am sorry to say. the fish was heavily battered and our guest did not believe it was what the staff claimed it to be.

on a good note ... one of our guests asked the waitress why there was no chicken parma on the menu ... given that its a standard item in most pubs we have frequented. the waitress was good enough to say she can put in order to make the schnitzel into a parma which was appreciated by our guest. He had no complaints of his meal.

maybe it was an extraordinarily busy day we attended .......... but were sadly disappointed in our dining experience. had we been there another day perhaps thing would be better.

Approximate cost: $25

A real mixed bag - the Daylesford Hotel is your classic country town pub done up quite nicely. The pub has several areas including a wine tasting room which are all spacious and well presented.

Staff at the hotel are very friendly and made a real effort with all patrons.

Its expensive ($5.50 for a lemonade ?) and unfortunately the food quality doesnt justify the prices. We had both lunch and dinner here and both meals were just ok. I had the vegie burger which came with a side order of fries (that were cold). The burger had an eggplant patty and a slice of tomato - hence the vegie. Not sure what I was expecting but perhaps something slightly more elaborate. The other meals from our group were similarly average.

We very much enjoyed sitting with our children in the pub having a drink in the evening - its that sort of place. The evening meal wasnt strong - cauliflower soup can be pretty bland and I probably expected something slightly more memorable. Staff again were great but meals didnt match it unfortunately.

Approximate cost: $20