Kookaburra Hotel

Reviews about Kookaburra Hotel

• 1 / 5

  By Lisa Nicole
  After hearing good reviews of this place on the web and by locals while we were in Halls Gap we were excited to try it. Unfortunately, it did not live up to expectation. Their website advised the owners/chef were on leave, but the staff assured us the standard would be just as high as usual.
  The restaurant itself is cozy and has nice décor. We were seated on the edge of the noisy bar but on request they moved us to a quiet table down the other end of the restaurant.
  We ordered garlic bread and prawns for entrée, and chicken and kangaroo for mains. The garlic bread came out literally two minutes after we ordered it, and was clearly microwaved not baked. It tasted ok but was really soggy.
  Three minutes after that, our mains came out. But we still didn't have our prawn entrée or our drinks! I told the staff member who delivered our food we were not ready for it as we still didn't have drinks or entrée, but she didn't care or say anything and just walked off.
  The kangaroo was nice, but the chicken dry. Both meals, and in fact I think all main meals, come with steamed veggies. They were so bland it was unbelievable. How difficult is it to put some garlic or seasoning on the veggies? Tasted just like the ones you get from McCains in the frozen section.
  Drinks and prawns came out after we were almost finished our mains and by that stage we were extremely thirsty and had asked for them twice.
  We ordered a tiramisu to share, a coffee and hot chocolate. The tiramisu was not good. It had not been given adequate time to soak, so the coffee was all at the bottom, and there was too much of it, and there was not enough cheese to cream ratio, too creamy.
  The coffee was average, and the hot chocolate had hardly any chocolate so was like drinking warm milk. I must say I have never had that problem before, usually it's too much chocolate by the end.
  We went to the Views the previous night and it was excellent. 10/10. I am not sure what this place's problem is, whether it was due to the owners/chef being away, or if it is just that poorly organised normally. However we wouldn't recommend this place to anyone, there are plenty of nice restaurants in Halls Gap to bother with this place.
  November 01, 2016
• 5 / 5

  By Hanicka Deicmanis
  Great atmosphere, great food. Nice and quiet too. A lovely, romantic night out for sure. Will be returning.
  October 07, 2016