Rye Hotel

I usually visit the Rye Hotel during the quieter months because it is much quicker to be seated. The staff are always lovely and offer help if you need it. However on my most recent visit I ordered the steak and it wasn't cooked how I usually like it, it was a bit under, which was disappointing. But if you are looking for a quick, fast meal then this is a pretty good place to go to. They also have a kids play area, so you can bring the whole family out to dinner.

We dined here with a shop-a-docket which stipulated 'buy one main meal get one free' to a maximum of $18.50 free. It wasn't until I was in the line to order that I read that both seniors' meals and meals on the 'special' board were excluded from the deal. We had already a) made the trip to the hotel specially to use the docket and b) decided on our meals before this information was made available. Also not stated on the docket was that only specified meal times and days were included. You have to go there to find out. Too bad if you choose a day which they say (only when you are in line to order) is not included. To avoid customer ill-will they need to be more upfront with their restrictions, rather than just having it printed on the docket that 'conditions apply'.
Even though the senior's meal was cheaper than any of the main meals on either the menu or the specials board, I was not given the option of using it as the free meal. This makes little sense to me, because the hotel would have had to subsidise a regular main meal at a greater cost to itself.
However, we bought the senior's meal as planned, and gave the shop-a-docket to another couple who were yet to order. Strike one.
Another issue we had was that we wanted a glass of moscato, which was on the wine list, but they did not even have an open bottle, let alone a fresh one. We had to order an alternative. The young bar tender was most apologetic. Strike two.
So the meals came out, and they were attractively presented and hot. The eye fillet steak and its vegetables were cooked perfectly, and good value at $15.50. The curry was not too bad. There was a lot of meat in the curry. Pity they served me beef, when I had ordered chicken. Good thing I'm not Hindu. Strike three.

Our second visit to Rye Hotel for dinner. First time was during school Xmas holidays and it was soooo busy, and no one could take a booking apparently when we rang to book, but when we arrived that wasn't the case apparently? Anyhow went again last week - July school holidays this time. We didn't book, but no problem getting a table. The host who seated us was quite friendly and gave us a run down on ordering. Hubby and I both ordered a dips to share and a steak each. My son had a pizza and some fries. The entree was nice and came out quickly, the mains came out promptly too. Our steaks were cooked correctly and quite tasty, they were on a pesto mash which had too much pesto and quite lumpy, plain mash would of been nicer, especially with the sauce choices, the usual mushroom, pepper etc, didn't quite mix with the pesto so strong. Everything came out quickly even though they were also catering a wedding party up the other end of venue. Will go back again, might just try better selection with meal choice based on flavours.

We usually always go to this hotel when we are in Rye, it is nice and clean has a playground for the grandchildren to play. The food is usually always great, but lately it has not been to great but still good, They need to check the quality of food that they send out to the customer as one lady was quite upset about the sausages that she got and sent it back. It looked very dried like it had been cooked and then reheated, i would have done the same. on a good note they are offering crepes cooked in front of you and they are great.