Published:
July 20, 2024
About Robin Hood Hotel
Dine in
Takeout
Delivery
Service Options
Highlights
Fireplace
Live music
Sports
Offerings
Alcohol
Beer
Cocktails
Coffee
Halal food
Happy hour drinks
Hard liquor
Healthy options
Small plates
Vegan options
Vegetarian options
Wine
Amenities
Bar onsite
Restroom
Crowd
Groups
Payments
Credit cards
Debit cards
NFC mobile payments
Parking
Free parking lot
Free street parking
Plenty of parking
Accessibility
Wheelchair accessible entrance
Wheelchair accessible parking lot
Wheelchair accessible restroom
Wheelchair accessible seating
Dining_options
Lunch
Dinner
Catering
Dessert
Atmosphere
Casual
Planning
Accepts reservations
Children
Good for kids
Good for kids birthday
High chairs
Kids' menu
Map
Robin Hood Hotel Reviews
Wow...we all had great meals, chicken parmigiana with mushrooms on the side, gnocchi and Beef cheeks...staff were very friendly and food was very well presented.
- Kristian Fleming
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
Would definitely recommend for an outing with the family! Great food at a fair price, but the key for me were the staff. Having been greeted and seated within minutes of being there with such enthusiasm. The staff taking time to interact with my daughter and chat about her day out in Ballarat was a big plus. Very good at their job and make for a pleasant dining experience. Great work!
- Marisol Calvert
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
Wonderful place for a get-together and have the kids entertained. Hospitality was amazing, very welcoming, and felt at home. Food was quick to come and delicious! This will 100% be our favourite place to dine when visiting our friends in Ballarat from now on. The jumping castles and digital interactive play made it better than the average playground visit. Great for all ages. Can't wait to go again!
- Shona Batch
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
What a delightful recommendation from my Airbnb host when I asked for a pub meal. On a busy night due to a local event Donna found me a table when I had no booking. The Angus Beef burger was tasty hitting the spot. I watched as staff brought out meals quickly and patrons chowed down each morsel, happily dining with their friends and family. Unfortunately, they ran out of my desserts however nothing was too much for Donna she quickly offered me the choice of something else or a refund. Hospitality requires good food and great service in busy times, the Robin Hood has both.
- Lee Lee
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
Went to this hotel for the $20 T-bone steak as advertised online. Turns out, in person it’s $23!!! When mentioned to staff they shrugged and said it was an old website! (And false advertising!!)
The t-bone itself was thinner than a slice of bread and full of gristle. I was hard pressed to get through it and left more than half of it on my plate! The chips were inedible and the salad at least was well dressed.
The one saving grace was the busy wait staff who was happy, busy, attentive and respectful! She worked hard and still met our needs with water, lemon and lime! The bar staff could use a bit of her personality!
The $42 bottle of pepper Jack Shiraz was average, and with Dan Murphy next door I expected better value for money.
Atmosphere was hampered by a card night set up adjacent to the meals area where the dude on the microphone wrecked our ambiance!
Went back the following week… t-bones better quality this time, but card night MC’d by dude with a booming voice (no Mike in hand this time!!!)
- Geraldine Lynch
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
We have been visiting different Ballarat pubs each month and we had originally planned to go elsewhere but it wasn’t open on a Tuesday so we ended up here for no other reason than that it was open for lunch. What a lucky lucky fluke. It’s been the best so far. I didn’t even bother looking at the main menu once I saw the specials list - there were so many dishes I wanted to try. Fortunately I was with a generous friend who let me try her duck dish - it was sublime. I had the mushroom gnocchi and it was just as good. Both meals were very generous portions. I feel like I’ve struck a goldmine of gourmet level food. And to top it all the service was friendly and efficient.
- Michael-lyn Monks
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
We have been here a few times and enjoyed ourselves. This time, however, we were quite disappointed with the food. The potatoes were still very firm that all were left on the plates. We advised the staff and they offered a replacement or chips. However, we declined this and advised them to just let the chef know.
- Jenny Lawry
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
We had a group of 7 for dinner. Kate greeted us and the children. The playground was fabulous and the children told Kate it was awesome. We had Pork belly, Lamb shoulder, parma, kids meals were 2 mini burgers and chips and Spaghetti. They were delicious. Highly recommend and staff were friendly and helpful
- Dianne Wilde
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
The Robin Hood staff are exceptional. Our group go there regularly and never any complaints. The food is delicious and our group meals all came out together. 16 people. We will be back, my favorite place to eat. Highly recommended.
- Bardia
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
The massive range of Parma options is a bit of a gimmick. Especially when you can't cook the basic component of the Parma properly: the schnitzel.
My schnitzel was soggy on the top and burnt on the bottom. The cheese isnt melted.
Honestly there are so many better options in Ballarat, don't be fooled by the gimmick of a carbonara parma
- Rhianna Kate
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
Super rude to people with allergies and dietary preferences. Went the for Xmas lunch and was highly disappointed by the food and the treatment. Would not recommend it if you have dietary requirements.
Including a picture of one of 2 'salads' (aka bowl of tomatoes) served for meals requested for milk and egg allergies. The other salad was served with a disclaimer that we couldn't actually eat it, because it contained food we had mentioned can't be eaten and asked not to be given. Not sure why they would give us a salad whilst also telling us we couldn't eat it...
The main was an undercooked piece of eggplant on hummus. Wildly overpriced for what we were given. We had to find food when we left, as a piece of eggplant and some cherry tomatoes is not a proper balanced meal. Come on, you can do better.
Edited to include response:
Emailed staff to ask them to rectify the situation after the event and to give a chance to resolve the matter somehow, but I was met with a rude response, dismissed and then subsequently ignored.
The very first phone call I had before the event was rude and dismissive when I first mentioned the dietary needs of the 3 people at the table.The tone of the call became very patronising, but I let it go.
I see in your reviews that the staff have also been rude to others with dietary needs in the past, so this isn't a one off example. From my treatment I can tell that some of your staff must hold archaic views on differing dietary needs. Not even an apology shows a refusal to acknowledge that you could have done better.
Yes all the people at my table, including me, were very polite, regardless of the fact that I was certainly not alone in believing the food was overpriced and sub-par.
My review is entirely fair. There's even photographic evidence. Your response here again, merely solidifies that fact.
- Kinshuk Sen
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
Rocked up on Easter Monday and the staff were super friendly and hospitable. The venue is massive and has a great kids play area too. Well priced food and beverages.
- Pauline Aggett
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
On Wednesday 15th of May we attended for a family dinner.
I ordered a classic Kiev as it was Kiev night, my daughter ordered the entree chicken skewers with rice.
My daughters skewers came out, no rice. She had to wait another 10 minutes for her rice, and by then her chicken was cold.
My kiev came out with mash and veg, which I questioned as I dont eat vegies. The server told me that all Kievs are served with Vegetables and mash potatoe unless specified. No where on the menu did it state this.
I would have ordered chips and salad if I had known. I also wasnt asked when I ordered if I wanted salad or vegetables.
Very disappointing night.
- Jody Golding
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
Once again a fantastic meal, considering they catered for our group booking of 55 people our meals were so nice and so quick. The staff didn’t stop all day and could not do enough for us. Kate thank you once again you are amazing at your job and you are half the reason we keep coming back.
So on behalf of the Monaro Club of Victoria thank you for everything
Jody golding.
- Ian Mansell
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
My wife and I called in for a bite to eat. Unfortunately it was half an hour before the kitchen officially opened. The staff were very accommodating and said that they would open the kitchen specially for us. After looking at the menu we chose the waffles - they were yummy (and reasonably priced. Can recommend
- Keith Nallawalla
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
Love the wide range of Parma options but the place was so busy that it took over an hour for our food to arrive, which meant the kids had a late night. Some of our meals weren’t very warm either, probably waiting until the whole table was ready. Staff were nice though.
- Cinnamon Bun
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
I am deeply disappointed by the prawn, mango, and avocado salad I recently ordered. It was a catastrophic collision of flavors and textures that left my taste buds in utter confusion.
Firstly, the prawns were as rubbery as old erasers, making each bite a jaw workout rather than a pleasurable dining experience. It felt like I was chewing on a piece of flavorless rubber dipped in a hint of ocean water.
The mango was out of a tin. Instead of a burst of tropical flavor, I was greeted with a sad, mushy mess that resembled something more suited for compost than consumption.
And don't even get me started on the avocado. Whoever thought it was a good idea to include unripe, tasteless avocados in this salad clearly has no regard for basic culinary principles, and there was hardly any of it.
The salad dressing was equally uninspiring, a lackluster attempt at salvaging what little hope remained for this culinary disaster. It was a bland concoction that did nothing to enhance the dismal ingredients it was meant to complement.
The service was absolutely hopeless, with the first drinks not delivered to the table until 40mins after ordering. We had to remind them after an hour that still not all of the drinks had been provided. The waitress was rude. The toilets were dirty and provided with some broken facilities. One staff was standing around doing nothing while others were literally running in the restaurant. People that came in after us were served before us. What a disaster!
- Renée Renée
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
Have not been to the RH in decades and it was a look at their menu online which had us book a table for NYE dinner. Both the wait & bar staff were some of the happiest and friendliest employees we had experienced all Christmas week in Ballarat. We even let them know this because their happiness was infectious. Dinner was lovely & we left happy. The end
- A
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
Great venue in a good position. Gave it a chance after our last visit was well below par. A few staff members were lovely, but unfortunately others were very rude. Food was hit and miss. Worst parma I’ve ever had personally. Some of our guests enjoyed their meals, however most were very disappointed. Must have had the apprentice cooking, perhaps… Overall, pretty disappointing.
- TheSecretDuckSociety
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
Great pub! Friendly staff! Great food! Great daily specials!
- The_Burito
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
Good food, quick and humorous service/servers, nice presentation of the meals, place has a calm and professional atmosphere with plenty of space for the whole family, even say near the full kids play room could barely hear them, overall very nice
- Mel Whittaker
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
From the time i stepped foot in this venue i was great by super friendly staff. Ordering was so easy considering the short notice we had to make a booking for our table of 30 which we were comfortably fitted in even though they were already busy. The amazing meals my guest and I ordered all varied and were all spot on and came out in a great timely manner. I would recommend anyone whether it is a couple, family or a large group spend your time and money at this local hotel. 🥇🥇🥇🥇
- artique7
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
Brilliant! Food, service, kids room all outstanding. Great cocktail menu. Visiting from out of town and will be back.
- Korissa Grinstead
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
Amazing place to take the kids out for tea, Friday nights kids eat free which is amazing. Play area is always a hit & even better they have cameras to keep watch on them while peacefully eating out in the dining area.
- Robyn Reeve
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
Always a favourite for us. Been coming here for years since my kids were little. But way back when I was a kid. Awesome food. Great friendly staff and good atmosphere. Thanks Robin Hood for a lot of family memories.
- Tara T
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
A great family pub with a fantastic menu full of delicious choices and the kids playroom an added bonus. We had a booking for over 40 people and the staff were wonderful and accommodating. Everyone had a great night and would totally recommend the pub. Thanks for having us and we'll be back.
- Mark Thompson
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
A down to earth pub, with a range of beers to suit most people (Pirate Life for those of us who like a beer with flavour 😉). There is an enormous amount of seating available, and a comprehensive food menu that won't break the bank. I had a chicken and avocado toastie with chips that was very nice.
There are also pokies should that be your thing. Staff were really nice as well, so definitely worth a visit.
- Amber Vincent
20 Sat 2024 at 06.05 pm
Absolutely beautiful birthday lunch 10/10 children breakdancing very wonderful. Very warm. Mentally, in the play place.
- Jenny Dumesny