Arundel Tavern

I’ve dined here once and on the “Bistro” side as there is a restaurant inside, so there are actually two different dining spaces in the vicinity. The way the tavern is set up is kind of strange as there is a separate outside section which is for bistro food and the menu differs slightly from the inside section. The kitchen doesn’t open until 5:30PM as with most Taverns and the new renovated Bistro section actually looks quite good. Great family friendly area with the playground, sport screens showing footy games etc We ordered two kids meals (Spaghetti Bol, Nuggets and chips) and I ordered the Chilli Prawn Linguini. I thought the kids menu was the cheapest I’ve seen woohoo only ten bucks 🤩until the food came out and it was like $6.00 worth of food. The chicken nuggets only came with a handful of chips (sad) which they tried to cover spreading and spacing the nuggets over it. To be honest I would rather pay a bit more than have a stingy serving of chips (as in under ten chips on the plate? Poor form come on just add more or increase the cost a bit to get a decent serving. The Kids Spaghetti Bol didn’t look too bad and my daughter enjoyed it and at least this kids menu item was a decent serving size. The Prawn Linguine however was delicious so I would come back again for that! My husband decided to also add to our order the Calamari. The Calamari is probably not the best I’ve had (too soft and wobbly not a nice crunch like I prefer) and the ratio of chips to calamari was a bit off. Like did I order chips with a side of calamari? 🤣anyway I do think it has potential but they are a little stingy with portions here which is why I rate it 3. Service is ok, food is ok and ambience is pretty nice for an arvo hang/drink with friends. Wouldn’t go out of my way to dine here but it does the job for a pub feed.

One of the best pub meal experiences we have ever had, it has table service with very friendly and capable staff, the food was very very good, and surprisingly inexpensive. I will now be looking forward to going back regularly and sampling the rest of their menu. Although it was very busy the night we went, the service and meals were served promptly. The atmosphere was overall great and the decor also good. EXCEPTIONAL! Went back again, this time for lunch, still EXCEPTIONAL!