Rose of Australia Hotel

It’s a great venue for everything … drinks with friends … watching sports … enjoying a lazy afternoon … it had something for everyone … and the food … Yummy and great quality !!!

Completely remodeled with various sitting rooms/​areas. Lots of outside seating. Nice beer selection Huge food selection. Get the ribs special and you won’t have to eat for several days after. The pork tacos are really good.

The Rose is getting a bit fancy on the décor front and the beer prices are up a bit as a result. The good news is it looks pretty great inside and the tables out on the pavement are still a fabulous spot for afternoon beers in the sun. Make sure you are hungry then get the classic ribs every time. They are fantastic — sticky, falling off the bone and served with battered fries to absorb the excess sauce. Oh there’s coleslaw too, (pretty crap coleslaw) but you don’t go to the pub for your five a day so skip it in favour of another crispy cider to wash down the ribs.

The Rose has had a face lift! All new interior. It’s a Brick. House. That bar is stacked and that’s a fact.
Mirroring some of the other up dos in the area exposed brick and painted murals are go.
Food is phenomenal. It used to be good but it’s even better now.
There is an atrium like area that you can hire out and they have live music too.
They still have pokies, but they are tucked away at the back.
Over all a new, more communal feel to the place.
I like it.
There are still a few rennos happening, so for the moment you’ll need to ignore the fact there are wires hanging out everywhere like a tangled mess.

Good value, great food and AMAZING beer battered chips!

The Rose Burger is hands down one of the best burgers I’ve ever had. With the beer-​battered fries it makes it a classic pub meal combo. Hard to go wrong here.

I am a fan — for what it is.
The Rose of Australia, in it’s new look, has been around for some years and we have been going for about five of them.
Firstly, the place has never slipped in my opinion and always maintained it’s good solid consistency.
We called in last night and had a bite before Bingay (weekly fundraiser at the Imperial Hotel) and were not disappointed. We ate in the bar area, not the upstairs restaurant.
I had the Chicken BLT which was a very good serving, fresh, well cooked and presented, but nothing flash, which was what I was in the mood for. The other half had a the prawn pizza. It looked great and there were heaps of prawns (shock-​horror). But he did say, there was just a bit too much on it. He suggested, the same amount of ingredients but on a bigger base.
The bar menu at the Rose of Australia is perfect for what it is — a bar menu.

So the thing that drew me towards this pub was the upstairs restaurant food. Meh. They should have just stuck with the pub and not bothered trying to pretend they can actually cook.
I chose the ‘creamy’ chicken risotto from the al a carte menu and it was sub-​par at best-​the sauce tasted like it came out of a jar. I could have cooked a better one at home. My friend’s steak –potatoes-​veggies combo was nothing special either-​hard, rubbery meat that he was barely able to cut with cutlery; bland mash in desperate need of salt; undercooked beans. Considering the dinner cost $ 15 per main and the restaurant promotes itself as more fine-​dining than standard pub food, I was bitterly disappointed.
You walk downstairs and face the very ordinary pub but at least it’s not trying to be anything it’s not. The place attracts a decent crowd and the outdoor seating in front of the pub is a great spot to people watch and enjoy the vibe of the street. Get beer here instead of wine upstairs.

The Rose of Australia is a great and popular watering hole for Erskinville locals and with good reason. If you venture out there on most weeknights let alone a Friday or Saturday then good luck in getting one of the tables out on the foot path. It seems to be everyone’s preference although I must admit I’m not a fan of the low seats and prefer a bar stool and table inside. It is a lot darker in there so maybe that’s why people choose to be out!
There’s also a lounge area out back, a pokie den for those keen for a play and an upstairs area so there is plenty of room if you miss out on the street.
The bistro is quite good too and I’m a sucker for the pizza’s on there although there’s plenty of other choices and all good.
I’ve spent quite a few good nights there whether it be over a quiet drink, watching some sport or listening to some live band but one thing seems to be constant, next days headache. And I’m not sure why!

Downright down under. If Australians can do one thing right, it’s set up a pub. You can very rarely go wrong if you’ve got the beer flowing, the music cranking and the pool tables in view. Rose of Australia is your traditional Australian watering hole, where the clients are there to relax and mingle if you do happen to strike a chord. However, it’s not street funky or ubercool in anyway, the vibe is to load off your hard working day here, roll up your sleeves and crack open a brewskie. The weekends see a varied crowd sitting out the front on the al fresco seating tables with umbrella shades.