Haymarket Hotel

Any place with free manicures (ladies night on wednesday) and a $ 12 steak and wine combo wins 4 stars in my heart. This is one of my friend’s favourites so when she invited me I accepted. I thought the manicure would be awful since it was free but she did a pretty good job and gave a nice hand massage too. The steak was average but above average for the price and there were heaps of drinks specials like $ 3 pink sparkling wine and stuff. I didn’t pay too much attention to what kind of crowd was there but I believe I saw a hottie or two if that sort of thing is key.

Bar flys rejoice, you’ll find a happy home here… with all your brethren.
Don’t be fooled by the décor, the Haymarket is a low brow sports bar styled similarly to Cheers which is a block away up the same street.
There’s not a great deal to like here. Where Cheers has character, they seem to have gone out of their way here to *not* have it.
I literally visited the Haymarket once with a co-​worker to have the $ 12 steak and beer lunchtime special (it’s all day everyday which alone is worthy of a star and gets it out of 1 territory), and I never came back. Whilst the price is in the sweet spot, the steak is definitely the lower end of the spectrum and if you choose medium rare, expect to get medium to well.
The beer tasted like how beer tastes when lines aren’t clean, and you twist your neck and make that funny face as the «not quite right» flavour hits your tastebuds.
The staff are too familiar and entitled, which makes things worse because it means the lazy service is ingrained in their psyche — there’s no manager training them out of their bad habits. They act like they are doing you a favour, rather than their job, which is arguably the most annoying trait to be found in hospitality staff.
Places like this are the reason I am glad we don’t have a tipping culture, and why I almost never tip at a bar, even 10 cents. Your job is to pour beer and clean tables, if you do one badly and the other not at all, and you get paid $ 20−25/hour, why am I tipping you? You should be getting paid $ 10/​hour and working your ass off to earn the tips to make up that extra $ 10−15/hour.
When you don’t finish your beer, and don’t order another one, it’s pretty clear that you didn’t enjoy yourself.
Lots of work to do double H. Lots of work. Train those staff… ASAP.

Came to this place with my girlfriend on Wednesday night. Was busy right before 6pm. Drinks were cheap $ 5 for sparkling $ 3 for spritz and $ 10 for jug of beer. Not bad. Also Wednesday is a lady’s night so when you purchase a drink you get an number and you can have free manicure. So awesome. We drank champagne, had manicure done both at the same time and had a very cheap drinking evening. What else can girl expect on Wednesday night. Great idea Haymarket!
Haven’t tried the food yet but looked OK and there is something everyday on special.
I will definitely be back for next Ladies night. FREE manicure!