Belmont Hotel Bendigo - Bendigo, Victoria

David S.

I visited this pub for lunch along with some friends. I was unlucky enough to order the dud of the menu - the Roasted Duck Breast. While all of my friends received what seemed like nice pub food with some salad I got a plate with several slices of duck meat on top of a line of mushroom risotto across the plate. It did not look very pleasant.

I struggled through eating it. At the end I really needed a little bit of salad just to freshen me up. I asked for some as I was not feeling very well after the meal. The manager came out to respond. He said that I would have to pay for the salad. He said that I should have complained before I finished eating the meal. His money was more important than the comfort and pleasure of his customers. The cost of the salad would have been less than 50c and resulted in a happy customer. Instead I am writing this complaint to everyone. I will never go to this pub again and neither will the 10 friends who were with me who all had lunch. Your pub was on the list for us to regularly visit but we will never go to your pub again. That's over $250 per visit you will miss out on as we go to a different pub from now on.

The stars are all for the nice waitress who looked after us well.

Rosemary T.

We ordered two lamb racks. My was tender and delicious but unfortunately my sons was tough and chewy, it look and tasted like it had been reheated, the bed of rosti it was served on was a sodden mess. I realise that the rack was served with gravy but rosti is meant to be crisp. Perhaps serving the gravy on the side and not drowning the dish might help. The kids burger however was delicious.

Russell B.

Went to lunch mid-week at the newly renovated Belmont Hotel. Had heard it was good. Group of 6. The inside has been opened up with a see through bar area between rooms. Nice look. Dining room was grey and boring with cafeteria style tables and chairs. A bit depressing. Menu seemed ok for a pub. Two had the tandoori chicken salad. Nice greens but the 3 chicken skewers were overcooked, dry and stringy. The dob of yoghurt on top did nothing to save the meal. Another had the salmon, which was also overcooked, dry and stringy. Hard to achieve with salmon but there you go. Best meal was lambs fry and bacon, although it looked so unappetising as to resemble a cow pat except the colour was much darker but just the right profile. And all of this following an exceptionally long wait after ordering with (at the time) only 2 other tables ahead of us. Sorry guys, not going back if the meals don't improve significantly.

Kelly M.

Recently renovated with some nice upgrades.

However the price has doubled and the value simply isn’t there now sadly.

We had Pizza for lunch ($26) and although the serving size was good, it really was no better than a frozen pizza heated up at home.

The lamb pizza was smothered in yogurt dressing and the lamb was virtually missing with no more than two small strips per slice if that.

Pizzas were lacking seasoning of any kind and overall we would not order again.

Sadly even a Nasi Goreng is now $32 .. making it a very expensive pub meal that doesn’t compare to other Bendigo places.

Totally support higher prices where the food warrants it .. however today’s lunch was really disappointing

Hopefully they’ll take the reviews onboard and look to improve - maybe get a new chef.

Mark C.

The Belmont looks fantastic since the renovations. Meals were fantastic and came out quick. Staff friendly and helpful. A wonderful experience. Thankyou

Luke H.

Great food. Great service. Friendly staff. Good pub menu. Love the new renovation!

Glenda W.

Easy parking, great beer garden area. Nice pub inside. It was quite busy, but the noise level was okay

Brett H.

Very enjoyable experience, 5 of us in for meals and drinks, all meals were fantastic and the staff were A1 will be back again for sure.