Empire Tavern

Had lunch here today. Ordered 2 steak specials. Asked to swap chips for vegetables but refused as they don't change specials. It came with very salty coleslaw. My steak was suppose to be med/well but it was rare & grissly so left most of it. Ordered a soda water which was all ice with 3 mouthfuls of soda water. What a waste of money. The guy at the bar said sorry about steak but that was it. Much better pubs to eat in nearby.

Excellent place right in the heart of CBD. The Best place to visit for lunch, dinner or if ur after beer and bites after work, have plenty of variety of tap beers. Even if you are after breakfast, this place will provide you variety of options and will not disappoint you. One of the BEST mocha in the town. I will definately recommend this place.

I ordered the chicken parmi. For it's price, the meal was small and not very filling. I expected more for the price. I was also disappointed that there was no chips with the parmi and just truffle dressing on salad. The enviroment was nice and the bar was large in size, plenty of seating available. I still recommend visiting this place for a quick feed.

First impressions not amazing. Walked in and stood at the bar for a minutei was the only one at the bar Had a few staff members walk by me to clear some tables. Just gave me a look and they didn’t say hi or acknowledge me. After waiting around a bit longer i just gave up Unfortunately nobody came behind the bar to serve me. Went to the craft beer bar on the corner opposite and was warmly greeted. I operate a bar myself in Australia and even if myself or my staff are sweating balls trying to get things done, we always make an effort to greet people with a smile and make them feel welcome as soon as they enter the premises.

Great pub, decent prices and you can get an amazing burger next door at Black Dog and eat it in the pub. Friendly staff too and the pub quiz looks to be a good oneFood: 5/5

Food is much better these days. Service can get a bit spotty when very busy. The atmosphere is great when it is almost full.Food: 4/5

Lively atmosphere. The setup of the place was the best part. Service was good, food was ok. We ordered the $10 steak, fries and coleslaw with the purchase of a full priced drink. Margarita was average but the mango drink was awesome!

This was a fun vibe place. Only small niggles was due to it being very full, it was a tad loud and service struggled a little to keep up. But definitely recommended.Food: 4/5

I never realized how big this place inside. It was quite noisy and the acoustic was not ideal. It was really hard to hear each other. My friends ordered pizza that was decent. And I had a very tasty citrus light beer.

Got the $10 steak lunch special, which is fine. Liked the garlic butter. Unfortunately the experience was soured by the staff. Not great treatment, especially rude to scold your customers when we were just trying to sort out a mistake with the order.