The Sporting Globe

The best Parma we have had in 13 years! The staff were the best, very helpful and friendly. Great meal and fair prices. Cocktails! So many to choose from and all delicious. Will definitely be a regular customer here from now on!

I’ve been coming here for some time, but tonight was a pretty poor experience. We had a table of four booked. We were greeted at the door by a younger guy who had no customer service skills at all. We were shown to our table, where we were seen to by a really friendly waitress, who was helpful and did everything with a smile, so that was a plus. We ordered our food, and that’s when it went really downhill. I ordered a Surf ‘n’ Turf porterhouse, which was horrible. The steak, although cooked well, had obviously not been rested, and was really tough and dry. The ‘creamy garlic sauce’ was served in a small ramekin, and resembled more of a gravy with chunks of garlic in it, rather than a white garlic sauce, and it had obviously been microwaved as it had a skin that had formed on the top. The menus we were handed had not been wiped down and were covered in grease and sticky residue from people resting their drinks on it. The stand with the table number and salt and pepper was covered in crumbs and old food. It’s the sporting globe so my expectations weren’t too high, but if it weren’t for the half price steak night, my steak would have cost $50.95, which is completely disproportionate to its quality. If you wish to charge that price, you’re going to have to do a lot better. I’ve been a member for a while now, but I won’t be racing back any time soon. The only reason this has two stars and not one is because of the nice waitress we had tending to our table.

One of the good place found in Ballarat for nice food option. Very good customer service and with option suggestions

We have been here many times and are always very satisfied. Their Nourish bowls are absolutely amazing along with their refreshing non-alcoholic cocktails. The sweet chilli lime chicken wings are also very good but just expected the size of the wings to be a bit bigger.

Awesome little pub! Wings and rib night is highly recommended! Staff were great and attentive. Overall good atmosphere and great incentives to keep people coming back! Greta work guys! See you next time we’re back in Ballarat!

Huge range of food and drinks available for the whole family. Service was outstanding with waitstaff constantly checking in to ensure everything was OK. Kids were entertained well. Great dining experience!

Long story short: 5 star, enjoy your meal. That’s it, goodbye. All right, here’s some details: I test restaurants with the pork-factor; if a chef can cook any recipe with pork to perfection, it means they can do any recipe to perfection. If you’re into the culinary arts you know how different cooking pork is to any other meat. I ordered Baby Back Pork Ribs: -cooked to perfection -absolutely no foul or off smell -amazingly fresh and juicy -better than the pork ribs I tried in a 5-star Sydney restaurant -the sauce: 5-star I ate every bit of it and even when I was full, still it tasted delicious. Pork factor: 5-star Negative points: Chips too oily Packaging: the sauce was scattered all over etc etc Overall: SOLID

Below average prices, for ordinary food it’s hard to come by now days, the wait staff are always friendly although at times get way too caught up with socialising with customers or even each other to be able to properly provide service, the may or may not bring you a serviette with your extraordinary l’y sticky chicken wings, not even a fork. Still not a huge knock on this place but there is space for some improvement for the bar staff, upstairs specifically

My partner and I go to spot for date night. Lovely and attentive staff, food comes out quick and is always great. Really nice chill atmosphere.

Over priced. Cooks can't cook. Under trained staff. Often errors on the bill. Ensure you always check before you pay. The quality of food really is rubbish