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Bar, Pub, Australian
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Gluten free options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner
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great country gastro Pub food. good meat dishes and crispy fish and chips. Wine list good.
CUISINES
Bar, Pub, Australian
Special Diets
Vegetarian friendly, Gluten free options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner
FEATURES
Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Seating, Highchairs Available, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Table Service
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4.0
174 reviews
Excellent
74
Very good
68
Average
17
Poor
9
Terrible
6
Janet
Adelaide6 contributions
July 2020 • family
Had a great meal, with kids! Kids menu was great with additional choices apart from the usual nuggets and serves were generous.
Main menu was great with lots of choices. Serves were huge!
Service was great, very friendly and quick.
Setting was lovely with real fire in the corner.
Woild happily come again and highly recommend!
Written 7 July 2020
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172mickg
Dear Janetlee
Thank you for this lovely review and we are very pleased your experience was a great one . Our Head Chef and and his Kitchen team ,along with our Front of house team take great pride in the their work and it makes us proud to be the owners of this Hotel when we have such dedicated staff who make our visitors visit one to remember and one to want to return again in the future .Kind regards
Mick and Ally
Publicans
Written 9 July 2020
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LisaMDL
Adelaide3336 contributions
Mar 2024 • family
4/5 is possibly a little generous but 3/5 feels too low… so we’ll say the extra ‘point’ is given just out of wishful thinking that the girl at the bar might have been a little more enthusiastic and keen to make us feel at home…..next time maybe!?!?
We went for a quick lunch, chilled out on the balcony and received good generous serves of food at very good prices and with fast service. The cheeseburger spring rolls were fab!!!!! As a snack/entree they didn’t need to be served with chips as the three spring rolls in the serve were ‘voluptuous’ on their own 🤣 ….and hot hot hot 🔥 so very good so long as you have the patience to let them cool down first!!
Everything on the share platter went down a treat but for the pickled carrot - not nearly as pickled as the great zingy pickles themselves - if those are done in house, good job!!
As to the wines by the glass, our comment would be that the limited Claymore offering could be improved upon. The wines by the bottle list did seem pretty extensive though.
Written 19 March 2024
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GrandTour563578
Adelaide3 contributions
Mar 2023 • none
Really disappointing. Menu sounded so nice on line. Had prawns with garlic sauce and they were not tasty. The rice that was served with them was dry. Asked if salad came with the prawns and waitress said she didn't know but that she thought there were some vegetables in the rice. There weren't. On a plus, the oysters Kilpatrick were tasty - nice sauce and bacon and waitress was honest that they had been frozen.Other dishes we had were lamb skewers and barramundi. People who had the lamb skewers reported meat and barra not tasty and pita under the lamb was dried up and not able to be eaten. Over all the hotel is not as I remembered the quality as being a few years ago.
Service was friendly but unprofessional - clearing when people still eating, not knowing the menu and looking like they were about to sit down and binge watch Netflix.
Written 12 April 2023
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abnwalsh
Townsville17 contributions
Sept 2020 • none
Wanted to support a pub in a small town as we have done on our travels. Once we sat down and had a drink we decided to share a meal together as we have done at a lot of other places. Upon ordering we were informed that due to the pub going through tough times due to covid we had to order a meal each. Sorry but wtf. We challenged them and they went to management and then agreed. Our message to you is to appreciate that random travellers will stop to support you anytime, even especially in these times so appreciate them if even they just have a drink and move on. We could have stopped at any pub on the way.
Written 15 September 2020
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172mickg
Dear abnwalsh. I am sorry you felt offended at being asked to purchase (I presume 2 meals ). Could you please indicate what day you visited as this rule we only apply on our busiest days that being Friday,Saturday and Sunday lunch when we might have 150 people wanting to come into our Hotel. With Covid Social distancing we can only allow 75 at any given time and of course being a small family business we want to ensure that people who want to dine in in our hotel can do so . We are open about not encouraging say 2 people who come in and want to share a bowl of soup , or a bowl of wedges. On our busiest days we want to make sure all of our tables are available for people who want to enjoy a nice meal and maybe a bottle of wine .Anyhow it seems you got what you were looking for .
Written 17 September 2020
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Ambrossia_72
Adelaide2 contributions
Feb 2023 • couples
Service was well below average but in their defence they looked fresh out of primary school. Once we were seated we were told someone would be back to take our orders. We waited over 25mins to then be told by another young waitress ‘no you have to order and pay inside, we’ve had to many runners’ ok no problem glad we weren’t in a hurry though. The entree was actually delicious and the mains were decent enough but then came the dessert. Advertised as a chocolate brownie with berry compote and ice cream. Sounds delicious, unfortunately not! Arrived to the table with no berry compote so we asked for some, we were told ‘oh sorry we’ll bring some straight out’ thought it was odd both the chef and waitress didn’t realise it was missing a key element but all good….until a jug of cottees strawberry topping came out! I kid you not, kids strawberry ice cream topping and the brownie was so dry it wasn’t worth eating so we didn’t. Much better off travelling a little further to Watervale or Sevenhill hotels.
Written 24 February 2023
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Tim E
1 contribution
Nov 2023 • business
Ordered Lunch after 45 minutes asked when we would be fed. Response was that there had been a power outage and the kitchen was now cooking again. NOT what they told the next table (who were power workers) that excuse was the ticketing machine ran out of paper in the kitchen! When the meal arrived I had beef ribs I was unable to chew even a mouth full. I returned the meal and said I would just like my money back. - Owners response was the chef had a look and sad whilst the edges are burnt and dry the middle is edible!!!!
Written 13 November 2023
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Gigi68
Adelaide245 contributions
Jan 2022 • business
Group of 18 booked in.
Order meals at Bar
Order drinks at Bar. No table water.
Meals come out 1 hr later over a time of 1 hour. My fish was burnt, loaded plate with chips, basic salad.
3 other people didn't eat their meals. Burnt, under cooked salt and pepper squid.
Warm to hot night, no fan or air conditioner in dining area. Not impressed.
Written 9 February 2022
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Mick G
Hi . After reading your report I am convinced you are not talking about the right Rising Sun Hotel .We are based in Auburn in the Clare Valley . There are 4 Rising Sun Hotels in SA that I am aware of . One is in Loebefal , One at Kent Town and the Other at Port Wakefield .Many things in your review just do not line up . We have not had a large booking of 18 people book into this pub for a meal for many months .There is no way we would ask this amount of people to converge on the bar to order the meals .Everything we do is table service unless you are sitting outside on our veranda in which we do ask people to come back inside to order Both our dining room and Saloon restaraunts are both aircondtioned and have fans which are always turned on when it is a warm to hot day . Every table is always provided with table water and a table this size would normally have 3 to 4 bottles provided . I am convinced you are reviewing the wrong Rising Sun Hotel however if you would like to discuss this matter further with me please call the hotel on 08 8849 2015 any time and I would be happy to discuss your concerns .Thank You
Mick Guerin
Publican
Written 10 February 2022
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Chris911928
Adelaide102 contributions
Feb 2024 • couples
The seafood main meal had seafood straight from the freezer. Awful. My wife ordered the $40 steak and asked for extra salad in lieu of chips, but all they did was remove the chips (no extra salad). Steak was the size of a small hamburger pattie. For a country pub meal, it was like going to a shopping centre’s food court.
Written 24 February 2024
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Ken B
Brisbane97 contributions
May 2023 • none
Locals suggested we try this Hotel for dinner and that it was a great meal. Sadly we were disappointed! went in mid afternoon to book a table as it was festival weekend. As it was quite cold and wet and being from QLD, we requested the table by the fire. We were told now problems. Come back later to eat and our table was the furtherest away from the fire. Staff were friendly and helpful, but obviously very overwhelmed. tow of the meals that came out were not what was ordered and when we asked for a substitute meal we were told they had none left of the seafood. Other meals were average - schnitzel was bland and over crumbed, Calamari was good though. The other meals seems rushed and the wait staff (very young) seemed flustered. Maybe the pressure form the festival affected this night but felt that the meals were on par to average. Reasonable cost but not up to scratch on this night.
Written 27 May 2023
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Karen R
Adelaide151 contributions
Sept 2021 • couples
Always a favourite to pop in for lunch on the way to Clare.
My favourite is the Coopers beer battered fish (flathead) & chips with coleslaw, The beer batter is divine, thick crispy & hot, with fresh fish inside. The chips are amazing, and the yummy coleslaw has a nice savoury creamy dressing. Hubbie had his favourite, bangers & mash.
Unbeatable for pub grub. Great service also.
We hadn’t booked but realised we should have, they were very busy, so pays to book.
Written 5 September 2021
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Blackjack
Sydney17 contributions
Sept 2023 • couples
A terrific pub in a lovely town in the Clare Valley. Called in for lunch and were very impressed by the friendly service, the good menu options and the very reasonable cost. The food was absolutely delicious, delivered promptly and beautifully presented. The servings were all very generous and in fact the halloumi fries could’ve been a small meal in themselves. A most enjoyable experience and well worth a visit.
Written 25 October 2023
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j0ev0
Adelaide140 contributions
Oct 2023 • couples
Visited the RSH on route to Adelaide from Broken Hill. I rang a few weeks prior to pay for our room before we got there and the person I spoke to said they had taken the payment. When we arrived,
We were told the room wasn’t paid for & they don’t take prepayment. The staff were friendly and helpful and the restaurant food was good. The bed was comfortable. The breakfast was disappointing & the room in need of a really good clean.
Written 20 October 2023
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Cacilia
Brisbane120 contributions
Aug 2022 • none
Nice cozy atmosphere on a cold day with a lovely fire going. My husband had a seafood curry which he enjoyed and I had a grilled vegetable risotto which was rather bland. We shared a serve of vegetable which were delicious. The service was patchy. But overall we had a nice lunch here.
Written 9 August 2022
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APP007
Barossa Valley166 contributions
Feb 2020 • none
Booked in for Lunch for 4 people. good menu selection. Pub classics. The beef schnitzel was fantastic. It was a really good pice of meat and clearly not packet/preprepared. Burger was really good as was the fish. Salad servings were very good and fresh. Service was prompt, friendly and efficient. Prices were very good for standard of food. Would eat here again
Written 9 February 2020
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molz61
Adelaide49 contributions
Aug 2020 • none
We ate at the Rising Sun last night as a group of 6. For the amount of people there service was somewhat slow but found the staff very friendly. Come meal time we where all taken back with the first mouthful of all 6 meals. All meals where microwave burnt. Absolutely horrible and very disappointing considering other reviews given to this restaurant.
Written 16 August 2020
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172mickg
Dear Molz61. Could you please identify yourself so I am fully investigate your complaint .I worked last Saturday night alongside my team and we did not have one single complaint all night and everyone I encountered expressed their delight at their experience with their meals .Are you sure you are reviewing the correct Rising Sun Hotel .We are in Auburn in the Clare Valley and I do know of at least 4 other Rising Sun Hotels in SA . Perhaps your review relates to one of the other hotels . I have no record of you or any one of your friends complaining to any staff member and this I would surely have known if this did happen. We have a very clear policy in the business to ensure everyone who comes into our establishment leaves with a great experience and if for some reason they are not happy we go to all means to sort the issue out then and there . Nothing can be done when someone makes no complaint on the night and then goes to trip advisor to air their complaint .That is very poor and weak behaviour so all I can make out of this faceless complaint is that you are reviewing the wrong Rising Sun Hotel or the whole matter did not happen .If you do want to call me to discuss please call the Hotel at any time and i am more than happy to discuss any issue with you Thank you Mick Guerin Publican /Director
Written 20 August 2020
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