Harbord Beach Hotel - Freshwater

This is another one of those pubs that aren't the easiest to get to, yet it still had some charm about it. I probably shouldn't call it a Manly Pub, or even...

We ordered the GIANT seafood platter, the 1kg bowl of mussels and a spinach salad with orange, cashews and tomato to share amongst four people. When the...

This is gonna be a kind of skewed review, because the only time I ever seem to patronise the Harbord Beach Hotel AKA Harbord Hilton is on ANZAC Day for some...

Friendly Staff, but the food was overpriced and poor quality. $30 for a small steak and chips in a pub with no table service is poor value. I ordered a 300+ gram sirloin and it was so small and tasteless. The fish tasted like the smell of the carpet in the place. There are much better places to go for a meal.

The dining room is stylish and smart in a modern way and away from the bar area, which was a bit boisterous with a live band, which we enjoyed after the meal. It is still a pub, as we Poms call them, and the TV was on in the dining room showing live rugby, but apparently this is a requirement of a Friday night out in this part of the world. Three of us had sirloin steaks, perfect medium I would say (pink but no blood). Sydney Oysters as starter or main are available if you like that kind of thing.