The Kauri Foreshore Hotel - GLEBE

I had the chicken parmigana and it was terrible. it is a frozen processed chicken and was served burned. my friend had the lambbread that was beautiful and I said they did a good barramundi.

What a relaxed pub! nice eating from the Greek chef paskali and great offers on drinks. the free grill on Sunday with live music with happy hour drinks all day is not to miss!

If you are expecting something really flash, or just some hip and trendy innercity pub then unfortunately you won't find it at the Kauri Foreshore. Basically the Kauri is an old man's pub, meaning that it has character, but more like your traditional pub than anything new and modern. That doesn't necessarily mean it is a bad pub because, as I suggested, it does have character, though don't expect to get any fancy craft beers here only the standard beers on tap here (though they do have Coopers Pale Ale, which is a good thing). Also they do have a pool table, but it is upstairs in its own special room, next to a rooftop deck which is functional, but not flash. Oh, and expect trams to shoot past every so often.

Unless you're a local The Kauri Foreshore Hotel on Pyrmont Bridge Rd in Glebe might seem difficult to get to (and it is! but if you are around there it may be worth stopping in for a refreshment. Popular with workers near by it's a handy old school pub where you might want to enjoy a beer outside on one of the tables on the foot path or inside. I usually take the outdoor preference but I must admit I like sitting at the table that looks on to the busy street. There's so many dangerous turns and cars zipping in and out of traffic that it really makes the time fly by. If that doesn't tickle your fancy then there'll be something on the television, have a game of pool or grab a bite from the bistro. For those of us that aren't locals, yes it may be hard to get too but a nice pub all the same.

Said it before, will say it again: I 've got the dirtiest fetish for old man pubs. Can 't help myself, these are the pubs that made Australia great and they 're dying off like the dinosaurs, replaced with shiny new things full of beanies and skinny legs. The Kauri is one of the oldest old man pubs going around, you couldn 't write a better cast of characters at 5pm on a balmy Sunday evening the tables outside are littered with 40 to 50 year old boozers and malcontents, there 's an ancient man with crutches, an old Italian bloke smoking cheroots, women in Adidas jackets with scraggly hair, fat blokes in footy jumpers, someone 's got their Rascal electric cart parked up against the tiles, a Commodore with both mirrors missing hugs the gutter, it goes on and on. People watching is off the chart. Inside we meet Sue, from Pyrmont, who 's brought her 74 year old friend Miriam down for her birthday. Yelp Elite Lizzie K is part of the house band here and she 's singing Amy Winehouse 's Rehab , the old ducks are up and dancing, they grab my friend off his stool for a waltz, I eat a $12 chicken parmy and this is unbelievable beers are only $3 during happy hour, which seems to go forever, and $4 normally. I paid $9 for a Peroni in the city last week. I almost vomited on my own shoes when the guy told me the price. But here! Well, I can do that for less than a lobster, and enjoy it much more. This is the sort of place you 'll meet people, real people, salt of the earth, no pretensions, up for a chat, who 'll think nothing about buying you a drink because that 's what people did back then and didn 't want anything out of it.