Review: Hotel Mosman

Welcome to our second review for this week! This one is a favourite of ours that we have been to many times and probably will go to many more. We suggest you do the same ...

It's moving into Winter and things are cold and rainy outside so you just might want something warm and reassuring. As far as dining out goes, the Mosman Hotel does this for us very nicely. The split-level, wooden-interior pub caters for an extensive clientele, with pool tables, slot machines, sport screenings and a dedicated dining area. Therefore, the Mosman Hotel does get a mixed crowd ranging from families to young couples to middle-aged friends. It's a comfortable but not sloppy place, and I imagine it would be a fine place to kick back and have a few drinks, particularly since the Hotel Mosman has a reasonably-priced extensive drinks menu which includes eight beers on tap. Apparently we are not the only people who like the Mosman Hotel. Lunch tends to be fairly hassle free, but show up early for dinner or you'll have to wait for a table especially if you want to avoid the smoking section.




But we don't go there to hang out. Absolutely not. We're there for the food. The Mosman Hotel gives us a more sophisticated take on pub grub at a very reasonable price, thanks to its agreement with the Farmer's Association which ensures patrons of cheap and good-quality meat. The most popular dish on their menu by far has to be their 300gm Porterhouse steak served with either red wine jus or bearnaise sauce, on a bed of creamy mash. Other popular choices include:

- Two thick gourmet pork or beef sausages with carmelised onions and red wine jus on creamy mash
- Grilled chicken breast with pesto or napoli sauce and parmesan on creamy mash
- Sundried tomato-ricotta frittata with a side salad.

All the above options come at the un-stereotypically lower North Shore prices of $6-$6.50, which would explain the reliably thick dinner crowds.




Of course, the Mosman Hotel's menu consists of more than just four dishes. Other options tend to be a touch more expensive and include items such as fish and chips, grilled blue-eye cod fillet with salad and salsa, Thai beef salad, tandoori chicken filo, deep-fried calamari with aioli, caesar salad as well as side dishes including chips, wedges, green salad, steamed vegetables and samosas. We confess that we haven't yet gotten around to sampling too many of these dishes because the Hotel Mosman specials are such good value, they're hard to pass up on.




However, everything single dish that we have tried has been delicious. It's pub grub, so I'm not going to wax lyrical about it, but the ingredients are of pretty high quality, the portions are satisfying, and the food is usually served promptly by staff who are apocryphally the best looking in Sydney. The only caveat we have about the food is that the state of the steak is contingent on who the cook is - "medium rare" comes in comes in a wide variety of hues. Though, on the bright side, despite how loose "medium rare" may be, we've never inadvertantly received an overcooked steak.




This is a firm favourite of ours, and on permanant stand-by for days when we're too lazy to cook or go far to eat out. Definitely a place worth investigating if you're in the vicinity.


What we ate:

300 gram Porter House Steak with Bernaise ($6.50)
Grilled Chicken Breast with Napoli Sauce ($6.50)
Beef Sausages with Caramelised Onions, Creamy Mash and Red Wine Jus ($6.50)
Blue Eye Cod Fillet with Mango Salsa and Salad ($15)
Side Serve of Fat Chips ($5)



Hotel Mosman:

634 Military Road,
Mosman, NSW 2088
+ 61 2 9960 6877


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