The Gully Public Teahouse and Garden

Both my friend and i were happy with this choice of venue for lunch. The pasta dish of chicken, spinach wine and cream was delicious but way too much. Half serves would be a great addition to the menu. My pork belly was very nice and if you like crispy crackling, this is for you! Great selection on the salad n veg bar along with soup.

There is plenty of seating many of them with views to the outside tall Gum trees and walk ways. There is table service by attentive staff and a great variety of meals and alcoholic drinks to choose from. My choice was a combination of seafoods, including prawns, but was told prawns were unavailable, would I prefer extra salt and pepper squid or an extra piece of fish. I opted for the fish, but was disappointed at this restriction. The salad bar provided was plentiful in choice, and there was one type of soup also on offer. For my taste the thin soup contained too much fat, although the pieces of beef among the few vegetables were tender and lean. The prices were a little on the high side. The venue is comfortable and brightly lit by daylight. Like in many hotel restaurants in Adelaide a gaming (pokies) room is made available here.

Pleasant surrounds, comfortable venue with reasonably priced food. My barramundi dish from the main menu was a large serve, and the lunch specials were also very generous. Only complaint was my latte was very weak and I requested another one. I have only dined there for lunch, but I do recommend it.

Never in my life have I had such a poorly prepared crispy skinned salmon. The skin was stodgy and not crispy. The sauce was tasteless and the mash looked like it has been reheated from the day before. Then came the cup of tea, Making a cup of tea is not rocket science, sure it takes skill, but they obviously trained their staff to make coffee. So why can't they train them to make tea. A cup of lukewarm water with a teabag in the saucer and enough milk to make a rice pudding is not a cup of tea.

My husband and I sat down with our 11 month old son. Had about 6 staff walk past, none offering a highchair. I then went to another table to get a highchair after guests left and clean it myself. We then waited 45 minutes for loaded fries which we received after my husband went asked asked about our food as the table behind us, who arrived 10 minutes after us had received their mains. The waiter brought out our fries and pretty much threw them on the table and walked off with no sorry or explanation on how far away our mains are or before we could even ask! Loaded fries looked like they were just thrown together with soggy chips covered in a very watery cheese sauce and some diced bacon. We then waited another 25 minutes for our mains (by this time our son was cracking it!!!), which we received at the same time as the table of 10 next to us who arrived half an hour after us. The schnitzel was burnt with minimal sauce, the prawns were like mush, the salt and pepper squid was all stuck together in a big chunk, the only good part about the seafood plate was the fish but that was unfortunately covered in the thickest and flavourless batter I've ever seen! We will definitely not be going here again!! Such a shame they spent so much money re-doing the place which looks great but the service and food are such a massive let down.