On a hot day in the Perth Hills we stopped at the shady Mundaring Weir Hotel for a bite to eat and an icy cold drink.
The historic pub, just a three minute drive from the Mundaring Weir dam wall, has huge gardens and an amphitheatre where they stage regular concerts by popular artists like Kacey Chambers, Kate Cebrano and more.
We walked through the historic hotel which is over 110 years old. The upstairs bar is full of antiques, which caught Little Chef’s interest. He’s never seen a gramophone before.
The hotel’s café is found downstairs at the back of the building and there are loads of shady decks and verandas dotted around it in an eclectic fashion. It can be a bit of a maze. We ordered our food at the café and about 15 minutes later our buzzer went off for us to collect our lunch.
Both my Dad and Chef chose a steak sandwich, to enjoy with a cold pint of beer. They both gave it the thumbs up. A scotch fillet steak with onion jam, cheddar cheese, beetroot, rocket and BBQ sauce was served between two slices of Turkish bread with a serve of extra chunky beer battered chips.
For kids 12 years and under there’s a range of kids meals; fish bites and chips, cheese burger and chips, nachos, steak with salad or chips, fried chicken with salad or chips and more. Little Chef picked nuggets and chips from the big choice of kids dishes. He loved the chunky chips.
The kids menu doubles as a colouring sheet, there are crayons available at the café. There’s also a fun scavenger hunt on the back of the sheet, to keep older kids busy.
I shared pizza with my Mum. The impressive looking chef’s tasting pizza, $24, consists of eight slices of pizza with four different toppings. There’s braised balsamic lamb with pickled beetroot, onion, rocket & crumbed feta. I liked the smoked BBQ pulled pork topping with bacon, capsicum, pepperoni and crackle, though unfortunately the crackle wasn’t crunchy at all. There’s also a beef topping and garlic field mushroom too.
You may spot a giraffe’s head peering out from the bushes, where a wonderfully shady children’s playground is hidden behind the stage.
The play equipment is in a giant sand pit, protected from the sun by a thick canopy of leaves. These trees are deciduous, so in winter months, the playground is bathed in warm sunshine.
There’s a slide, flying fox, monkey bars, climbing frames and much more for the kids to explore.
There’s even a cubby house!
There are picnic tables right next to the playground, where you can enjoy a drink and some food whilst keeping a watch on the kids.
Older children can shoot some hoops. The amphitheatre doubles as a basketball court.
And there is a shaded ping pong table too!
The hotel really comes alive on the weekends, particularly on Sunday afternoons, where you’ll find live music and their famous lamb spit roast from 3pm. The food is good, honest pub grub.
The Mundaring Weir Hotel is a great spot for a lazy weekend afternoon in the beer garden.
Find the Mundaring Weir Hotel at Lot 502 Hall Road, off Mundaring Weir Road, Mundaring.
http://www.mundaringweirhotel.com.au/
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Amanda Carlin has her own food and travel blog. Established in 2013, “The Chef, His Wife and Their Perth-fect Life” has enjoyed an exciting name change in 2021, as “The Chef’s Ex-wife” embarks on new adventures with Simply PERTHfect. Amanda loves getting out and about in Perth and WA, as well as brunching, tapas or something a little fancy in equal measures. With her son “Little Chef” in tow, Amanda always has plenty of family friendly eating options to recommend too! Be sure to check out Simply PERTHfect.
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