Atmosphere: 5/10 - normal pub still, not overdone and less smokey than it used to be so I don't choke in there anymore. Lost points though for one of my pet hates when they take a table that should fit 6 and squeeze 8 on to it so you feel like a penguin trying not to clunk elbows as you eat, gave me a stiff back and neck by the end of it. Plus I had the join in the tables in my spot so the plate had to negotiate a 1.5cm height difference between the 2. This meant I had to have the plate off centre to my right making even less room for my carving arm. Staff: 8/10 - As my fellow reviewer would say, Friendly and professional - no knobs encountered or sighted and the bar chick helped get drinks so the guy taking the orders was quicker, showed some initiative from the bar chick. Prices: 4/10 - the schnitty cost over $15, which is pretty standard but it's another one of my pet hates when they charge extra for a basic sauce. Paid $20.90 for the chicken schnitty, mushroom sauce and a pint of coke which feels a bit steep for lunch. Size: 5/10 - could definitely been bigger, the beef one across from me was a little more my size. Also hated the 2 different fancy lettuce varieties that took up half the plate, literally. There were a few minor pieces of red onion in amongst the forest, then very late in the meal I discovered 1 wedge of tomato (tasteless at that) and a couple of slivers of continental cucumber that were so old the flesh had taken on the dark green colour of the skin. Just as well I don't eat salad cause that would have p*ssed me off. Taste: 2/10 - Leg meat, yet another of my pet hates. It's hard to give a good score to a chicken schnitty when every thrird mouthful has a vein of leg fat in it. It tasted pretty much like one of those processed frozen crumbed deep fried drumsticks you get from a service station roadhouse when you're starving and you walk in to pay for fuel and there they are, pre-cooked in the hot food bar and you can't resist, but then you wish you did. Mushroom sauce was pretty standard, but not enough mushrooms as usual these days. Chips: 7/10 - Nice chips, but agree with my fellow reviewer - no one ever serves enough of them anymore. Overall rating: 4/10 - OK pub for after work drinks but don't bother going for lunch.

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