Naughtons Parkville Hotel

We booked the back room at Naughtons for an end of program dinner with around 30 people, and we had an absolutely fantastic experience. The food was exceptional, the service warm and attentive (and the admin/booking process beforehand was incredibly easy and flexible to our needs), and the atmosphere was perfect for a celebratory evening. Couldn’t have asked for a better spot — highly recommend. ★★★★★

Second visit Second time here in the restaurant for a winery lunch and it was just as good as the first visit. The food was absolutely delicious. For me, the ceviche was the standout. Beautifully flavoured with some fascinating texture and pop from the finger limes. The service was superb too - particularly from Hamish and Milly who were outstanding. Top class stuff. This is a brilliant gastro pub experience. We’d happily return here anytime First visit Came here for a winery lunch. It’s good. The dining area is lovely and well appointed. The food was good but maybe not top draw. The best course was an unusual one. It was advertised as mussels with bread and we expected a bowl of mussels with some bread on the side. Instead it was mussels on the bread with lovely green touches. It was a lovely dish. The wines from Narkoojee were exceptional and the pairings were excellent. Service was variable throughout. It was spectacularly good from our prime server Grace but typically less impressive from other servers except the senior male manager who was really good. It’s a nice gastro pub, and we’d happily return anytime.

I’ve read many reviews of this pub that described great ambience and excellent food and so put it on my ‘must visit list’ as it’s pretty close to where I live. The restaurant scores 4.5 on this site which was another reason to visit. The menu reads well with some great sounding dishes but that’s where it ends. The food was extremely disappointing. The chicken curry was tasteless and the ‘homemade’ nan bread inedible. The fish had a thick, heavy batter and the pea puree more like poorly mashed peas. Alcoholic drinks are expensive and the service was patchy. All in all an expensive, disappointing meal. I definitely won’t be returning, there’s plenty of other pubs nearby that deliver what they advertise.