Austral - Colac

Great food, good prices, great decor and great service. The renovations they have done make this a really pleasant place to have a meal. Really good menu too.

We stopped over in Colac and xecided to visit the reataurant as it looked nice, was crowded and had good reviews. My husband ordered a beef burger, I choose the chicken parmigiana. The bacon if the burger was burned, the meat of the burger itself...of low quality. The chicken was not recognizable as chicken. It was a very cheap piece of meat, whi h was badly prepared as the opposite site was cold. When I removed all the additions from the chicken'a piece of tasteless rubber was left. Nice location with terrible food.

We arrived into Austral looking for some lunch it seemed most places in Colac were closed at this time. It was and the lady at the bar told us the kitchen closed at (ie be quick) and there were others with table...numbers waiting for food. We took a quick look at the menu, had already seen it online, went to order to be told ‘no the kitchen is closed’... at on a Sunday. Very disappointing. It’s strange that pubs do this... is it hard to keep a small menu of burgers/parmas/chips etc on for a couple of hours until dinner service starts again apparently at Can anyone explain this logic?

Went for dinner Sunday night. Good social distancing processes. Friendly service and the meals were excellent. We had the duck curry and the rocking pasta.

As a local I have for many years avoided the Austral Hotel like the plague. That is until its recent refurbishment. Since then i've been several times and I've been impressed with the environment, service and food. On my most recent visit my Scotch Fillet...was cooked to absolute perfection. If you have not been, give this pub a go.