Castello's Victorian Tavern
480 Reviews
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- Tuesday11 AM–9 PM
- Wednesday11 AM–9 PM
- Thursday11 AM–9 PM
- Friday11 AM–11 PM
- Saturday11 AM–11 PM
- Sunday11 AM–9 PM
- Monday11 AM–9 PM
About the Business
Victorian Tavern - Castello's Group | Great food and Good times.
Contacts
Call Us
+61354282410
22 Aitken St, Gisborne VIC 3437
Hours
- Tuesday11 AM–9 PM
- Wednesday11 AM–9 PM
- Thursday11 AM–9 PM
- Friday11 AM–11 PM
- Saturday11 AM–11 PM
- Sunday11 AM–9 PM
- Monday11 AM–9 PM
Features
- Wheelchair-accessible car park
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance
- Toilets
- Wi-Fi
- Credit cards
- Debit cards
- Mobile payments
- Wheelchair-accessible toilet
- LGBTQ+ friendly
- Delivery
- Outdoor seating
- Dine-in
- Sport
- Alcohol
- Beer
- Food
- Spirits
- Wine
- Seating
- Casual
- Groups
- Great cocktails
- Cocktails
- Food at bar
- Happy-hour drinks
- Outside food allowed
- Cosy
- Accepts reservations
- Drive-through
Recommended Reviews
Jane Margariti
20.10.2023
Castello's Victorian Tavern
We have visited a few times since the recent renovations and the new playground has been a hit with the kids. Staff have been friendly and pleasant. Food has been delicious and cooked well each time, however the wait for food does drag mainly when the restaurant is very busy. Does get quite noisy as well.Overall we have enjoyed our time at Vic's
David Kellam
16.10.2023
Castello's Victorian Tavern
Exceedingly average. Staff are under-trained. There’s no cracked pepper. Pasta is over cooked - worst carbonara I’ve ever had. It had a whole egg on top. Used under-cooked bacon not pancetta. This was after a staff member confirmed it was excellent too, which is even more alarming as to the cognitive dissonance. Glass of white wine was sour, indicating poor bottle changeover. Wine list terrible to begin with though. No kids cutlery despite kids meals and many young kids here. No interest in trying to improve. Cleared a still eating table. Only redeeming feature is the playground. Steak was OK the other night. Just the meat. Not the salad or chips which were standard cheap s****.Hard with kids as the QR ordering doesn’t work, there’s no table service and you have to queue up at least twice because you can’t order food and drinks together. Never mind going back for more drinks or dessert. Try doing this with young kids. Speaking of dessert, the kids’ arrived almost looking like dumplings in soup the other day. Clearly had been sitting on the bench for ages or poor freezer temperature control or both. And was of course poor grade in any event. Arguably OK for kids.Literally everything here is way overpriced. Go elsewhere, including around the corner to Collective. This place wouldn’t exist with competition. Maybe focus on a half edible set of meals instead of a reno. Manager was nice today, but working with poor ingredients by all definitions. And only interested in feedback around the staff, not the poor food. These people just don’t even know what even average looks like, let alone good or great. WELL below par. I’ve been twice and won’t return, but it was evident at looking at the other meals both times that this wasn’t an aberration but their idea of an acceptable standard.
Jessica Treadwell
16.09.2023
Castello's Victorian Tavern
Don't believe any of the 5 star reviews, food was not great. Pork belly was disgusting. Manager was rude to my sister, the door man sneezed into his hand then served people without washing his hands and had zero customer service skills. There was 30 of us who spent a fair amount on food and drinks, even opting for cocktails but when we asked for an extra table (we were squished onto tables where chair seats were literally touching and couldn't even eat without smacking the people next to us) we were told rudely no as the manager had already said no, we were very polite with the first time assuming they were booked out but upon being there for over an hour noticed several tables that were not used all night! As a result my baby nephew had to be placed on the ground where servers kept leaning over him to pass food to the tables.Only a couple polite staff on, a young girl serving the bar and a guy. Staff were told food was bad but they didn't even respond or ask what the issue was to try to resolve. Best thing is the play area otherwise would never recommend this place. It was a joke and I will never go back. 30 people now have a terrible experience that could have been easily resolved.
Miller Miller
22.08.2023
Castello's Victorian Tavern
UPDATE: The service was terrible tonight, I asked for an extra table but was informed that the boss said no as they were booked out. We left at 8:30 pm nearing the end of service and the three empty tables next to ours remained unused all night.The wait staff had no idea which table they were delivering to even though, like most places, each table had a number.The specialty pork belly" was not edible. It had the same texture as soft leather and minimal pork meat.The caulslaw was bland
Blaise O'Brien
10.08.2023
Castello's Victorian Tavern
What a treat to come back to the vic pub after so many years, the food hadn’t dropped by expectations as I remember it just as good as the day we left. compliments to the chef for the amazing food and the floor staff for taking care of myself and my father. Great to see you guys back in business
Teresa M Fairbairn
25.07.2023
Castello's Victorian Tavern
We had a truly superb evening to celebrate my daughters birthday. Service was excellent - Food was really good. We most certainly will dine with you again.
Shaun Crosbie
23.07.2023
Castello's Victorian Tavern
Great for kids because of the playground. My wife's steak was cold. My meal was just ok. Was very busy Saturday night. Convenient though...
Darren Bennett
20.07.2023
Castello's Victorian Tavern
Watching others get seated today after being told they were fully booked was beyond disappointing. The manager claiming they’d just had a cancellation was simply BS as he’d been talking to us the entire time while telling us they were fully booked. A quite bizarre and extremely dissatisfying experience.
Sylvia Behan
19.07.2023
Castello's Victorian Tavern
Had a lovely birthday lunch there yesterday! Easily booked online and taken care of as soon as we entered. Children’s meals came out first, after they had explored the new playground, as well as our garlic cheesy bread. Impressed that all our mains came out together. All our meals were delicious and plentiful! Both bar and wait staff were pleasant and very competent. Finished with coffee and birthday cake, which was no trouble for them and I was wished a happy birthday! Will definitely go back. Love the renovations also.
Dom Dwyer
17.07.2023
Castello's Victorian Tavern
We went for a Sunday lunch last week and all of us thought what a nice renovation this has turned out to be. This is in prime location to be making good profit in this area, if they can just wow their customers it should be pretty smooth sailing in future.Unfortunately the food was well under par.The steak looked appealing on the menu but I'd take marbling score with a pinch of salt. The economy steaks you can get at Woolworth are better then what I received.One of thee biggest mistakes withcooking steak is not seasoning it beforehand and that's exactly what it tasted like. Also extremely chewy but the proper preparation before could have aided this.GRAVY!!Why cany restaurants make their own GRAVY? The last thing you'd expect with your (marbled) steak is packet gravy.Even more confusing as I ordered mushroom sauce and received packet gravy with 3 little mushrooms thrown in there.It's also very easy to make a creamy mushroom sauce... I put this down to pure laziness..Others on my table had similar experiences but I can only speake for myself.
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22 Aitken St, Gisborne VIC 3437
Castello's Victorian Tavern