Salisbury Hotel, Stanmore NSW 2048

Name: Salisbury Hotel

Address: 118 Percival Road Stanmore NSW 2048
Burger: Wagyu Burger

Price: $15 approx (with chips)

Description: Typical pub fare.




My mate Tom lives in Stanmore. After looking to go to the Empire Hotel in Annandale (previous review) one night for dinner, we found it was rather busy. We settled on the Salisbury Hotel, a place nearby to his place, and somewhere we had both eaten at before.

The popularity of Wagyu these days is amazing. Unfortunately, I have a feeling that most pubs advertise any beef as Wagyu. It's fairly obvious when it's not Wagyu. The beef is not juicy, and there is very little fat. Obviously, I decided to go for the Wagyu burger anyway. Tom went for the Lamb Shanks, which were a special. He was fairly happy with his choice.

Average looking burger, with a clearly over-toasted bun, and small number of chips.

The burger arrived fairly quickly. It looked OK. The bun was over-toasted, and the small number of fries was surprising. Some of the ingredients were falling out, and looked fairly limp and not-so fresh.

Looked OK...ish.

The contents were as follows (from top to bottom):

• Sauce (tomato)
• Cheese
• Pattie
• Beetroot
• Tomato
• Non-Iceburg Lettuce

Beef:

The beef was dry. Very dry. While the pattie was a decent size, it was one of those over-seasoned patties which had obviously been mixed with bread crumbs, egg and who knows what else. It had a very faint beef taste - mainly oregano, grease and bland. Very average. I would really question if this was a Wagyu pattie. 

Cheese:

Continuing a common theme of ignoring cheese, this burger had a slice of processed non-melty cheese hidden above the pattie. I couldn't taste it. It wasn't melted enough and really added nothing to the burger. It's 'absence' though was quite noticeable.

Bun: 

The tip top supermarket hamburger bun strikes again! This one was old (2-3 days, I'd say). As you can see, one of my finger marks is obvious. The top of the bun fell away straight away, with no force. It was mealy, and tasted like frozen bread. Really not good.

Extras:

The Salisbury played it safe. Tomato sauce, cheese, tomato, beetroot and lettuce (although a different variety than most places). This didn't really take away from the fact that the produce was not fresh. The tomato looked dessicated and was mealy/soft. The beetroot was fresh, although not quite as fresh as what you will find at other places. The combination was ok, the quality of ingredients was not.

Fries:

There weren't many. The ones I did get were hot and fresh. Very crispy on the outside, and somewhat over-cooked on the inside. They were good, but not normally how I like my chips. A good pub chip.

Verdict

Go for it. The food at Fat Fish (I can't comment on the fish, only the burgers and chips) is decent, albeit slightly expensive. The staff are friendly, and that helps. It's definitely worth a try if you haven't eaten there before, and you're in the area after something quick. I'll eat there again (I've eaten there several times), as it's always enjoyable, but never an incredible experience.

Meat

2.5/5
Cheese
1.5/5
Bun
1.5/5
Extras
2/5
Fries

3/5

Total:

2.1

(Have something else if you go there)

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