Poor food in a soulless environment. Perhaps it is good they won’t let you take away anything.
Travis K.
Classificação do local: 3 Melbourne, Australia
With the sort of location landlords dream about The Beach Hotel could be an absolute belter of a pub, instead it’s just okay. The interior of the sports bar is unimaginative, sparsely decorated save for a few tables and stools dotted around plus about 5TV screens playing sport and horse racing. There’s also a self-service betting machine. It kind of feels like the Beach is hedging its bets a bit. Going for the punter crowd and the Sunday afternoon summer crew at the same time and it doesn’t quite nail either. The view is great though and I’m sure it still gets packed here in summer. I didn’t check out the restaurant but the sports bar section is nothing to write home about. Even on the night of the Rugby World Cup semi-final with Aus v NZ hardly anybody was around and that says it all.
Sophie L.
Classificação do local: 2 London, United Kingdom
There’s something a bit depressing about The Beach Hotel. I’m largely going to put this down to the proliferation pokie machines: yuck. It’s interesting to note how this simple addition can change the whole vibe of a place. Rather than the swish beach front establishment that they were so obviously going for, it just seems like a lame gamers lounge. This place has so much potential, with one of the best locations in Melbourne and a nice old venue. What we need is for a new owner to harness this and take The Beach up to the level that it could be. And get rid of those terrible pokies.
Mark J.
Classificação do local: 2 Melbourne, Australia
The Beach is where bad masochists go when they die. Rather than pain, it’d simply be hour upon hour of mindless, pointless tedium. You’d watch the TV on their big screens, drink their over-priced beer, and play the pokies. Forever. Call me crazy, but I think I’ll pass.