His Boy Elroy

Came here recently for a friend’s birthday celebration and we got to sit in the outside area. Being a small area, it can get quite noisy inside. So if you don’t want to be shouting all night at your friends, who are seating in the same table, I recommend outside sitting.
There’s not a wide menu selection, but that sometimes can be a good thing. We got the Krabby Patty (made into a combo where for $ 6 you get a side of chips and wings) and a Nachos to share between two and it was just right.
As for drinks, I recommend the Big Apple cocktail, which consist for freshly squeezed granny smith apples with rye whisky. — Delicious!
And as an additional tip, San Churros is just next door so make sure you save some room for dessert there.

I have to say, Unilocal and I have had a pretty good relationship over the last year. I have come to feel I can trust Unilocal’s opinion on most things. So when I found myself on an impromptu trip to The Gong, of course I asked Unilocal where to eat.
His Boy Elroy? Looks good. Good reviews, good photos. Good menu. But I suspect I have discovered what I’m going to call the Small Town Positivity Bias. As in there is so little choice, any ol’ thing can seem good.
Everything about this place pointed to a great find. Obviously we got a big plate of Chilli Cheese Fries and Buffalo Wings and some beers.
If I had to put it in words, it’s like those people you meet who have read about humour in a book but never seen it done and attempt it anyway. It’s not wrong, but it definitely ain’t right.
The fries had no actual chilli on them. As in beef chilli, pork chilli, whatever chilli you like as long as it is slow cooked and meaty. What they had was some kind of Louisiana Hot Sauce which they swore was Franks but like no Franks I had ever tasted, mayonnaise and melted cheese. It was like a French Canadian’s attempt at Chilli Cheese Fries.
It was this same pseudo-​Franks that they used on the Hot Wings, the sauce and NOTHING ELSE. No butter, no cayenne, no paprika, no garlic powder, no vinegar, no Worcestershire sauce, no good.
I really wanted to like this place but by the end of the meal Bill was dragging me out as I attempted to find the chef to share my own Buffalo Wing recipe with him. Bill hates a scene.
If you are in the Gong you’ll probably end up here. There is not that much to choose from. Stick to the things that are hard to stuff up like hotdogs and burgers.

finally a bit of Melbourne comes to Wollongong CBD — people will be sick of hearinf that soon!
atmosphere, great. the food is so delicious we also kept stuffing our face.

This place is amazing! The atmosphere is great, the new range of cocktails are delightful and the food is so delicious you’ll want to keep stuffing your face even when you’re full! I cannot recommend this bar enough!

stumbled upon this gem of a place… a great happenstance indeed! only came for dessert & a drink… it has blown us away. the banana, whiskey & chocolate pudding was divine — it blew the mango splice bar (which can stand on its own, ‘cept we got swayed by the chocolate). love the feel & aesthetics of the place, want to pack it up (incl campos coffee) & transport it to my place.