Ashfield Hotel

I came for the Schnitzel.
For some reason I had a craving for smashed fried Chicken. It’s nothing to do with my heritage, believe me… I mean Wikipedia reckons that Chicken is more readily available in Australia than Veal and that’s why we make Chicken ones. Edit please!. I just wanted a Schnitty or a Parmi. The Ashfield Hotel provided. A Parmi.
Double the fist! I mean the thing was bigger than 2 of my hands. 1 point
It was delicately fried to perfection. 1 point.
It was beautifully cooked inside. 1 point
It had bottled Parmigiana sauce. ½ point
The cheese was great. 1 point.
4.5 aint bad. I like to measure a pub’s gastronomical efforts by the cut of their Sniz
(tautology intended) and this was O. K by me.
The beer was a let down though. I had to take back my 2^nd Cooper’s Pale ale because it tasted like VB. Easy mistake to make I guess… they’re both green taps… and they were next to each other… Oh never mind, the Barman was nice enough about it to give me a new one.
They do have a cocktail happy hour at some stage, either Thurs or Friday, but you’ll wait a while to get it made.
Undergoing some sort of reno to accommodate smokers/​pokie addicts but dont let that put you off. The food is not bad. Attracts a lot of people who wear Hi-​Vis garments. If you don’t mind a tradie or two. This is the pub for you.

Granted, I was here on a Tuesday evening, but could a place be any more boring?

The Ashfield Hotel is a lively local pub populated by Ashfield’s younger crowd.
It’s a pretty spacious joint with a nice beer garden (sparse but not shabby) and intimate booth seating indoors. There’s a sizeable betting room, but the TAB area is segregated from the social section, meaning that the monotonous drone of the race commentators doesn’t have to be the soundtrack for the entire pub.
Food at the Ashie is pretty good, with $ 10 steaks, and the cocktail list is cheap — mind you, the alcohol levels of these cocktails are questionable.
I wouldn’t travel here, but it’s not bad if you live in the area.