Mawson Lakes Hotel & Function

Stayed in this hotel for 2 nights in October and it was an average experience. Rooms are large and very spacious although a little dated. Rooms still have a physical metal key in 2015???
Wifi was available but the proxy payment gateway plays havoc with work VPN software so beware.
Mini bar was well stocked but extremely expensive so its better to walk one block to the Woolworths.
The breakfast buffet was very ordinary but I suppose it was edible.
One interesting thing is the bar — it is open quite late and the clientele it attracts is extremely diverse!
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Came here to dinner and the meals were great, the whole family were happy with theirs. The pine nut and pumpkin risotto is so delicious. Big servings though. They have all the usual pub food with a few added specialties. There’s lots of seating but it’s not too cramped. The veggie bar is nice but not a lot of choice. They also have a nice pub area for having w beer and watching sport or gambling. Nice local pub.
Wouldn’t recommend you stay in the hotel accommodation those that. We stayed he a while ago and our experience was terrible. Recommend looking at the reviews on Trip Adviser.

The Mawson Lakes Hotel has always been fairly good when it comes to value for food and service, sadly my latest visit did not live up to previous experiences.
On the latest visit one of our meals was completely forgotten, we asked the staff after a few minutes of all the other meals arriving and they were going to look into it for us, they never got back to us, we ended up heading back up to the counter and asking for a refund as by that stage everyone else at the table had finished their meals.
The refund was provided without much fuss which was nice to see but we were then still offered the meal in a take-​away container. The Mawson Lakes Hotel recovered with that gesture which was nice, we accepted the offer however the person who missed out on the meal was not hungry after the experience so we gave it to one of our guests for their son.
Otherwise the Mawson Lakes Hotel lived up to the rest of our expectations however I can’t say we will be hurrying back, we have before had to follow up on a meal but it did arrive shortly after.

The hotel is a huge space would be good for conferences etc. however the only thing i would recommend on the menu is the shnitty. On a side note do not go here if you are gluten free they messed up our friends order and caused a reaction.
If you want a $ 18 shnitty thats a solid 3 stars here you go

Food wasn’t bad portion was small food was cooked nice .didn’t have to wait long for the food either the prices were reasonable …
Pokie room was average not many 1c machines
Over all the atmosphere was good i will go back again

Another Christmas Function —
Tickets were $ 90 for buffet dinner, drinks and entertainment. So glad the social club paid as it wasn’t really worth it.
The room was large but sparsely decorated. A very enthusiastic waitress asked us to all be polite and wait til our table was called before we headed to the buffet. This seemed reasonable until we realised we were the last table. The first table was on to desserts by the time we were able to sample from the 4 salads, empty bainmarie of vegetables and 3 kinds of miscellaneous meats.
Because we were the last table, by the time the boys headed back for seconds the buffet was shut down — so much for ‘unlimited buffet’. By the time I was ready for dessert it too had disappeared. Which I was okay with considering it didn’t look overly appealing.
The saving grace was the beer. The wonderful wonderful beer that miraculously kept appearing in jugs on our tables. But I still don’t think I drank enough of it to justify the price of the tickets.
The band was advertised as ‘Blues Brothers and Sisters of Soul’ which sounds pretty good, but which actually sounded pretty crap. I’m really not sure when Ricky Martin and Mambo Number 5 were considered blues or soul — but they certainly got the drunk chicks dancing. However, for those who had not ingested enough beer to justify tears in the toilets, it just made the room waaaaaay to loud. I was hoarse the next day from yelling at the person next to me (poor bugger!). And there was just no where to escape it. A lot of the older staff left quite early on and even though the event finished at midnight the place was pretty much empty (except for the crying/​dancing drunk chicks) by 11.

The Mawson Lakes Hotel considers itself to be an upmarket hotel. The hotel itself isn’t very old and still has that new feeling to it. With that being said it has recently been upgraded, so you would assume they’re doing rather well for themselves.
Downstairs you have your obligatory pokie lounge, the sports bar, the restaurant and the main bar where you can get a «pub meal». Upstairs is where functions and events are held, and even this section hosts its own bar.
Every morning the restaurant has its special Mawson Breakfast. Here you can choose to either have just cereal or the full complement of bacon, eggs, tomato, hash browns, mushrooms etc. Quite frankly I was disappointed with the breakfast. It’s way too expensive for what it offers, and the quality of the food is below par.
At dinner time it’s a different story. While being a little more pricey than a lot of other hotels, the food is quite good and well above your standard hotel meal. Even the pub meals are a cut above, and this is why people don’t mind paying the higher prices.
The rest of the hotel is pretty standard. The pokie room offers some perks like drinks and food. The sports bar is what you would expect: A room full of TVs with various sports on them and a whole lot of beer and the function room is functional (see what I did there?) Really the restaurant is what separates the Mawson Lakes Hotel from other similar venues.
Just avoid going at breakfast…

I like Mawson Lakes, it’s a good location, nice and close to the city, perfect base for seeing Adelaide. This hotel is good for both food and accommodation.
The rooms are modern and fresh, and reasonably priced, and look pretty new. I have stayed in both studio and double room apartments, and both were great.
The hotel serve your usual pub food in a relaxed, yet stylish atmosphere. It gets pretty busy, so worth booking for a group.
Also worth noting the supermarket at Mawson Lakes closes early (8pm).