Friday, January 21, 2011

Jilvies Bistro

Jilvie's Bistro can be found in the Plaza Karama Tavern.

This bistro was a pleasant surprise. Staff are working under strenuous conditions, with renovations to the shopping centre resulting in a leaking roof, however they keep the place running as if nothing was amiss. Buckets  are moved occasionally to catch any drips, customers are happy to pay no heed.

Scotch
Jilvie's served us with three excellent, down to earth, pub meals. Tbone steak, egg, and gravy, served with vegetables or salad and chips, $26; Scotch steak with vegetables or salad with chips, $20; Grilled Pesto Chicken,  with salad or vegetables and chips, $19.

T-Bone
All three of us enjoyed our meals. The steaks were a decent size, tender and full of flavour. The Scotch steak was ordered as well done, and the T-bone as medium,  both were cooked to perfection. The chicken was moist and quite a large serving. All meals came with a generous serving of vegetables or salad. The meals were large and certainly hit the spot.
Chicken Pesto

Only one criticism came from the main meals. The Grilled Pesto Chicken had quite a lot of sauce on the plate, hence the salad was swimming in it. Perhaps this salad should have been served on a side dish.

We decided to try the coffee and cake, at $6 a head we figured we couldn't go wrong.  I wasn't impressed with the coffee, I felt it could have been a lot stronger and hotter, however I was impressed that the beans were freshly ground.  We tried all three cakes on offer - Black Forest Cake, Chocolate Mud Cake and Caramel Mud Cake. All three were very tasty. They were only small serves, but after such a large meal that was all we needed.

The staff were pleasant and they actually knew how to wait on tables correctly. This was certainly impressive. This is not a restaurant however these staff had far superior serving skills than others we've been served by in restaurants.

Not bad for a local pub.
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6 comments:

  1. ssmJanuary 22, 2011 at 12:41 PM

    Great meals, made for people with appetites!! It was nice to see not one but THREE impressive looking, good tasting meals. In retrospect I should have asked for veg with the chicken as the sauce didn't make a nice salad dressing, it didn't, however detract from my enjoyment of the meal.
    Big thumbs up from me!!

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2011 at 4:33 PM

    This crowd do a good cheap lunch. Never been hungry yet.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2011 at 1:50 PM

    $6 for coffee and cake! Unheard of! I'll definitely be going there. Jill

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2011 at 12:25 PM

    Just because they are grinding coffee beans doesn't mean they are fresh!

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 8, 2011 at 11:08 AM

    Always a good feed.
    Bob the Builder

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  6. hungry hungry hippoFebruary 9, 2011 at 1:54 PM

    I don't usually order steak as it's not high on my list of favourite foods and most chefs can't do a decent well done piece of meat. It's usually dried out and as tough as leather or well done to the point of cremation. Anyway, given that I made an undertaking to order from the Specials menu I decided to order the scotch with a pepper sauce - who could reasonably go past a $20 meal of scotch, salad and chips?
    What a revelation! A beautifully well done piece of meat that was tender, mosit and the most enjoyable steak I'd eaten in months. Bravo to the Chef. I'm mega impressed. Even though I'm not a steak lover I'd certainly return to Jilvies for their steak.
    Congratulations to the staff for battling on during the renovations. There were buckets on the floor to catch the drips as it was a rainy night and the roof was under construction. This didn't seem to phase any of the diners and I was certainly so enrossed in my meal that I barely noticed.

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