Botany Bay - Feock United Kingdom

I’ve been here a few times since its re-opening and it’s a nice and easy place for a pub feed. Food is definitely under valued, well done to the chefs and kitchen hands! Selection of beers on tap is spot on and there is plenty of space inside and out with its beer garden area.

Fantastic food, everything was delicious! The starter dishes are perfect for sharing! We ordered four dishes and garlic bread between two. The Kingfish Tacos and Mushroom Arancini with Truffle Mayo were incredible. I can’t wait to go back.

Botany Bay is iconic. It is the location of Captain Cook’s first landing. Since this time and the development of Australia, the area has seen a lot of buildings rise up in the area. The Botany Bay hotel, close to the ports, was established in 1865 and known as one of the oldest hotels in the Eastern suburbs but it has recently undergone stylish renovations inside by the Publica group (known for Goldfish in the Hunter Valley and Henry’s in Cronulla) The bar has plenty of beers of tap, a wide range of wines and they also do a good cocktail. I had a nice espresso martini as well as a wine or two. You can socialize with your friends at the public bar which has sports on TV, and Keno as well as sports bet. There’s also a pokies area. The executive chef Raf Tonon has put together a lovely bistro menu with a great variety of food and a brand new pizza oven in a shipping container. From the entrees list they offer foods such as chicken wings, Haloumi, Calamari, Fried Polenta, croquettes as well as some Asian influences in the dumplings and Sang Choi Bao. We ordered mains on this occasion and absolutely loved the gnocchi with confit cherry tomato, buffalo mozzarella and basil. It was extremely tasty and perfectly cooked gnocchi. We also selected a salad that was a picture of art on the plate. Our salad was the beetroot, quinoa, smoked goats curd, sorrel and burnt onion dressing. It was just delightful. If these options aren’t your fancy, there are burgers, fish and chips and steaks, just to name a few. There’s also a pizza oven serving traditional pizzas made using the Italian method established in 1885. You can order these to eat in or takeaway. We watched these being made, and amazingly they came out in only 5 minutes, with a nice light dough and fresh toppings. We tried the Capricciosa with tomato sauce, mozzarella, mushroom, ham, olives and artichoke. They run weekly specials each night so keep an eye out for that, as well as happy hour and Karaoke on a Saturday night. This has some top food and is perfectly suitable to any guests, including families.

Second time here since it opened under new ownership. Hadn't been there previously but word of mouth recommended to avoid it. But this mob have me impressed. From the decor to the friendly staff and food, this place is a good place to grab something to eat. It's got one page worth of dishes so not a lot but where they really shine is their Chef's specials. First visit I had the marinated chargrilled lamb rump with mash potatoes and salsa verde. My group wished they'd picked that when they saw it brought out. It was wonderfully cooked. The second time after umming and arring for I swear 10min I settled with the lamb pot pie with mash and peas (see photo). I'm not a fan of peas but it didn't matter because they weren't mixed in so I pushed them aside. The star of the meal was the pot pie. That thing was huge but delicious. Pastry was nice and flaky and th lamb was tender and flavoursome. The mash was great too. I'll probably be back again because it's a good all-round pub. Rating it 4 stars because I haven't investigated the bar just yet but from what I saw they had a nice selection on tap and decent amount of spirits and wines.

Fresh, clean decor giving a nice new vibe to the area. The food is incredible! Decided on 4 entrees and a salad to share between 3. It was a great way to try some of the options they had. Will definitely be back for the food