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Lara MGeorges River Sailing Club - Dolls Point
April 10th 2007 12:02
We were lured to the Georges River Sailing Club by an advertisement in a local publication. It boasted a $12.50 seafood buffet Monday-Tuesday, and the picture taunted us with spectacular views of the bay.
Georges River Sailing Club
Sanoni Avenue
Dolls Point
9529 3000
www.grsc.com.au
However, it was as I first arrived that I began to suspect we had made a serious mistake. The car park was right in front of the entrance which looked eerily quiet. Upon entrance to the restaurant area I was greeted by tacky RSL club carpet and chortling poker machines. The glass windows over looking the bay were completely masked by the darkness outside, with the exception of a creepy fluro light illuminating a patch of sand and a client with their personal trainer.
Oh well, at least it was a buffet and we would leave with full bellies. Not so. We almost couldn’t believe how tiny the buffet was. Where was the desert bar? Oh wait, there it is, comprised entirely by squares of slab cake, lurid red jelly and soggy fruit that looked very old. The seafood was not much more appetizing. The prawns and mussels were ok but the fish was barely edible. This was it as far as seafood was concerned. There was also some chewy chips, sauerkraut, stringy beef? (this is open to question) and fish cakes? (Also open for debate) The best thing was the cheesy cauliflower, which was cold.
Since most of the food was barely edible we left extremely unsatisfied, and felt the need to go down to the supermarket and buy a tub of gourmet ice cream to compensate. (Oh my God, it was so good).
So we learned two important lessons that day;
a) Don’t go to Georges River Sailing Club
b) It doesn’t pay to be a cheapskate
Georges River Sailing Club
Sanoni Avenue
Dolls Point
9529 3000
www.grsc.com.au
However, it was as I first arrived that I began to suspect we had made a serious mistake. The car park was right in front of the entrance which looked eerily quiet. Upon entrance to the restaurant area I was greeted by tacky RSL club carpet and chortling poker machines. The glass windows over looking the bay were completely masked by the darkness outside, with the exception of a creepy fluro light illuminating a patch of sand and a client with their personal trainer.
Oh well, at least it was a buffet and we would leave with full bellies. Not so. We almost couldn’t believe how tiny the buffet was. Where was the desert bar? Oh wait, there it is, comprised entirely by squares of slab cake, lurid red jelly and soggy fruit that looked very old. The seafood was not much more appetizing. The prawns and mussels were ok but the fish was barely edible. This was it as far as seafood was concerned. There was also some chewy chips, sauerkraut, stringy beef? (this is open to question) and fish cakes? (Also open for debate) The best thing was the cheesy cauliflower, which was cold.
Since most of the food was barely edible we left extremely unsatisfied, and felt the need to go down to the supermarket and buy a tub of gourmet ice cream to compensate. (Oh my God, it was so good).
So we learned two important lessons that day;
a) Don’t go to Georges River Sailing Club
b) It doesn’t pay to be a cheapskate
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Comment by Anonymous
By the way I suggest you have lots of time because it took us over an hour just to get our meal, when there were only about a dozen patrons in the Plaza Restaurant.
I suggest you may have an alterior motive to give Georges River Sailing Club such a bad report, because we found it to be the oposite.