HotRok Bar & Grill – Clarendon Tavern

The hot rok thing is a new thing in Sydney right now. You get your meat on a hot stone and it sizzles away in front of you and any grease drains off, hence the HotRok name. The Clarendon Tavern is opposite the RAAF Base and next to Clarendon station. Lots of parking and you can watch the air force planes taking off and landing.
A group of us went on a Thursday night for the $ 5 main course deal (buy 2 meals from the chargrill menu, schnitzel menu, main course menu or hotrok menu and pay $ 5 for the lesser priced meal. Or $ 10 for the second plate of beef reef, seafood plate or hotrok surf turf). The place was packed so I would recommend a reservation.
My dad knew the owner and told me all the cooks are chefs. The inside is nicely done, but the tables are definitely packed in there. I like the concrete-​stone counter and the artwork. You line up to give your order at the counter and you pick it up from the other counter when its ready. We all liked our food, but I would consider it a little pricey if paying full price for each meal. My seafood plate was stacked high. You can go directly to the adjacent full bar for your drinks. Smooth beers on tap.
It got a little hot in the dining room with all the people, but that I could handle. The noise level of all the chatterers was a little much, but that I could handle. But one table had three young girls who started running around and squealing loudly — all three of them. I looked over and the large party they were somehow seemed oblivious to the ear-​piercing squeals. I’ve never seen anything like it in a restaurant. When it continued I got up and flagged down a server and politely told her to take care of the problem, or I would. She nodded and went back to the kitchen and didn’t come out, and the squealing continued.
So I go over to that table and tell them that they needed to stop the squealing. I wasn’t asking them, I was telling them so I turned away and didn’t see the dirty looks that table gave to my back (as reported to me). Then that table all got up and left, giving our table dirty looks as they passed. The noise level immediately subsided and I’m sure all the patrons were relieved. I would think a restaurant wanting to be classy should have handled this situation better than the nothing they did. Lose a star for that.