Cove Tavern

Great service and great value meals. Chicken schnitzel was super and could not eat it all. Others at our table had Risotto and again servings were huge.
Will definitely return for another meal here.

The Cove Tavern is quite a nice restaurant and bar with a good range on their menu. They offer great schnitzels, a good salad bar, excellent range of bread entrees and exquisite desserts. It is very well priced with mains costing around $ 20. They have a good range of specials and although it is a little noisy on Saturday night, the ambiance is rather nice.
I had the bacon and guacamole schnitzel for $ 18.90 and it was well cooked. The serving size was nice and it came with just the right amount of chips. They were a tad heavy handed on the guacamole in my opinion but this is much better than not putting on enough. The bacon served with the guacamole was cooked very well, as was the chicken itself. Definitely nicer than your typical pub grub and worthy of the title of «gourmet». My schnitzel was almost on par with the one I had at the Middleton Tavern, which is definitely saying something about the quality (excellent).
Desserts were also rather nice. They had a good range and offered coffee for an extra $ 1. I had the maltesser cake for $ 6.90, which was very rich (but very good). This was definitely a nice highlight after a good schnitzel and made the night an excellent experience.
As for the staff, they were very attentive and kind. They did seem busy but were still very polite. They were able to remember our drink orders without writing it down (there were 8 of us).
The wait for the food was around 40 minutes, which ain’t too shabby when you consider it was Saturday night. We did order an entrée of the combination of garlic turkish breads they had on offer (cheesy and garlic), however a range of small dinner rolls were also available at the salad bar.
The salad bar also featured a lovely garden salad, a good range of fruit and a nice pasta salad. It also came with the stock standard variety of cooked winter vegetables. There are small bowls up at the buffet area which are oddly shaped however allow you to get a decent portion (don’t fill up too much if you are having a schnitzel though).
A nice night out all in all. The front bar does look quite nice with a range of pool tables, however it was quite loud.