Royal George
Frank Moylan and Melissa Macfarlane are back behind the bar of the Royal George Hotel in Kyneton.
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22 Piper St, Kyneton
(03) 5417 2345
Frank Moylan and Melissa Macfarlane are back behind the bar of the Royal George Hotel in Kyneton.
The husband-and-wife duo have been, over the years, responsible for much-loved pubs in the city and country, and ran the Royal George to great acclaim in the late 2000s.
A touch of taxidermy and artfully chosen vintage pieces add colour but the bones of this 160-year-old beauty remain much as they were.
The changing line-up of taps includes sub $10 pints while wines come from a tight, well-chosen cellar of local drops and Euro flings.
The equally sharply priced menu is a broadly Eastern European carte of greatest hits with a few eclectic outliers, such as fantastic Nashville pickle chips – lightly battered gherkin slices served with a punchy chipotle mayo.
A terrific chutney of sweet and spice is on dunking duties for the Bulgarian banista, a fat filo cigar filled with pork and cabbage, while a plate of wonderfully sharp pickled octopus teams chilli heat with cool mint tzatziki for a triple threat of tastes.
Whether you plump for the fat Siberian pelemi – filled with pork and beef and served with sour cream and paprika – or the Ukrainian vareniki filled with a potato and quark mix on a splosh of onion puree, you can’t go wrong with the two fab plates of dumplings here.
Oh, and then there’s the chicken kiev croquette that’s every bit as good as you’d imagine it would be.
Great booze and amazing food at a country-keen price, the Royal George is in great hands. Again.
Must-try dish: Siberian pelemi
Cuisine: Eastern European
Chef: Brad Lobb
Price: $
Open: Lunch Sat-Sun; dinner Thurs-Sun
Bookings: Yes
BYO: No
Instagram: @theroyalgeorgehotelkyneton