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5. Februar 2024
My partner and I booked into the Goldfields resort at Creswick for friday and saturday night at the start of February and took the resort room and breakfast package. The room was nice and roomy with a great bathroom and bedsit area. The view was pretty ordinary however after being promised a view of the Creswick forest, instead a view of the pool below and the carpark area. I should add that it was almost impossible to get a park close to the front door, the carpark being far too small for the 167 odd rooms that are offered. Oddly in relation to the room, there was a full window between the toilet and the bedroom, and only with a bit of effort were we able to pull a blind down to cover the window from the inside, but still with a gap! The kitchen'y stuff offerer was pretty sp**** as well. and the fridge was tiny with a leaky tiny freezer, that had a note saying it was unsuitable for freezing food! Air conditioning was great, bed was large and comfortable ,and the balcony was nice to sit outdoors. Towels and soap dispensers ( no bar soap!) was adequate. However, for the first night we decided to splash out and visit the in house restaurant called founders. A quick look on line revealed the menu, which looked quite nice, and not too badly priced. Imagine our surprise after booking into the restaurant for the first evening, and finding the prices and content online were nothing like the "out there" prices that were actually offered. Notwithstanding this we settled for the porterhouse steak at $49 and the scallop linguine for $36 ( my partners choice). The dishes were presently reasonably quickly and we started eating. The linguine dish was called a scallop linguine. Well after careful searching we found two very small blue mussels and a couple of prawns in the dish, where were the scallops?. Where were the scallops we asked later, greeted wtih a bit of a shrug and he walked quickly away. We got the impression that it was not the first time that question had been asked! The porterhouse steak is often described as a very tender and tasty steak. Whilst the size presented was great in this respect, the steak was nearly cold and was the most chewy steak I have ever experienced! Full of sinew it was barely edible and even small cuts from the steak took more chewing than my poor teeth could handle! Enough said!! $85 for two courses is not imo acceptable in the form that was presented to us. Thank goodness we didnt book a second night in the founders restaurant, instead visiting a local spot in Creswick, to enjoy a very enjoyable meal for almost half the cost. Notwithstanding the above, having purchased the breakfast package I was very impressed as the quality and range of the breakfast smorgasbord that was presented. In summary I wouldnt recommend the restaurant for an evening meal, however the accommodation and breakfast is good value if you are an racv member.
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