Grafton Hotel

We are a group of nine male (brothers and friends) who have been staying at the Grafton Hotel for many years to attend the Clarence River Jockey Club July Racing Carnival. The new manager (Pio) and his staff looked after us very well and could not have done any more for us during our 3 night stay this year. The meals are great and reasonably priced. Accommodation is basic with shared facilities but always clean.

Only gave 3 stars as Im annoyed that I paid $55 for a supposed "Eye Fillet Steak" that was approximately 5mm thick & cooked to within an inch of bursting into flames, tastless pepper sauce & vegetable that were so raw they must have only been shown a picture of boiling water. One advertised entree wasnt available. I dont mind paying whatever the cost for a sensational steak, but its gotta be good. On a positive side, all the other meals were good :)

Its a must visit. Me, the wife, and the little one went there for dinner last night. I got the wagyu, the wife got the grilled barra and the little one got nuggets. The wagyu was amazing! Cooked perfectly and the wife said the barra with that sauce was some of the best barra she has had. We were very impressed to see fruit with the kis meal, it can be hard to get a yong kid's to eat veg when you're out, as any parent can tell you, so to see fruit for the kids is absolutely brilliant and she loved it. Definitely will be back 10/10

The Restaurant was quite when we arrived and after a drink we placed our order. We have dined at the restaurant multiple times before for lunch and have been pleased with service. However there night shift are quite different. We waited nearly an hour for our meals watching tables that ordered after us receive their entrees and mains while we waited. Eventually I questioned our long wait to the kitchen and was told it was because the steak was ordered well done and it was a half hour wait. I pointed out that it was nearly an hour and was told it was on its way. About 10 minutes later it finally arrived and were rudely asked if we were informed when placing order it was a 40 minute wait for well done steaks ( which we weren't ). So now we begin to eat the steak was well done chips cold my salmon had sat for so long sauce had soaked in vegetables luke warm and the pumpkin was as if it had just come out of fridge. Sorry guys but not rushing back