Three hours west of Melbourne and an hour off the Great Ocean Road, this award winning property features a fine dining restaurant, casual dining area, recently refurbished accommodation and conferencing and wedding venues - all designed to capture the stunning beauty of the Southern Grampians. After a year at that post he moved to Dunkled and became the Executive chef of Royal Mail. We went through a door into another restaurant area - the upper class - where we were greeted by a suit wearing maitre'd who nicely explained what was on offer in this area. WiFi and parking are free, and this hotel also features 2 restaurants. Fantastic live Blues 'n' Roots music every weekend - for the last 32 years! Read on to find out what it was like.P-R-E-T-E-N-T-I-O-U-S is the word that comes to mind after leaving this bland, modern, pub/bistro/restaurant situated in Western Victoria at the foot of the Grampians. We sat after having to ask if we needed to be seated or not and looked at the menu. If I wanted to I could eat Veg-a-mite and butter on bread every morning! Veg-a-mite and butter mixed together. The mousse: the highlight of the meal; if you like sweet treats this is the way to go. Or twice.Only trouble is to tweet/instagram live while you're eating is going to be hard without much reception in Dunkeld. However, this is my only gripe and really what I am trying to say is that the bistro / fine dining thing has equally good and bad points. The pub menu is all about staple favourites like chicken parma, fish and chips, and steaks - there's a pool table and no pokies, and they serve a decent drop by the glass and a good range of beers - so it's definitely a more refined experience than some of the pot and pie establishments you might find around this neck of the bush.The 'bistro' is wooden tables that get fancied-up with white linen tablecloths for the evening and a mid-range menu with mains around the $30 mark. Upon deciding we weren't in the mood for a 2 or 3 course meal we thanked him and moved to return to the other 'casual' dining area and he laughed and said to another staff member we were 'boomerang diners'. As somewhere called a hotel it was nothing like the typical expectation of a hotel. To view room prices at this property, please enter your stay dates. In the town of Errenteria, he made his way up the chain at Mugaritz, eventually becoming the head chef under Andoni Aduritz. Try signing in with CONNECTED_THIRD_PARTY_NAMES or use another email address. 6 reviews of Royal Mail Hotel "Chef Dan Hunter is a nice. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 31 August 2001. For this American sojourning "down under," what I have grown to love about Australia is its authenticity, cheekiness, uniqueness, beauty, and fabulously high-quality ingredients. Great texture and balance of flavours with just-crunchy slices of brown toast to spread it on: brown and,! 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