This marks my first review of a date which took advantage of a Living Social deal. If you haven’t heard of Living Social (or Scoopon or Love It Up or any of the others), then you’ve been living under a rock. Basically they are websites (usually with accompanying apps) that offer discount deals on all sorts of stuff. I’m mostly interested in the restaurant/cafe deals (and hairdressers, but that’s another story). They offer good value and a reason to try a new establishment. You’ll probably be seeing Living Social et al pop up fairly regularly on Cheap Date Sydney going forward!
A while back, I bought a Living Social voucher for two pizzas and two beer tasting boards for $25. I’d never been (or even heard of) The Australian Brewery in Rouse Hill before, but I do like to try new places in search of cheap date ideas. And especially now that we have a little one, pub bistros are quite appealing.
Mr CDS and I were quite surprised (in a good way!) when we arrived at the Brewery. The bistro section has a large, open feel and at lunch time on a Sunday was buzzing with families. The service was friendly, polite and relaxed. We were able to choose two pizzas from a menu of around ten varieties. I went for the “Chilli King Prawn with basil salsa verde & fresh lemon” and Mr CDS chose the ridiculously named “Brewpreme – pepperoni, onion, ham, mushroom, & capsicum”. We were both very happy with our pizzas. I love a prawn pizza but, as with anything seafoody, it’s always a bit of a risk. I’m not sure whether my prawns were indeed king prawns but no matter, it was tasty and the base was crispy. The salsa verde added lots of colour and a fresh taste – heightened by a good squeeze of lemon. I had a bite of the Brewpreme and it too was tasty, crispy, and very satisfying. Both pizzas had generous amounts of toppings which made us happy.
I’m not much of a beer drinker, but the novelty of a beer tasting board is hard to resist, so I had a few sips of each kind. Fun! And beery. The bar staff were kind enough to swap one of the beers for their “Spider cider” which I was keen to try. Not my favourite cider ever, but would be a hit with those who like their ciders quite dry. Still, we had a great time reading the blurbs on the beer menu and comparing flavours.
While we were there we noticed a kids area complete with face-painting, as well as a decent kids menu (mac and cheese, nice!) so my suspicions of this being a family friendly venue were confirmed as true.
All in all, we are keen to return even without a voucher.
Total date rating: 4/5 (We were pretty pleased with this find)
Total date cost: $25 (would be roughly $53 without the Living Social deal – “roughly” because I’m not sure how much the beer tasting platters are, we think we saw a mention of $5 somewhere which seems an exceptionally good deal!)
Link: The Australian Hotel and Brewery
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