The Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel
19 Kent St (Cnr Argyle St)
The Rocks, NSW 2000
$$$–

Picture this: Friday. Lunchtime. Perfect weather outside.

Doesn’t take a genius to figure out that we were all gagging to be outdoors and enjoying the day. So 6 of us had a beautiful Springtime lunch at Lord Nelson. Made of sandstone, the building is a historic heritage and Sydney’s oldest pub. It’s lovely and quaint inside, and was actually totally filled with the lunchtime crowd. Best part? They brew their own beer. And not the nasty, cheap, weird kind either.. the beer was sublime! My choice was Quayle Ale (4.0% alc/vol. Pale yellow – predominantly wheat beer, light bodied and dry crisp finish (named after the US Vice President’s visit in 1989).) It is now my absolute #1 favourite beer, ever.

Ended up choosing the Steak pie with mashed potato and mushy peas. I confess I chose it because it was the cheapest item on the menu, at $11. Yes, I was being a cheapskate! Glad I chose it though, it was yum. The beef inside was chunky and super soft, no weird bits. The mashed potato was super creamy and buttery and the mushy peas actually weren’t so bad (I get a bit freaked out with green ‘stuff’ on my food). The rich gravy poured generously over everything was pretty awesome too. I also noticed they had a sign offering the pie for $5 (!!) on Monday nights, so Chris and I are definitely going on Mon 😛

Also had a bite of the Spaghettini with seafood. I was so impressed it came like gourmet pasta – very little thick sauce, and stacked with crab and seafood. Maybe next time I’ll get that, it was delicious. I’m glad I’ve found my favourite beer now! Unfortunately, it’s only sold at this one particular pub since it’s home-brewed.. boo.

Lord Nelson Pub

Inside the pub

Steak pie with mashed potato and mushy peas

Spaghettini with seafood

Salt & Pepper Calamari with rice

Happily fed!