Hophaus Bar 3 Southgate Avenue, Southbank, Victoria 3006

"5 of us for lunch and to start we had bretzel and pickles, Mac n cheese croquettes and chickpea croquettes. I thought the bretzel a waste of time and didn't try Mac n cheese croquettes as bacon crumbs and I'm vegetarian but chickpea croquettes were nice. For mains husband had seafood linguine, which he thought was average while I had the pea and mint risotto which was too salty for me and nearly inedible. While the others had pork knuckle, bacon cheeseburger and another pea risotto and they all liked their meals. We also shared order of fries which were great. However I don't know what was going on in kitchen but our mains arrived at 3 different times, and by the time I got mine, 20 minutes after the first they had finished their meals. This is really really bad and should not happen. Then I decided to have apple strudel, which was burnt, while husband had cheese platter. And I must say best value cheese platter I've come across in a long time, $19 and it was really for 4 not 1! We also had drinks, cokes, lemonades, Sparkling and coffees (flat whites, cappuccinos and decaf soy latte). The place is huge and nicely decorated however I wouldn't come again for a meal just for nibbles with a drink. $315."

"Went to this place on a recommendation that the pork knuckles were of a decent size and good chewing. No pork hocks!! Asked the waiter if she could give us a moment so we can work out what we want to choose next. I went the shank, better half went the pea and zucchini risotto and our friends went with a chicken snitty and the prawn and mussel linguine. Shank and snitty were so so, the two pasta dishes were ok. We also ordered a cheese platter for starters. Not bad but have had better and cheaper. Sorry guy's I can't rate you 4 stars. The staff are friendly and polite. I won't recommend for now. 6/10"

"Cocktail was good, food was pretty good. Atmosphere was good pretty welcoming but found paying pretty difficult, once we were served mains staff seemed to disappear ended up heading inside still took another 15 just to pay."

"Celebrated an event here on Saturday night! The staff were friendly and helpful. The food was fantastic! Worth a visit!"

"Great location and venue and obviously huge selection of beers The food was unfortunately just okay - Sunday roast was nothing special, the schnitzel was not bad but the potatoes were overdosed in herbs. I think if you wanted a German style beer hall there's better options, and if you wanted pub food there's other options too If you just want beer then good selections !"