The Terminus Hotel

March 3, 2013

We've been Fox/Tramway/Gasometer. I was determined to extend out listing (currently at 33) in addition to figured nosotros should plough over the Terminus a shot. I'd been seat off inwards the yesteryear past their focus on steak in addition to other meaty treats, but their website made it clear that they had enough to offering vegos equally good (vegans volition notice things a flake trickier, but tin in all probability cobble together something from the sides, starters in addition to salads).

The pub itself is quite pleasant - there's a few big outdoor tables, a nighttime in addition to fairly relaxed front end bar and, apparently, a to a greater extent than formal dining room somewhere out the back. They're also inwards the midst of some renovations, promising some other bar surface area in addition to a beer garden inwards the not-too-distant future. We settled inwards in addition to happily sampled from their first-class attain of tap beers piece sizing upwards our carte du jour options.

There are a distich of mains to direct from, along amongst heaps of starters in addition to sides. We decided to sample things from across the menu, starting amongst the obligatory fries in addition to sauce ($6.90).

Is at that spot anything ameliorate than chips in addition to beer? It's difficult to imagine.

We kept the fried-vibe going amongst the cheddar in addition to oregano croquettes amongst mojo picon ($9.90).

These were beautifully crisp trivial cheese pockets amongst gooey in addition to delicious centres for soaking upwards the sweetness in addition to slightly spicy sauce.

Our lastly minor dish was the most interesting (and most probable to live vegan): betel leaves amongst crispy tofu, coconut, chilli, light-green papaya salad ($13.90).

This was terrific - the tofu was lightly battered (almost tempura-style), in addition to the papaya salad was spicy, sweetness in addition to sour inwards just the correct combination.

To cap things off nosotros split upwards a kale bisteeya (a pastry cylinder stuffed amongst kale, fetta, almonds, served amongst sumac in addition to tahini yoghurt in addition to a chickpea salad, $24.90), 1 of the 2 veggie mains (the other beingness a goats cheese tortellini).

This takes the criterion vegetarian selection of a spinach in addition to cheese pastry in addition to kicks it upwards several notches - the pastry itself was perfect, in addition to the filling rich in addition to tasty. The accompanying salad was first-class too, acting equally to a greater extent than than but a plate-filler. 

It was fantastic to uncovering the impressive array of vegetarian nutrient on offering at The Terminus (we also sampled the broccoli, farro, almond in addition to caper salad, which was superb) in addition to to realise that it's non quite the stuffy foodie pub I was imagining, although the nutrient is a trivial on the pricey side. They did a enterprise trade, amongst a mix of families in addition to minor groups similar ours, but the nutrient all came out rapidly in addition to nosotros enjoyed the laidback sun eve vibe. The Terminus is good worth a catch - we'll live pub-clubbing at that spot over again earlier also long.

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The Terminus is pretty well-liked, amongst FoodsCrazy, Up Here inwards Cazaly, The Tasty Dozen, Gastrology, Where Adles Eats, eat, drink, stagger in addition to Parma Daze all enjoying their visits, piece juganaut's foodie thoughts wasn't overly impressed.

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The Terminus Hotel
492 Queens Parade, Clifton Hill
9481 3182
veg sides in addition to starters $6.90-13.90, mains $24.90
http://www.terminus.com.au

Accessibility: There's a distich of minor steps equally you lot movement into the front end bar, which has a reasonably spread out mix of high in addition to regular tables. Ordering in addition to payment happens at the front end bar. We didn't catch the toilets.