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Royal Exhibition Hotel

14/20

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While an empty bar gives ample opportunity to check out the funky furnishings and retro prints on the wall, surely it's not always this quiet, right? Despite being a stone's throw from Central station it's seemingly overshadowed by its neighbours. A shame, because the beer garden is an excellent spot - fans spin lazily overhead amid the shutters and palm trees. Meals are a solid mix of pub grub (pan-fried salt-and-pepper squid with chorizo and salad, chicken burger with pineapple, bacon and fries, scotch fillet sandwich, plus $10 specials) and they've recently branched out into tapas ($8 each).

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