Fun fact - When the Royal first reopened back in the late 90’s it was as an AYCES all you can eat smorgasboard. My sister worked there both as wait staff and in the kids play area as a clown painting faces on the kids. I heard some true horror stories about the shit that went on with their food that turned me off buffet restaurants for a very long time…

Anyway, on to the beers!

While waiting for the rest of the group to arrive I had a chance to peruse the tap list in the front bar. All the usual suspects were there - Carlton, Furphy, 150 Lashes etc - I was surprised to find that they also had Stone & Wood on tap. A bit of a sidebar but I was at Skyways Airport West (another ALH pub) recently and they were also celebrating the addition of Stone & Wood to their lineup - Could it be that ALH has struck a deal with Stone & Wood? If true that might make their pubs that little bit more tolerable.

We started the meal with some cheesy garlic bread as an entree that was actually damn delicious, super garlicy and the reason my coworkers are keeping their conversations with me short today - But its hard to fuck up cheesy garlic bread, so the true test would be the parma that arrived 10 minutes later..