Grace Darling Hotel

Great atmosphere pub with good food, and a nice exterior "castle like" stone aesthetic. It can get pretty busy at peak, and sometimes it can be difficult to get a drink at the bar because they're so overrun, but the bands are good. I personally like going on Thursday nights when it is not AS busy, and they have a free Improv Comedy show upstairs. Great to grab a drink and have a laugh at no extra cost. Saw a show there the other night, and it was hilarious.

The grace is a lovely pub in the heart of Collingwood. The DJ’s play an incredible range of music.

Whenever I go in on Thursday or Friday, the energy is popping. It’s so nice and refreshing to hear a mixture of throw back tracks and newer age music. Something for everyone.

Special mention to the lovely staff who always go above and beyond. The food never misses, decent sizes, great flavours that hit the spot. Fav local imo!

Pictured below - spiced lamb special and medium rare steak. Both next level!

Ordered the vegan Parma which was eggplant for $20 on Tuesday Parma night. Came with chips and a sad passing of what they referred to as salad. Chips were crispy enough with skin till on. Eggplant was crispy on one side but pretty much mush for the rest. Had a strange almost plastic like taste to it too. Might have been the vegan cheese. Definitely had much better eggplant parmas elsewhere.

Ordered the calamari with Sichuan pepper for $18. While it was tasty and crispy enough, the serving amount was incredibly small for the price.

Was still hungry after both so had to walk down to huxtaburger to grab a $10 burger on tight Tuesday.

Bit too noisy inside to have any decent conversation but the tables and stools outside are quite plentiful and there's a nice layout.

The Grace Darling hotel has some good food n' drinks. And fantastic service.

The barman recommended the spring chicken dish, and he was spot on. Chicken dinner, chicken winner.

The vegetarian/plant based burger w hand cut chips tasted good, too.

Served with a yummy Aperol Spritz.

My partner read a review that they had the best chicken Parma in Melbourne and it was pretty darn good. Deck is not pretty. Chairs wobbly.

Had our Christmas lunch upstairs and staff were outstanding. Thoroughly enjoyed my steak and dessert. Really cool joint. Had such a great time that I couldn’t provide any photos except the one I took 😉🍺

Had a lovely evening with lovely company and a yummy parma. The red sauce was amazing 👏 🙌
Also the gravy 👌
Staff friendly and attentive
Awesome atmosphere.
I will be back for round 2

I only came here for a comedy show but it's a nice venue for it, the bar atmosphere might not be my thing but would have to go again to judge

We went to see a comedy show near by but had time to have dinner. Thursdays they have steak night. Porterhouse steak with fries and salad for $22. Additional $8 if you want a glass of red wine. It was one of the best steaks I had. So moist and juicy. Just Devine. Service was efficient and good. It was very busy. There was a cool DJ playing some fantastic tunes. Highly recommended!

One of my favourite pups in the city, and simply had to take some out of town friends in for a pint. Had heard good things about the Parma so we decided this was the spot and boy did it not disappoint. This Parma is in my top 2 of all time. The chicken so so juicy, chips perfectly cooked and the sauce was magic. Well crumbed and generously portioned it is a must try. The Lamb looked solid too, so something here for everyone, and always great vibes in this classic Melbourne venue 🎶

Came for Thursday Steak night and was very impressed overall. Highly recommend booking table ahead via online; gets really busy and you may be waiting for a while.

Love the online ordering system; simple and easy. The steaks here are all about quality than quantity; very tender and cooked to your specs. The standard gravy sauce is excellent, thick texture and plentiful.

Special shoutout to the staff here. I originally booked for 3 people but it expanded to 5, and they quickly accommodated us to a bigger table 🙏.

Fantastic place for the best bang for buck if you come on Tue (chicken parma night), Wed (burger night), or Thu (steak night) nights.

For a pub, the ambience and music are decent and not too dark. They are quite pleasant actually. The service by staff is also great.

Highly recommended.

Great place for a beer and Friday lunch. Had the Chicken burger. Excellent. I even ate all the chips and I'm not a fan of chips. Great staff. Took a bit of time to come out, but that was probably because it was busy today. Had the Jerky Chicken burger today. Really enjoyed it. Could have eaten another.

I haven’t been back to their steak night for ages .. but it’s still tasty and good. Pretty quick as well considering they were quite busy. The standard is consistent. Definitely recommend to try their steak night. One thing that I need to bring up. They need to offer more desserts on the menu

Previous Review:
Came here for their steak night again after my last visit 2 years ago! What a great service on our table .. We thank the girl who was looking after our table tonight. Oh and the steak 👍👍👍

Normally I go here for drinks, but last time we
came here for their steak night on Thursday. It was a delicious $18 steak, chips were crunchy and the sauce was tasty. Tonight (Monday) we came here for the lamb shank’s night. $15 with the mash and another $5 with a glass of red. We ordered chips and salads to share. Very good value and outstanding services. Highly recommended