Nina Z

Review of The Governor Hotel

Great for chilled out drinks or even formal events...

Great for chilled out drinks or even formal events to celebrate. generally full of local residents or workers in the area.

I attend on Tuesday nights for Trivia and Friday Night for drinks and Dinner

Pro's
Great Atmosphere and lovely staff, you feel welcomed straight away when you walk in. The Crowd that attends are generally easy going and you can chat with anyone. Never seen any hotheads or trouble makers there so you feel safe with good company.
The food is pretty good and they are happy to accommodate to your catering if you have an event. Same at the Bar, i have allergies and they always work very cautiously when making my drinks. They have a courtesy bus, if you call before hand they can organise to pick you up,

Con's
Parking is terrible, Traffic in the area is terrible. if you are heading there after 5pm, you will have difficulty with traffic. The parking lot is very small and nearly always full, there is a little parking lot to the side which is always full aswell. Best bet is to take the courtesy bus or park on Wicks Rd, MP. [Ticketed]
Food, although good, very pricey for the area and the size. to put it in perspective, they charge $3.00 for Garlic Aioli. you could be spending up to $100.00 for two meals and two cocktails.
They got rid of $6.00 Margarita and $3.00 Tacos on Friday nights which is tragic in it self.
The special elevator for less mobile persons [disabled] often is out of service which means if you are in a wheelchair you cannot access the rooftop. Smokers are shunned all the way into the corner on the rooftop which doesnt make sense as its outdoors and makes you feel like trash [intentionally?]

All up, its great hangout for after work drinks or some mediocre celebration, the issue i have is Cost / Parking / Accessibility otherwise it would be a nice place to go to for lunch & it may be different for families.