Squires Loft Nunawading

The ribs were marvelous, full of flavor and falling of the bone. The blue cheese sauce was delicious and the potato, chips and fried onion were tasty. The portions were big and we were too full to order dessert. The service was great and quick. The staff was very friendly. Overall the experience was excellent, we will be coming back.

We attended as a family for our recent wedding anniversary dinner. I’m giving 4 stars for a few reasons. Service, menu options, pricing, experience & quality all have impacted my feedback but overall a nice venue, understaffed / lack of training in service, mostly pleasant though, tables need a really good clean with remnants of food in the tabletops, and given the price point they need more ambiance, service & quality control We had a 5.30pm booking midweek, we were told to come back when we arrived on the dot of 530pm as they weren’t open. Note bookings are scheduled & timed so you only have a window of time booked. We came back at 5.45pm and there was 2 other tables sat & served. Very disappointed that they do not have a children’s menu at this venue or suitably priced option for small steak/ sausage & chips that isn’t $40. Given the location it surprised me not to be family friendly. Lucky we had checked the menu & fed our son earlier & purchased a bowl of chips for him which was $11 The bread was delicious that was first served & they were kind enough to accomodate my sons request for another piece after he ate his & ours. Yes only 1 piece of bread per person. Seemed a little stingy given the overall cost we knew would exceed $200 and seems an odd place to cut back on giving something to customers. We both purchased 400g Angus scotch specials at $73 each. We both ordered a sauce which was an extra $11. Note that everything is an extra so be prepared to pay. Next time if we are to return we would order 1 sauce (baste) as a chip dipping sauce as the pepper was overpowering and you didn’t need it with the steak, the baste was enough and very pleasant. It complimented the meat which was thankfully cooked as requested - medium rare. The only issue was my side salad came out wilted & tomatoes looked like they were 3 days past due. It was very off putting, not fresh & covered in dressing so I asked for it to be returned and opted for chips. Being a Wednesday I would have thought they would have fresh salad but this looked leftover from the weekend. Chips were cooked well. Wine is not extensive and we opted for a glass of Shiraz Izway Rob & Les $12.50 each. Very young, needed much longer celaring but being a Barossa it was one of the best choices. I didn’t finish mine as it was just too young and took away from the steak. Crème brûlée had a good shell but was too soft & custardy as it didn’t hold the spoon, it just melted off. Acceptable for mainstream restaurant, pleasant to eat and we enjoyed as a dessert. $15 for the serve with a small icecream on the side but the berry coullis was under the Ramekins which made no sense as you couldn’t eat it or mix with the icecream We also purchased a single scoop of icecream for our son which took forever to come out. We had eaten our desert and it was cleared before they even bought out his ice cream. We had to ask twice for it at which the server seemed annoyed that we asked and made the end of the night awkward. At $3 the price point was fine and he was happy. Overall the meat was very nice. Happy to pay good money for a good quality & well cooked steak, I do feel it’s expensive when you get a foodchain feel but we took it as an evening out for a special occasion and everything was very good overall. We spent around $230 for dinner, drinks & dessert.

We had a special occasion and so we decided to treat ourselves with dinner here. The food was quality. Mains were cooked perfectly. You could smell the char on the char grilled chicken and it was tender with full smoky BBQ flavour. I ordered calamari while my partner had steak. Couldn't fault it. Mains were filling and we had no room for dessert. Chips were crunchy. Overall, it wasn't expensive either for what we ordered. Highlight recommend.

Everything was alright, I felt that our steaks, chips, baked potato weren't seasoned at all, though the black angus eye fillet was very tender compared to the normal eye fillet. The dry aged steak was alright; Funnily enough, the mushroom sauce and complimentary bread were the things we enjoyed about the place; the restaurant itself has friendly staff and a nice ambient atmosphere, however on the whole I would say it was quite expensive for what it's worth;

Disgraceful, I wouldn't trust the chef and/or chefs who whipped up my $70 eye fillet steak last Saturday night to prepare a slice of toast. I ordered medium rare, it came out basically blue, I'm not a Karen and rarely send food back but I politely asked our waitress if I could please have my steak cooked a little longer, it took ages to come back, my friend had finished his meal, but no problem I understand its busy sometimes, after all that my steak had been flipped upside down with some baste poured over it and wasn't cooked anymore than when I sent it back in the first place, to which I told the waitress I was unhappy with the steak and I was leaving, the staff were helpful enough but whoever "cooked" my steak would probably burn cereal, don't waste your time or money, Hunter and Barrel do a better Steak. This isn't the first time this has happened and I think it's unacceptable and I'll never go here again, which is sad because they used to be really good, the owners need to re-think the kitchen staff.