Name: Pippi's At The Point
Address: 199 Main Road, Newcastle, Newcastle, Newcastle, 2284, Australia
Rating: 6

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The Lake Macquarie Variety Playground

Speers Point Park

Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery

Newcastle Airport

Pippi's At The Point

Newcastle

We dined as a group of 10 Family & friends, booking at 12am.

Note do not use their online menu as the pub menu is different.

We started with shared plates
2 servings of prawn & Mango Bruschetta $16 each, 1 bruschetta per serving (last 2) ???very nice
2 servings of seared scallops 4 per serving $22 each. Very well cooked plump & juicy, very nice
1 garlic bread as they had sold out, really
1 Ceviche of king fish $19 again very nice
1 buffalo wings $18 again lovely

For the mains

1 grilled seafood plate $33 supposed to have grilled salmon but they ran out & substituted with barra, very nice.

1 Prawn & Pancetta linguine, pasta was overcooked.

1 confit duck with pan fried gnocchi, the gnocchi was burnt confit duck should be tender & juicy, this was neither.

1 char grilled lamb loin, it was  totally overcooked & tough, only able to force down about a quarter not nice at all.

I had the gilled barra with crushed kipfler potatoes ( not crushed) & Thai salad, certainly did not taste like thai salad, but I did enjoy the meal

1 beer Battered ling chips & salad, my wife lover fish & chips, but not this one, the 3 pieces of fish we oily & left an unpleasant taste in the mouth, even the chips were not the enjoyable.

1 Fried seafood platter, about 10 % eaten the white bait & calamari was floury & left that terrible taste in the mouth.

We can only assume the kitchen was to busy & the food not cared for.

The taste comes from old oil used for multiple food types, can not explain it any other way.

on leaving I did notice numerous unfinished meal, especially the fried ones.



We certainly will not be going Back

Amazing char grilled octopus salad for $17. Better than anything I have had on the Greek islands. So tasty and tender. 
We also stayed and cycled the lakeside bike path, lovely. One day they will move the major access road from the lake shore and it will be perfect!

Outstanding octopus!

The location was perfect, on the shore of Lake Macquarie. I was here for 3 nights. 
I was not able to check in 20 minutes early after a long journey on public transport, and advised to wait in the busy bar area. There was no separate reception area. My room was clean but tired. In need of a refurb and urgent decoration.
Cups and plates were teastained and mismatched. No choice of tea but fresh milk was a great bonus.
Very limited toiletries for a 3 night stay in a 3 bed room!
No toaster or microwave, and no breakfast was available. 
The food in the restaurant was great. Good value and we ate there twice with young children.
The staff were all friendly and helpful.
The shower was hot and the bed comfortable.
The noise was the issue, not from the bar below, but from the traffic outside and, I can only assume,  the plumbing and /or a generator of some sort going on and off all night.
I was in a room at the side, not overlooking the lake, room 7.
I would not book again for this reason only.
The parking on site was tight and not always available as there is no specific parking for residents, and spaces are often taken up by restaurant/bar visitors.
This was awkward as we had children with us.
A mixed review. Great staff, great location, just needs some TLC

Great Location, but noisy   

Stay here at least yearly.  This visit was extremely disappointing.  We were in room 16. Certainly spacious enough but maintenance and housekeeping is sadly lacking.  Our air con not working only the fan does. Furniture all sticky.  Shower leaks onto bathroom floor.  Cups had dirty brown tea stains in them.  Only 2 hangers supplied which look like a previous guest may have left them.

Disappointed this time.

Revisited after 2 years and wasn’t disappointed. The menu choices are great as are the portion sizes,  Value for money, the staff were very friendly and attentive. Of course the location is wonder as well, definitely won’t leave it that long before we visit again

Great location and food

I can only say the food was average. The starters of salt and chilli squid was tasty and very tender, however the clump of salad thrown onto the plate did nothing to enhance the look or flavour of the food. Our mains were generous portions and my partner enjoyed his chicken schnitzel, but again the presentation was sadly lacking. I was served two good fillets of barramundi, which although pleasant, was unfortunately a little over cooked. My salad was basically a lump of mixed lettuce dumped onto the plate with some tomato and cucumber, very poor. When it came to dessert, the cream was served in a small plastic container! I think the kitchen could do a lot better.

Average

It’s clean and comfortable and in a great location.  Upstairs from the restaurant about 20 stairs.  We had a fabulous view of the lake with floor to ceiling windows.  Tea coffee in room and toiletries supplied. 

Good clean accommodation 

Booked my boss into this hotel on a business trip - he is not fussy and has stayed in lots of small hotels before. But after one night here he refused to stay another night because it was so noisy. When booking I specifically asked is it noisy and was told no. I rang to advise he would not be back and asked if we could get a refund for one or both of the remaining nights (we had paid for 3 nights) and was told no. He ended up staying at Macquarie 4 star and was happy that it was quiet and clean. 

Very Noisy

Stayed here as overnight stay for work.
Staff were great very helpful and food downstairs was delicious.
At $95 with this view can't complain.
Its on main road so it can be noisy with traffic.  
Older style bathroom but clean and functional.  
Would stay here again for work or weekend getaway. 


Great location, good value room and great food 

Staying here at the moment. Room ok, attention to detail lacking a bit.
Have a late Drs appointment tomorrow so went to Reception/ bar to extend an extra night so I have somewhere to stay until appointment. 
After a while looking at computer screen the first man told me the price of my same room, another man then stepped in to say I would have to change rooms. I agreed to this. Then a THIRD person- a female, said I have to check out at 10am and come back at 2pm to re check in!!!!
Are they kidding!!
I have been a Motel Manager for 15 years and I would sack my staff if they treated a guest like that,
You couldn’t get a room cleaned by 10am for me to change to?? OR move the guest going into my room to save 1. Me moving and 2. A service, not a full clean....? Even if it meant the next guest going into my room had to be upgraded, you are saving costs on not having to do full turnover of my room.
Very inconvenient

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