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V Rating: VV Lost in North Ryde? Dining at the massive Macquarie Centre shopping complex isn’t your style? If you make it to the Ranch Hotel, you won’t have the breadth of choice of your carnivorous companions but the good news is that you won’t go hungry. Faced with a hotel-style blackboard menu which boasts around a hundred choices, it might take a while to locate the small section devoted to the vegetarian options. There you’ll find a vegetarian quiche and chips ($12.90), rice noodles, vegetables and tofu ($13.50), mushroom stir fry with tofu and rice ($13.50), vegetarian lasagne with salad and chips ($14.50) and “grilled zucchini, capsicum, rocket, roma tomato and eggplant on herb roccini” ($10.90). You won’t find a veggie burger, but there is a choice of vegetarian sauces on pasta ($9.50 small, $13.50 large), vegetarian nachos ($16.80 large) and the trusty salad plate ($7.90). There were no vegetarian entrees on the board. Vegans can rest easy that they will also have a few options to choose from. I ordered the lasagne which was well sized, if cheesy. It was hard to get excited about certainly filled the gap. Verdict: Not a haven for vegetarians but it could have been worse.
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8 Comments posted on "The Ranch Hotel - Pub grub, North Ryde, VV"
zack on September 5th, 2006 at 10:53 am #
i like them yummt
soph on October 17th, 2006 at 7:25 pm #
wow, a north ryde review - impressed! would love to see some reviews of more restauraunts out this way…if you look hard, there are some pretty tasty eats.
kpounder on October 17th, 2006 at 9:11 pm #
Hmmm, I have a North Ryde contact so will lean on him to get busy.
Elixa on June 18th, 2007 at 10:26 pm #
I live near North Ryde and am happy to help with reviews. There’s a fantastic Indian place nearby (Aj’s) that will offer off-the-menu items if you mention you’re vegie, and theyre all delicious.
kpounder on June 18th, 2007 at 11:26 pm #
That would be fantastic Elixa. If you want the details email me at veggiefriendly[at]gmail[dot]com. The Ranch is one of the most searched for restaurants on my site, so I think there must be a lot of latent demand out North! I think there’s also a vegetarian Chinese restaurant in West Ryde, though I haven’t tried it.
sarah on December 28th, 2007 at 4:14 pm #
Was completely astounded they do not do doggy bags!!! I have recently had an Operation and was unable to eat the Roast of the day, as I barely touched it wanted to take it back for my husband to eat at work. The staff refused to give me a take away tray, I offered to pay extra, they still refused. Their policy is either order take away or order inhouse. If you are going to have such a ludicrous policy that is not a common practice any where else, at least advertise it so people like myself don’t order a full meal expecting to take what is left over home! I have never heard of this and will never go back. An absolute disgrace!
Yocelyn on November 10th, 2008 at 5:46 pm #
Excellent place to go for some drink and dance , the staff it´s soo good .
Claire on January 13th, 2009 at 9:27 pm #
Sadly I think the veg*n friendliness of “The Ranch” has gone down hill since this review was written. I went there recently and the only choices were vege nachos, caesar salad with pumpkin and pinenuts, or hokkien noodles (the description of which seemed pretty plain to me). Considering the size of the menu, I find this very disappointing - there are six burgers but no vege burger, for instance, and whole sections for chicken, fish, and steak, but no vegetarian section. There is only one vegetarian salad, for crying out loud! All things considered I think “The Ranch” could better be described as a v-ware venue these days. Post a comment
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