Despite meals at the Rochester Castle (202 Johnston St, Fitzroy) costing just $9, or even less if you take advantage of one of the specials, they’re not particularly great value. Not bad value, just not great value. The servings are quite small, particularly the salads, and there weren’t even many chips with my fish and chips. This would be fine if the meals were of a high quality, but they’re merely ‘okay’.
Given that the Rochester also offers cheap jug deals, I suspect that none of this is really going to matter to who I assume are the Rochester’s target clientele, uni students.
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