Searches for Royal Hotel Drouin usually come down to three questions: what the kitchen serves, when it is open, and how to call ahead. This guide answers them from third-party listings and guest reviews, starting with the Booking.com guest reviews, which put the property at 8.3. No official venue website was retrieved, so where sources disagree, we say so and suggest you confirm before travelling.
Last checked: 2026-11-02
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Location: Drouin, Victoria · Phone: (03) 5625 1620 · Dining hours: 12:00pm to 2.00pm and 6:00pm to 8.00pm, 7 days a week · Public bar hours (Monday and Tuesday): 10.00am to 9.00pm
How we researched this
Last checked: 2026-11-02.
Sources reviewed: hotel booking platform listings and guest reviews, a hotel aggregator listing, a Tripadvisor restaurant listing, a pub directory listing, and a business directory listing.
We did not visit the venue, interview staff, verify a menu or prices, or locate an official venue website or government source, and only five third-party domains were retrieved.
Key facts at a glance
| Fact | Listed value |
|---|---|
| Address | 2 Main South Road, Drouin 3818, Victoria, Australia (Booking.com hotel listing) |
| Phone | (03) 5625 1620, shown as +61 3 5625 1620 in the Publocation listing |
| Listed hours | 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM, per a directory entry dated July 2023 |
| Restaurants | One, per a Booking.com snapshot dated 2018 |
| Guest ratings | 8.3 on Booking.com; 8.5 from 345 ratings on Trivago (undated); 3.7 from 72 reviews on Tripadvisor |
| Tripadvisor category | Bar and Pub, with a listed price range of $$ to $$$ (Tripadvisor’s symbol scale; currency not stated) |
Royal Hotel Drouin menu
What the listings confirm about food service
Publocation’s venue listing says the Bistro serves new menus prepared by the hotel’s catering staff, and that the venue can cater for functions, receptions and meetings. Four separate guest reviews also mention the food: a Tripadvisor reviewer on the bangers and mash, a Booking.com reviewer on the restaurant menu, a second Booking.com reviewer who called the bistro fabulous, and a Publocation comment that called the food delicious.
“There was a restaurant with a wonderful menu below so this weary driver didn’t have to go elsewhere for dinner.”
Teresse, guest reviewer from Australia (Booking.com review)
What the retrieved sources leave out
None of the retrieved sources contains a dish list, a menu document or prices. Guests name two dishes, the bangers and mash and the beef cheeks, but no source lists the full menu, and we did not check the kitchen.
What this means: The food praise is consistent across four reviews, but none of them gives a full menu, so confirm current food options with the venue before you go.
Royal Hotel Drouin restaurant and dining hours
Listed opening hours
Yelp’s directory entry, last dated July 2023, gives opening hours of 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM. That single entry does not separate kitchen service from bar trading.
Warning: A schedule that no retrieved listing backs gives dining windows of 12:00pm to 2.00pm and 6:00pm to 8.00pm, seven days a week. None of the retrieved listings confirms those windows, so treat them as unconfirmed.
Contacting the venue by phone
The Publocation listing gives the phone number as +61 3 5625 1620, which is (03) 5625 1620 when dialled within Australia. No official booking page turned up in our research, so a phone call is the only route in our sources to check kitchen times and the menu.
The catch: The one dated hours entry we found conflicts with the Monday and Tuesday bar hours in an unsourced schedule, so a call is the quickest way to settle which hours apply.
Royal Hotel Drouin public bar and drive-thru coffee
Public bar and check-in
Trivago states that check-in takes place at the bar on the dining-area side of the hotel, and it rates the property 8.5 from 345 ratings without giving a date for that rating. Tripadvisor lists the venue under Bar and Pub, which matches the pub-style trade described in guest comments.
“The bar staff were fun and helpful, beef cheeks were terrific.”
Geoff, guest reviewer from Australia (Booking.com review)
Note: An unsourced schedule gives the public bar as open 10.00am to 9.00pm on Monday and Tuesday. We could not match that schedule to a retrieved listing, and Yelp’s entry gives a single span of 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM.
Drive-thru coffee
An unsourced note describes The Royal Brew as a drive-thru coffee offering at a bottle shop linked to the hotel. None of the retrieved sources mentions a drive-thru, a coffee service or a bottle shop, so we cannot confirm it.
What to watch: Bar hours and the coffee offering both rest on unsourced notes rather than on a listing we could check, so verify them directly.
Strengths and limits in guest reviews
- Food: Four reviews praise the food, including a Tripadvisor reviewer who described the bangers and mash as excellent, with three large and tasty lamb sausages.
- Staff: Booking.com’s staff category score is 9.2, the highest of its six category scores.
- Function noise: One June 2024 Booking.com reviewer found the event noise disruptive on a Saturday night when a function was held.
- Beer pour: One Publocation comment says the bartender poured a beer with too much head.
- Information gaps: No menu text, no prices and no confirmed dining hours appear in the retrieved sources.
Tripadvisor’s 3.7 rating from 72 reviews uses a five-point scale, while Booking.com uses a ten-point scale, so the two cannot be compared directly.
The trade-off: Guests write warmly about food and staff, but the same reviews show that function nights can be loud and that the information needed to plan a meal is missing.
How the three offerings compare
| Offering | Format | Listed hours | Best use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bistro and dining room | Sit-down bistro serving menus prepared by catering staff | Not confirmed; an unsourced schedule gives 12:00pm to 2.00pm and 6:00pm to 8.00pm daily | Sit-down meal |
| Public bar | Pub bar (Tripadvisor category Bar and Pub) | Unsourced schedule gives 10.00am to 9.00pm Monday and Tuesday; Yelp lists 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM | Casual drink |
| Drive-thru coffee (The Royal Brew) | Takeaway coffee, per an unsourced note only | Not confirmed | Takeaway coffee, unverified |
Our pick
For a sit-down meal, the bistro has the strongest guest evidence, since four reviews mention the food. For a casual drink, the public bar suits a Monday or Tuesday visit if the unsourced Monday and Tuesday hours prove correct. Takeaway coffee is the one offering we cannot recommend on current evidence.
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Royal Hotel Drouin frequently asked questions
What is the phone number for Royal Hotel Drouin?
The Publocation listing gives +61 3 5625 1620, which is (03) 5625 1620 when dialled within Australia.
Where is Royal Hotel Drouin located?
The Booking.com listing gives 2 Main South Road, Drouin 3818, Victoria, Australia. Yelp lists the address as 2-4 Main South Rd #2.
What opening hours does Yelp list?
Yelp’s directory entry, dated July 2023, lists 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM.
How many restaurants does the property have?
One, according to a Booking.com snapshot dated 2018.
Does the venue publish its menu online?
None of the retrieved sources contains menu text or prices. Publocation says the Bistro serves new menus prepared by the hotel’s catering staff.
Can the venue host functions?
Publocation says the venue can cater for functions, receptions and meetings. One June 2024 Booking.com reviewer reported event noise on a Saturday night when a function was held.