Paul M.
Yelp
The Mawson Lakes Hotel considers itself to be an upmarket hotel. The hotel itself isn't very old and still has that new feeling to it. With that being said it has recently been upgraded, so you would assume they're doing rather well for themselves.
Downstairs you have your obligatory pokie lounge, the sports bar, the restaurant and the main bar where you can get a "pub meal". Upstairs is where functions and events are held, and even this section hosts its own bar.
Every morning the restaurant has its special Mawson Breakfast. Here you can choose to either have just cereal or the full complement of bacon, eggs, tomato, hash browns, mushrooms etc. Quite frankly I was disappointed with the breakfast. It's way too expensive for what it offers, and the quality of the food is below par.
At dinner time it's a different story. While being a little more pricey than a lot of other hotels, the food is quite good and well above your standard hotel meal. Even the pub meals are a cut above, and this is why people don't mind paying the higher prices.
The rest of the hotel is pretty standard. The pokie room offers some perks like drinks and food. The sports bar is what you would expect: A room full of TVs with various sports on them and a whole lot of beer and the function room is functional (see what I did there?) Really the restaurant is what separates the Mawson Lakes Hotel from other similar venues.
Just avoid going at breakfast...