The Criterion Hotel

Great location, materesses need and upgrade, old and feels like you're sleeping on springs. Rooms cosy and warm. Bar down stairs is great, foods too expensive for what it is $47 for a very small porterhouse steak, 7 thick cut chips and a glass of wine. Great place but eat somewhere else down the road.

We went here for dinner tonight and ordered the baked Camembert cheese and Beef sliders (2w) as well as fish and chips. My friend asked if the fish could be grilled rather than battered - no problem at all, the waitstaff were very accomodating. The food was absolutely delicious - I was able to bring home some of the baked Camembert for another meal as I couldn’t finish the 2 entrees. The fish consisted of 2 beautifully cooked pieces of fish with tartare sauce, lots of nice fat chips and a beautiful salad. A great drinks list too - we were very happy with our meals and they were reasonably priced and great quality. We would definitely recommend this business and would come back again to eat if we are in Sale. The reference to $135 is for accomodation. We paid $80 odd dollars which included a drink each - very well priced.

Good location, free parking on site. Receptionist was very friendly and professional. Rooms are just the right size for 2, well renovated.|We went into the bar/restaurant around 4.30 pm to see what's on the menu and ask until when the kitchen was open. The cook (?) told us the kitchen closes at 5.30 pm in an non-inviting tone. When we returned to the hotel around 8 pm after dinner in another restaurant, we saw through the window people sitting at a big table in their restaurant.|Maybe we did not respect the dressing code (jeans and T-shirt, our holiday outfit) or did the cook (?) did not want to get overworked? So far for the professionalism of the kitchen/bar staff. As ex-hospitality staff we found this very rude. Do your job or quit it.

Hosted a large client dinner at this venue - service was excellent, food and menu was of high quality and thoroughly enjoyed. Centrally located conveniently on the highway and near suitable accommodation, it's beautifully furnished and the booking process easy and supported. Will be returning.

We had the pleasure of celebrating Mother’s Day lunch at the Criterion Hotel in Sale, and it was absolutely amazing! From the moment we arrived, the staff made us feel so welcome, with a complimentary glass of bubbles for all the mums – a lovely touch that set the tone for the day. The 3-course menu was outstanding. Each dish was beautifully presented and full of flavour, clearly prepared with care and quality ingredients. From the delicious entrée to the perfectly cooked main and the indulgent dessert, everything exceeded our expectations. The atmosphere was warm and inviting, with a great buzz in the air as families came together to celebrate. The service was attentive and friendly, without being intrusive. A huge thank you to the team at the Criterion Hotel for making Mother's Day so memorable. We'll definitely be back for future celebrations!

Wagyu Porterhouse 7-9+ marbling charged me $115 for a steak that was about 250 grams , wasn’t even 1+ marbling. Who are they trying to fool. Waiters were lovely but the manager with glasses was rude as they get and had no idea about customer service. We bought about $3 k worth of business there over the weekend that will not be there ever again. It’s one thing to have a bad steak in Gippsland but another to be lied to what type of steak they serve you. My friend bought the $44 porterhouse , was exactly the same size and same quality cheap cut. Never again over priced food served by cooks that don’t even know how to make a Parma.

Visiting Sale with 8yo grandson. Wanted to stay centre of town in a old Pub. Wow. Inside is so modern atmosphere. Who knew from outside. Family dinner (happened to be schnitzel night $21. Perfect plate.) Staff A1. Picked the cheapest room which had everything.

booked three rooms for the weekend arrived had lunch decided to go elsewhere for dinner and skip next day birthday lunch and dinner , the first room wreaked of cat pee got a second room after some tense negotiatons, room was average no blinds on high roof windows and kitchen rangehood fan ran all night so never again and should remove old adverts claiming high end menu cause its not and asked barman to make me a lemon juice and soda says theres no lemons but eight lemon trees in the car park and a bowl of lemons on the bar beside him , so never again. a weekend planned long ago ruined went home sunday morning.

Won't be back. Chicken Parma was so thick and tasteless meat. Very disappointing considering all the raves about eating local produce. The arancini balls are delicious. The Romano dip with bagels wasn't our thing, It was spicy and watery. The gnocchi wasn't fluffy enough but the burnt butter sauce was delicious. The staff were lovely especially our waiter Poppy

Wow had the chilli scollops for my entree amazingly fantastic the entree menu looked so good had to try the duck entree too to hell with sins if you can get two starters that taste amazingly delicious why not! The staff were very friendly and also very knowledgeable with the local history I think I love sale thanks to all the staff Will definitely be back

We stayed here on a Friday night and the place was packed with people enjoying dinner, drinks, and live music. We booked a table for 730pm and had dinner served quickly and we both really enjoyed our food. The Fishermans catch was fresh, beer battered fish with items to build a fish taco. It was really delicious. The parmy was also really good, too big to finish. After dinner, we played a game of pool and then headed upstairs. We went back downstairs at 1130pm and it was all locked up and everyone was gone. I couldn't believe it changed so quickly. I felt like I was in the real Hotel California from the song. It had a strange feeling how it could be so loud and full an hour or so earlier and then shutdown completely so early. Anyway, we couldn't hear any noise in our room the entire night. I wish my apartment was like this. I recommend staying or dining here when visiting Sale.

Nice place with good food and nice personnel We have been some times and we will be back for sure

Started with the crispy squid with some beer battered chips; Was crispy for sure but bland and tasted of week old oil. Chips nothing special barely cooked and not seasoned adequately. Mains of Chargrilled Kangaroo and lemon-grass and ginger pork. Only the meats were palatable out of the mains. Dessert was cheesecake mess but there was no cheese cake just a berry coulis tart. Spent 130 dollars at this establishment for food on par with a chain restaurant in Melbourne