Thursday, February 6, 2020

The Lake Restaurant Cafe, Patterson Lakes by Bureaucrat

After a morning of enjoying the very good beach-side playground at Carrum found us in the need for lunch.  Unfortunately, the construction of the nearby train overpass meant that all the local shops were closed, except for a tuckshop that does a busy trade serving pies, soft drinks and the like, to the construction workers.

So back in the car we went to retrace our steps.  I had noticed a suburban shopping precinct on the way to the beach - this turned out to be the Lakeview shopping centre.  We picked the Lake Restaurant Cafe as it seemed to be the most popular eateries and it offered table service.

The Lake Restaurant Cafe, Patterson Lakes, chicken karaage
There's a typical suburban cafe menu on offer with a Japanese twist.  For the three of us, we ordered two dishes to share.  One of the dishes was a karaage chicken served with salad.  The chicken was reasonably okay - nice big chunks of chicken thighs with soy-ginger overtones.  

The Lake Restaurant Cafe, Patterson Lakes, lasagne
The other dish was a homemade beef lasagne served with chips and salad.  This was okay as well - nothing exceptional and I wasn't too thrilled with the fact that it looked like it was just zapped in the microwave.

The Lake Restaurant Cafe, Patterson Lakes

The Lake Restaurant Cafe, Patterson Lakes

Verdict

We wouldn't return
We wouldn’t return.
Mid value
Mid value.

Overall

For a suburban eatery, the Lake was alright.  Service was a bit iffy - as it seemed like they forgot our chicken karaage order, which we had to chase up; and our drinks also seemed to have taken a longer than usual time to eventuate.

Find it at

The Lake Restaurant Cafe
Shop 20
102-114 Gladesville Boulevard
Patterson Lakes   Victoria   3197
Phone: 9772 8082

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