Blackwater Central Motel

Inn

Excellent meals, excellent service.
Well done to the Chef and the staff.

The bistro area has been painted, floors replaced and overall a welcoming space is present. On this occasion we had a large group to dinner (20 people — 8 children). Staff were polite, accommodating and able to meet all our needs. The playground is a great feature. Meals were all on point and there were no complaints or mix ups. Although we all ordered and paid for meals separately, they all came out together and in a timely fashion.

Had lunch at the Bistro… staff were so friendly and welcoming.
The meals were huge! Couldn’t finish them although we wanted to because they were delicious!

Food was awesome, great staff.

Room was very dusty, bed was very hard.

Food was brilliant. Good size and flavor.

Great pub with great service.

We had the reef and beef steak was perfect cooked to perfection. Well done chef andy.

Great food reasonably priced staff very friendly don't just drive past stop recommended.

Beers are ridiculously overpriced.

Good simple food, friendly staff.

Staff were do friendly and the room was lovely. Modern fittings, very comfortable and cute little touches like bread in the fridge for toast in the morning and fresh milk. You can tell mining contractors use the room alot, but that doesn't impact it at all. Very clean, well presented, comfortable room. Will definately stay here again.

Not good service management a bit smart ars.

Went there for breakfast today. Had a nice greeting at the door by the cleaner.
Chose a selection from the hot box and sat down. The food tasted nice, although it would have been nicer if it had been hot and not stone cold.
Ended up having toast and tea for $15!

On the way back to emerald from Rockhampton called into the Blackwater hotel for the first and the last time. I am a chef by trade overseeing the operations of a successful bistro one town over. I honestly was really embarrassed for the establishment. The owners need to have a long hard look at their catering department. Upon trying to order a meal, the first 3 items we tried to order were unavailable, this is from a menu that has roughly 30 items if that. We settled on their crumbed fish and house made chicken kiev. If something is advertised on the menu as being done in house it bloody well should be DONE IN HOUSE. The kiev was out of a carton deep fried then microwaved to ensure it was cooked then the garlic butter tipped over the top. The mesculin leaves in the salad were yellowing with leaves that had gone completly to slime. The cucumber wedges were that old they aswell had gone from crunchy to translucent and slimey and that was just the kiev meal. The fish meals salad was in the exact sad state as mine with the fish itself being cooked into dark brown logs. Honestly I think Blackwater deserves better, and the 40 something price tag for the meals for product that blatently comes in the back door in cartons frozen and is dropped into a deep fryer until it floats is a joke. Honestly just wow. At least the beer was cold and the kiwi bar maid in the front bar was nice.

Good friendly service room was clean.

Large, clean room. Comfortable bed. Easy to find and get to.

Would like to thank the blackwater hotel staff in particular paula from the restaurant and the chef such wonderful meals and they go above and beyond to cater for ur needs myself my daughter and my parents were there today for there 33rd wedding anniversary and we couldnt have asked for such better service from paula n the chef even had the privilege of the chef giving us a special treat thank u so so much u truly made the day special 100% recommend.

Awesome customer service, down to earth, just genuine people. Thanks Peter Conway your a fantastic cook, Cheers mate.