Jailhouse Grill

THE JAILHOUSE GRILL

The Jailhouse Grill is continuing a 130 year tradition by offering fine food and beverage to locals and travelers alike. The building was built in the mid 1800’s using handmade convict bricks from the local “brickfields” some 500 meters away and is typical of a Victorian Georgian Inn or Public House of the era. Registered with the Tasmanian Heritage Council, it is regarded as important to the community’s sense of place. Originally named the Prince of Wales, Launcestonians will be more familiar with the names, the Richmond Hotel, Barnaby’s Hotel and the Ball and Chain Grill. In continuing the tradition of the previous Inn Keepers and Publicans, the Management and Staff extend a warm welcome to you and hope that the meal, service and ambience combine for a pleasant experience.

Latest User Reviews

"Ordered the peppered steak and salad bar. Steak was very satisfying and the salad bar was ok."

"The steak was perfect......would recommend to everyone" more reviews

Price Guide	Entrée $12.90 - $16.90, Main $21.50 - $27.50, Dessert $8.90
Payment Options	Cash
Features	BYO, Licensed, Private dining area
Ambience	Child-friendly, Relaxed

Menu

Starters & Appetisers

Soup: you don’t have to be a convict to get this hot, homemade sweet potato & pumpkin soup

6.90

Herb or Garlic Bread

5.40

Oysters Famous Tasmanian East Coast Oysters: natural, served on a bed of ice ½ doz./ for 10

13.40/20.70

Oysters Famous Tasmanian East Coast Oysters: kilpatrick, traditional with bacon & worcestershire sauce ½ doz./ for 10

15.50/24.90

Oysters Famous Tasmanian East Coast Oysters: latin oysters, topped with tasty cheese & chilli sauce & grilled ½ doz./ for 10

15.50/24.90

Tiger Prawn Cocktail: not your usual prawn cocktail, a larger style shelled tiger prawn cooked on our premises and served with a tangy seafood sauce

11.50

Seafood Platter (Cold): a taste bud sensation including marinated trevalla, baby octopus, shelled prawns, tasmanian smoked salmon and tasmanian oysters (natural). Can be shared, or as a main.

26.90

Marinated Octopus: whole sliced octopus with a unique spicy flavour, served on a bed of mesclun salad

12.90

Smoked Tasmanian Salmon: of the Atlantic variety, thinly sliced, garnished with a saffron mayonnaise

11.50

Marinated Travalla: fillets of “blue-eye” pickled in our own vinaigrette and served on a bed of mesclun salad

12.50

Jailhouse Pate: freshly made traditional chicken liver and pepper berry pate, served with buttered toast

10.90

Entrée & Main Courses

Caribbean Chicken: breast fillets slightly spiced and marinated, servedwith our own coconut & mandarin dressing

12.90/22.50

Chicken Natural: chicken breast fillet charcoal grilled, served on a bed of mesclun salad with herb butter

12.90/22.50

Thai Beef: thin strips of tender beef marinated in a green Thai curry and quickly pan fried

12.90/22.50

BBQ Pork Ribs: separated pork spare ribs, salted and deep fried served with smokey BBQ sauce. Warning ….can be very salty and do require some work from your jaw….but tasty

14.50/24.00

Scallop & Bacon Kebabs: skewers of plump Japanese style scallops wrapped in smokey bacon and topped with a lemon & dijon mustard sauce

14.90/26.90

Duck & Venison Sausage: a tasty but gentle game flavour, side with a soy sauce and a plum sauce

12.90/21.50

Cajun Tasmanian Atlantic Salmon: succulent boneless fillets dusted with cajun spices, charcoal grilled and moistened with herb butter

14.50/25.50

Tasmanian Atlantic Salmon: succulent boneless fillets naturally charcoal grilled and served with a lemon and dijon mustard cream sauce

14.50/25.50

Beef Kebabs Diane: cubes of prime beef, separated with capsicum, topped with our own diane sauce

14.90/25.50

Lamb Medallions: sourced from the lush plains of cressy, northern tasmania. Tender grain feed sliced fillets, dusted with fresh rosemary and charcoal grilled

15.50/27.90

Jail Burger: worth “doing your time”….using 100% trimmings from our yearling, grass-fed beef and served with a slice of tomato, lettuce over melted cheese. Chips & salad bar included. 270g main

19.50

Small Sitting Duck: breast and 1/2 wing, barbecued over the charcoal grill and topped with our wild plum sauce. 180g

16.90/22.90

Big Sitting Duck: half a duck, barbecued over the charcoal grill and topped with our wild plum sauce. 650g main

27.50

Salad Bar as a Main/Vegetarian: “help yourself” salad bar, select from our large range of garden salads & hot vegetables main

14.50

Salad Bar: as an accompaniment to an entrée

5.00

: all main courses served with roast potatoes. For chips rather than roast potatoes an extra $1.70. All mains include “help yourself” salad bar including hot vegetables & hot pasta.

All cooked over our wood fired charcoal. Entree/ main

Steaks

Eye Fillet: the most tender cut available, excellent from rare to well done

Scotch Fillet: a popular cut, a blend of flavour and tenderness, cooks nicely from rare to well done

Rump: the first choice for flavour and leanness, best cooked from rare to medium

Porterhouse: also known as sirloin, a leaner cut with a tighter vertical grain helps to hold in the juices, can be cooked to well done on the larger cuts

Smaller Cuts

Rump 200g

18.90

Scotch Fillet 200g

21.50

Eye Fillet 180g

24.50

Medium Cuts

Porterhouse 300g

23.90

Scotch Fillet 300g

25.90

Eye Fillet 280g

33.00

Carpet Bag 300g : scotch fillet filled with oysters and scallop, moistened with a hint of garlic butter and soy

34.00

Peppered Steak 300g : scotch fillet dusted in seasoned pepper (hot) before grilling and served with our pepper sauce

29.50

Steak Medallions 280g : thinly sliced eye fillet quickly grilled and served with our mushroom sauce

29.90

Rump of Lamb 300g—350g : a tender and tasty favorite for the settlers. Cooked medium to rare with a spicy egg plant chutney on side

27.90

Larger Cuts

New York Cut 450g: special cut of selected porterhouse

34.00

Eye Fillet 400g: cut from the butt end of the tenderloin

41.00

Rump 650g: a convicts last request

34.00

Sauces : plum/ pepper/ bbq/ mushroom/ diane

2.50

Jailouse Steak Topping : a mix of pan fried onions, mushrooms and bacon

4.30

Bowl of Chips

3.80

Larger steaks can take up to 45 minutes to well done stage

Children's Menu

Steak Cooked How You Like

11.50

“Jailburger”: with slice of cheese

11.50

Chicken Breast Fillet Grilled

11.50

Tasmanian Salmon Fillet

11.50

Pork Spare Ribs & BBQ Sauce

11.50

Thai Beef

11.50

Bowl of Chips & Salad Bar

8.30

Bowl of Chips

3.80

under 12 only. (salad bar included in price and all served with chips)

Desserts

Ice Cream Sundae

8.90

Chocolate Mud Cake

8.90

Brandy Snaps

8.90

Lemon Baked Cheese Cake

8.90

Sticky Date Slice : with caramel sauce

8.90

Gluten Free Choc. Mud Cake (Hot)

8.90

* BYO Cakeage $15.00 per cake

All efforts have been made by www.menulog.com.au to ensure the accuracy of this restaurant's menus at the time of publishing. However, we cannot guarantee that the menu or prices will be valid at the time of your visit.

All prices are in Australian Dollars (AUD$) unless otherwise specified.

This menu was last updated on 5/4/08.

User rating

(8 reviews)

Overall		7.6
Food		7.9
Ambience		7.3
Service		7.9
Value		7.3

Previous user experiences

Overall 8.3 - Food 9, Ambience 8, Value 8, Service 8

Ordered the peppered steak and salad bar. Steak was very satisfying and the salad bar was ok. (Peppered Steak - January, 2010)

Overall 10 - Food 10, Ambience 10, Value 10, Service 10

The steak was perfect......would recommend to everyone (August, 2009)

Overall 9 - Food 9, Ambience 8, Value 9, Service 10

Very good steak cooked in front of us. Waitress helped one of our party who had special dietary requirements. Good atmosphere in interesting surroundings. A little noisy. Definitely recommended for anyone heading to Launceston. (Tasmania2009 - See my reviews (94) - February, 2009)

Overall 5.3 - Food 7, Ambience 5, Value 5, Service 4

dark and uninteresting interior potatoes served with all meals could do with some impovement to make them more intersting.... water was terrible and warm as well on a hot day... add some lemon and filter the water... (February, 2009)

Overall 9.3 - Food 9, Ambience 9, Value 9, Service 10

We loved it so much we went two nights in a row whilst staying in Launceston. Great meals, good variety of food and we loved the stir fry vegies. What a top place, great friendly staff, interesting decor. We'll go back again. (See my reviews (3) - December, 2008)

Overall 5 - Food 5, Ambience 5, Value 5, Service 5

The mains are well above 25 dollars a meal.

The meal is tasty, served within reasonable time. It is cosy but the tables are very small and not a lot of room.

It isa lovely decorated place!!! (Protea - See my reviews (16) - October, 2008)

Overall 5.5 - Food 6, Ambience 5, Value 5, Service 6

The main meals were great, perhaps more of smaller potatoes in comparison to the 2 large ones with the 600gr steak meal. The salad/pasta bar wasn't very tasty the "HOT" pasta was cold but the atmosphere was warm, and the timber look was very rural and rugged I liked the decor. Waitresses were kind and polite. (September, 2008)

Overall 8.3 - Food 8, Ambience 8, Value 7, Service 10

I thought the service was good and the food and atmosphere was great. (July, 2008)

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