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Jailhouse Grill

Address: 32 Wellington Street Launceston, TAS - Map - Contact details
Cuisine: Steak house
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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

"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."

"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!!!" 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
 

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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

  (4 reviews)
Overall 7
Food 7
Ambience 6.8
Service 7.8
Value 6.5

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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 (14) - 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)