Mount Gambier Jens Hotel

Jen’s was recommended to us by the local Taxi Driver. Wow, the meals were generous and the flavours. I had a ½ serve of The Roast of the Day, and there was more meat on the plate as a ½ serve than I’ve had on a full serve. Whoever was making the gravy is a maestro. I haven’t had gravy that good since my Grandmother passed.

Would definitely recommend Jen’s for a meal and a drink.

The meals are worth what you pay for. Big meals and tasty, beautiful. Compliments to the head chef and kitchen staff.
The only thing I can pick on was the waitresses service was a little slow. Half the table had received their meals whilst the other half including a child had to wait for their meals to come out. Not sure if thats the oversee'ers job or what, but thats the only dampener of the night. My first time being there too.
Atmosphere was great. Busy dining room. Oh and one more thing. I noticed outside the building had some cosmetic work happening on the pub, but trying to find the entrance was hard. Better Signage would improve this.

Simple meals but good. Hubby's steak cold in rhe middle and more rare than medium rare which he asked for. Finding this a lot - must be that the meat is kept in fridge rather than room temp .

We reserved our table at Jens for 16 of us for dinner on Saturday night. The table was set up and ready waiting for our group to arrive. This restaurant is extremely popular so I really advise to reserve your table - whether it be for 2 people or 200 people to avoid disappointment. The place was packed with some tables of 2, some of 6 and some of over 20! The atmosphere was amazing! The dining areas are set up so they can quite comfortably seat large numbers of diners very comfortably.

As a table of 16 we all went up to the service area to order our meals individually. Many places struggle with this and meals come out randomly... NOT Jens!! Our orders were made in our individual groups and separately paid for. Some of our group were behind other groups of people ordering from different tables. I was the last person to order from our table and when it was my turn to order the service staff asked me if there were any more orders for our table. The most amazing thing was that as each of us ordered from our table our dockets were held until the entire table had ordered. Only once our whole table had ordered was the order sent through to the kitchen.

This meant that all of our orders were treated as one docket BUT the meals came out in order. To have our whole table receive all their meals together was amazing and this is something that many other places fail to achieve. This is something that I prefer when dining anywhere and I am super impressed when I receive this level of service.

There is a hot and cold buffet included in a main meal order for you to help yourself. Beautiful and fresh salad and pasta salad, potato salad amd fruit. The hot buffet had potato bake, cheese veg, freshly baked bread rolls. It was extremely well maintained and immaculate. This place had well over 200 people dining here and to maintain a buffet at this level is amazing! Well done!

The meals were beautiful. I had the BBQ baby back pork ribs which were divine! My partner had Pork chops with apple and plum sauce. He really enjoyed the pork chops but was a little disappointed that the sauces were served cold. But that was his only complaint. Two people on our table ordered the vegetable stir fry and they were disappointed with their meal - so I wouldn't recommend the stir fry!! But that is ok because there is a fabulous and extensive menu which includes starters, entrees, main meals, kids menu, desserts and a daily specials board. Open for Lunch and Dinner.

The service staff here are amazing. Once we had finished eating our plates were cleared efficiently. Our table was always cleared of empty glasses. The service staff must be used to being that busy because they made their jobs look effortless. You are all awesome!!

There is a fully licensed bar with a huge selection of beers on tap along with all the usual alcohol and non alcohol beverages.

There is also a full sports bar and TAB in a separate area, as well as a gaming room in another separate area well away from the dining areas. Which is fabulous because there is no noise coming from the pokies. Always a massive plus!

Jens Hotel is a historical building here in Mount Gambier directly across the road from the Mount Gambier Town Hall. The building is absolutely beautiful and they have maintained its history. When you are there be sure to look up at the ceilings and take in all of the historic architecture. It is glorious.

Well done to all of the staff at Jens!! You are all super stars.

I HIGHLY recommend visiting Jens and seeing for yourselves exactly what I mean. If I could give more stars I would!!

We went there as a group from BrickGambier and the Beef Schnitzel Parmigiana I had was simply amazing. Very good sized meal and melt in your mouth stuff.

Probably the best Pub meal we have had and the Staff were amazing Salad and veggies bar help yourself was a bonus . Definitely be back on our next trip into Mt Gambier

They have great food, good service, friendly staff definitely suggest going there for dinner

Beautiful, affordable accommodation, has been vamped/updated and I would give it 9 out of 10.

Would of got 10 out of 10 but would suggest a full length mirror as the bathroom sink mirror just didnt cut it.
Expecially when dressing up to go out.
We stayed in room 1, not sure if other rooms are the same or not, also come summer you may need a blind on the very high left window in the living area.
Maybe just put blind from window beneath to the top window, if long enough.

Also had a fridge, but would of been nice to have a toaster, plates, cutterly etc.
Similar to other Motels.
Did have kettle, coffee, sugar and milk and 2 coffee cups, 2 glasses.
Hope the feedback helps.

Otherwise an awsome place to stay, beautiful heating, has aircon. The wardrobe provided is great, place to hang things, also to put ya suit case etc together. Was very handy.

The meals down stairs were a 10 out of 10 for sure. Excellent service also. Close to everythink.

They did inform us you can get breaky across the street if ya want, as they dont do breaky.
So there was everything you needed there, being the main street.
If need a place again in the mount, we are there....

Thankyou! Lily and Paul 👍

Delicious salt and pepper squid served super quick and the bloke behind the bar was very friendly! Nothing but good service.

Went for dinner, quick service even though they were busy. Very large meals, everyone enjoyed the meals (8 people).

Great food at very reasonable price. Went back two days later, to make sure wasn’t a ‘one off’, and great meal again. Complimentary salad and veggies bar with excellent variety.

Always a honest pub feed.
Friendly bar staff
All arvo meals

Went to the Jens for dinner, the roast was great.
Friendly helpful staff.

Excellent venue
Well set out with sports bar,pokies,tab
Very large meals with buffet salad and veg
Very experienced staff and so polite
Not over priced
Will stay again...

Great pub and bistro with delicious food and friendly service. All meals are great value and the open salad bar makes every meal a feast. We really enjoyed our visit here and we will be back.

Check their Facebook page for different specials throughout the week.

When we visit the Mount from Adelaide we always dine at Jen's Hotel as it is the best hotel in the Mount and has been so for more than 150 years since my ancestors arrived there in 1860 and became appreciative patrons.

Best meals, best service and friendly service, just amazing, all around.

Wow. Meals were amazing! Pork belly and pork rib rack. Well presented and delicious. This pub has really lifted it's food quality. Will definitely be back for another serving.

Quiet and peaceful, which helps those of us who are hearing impared. I had forgotten how beautiful The Jens is. My 91 year old mother and my best sister dined together. Food, amazingly good. We will be back! THANKS !

Went in for a Rooster Burger as had heard good things but instead was greeted with a BREWSTER Burger!
Sensational!!
That lad Robbie in the front bar is in the wrong game...can cook!!