QHA-Review_Feb_Digital

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“He's recently taken over the kitchen and we’re
offering this style of meals on Friday night, Saturday
and Sunday. That style is proving really popular with
patrons and although it’s just the three days at the
moment, we’re hoping that will be available sevendays-a-week
in the coming months,” Paul said.
The Railway Hotel Mount Morgan offers
accommodation as its name suggests with three
motel rooms which are fully supplied with ensuites,
air conditioning and a queen-size and single-size bed
in each room. There are also five hotel rooms which
have shared lavatories with separate male and female
bathrooms.
“There are some really big construction projects
commencing here, with the reopening of the mine as
well as a $750 million wind farm, so accommodation
is going to be a real problem. But for the locals, and
particularly those in the hospitality industry, businesses
are sitting on their own gold mine,” Paul said.
“The Railway Hotel was a real struggling little pub, but
we’re taking on our competition and we're doing that
without a seven-day-a-week restaurant or pokies, so
we are doing really well.
“We're getting big crowds with our bigger events and
we're trying to create a point of difference to the other
two hotels in town by offering a more family-oriented
venue for people in town,” Paul said.
Since taking on the hotel, Paul has renovated the
bottle shop and joined the Thirsty Camel branding
which has seen a 600% growth in bottle shop
takeaway.
He has also tackled the issue of food service with the
help of a ‘Low and Slow’ chef specialising in slowcooked
meals such as pork spare ribs, beef short ribs,
pulled pork, pork briskets, nachos and loaded fries
topped with slow-cooked meats.