It comes as the NSW government is set to make all pokies cashless within five years. Prices across the menu at the Five Dock Bowling Club appeared pricey, with the cheapest steak costing $55 and two bbq lamb skewers (pictured) $45 The pizza menu features six options priced at over $30 - which is uncommon, even for the inner west's many specialist pizzerias.ĭaily Mail Australia contacted the owner for further comment. Or you could spent $120.90 on a 1kg grass-fed angus 'Tomahawk' steak. The cheapest steak on offer is $54.90, for a grain-fed, 21-day aged 400gram hunk of Riverina beef. If you wanted humble sausages you'd pay $34.90 for the chargrilled pork and fennel bangers. 'At the end of the day, we can only do so much, we've put out a product that meets current market demand and aside from teething problems like staffing issues - which the entire industry is experiencing - we've had great feedback from guests.'Ĭustomers who wanted a chicken parmy with two sides (chips and salad) and a single beer, would have to pay a whopping $63 for their meal at the venue. 'It's an a la carte restaurant and we are priced at where we need to be to provide value,' he said. Mr Moio earlier told The Today Show the portion sizes were large and customers often left with takeaway containers. Listed are the prices for some of the meals on offer at Skinny Tony's 'People have always expected to pay the same price for a meal when they go out, but businesses are incurring the costs,' he said. Mr Moio said there were some venues with pokies that could offer meals for $20, but without the subsidy, it wasn't feasible for Skinny Tony's to do the same. 'All along the way, there's people that are losing their livelihoods and everything else around these devastations and I think responsibility needs to be shared across the whole spectrum,' he added. He said if prices weren't passed onto the customers, then it was a 'slap in the face' to the farmers and distributors. 'But at the end of the day if there's a cost there to do that at some point, the consumer needs to realise that.' 'As restaurateurs that invest in creating venues for people to come in and enjoy, there's a certain responsibility from our point of view to ensure that we put on an experience for people,' Mr Moio told Yahoo News. He added the rise in the cost-of-living and skyrocketing prices on produce also had an impact. Owner Pierre Moio has since said that because the venue is run privately and doesn't offer any gambling services, it wasn't receiving a subsidy to allow for cheaper meals Owner Pierre Moio has since said that because the venue is run privately and doesn't offer any gambling services, that typically net pubs and restaurants thousands in extra revenue, it wasn't able to subsidise its restaurant prices and offer cheaper meals. The revamped restaurant sits on the same site of the historic Five Dock bowlo but is not actually a registered club meaning it is not allowed to have poker machines. Other items on the menu like steaks and sausages also came with eye-watering price tags, prompting Today Show host Karl Stefanovic to publicly criticise the restaurant. The chicken schnitzel itself goes for $28.90, with fries costing $6.90 and salad or mash potato adding and extra $8.90 each. Firing back: Owner Pierre Moio (pictured) said the venue didn't have pokies to subsidise their menu pricesĪ trendy restaurant owner who made headlines this week after charging $28 for a single piece of chicken schnitzel has blamed the lack of pokies at his venue for the hefty prices.įive Dock Bowling Club's in-house Italian restaurant, Skinny Tony's, in Sydney's inner west, was the subject of furious debate on Tuesday over its schnitzel price that jumped to $45 if customers wanted two sides with it.
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