You may not always bank on fine dining in a pub,but this historic hotel provides options. Large group for a business lunch? The sleek,black glass and carpeted rear dining room is for you. Something less stuffy? Try the brighter,parquetry-floored section. More casual still? Prop at the grand Art Deco front bar. Regardless of where you eat,the pay-off is simple,generous,southern European food. Start,perhaps,with four delicately seared Hervey Bay scallops paired with cauliflower,white sauce and capers;or deconstructed lasagne layered with discs of bitey pasta and tender quail. The hotel dry-ages its own beef,so expect to find half a dozen cuts,or opt for free-range pork,perhaps roasted belly and prosciutto-wrapped fillet,served with a potato skin'nest'of creamed cabbage and black pudding. Twice-cooked banana souffle is a knockout finish,sitting in vanilla custard with a side of salted peanut caramel sauce.