The restaurant serves magnificent dishes. We come here specifically to enjoy the food. The lovely older crowd make it charming; It would be a treat to hear some Bing Crosby or Jimmy Durante being played more often, to please the older generations ears. We do wish that some grown ups would have more discipline over their children, however, and disallow them from running around the restaurant and play area bare-foot, as such ill-behaviour is both rude and unhygienic; it is a restaurant, after all, and not a fry-shack by the seaside.

Pedens Hotel in Cessnock is one of the premier pubs in this town. I myself have dined there over 20 times in the past 5 years. The food is always excellent, the service prompt, the staff very friendly and accommodating. I can't recommend Pedens highly enough. You will not be disappointed and, like myself, you will be enticed back. Go Pedens!!!

One star for the sports, none for the rest. Worst flat white ever, $26 pizza made with a supermarket base, and staff so busy eating candy and watching sports that we had to watch our empty plates for 1.5 hours until we left. Pretty sure they’ll still be there tomorrow

Huge dining area, good value meals, of our group of 12 a few had to wait for longer periods for their meals but they were very very busy

While the service was attentive and the staff pleasant the meal left a lot to be desired. One entree arrived and the other 15 minutes later. . While eating the second entree the mains arrived and placed on the end of the table. The battered fish was shiny with grease and the stuffed chicken was really only stuffed with ricotta cheese not what was described. Sadly we could not recommend this place at all. It's proximity to the performing arts centre makes it appealing but you will get a much better meal at the other pub across the road.

Tobias is very polite and professional rsa he’s probably one of the best worker you have had in a lot time he is very professional and polite very good at his job Very nice person. I fully recommend Tobias He is very great at his job. And very professional and very helpful.

Absolutely loved our first visit .. Service and staff were lovely and our meals were exceptional.. We both made silly noises whilst we ate.. Mmmmm etc.. Serving size was very ample .. wait time was very acceptable.. and as we watched the plates come out , we did not see any drop in standards at all .. All meals looked lovely and people just seemed well pleased as we were.

Outstanding Service. A big Thank you to the Amazing Chefs in the Kitchen at Peden's Hotel. I thoroughly enjoyed your Hospitality. A Great Place to enjoy a Great Dinner. Highly Recommended ☆☆☆☆☆

First class service . We had a medical incident when we were there and the staff could not have been more helpful and caring. Good and drinks were good too.

Spontaneous trip to Cessnock & we were stoked to score a room upstairs. Great value, comfy beds, clean & tidy. Pub itself has awesome staff, well priced drinks & a really fun, welcoming vibe. Thanks guys!

We were taken care of wonderfully by the new bar tender David. He was so friendly and make our experience! Will come back for him again!

I didn't stay there, but the hamburger in the "restaurant" for lunch on Thursday was inedible and the worst I've ever been served. How can they make a patty hard and tasteless? No offer of a refund, but a free coffee.

We had a meal there as were visiting the area for a few days. Initially impressed by the decor and friendly staff but the dinner was disappointing. Husband ordered the special premium dry aged steak which turned out to be very tough and overcooked from his request for rare. My stuffed chicken was raw and I had to return it. After waiting 40 minutes for a replacement, this one was just cooked through. It was very tasty but raw chicken is not a acceptable offering in a restaurant.

The tall blonde woman who is behind the bar should not be in hospitality. She is so rude and unprofessional. I would seriously look at retraining her because she makes you want to get up and walk straight out. I have not witnessed so much disrespect show to a customer that was not needed.

Rooms smell like dirty feet with mold, very noisy, it’s impossible to sleep when you are a light sleeper and they forgot to turn off their music. Someone threw up at the stairwell, we notified the staff 3 times before they actually cleaned it, took them around an hour to send someone to take care of the mess. Although it’s cheap but I feel like I could have stayed in a hostel or motel probably cleaner and quieter. Won’t recommend it as an option of accommodation, not well maintained.

Could rate with 0 stars if possible. Very dirty rooms with damaged furniture and no sound proofing. Someone was having a party downstairs until like 2 am, amd we were not able to sleep at all because of that. Cockroaches in the rooms as well... 50 $ deposit for the room key which was not easy to get back. Expensive, overcooked food. Small portions and a long waiting time. Would not recommend.

Definitely not easy accessible for elderly of disabled and don't expect to get any quite before 2am. Friday Saturday nights. Sadly the upstairs accommodation has not moved past the 70s. Although linen and floors in rooms clean, bathroom could do with deep clean considering they are shared by all occupants large lounge area could do with a breath of fresh air as no windows or door to open for outside. Would like to revisit when upstairs matches downstairs modernisation. Thank you to staff trying there best.

Great meals and Great service. Perfect spot for a meal if you are in the area, don't overlook this place. I honestly think it is the best pub in the vineyards

My experience with staying at Peden's hotel was horrible, I paid $174 for a room that only had a double bed, a bedside table n aircon, NO TV or BAR FRIDGE, the windows obviously never get a clean either, I had to use a shared bathroom n toilets that wer not kept clean, ther was human waste on the toilet seat n the shower was disgusting as well wit people's soap bars jus left everywer, so I do not recommend using or booking for thes rooms as u will very disappointed n wen complaining to the manager he jus dismissed it wit no apology

The food was simply a disaster. Lamb cutlets were so overcooked they were rigid and crunchy on the inside, as for the burger...maccas standard of mediocrity. I guess we all have a bad day, but this was a doozy.

Dined at Pedens Hotel for dinner. Must say when we arrived it was very busy, our group proceeded to order our meals at 6:30 with a wait time of 45 minutes. Around 7:15 the bistro started to become quiet. Our meals started to arrive at 7:30 one by one. I ordered the entree of arancini balls and mains of the pulled pork burger and pork belly. Our 3 meals didn’t come out until 7:45 along with the entree that is meant to be a starter meal. Pulled pork burger was average, the pork belly was underwhelming as the meat was extremely fatty and the sauce was way to rich and arancini balls were dry and a very small serving size considering they were $15. Service was poor, atmosphere is ordinary, simply do not recommend!

Very disappointed ☹️ thought I would have something light, had the popcorn chicken on the special menu. It was special alright it was tiny little dry pieces of burnt tasteless chicken on a little bed of limp rocket leaves. Should have taken it back but ran out of time as we were heading to my granddaughters dance concert.

Friendly staff and the meals came quick on a very busy service! Loved the meals very fresh and the sauces were yum! Recommend highly!

Good tacos. Very poor steak !! Especially for a place that advertises itself as a meat Bistro. $36 for a scotch fillet that was thin and tough, as well as over cooked. I returned the steak, and replacement t came out that was more like what you get at a football match on a steak sandwich. Thin, tough and nowhere the medium-rare I asked for, twice. A disappointing disgrace. Staff were pleasant.

This was a great place to eat. Steak cooked to perfection, delicious vegetables and chips. The service was excellent, quick and professional. Would definitely recommend a meal here.

Had a lovely meal with my mum here. The dark haired man that served us was very friendly and made the experience much more enjoyable - I wish I got your name Overall great staff and even better food

Staff were fantastic and had good variety of drinks/cocktails. Food was spot on and reasonably priced too. In the middle of town so easy to locate with ample parking

Staff are lovely. Relaxed atmosphere. Food is great. Good place for a night out as well.

Managed to secure seating for a large group Sat. night with no reservations. All staff were very accommodating and pleasant. Very enjoyable evening. ✌🏻

Pub restaurants good. Accommodation basic but clean. Pumping industrial noise - supposedly music - very intrusive and far too noisy from upstairs.

A nice large, modern, and clean venue, with easy parking out the back. Staff were friendly and helpful, and food was quick to arrive once ordered. Lots of good choices on the menu, but the food was a little underwhelming overall - it tasted fine, but the presentation was lacking somewhat, made it unappealing. Easy to get around, a little kids play area which still suited young kids, and plenty of beer options to choose from. Overall it was enjoyable.

Had one of the best pub meals here. Burrito bowl with prawns. Absolutely delicious and prawns cooked perfectly. Hadn't been here for some time but it was great to see that the menu had finally been changed. Highly recommend 👌

Booked a room on the 20/8/22. The 2 girls behind the bar were very friendly and pleasant. I hope the owner can find out who they were. The room I stayed in was clean, the sheets were clean and was pleasant to stay in despite all the noise directly under till 1 am which is expected at a pub hotel. Showers and toilets were clean, however there is still a flowing shower head which drove everyone crazy. People kept piling up towels to stop the noise. The staff must be sick of it. Overall, fairly decent for price, would stay again.

Looks fancy for a place in Cessnock which is great to see. The food was OK, just OK. I had the Eggplant schnitzel made vegan and it wasn't too bad, my wife had the corn friter burger which was quite nice. Out friend had a cob loaf and it was bread and cheese, seemed as if there was no dip in it at all, very hard to eat. It's great to see vegan options on the menu so thank you. Also the service was a bit average, the lady that took our order was a little rude.

Don't stay here. The common area is made from uncomfortable furniture taken from the ground floor pub, and the bathroom shower head was leaking at a fast flow rate. Extra sheets had huge yellow stains. Worst of all, they had booked a cover band to play the entire night (till 1 pm) of our booking. It reverberated through our beds it was so loud and bassy. Needless to say, if we were informed at the booking stage this we wouldn't gone here.

I went there last night for the first time, I will never go there again for a meal, as I asked for steak medium well, the chef obviously didn't like that so he gave me the worst steak I have ever been served. The meal itself was tiny, and the management was very unhelpful also.

It was an easy check-in/check-out process. But that's to be expected from a pub-run accommodation. The accommodation had shared bathroom facilities. My room: a bed and a small bedside cabinet with 2 drawers. The drawer on top lost its handle and in its place was just a piece of plastic shoved into the hole in place of it. I couldn't open the lone window of the room. Could be just my lack of strength. The line for the blind had broken off, or was just left hanging on a hook on a wall taunting you. So, you couldn't really do much with the blind. There was an A/C unit in the room, but I couldn't find a remote control for it. I was just in the area for a concert and rather than driving 2.5hrs after 11pm, I'd decided to stay locally for the night. So, I wasn't to bothered by the condition of the room. As long as the bed is sleep-able and bathroom worked. But returning to my room after the concert, it was a little hard to talk asleep as there was music coming from the pub way after 12am. But tiredness overcame me. But I was roused up in the middle of the night by someone unlocking my room door and opening it (the door was quite stuck and you had to really lean into it to get it opened). I remember getting upright and saying "Hello" to the intruder. The person promptly left and I fell back into sleep. (I was thankful I didn't come to any harm.) I only remembered and wondered about the strange event the next morning Make of it what you will.😀

Decent pub food at affordable prices with prompt, friendly service. I liked being able to order online and see the dishes on the menu, such a time saver if you're dining with kids. Plenty of seating and warm atmosphere. Would recommend!

We had dinner here with drinks. Would not recommend! The staff were lively but the food was some if the worst we have ever had in the Hunter Valley region. We had the pulled pork tacos, the sirloin steak and more. Too much salt. We were surprised given the the reviews. The staff were lovely though.

Excellent food, generous portions. Friendly staff and welcoming. Will definitely return. May be advisable to book a table at busier times. Highly recommended.

Bistro and bar staff go above and beyond for every person that walks in the door and the food is sensational first time every time! Want somewhere local for frankly the best service in town? Pedens won’t let you down!

Great place for lunch or dinner. Staff always friendly. The cheesy bread is my favourite and can't go pass the classic chicken schnitzel. Easy parking around the back and you can now book a table online if you are travelling.