Here's the quintessential fishing village pub. The one you've imagined with your rose-coloured glasses firmly in place. No pokies. No promotions. No loud commercial radio station music.

Just a big clean room with a big long bar, a big deck looking out over the picturesque Stanley bay and a happy crowd of locals and holiday makers enjoying themselves.

The small menu celebrates good pub dishes proudly made with local ingredients. It's rare that you can find a plain steak and vegies cooked perfectly, but you can here. And the "bangers and mash" might user venison sausages from the local butcher but don't go calling them 'gourmet' round these parts, where plain-speaking is a virtue.

It's a perfect place to watch the sun go down with an ale, a steak and not a care in the world once you've nabbed your table on a busy summer night.