Modus Operandi

It was schoolmate Kirk's birthday last Tuesday and I found out about it at sailing on Monday night, so fellow crew mate and I agreed to head on up to Mona to join Kirk at Modus for lunch! 🍺🍔🍺⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ It's an amazing brewery in the industrial area behind Coles, I fell in love with their Modus Haze - so tasty!! The boys raved about the food and, of course, I had to have the biggest burger they had for the gram haha.⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞....⁣⁣⁣ THE BIG M.O. BURGER 🍔🍔⁣⁣⁣ DOUBLE TASSIE BEEF PATTY, DOUBLE CRISPY BACON, TRIPLE AMERICAN CHEDDAR, BACON JAM, HOUSE PICKLES, MODUS PALE ALE ROASTED GARLIC AIOLI⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ 𝐊𝐢𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞...⁣⁣⁣ BEER BATTERED FISH BURGER 🐟🍔⁣⁣⁣ CRISPY MODUS XPA TEMPURA FLATHEAD FISH, BABY COS LETTUCE, TOMATO, HOUSE-MADE TARTARE SAUCE⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ 𝐊𝐢𝐫𝐤'𝐬 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞...⁣⁣⁣ FREE-RANGE CHICKEN NUGGETS AND CHIPS 🐓🍟⁣⁣⁣ CRUMBED FREE-RANGE CHICKEN NUGGETS WITH CRISPY FRIES, TOMATO SAUCE, & KIDS HOUSE SALAD⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ The Big M.O. Burger is The M.O. Burger pretty much doubled and it was the best burger I have seen in years, it seriously was a work of art, and I was hoping it would be as tasty as it looked. But the two patties were too much beef, the bacon jam and the beer roasted garlic aioli flavour was lost in beef and the patties were overcooked nnnnnnnnnooooooooooooo, I am going to head back and try the single pattie M.O. because a burger this sexy deserves a second chance, and the beer is heaven!!⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ 𝐈𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐚 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐈 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭!! 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐮𝐦-𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐞.⁣⁣⁣

Great vibe, service, live music, beers and food. Didn't have a great experience with MO beers in the past (the beers, not this venue!) but this visit changed everything in a positive way. We had a bit of everything (mexican, brewer's lager, session pale and red ipa, also food). They have a guide on ingredients and it was fun to taste all the different elements in every brew we had. Loved the red IPA, Former Tenant, and brought some home. Will need to restock them as they didn't last two days at home. Friendly and professional service, well presented venue, amazing burgers, comfortable sitting and heating, plus live music. Note: beer from the tin is great, but it tastes so much better from the tap. Will have to come back!

I came here with my partner for lunch after hearing rave reviews. The beer list is amazing and the food was really good too. Having worked in retail for 8 year it pains me to say but the he staff friendliness however leaves something to be desired. When I arrived I ordered a beer paddle. I noticed on my first glass there was a small chip and crack in on the lip of the glass. I understand this might not be noticed by staff. But not wanting to potentially drink glass fragments I took it to the bar, the girl actually said to me “dirty glass?” Making me wonder if this is normal? When I explained she said yep and finished with her current customer. She then poured the existing glass of beer into a new glass (rather than pouring a new glass from the tap). When I asked if I could have a newly poured glass she glared at me as if I was asking for her soul while begrudgingly tipping out the beer and re-pouring (in the same new glass she had potentially just poured beer with glass fragments into). I took the glass without complaint and returned to my table. After choosing from the menu my partner ordered for us at the bar given our table didn’t have a device to order on via phone app. We were told 40 minutes wait on the food. Perfectly okay given the place was pretty busy. After 1hr of waiting and the waiter offering us a few dishes that where not for us we became skeptical our order had possibly gone to another table. A few people who arrived behind us had got their order before us making us even more skeptical. Given we’ve previously been forgotten at other restaurants before when a order ticket fell behind a register I thought I would politely ask. Just to make sure a mishap hadn’t happened. I spoke to a guy at the bar who spoke to another girl near the kitchen. She asked me if I had been advised of the wait. I responded “yes we were told 40 mins but it’s been 1 ho-“ I barely got my sentence out before she curtly cut me off saying “there’s 200 people here! It’s coming soon.” (I went back to my table and it arrived after this.) I complete understood it was busy and I was only asking about the meals to ensure we hadn’t been forgotten but the staffs immediate defensiveness was abrupt. I’ve worked in retail in a busy environment so I have a healthy respect for hospitality staff delays outside of your control. However being rude simply to someone politely asking about something whether it be glass in your beer or making sure they weren’t forgotten it think could be handled a bit more politely.

This place has changed completely! Where we used to love the delicious quirky menu and the enthusiastic staff, now the food is far under average and the staff is not really interested. Burned fries, chicken wings that had a weird coating … far away from the level we so enjoyed before it became Merivale! Bring back the ‘old’ Modus, please!

Sunday 29/5 came up from Central Coast to the brewery for dinner booked at 6pm half the menu was unavailable .. NO PASTA WAS AVAILABLE ONE of the specials unavailable.. I asked why ??WAITRESS SAYS ITS SUNDAY END OF WEEK I just looked at her.. are you serious 🧐 Yes she says no smile no I’m sorry.. NOT GOOD ENOUGH in my opinion. It’s a new place .. you would think they would have enough food for everyday of the week.. not just a chosen few. We All had chicken burgers and chips YES THEY WERE LOVELY but I wanted pasta or the pulled pork that was on specials menu.. won’t be back in a hurry