A Bit about the Royal

The Royal Hotel is in Gaskill St in the heart of Canowindra in the Central West of NSW. We are a 4hr drive from Sydney and 2.5 from Canberra. Orange is 45 minutes away. Canowindra is a farming community; mainly broadacre farmers with a mix of stock and cropping. There is a sizeable vineyard industry around town and some very nice wines produced, we also have a thriving horticultural sector producing vegies.

The Royal was built in 1910 (hey, its our birthday) when the railway came to town. It was built on the site of a previous Hotel which had occupied the site from the 1830's. We are Canowindra's Oldest Pub Site, the largest Hotel in Canowindra and the site of the famous hold up by Ben Hall and Frank Gardiners gang in the 1860's.

Sally's Bistro is open Tuesday to Sunday, serving great country meals in the beautifully decorated dining room (Sal's own touches). Bookings are essential on Friday and Saturday nights and large groups and functions can be easilly catered for at short notice. Sal also does counter meals around the Main Bar.

We have the ability to sleep 30 or more guests in our various accomodation rooms. This is classic country pub accommodation, bathroom down the hall. Most rooms could be described as 'traditional minimalist', the one thing they do have is very comfortable Queen size posturpedic beds, guaranteeing a good nights sleep.

Rooms start at $30 per night and longer term occupancy can be arranged. Larger groups can be looked after like family.

Our beer garden and courtyard are a cool oasis on a hot summers day and one of Canowindra's favourite spots for a cold beer after a hard days work or play. Kids are welcome in these un-restricted areas but must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

We have been known to fill the courtyard with sand and hold mid-summer beach parties. Its a great spot to put some live entertainment on the weekends.
To contact the Royal call us of 02 63441201, we are generally open by lunch time and close whenever we run out of patrons. Dont try looking for a web site or an email address as we are not that organised...yet.

All the best, JA