Tuesday night a group
of us paid a visit to the Hotel Gosford for our monthly pub trivia
night. Rather than travelling back home to Woy Woy, I opted to stay
over at my mate's place in Ourimbah seeing I was gaming at the
Central Coast Leagues' Club Wednesday evening.
We had time to kill before the game, so before we settled in for a movie, my host decided to go for a grocery and lunch run to the nearby Lisarow Plaza, which was opened in 2007. It's a decent sized shopping centre, with two supermarkets, bottleshops, chemist, butcher, bakery, etc. with a variety of food options such as Thai, Italian, Domino's Pizza, Subway, a patisserie and a chicken takeaway. Having already sampled the fare at the patisserie (their sausage rolls were quite delicious I should add), this time I opted for the takeaway.
We had time to kill before the game, so before we settled in for a movie, my host decided to go for a grocery and lunch run to the nearby Lisarow Plaza, which was opened in 2007. It's a decent sized shopping centre, with two supermarkets, bottleshops, chemist, butcher, bakery, etc. with a variety of food options such as Thai, Italian, Domino's Pizza, Subway, a patisserie and a chicken takeaway. Having already sampled the fare at the patisserie (their sausage rolls were quite delicious I should add), this time I opted for the takeaway.
Formerly known as the Lisarow Takeaway, Ori's Charcoal Chicken & Kebab can be found in
the bottom left-hand corner next to Subway, facing an outdoor dining
area and the carpark. It has an extensive menu, offering breakfast
options, salads, sides, wraps, rolls, kebabs, burgers and of course,
a variety of chicken meals. There is a small dining area inside the
store as well as the outdoor option. Their chicken schnitzel burger
is quite adequate – lettuce, mayonnaise and a schnitzel which is
cut in half and served on a large round sesame seed bun. I dined
around 1.30pm and didn't need to have anything else until I got back
home at 10pm. Looking at the menu though you may be better off buying
the grilled chicken burger for the same price ($15.90) which has
extra ingredients. I suppose it depends on your needs at the time. By
the way, Menulog, Uber Eats and Door Dash all deliver Ori's.
As for nearby watery
vista, well, there is the nearby Lisarow Wetlands at the corner of
the Pacific Highway and The Ridgeway opposite Lisarow train station.
The pictures that I have of it are around 12 years old, well before
the adjoining apartment buildings were constructed.
Links correct at time of posting.
Pictures taken by Geoff G Turner (c) 2013 & 2025.