Shopping at Lisarow (July 23)

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.

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.