Cresting the hill at Mount Hope it’s impossible to miss the Royal Hotel, perched on the roadside with large parking bays beside and across the street. The pub features a huge, square bar which feels like an old saloon, and with plenty of Mount Hope memorabilia around the walls, you’ll soon find yourself transported back to the heyday of the copper mining boom.
Your local hosts at the Royal Hotel are welcoming and ready with refreshments. Make sure you take up a seat in the new beer garden of the pub and enjoy the view across this tiny but memorable spot on the map, taking in the fascinating history of this once-thriving mining settlement.
The hotel offers modern, comfortable rooms and features a recently completed, large, outdoor covered deck extension, with plenty of seating and a pizza oven. It’s here that people gather from miles around on pizza night, or when there is a local muso playing, but you can also enjoy lunch or dinner any day of the week at Mount Hope.
The pub is along the Kidman Way and you’re likely to see a few travellers and caravans during winter, so it’s well worth stopping to learn what’s going on in the world.
Call in and say “g’day”, grab something to eat and drink, and take a rest on this long leg of the pub route that leads you back to Cobar. Accommodation is available on site.
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Pub Stories
Today, if you pass through the old mining town of Mount Hope, it is hard to believe it once supported a population in the hundreds, several hotels, and a brewery.
Pubs & Breweries of Mount Hope
The first of the licensed premises granted for Mount Hope was the Mount Hope Hotel in March 1881, followed by William Clark’s Royal Hotel (July), Thomas Saunders’ Albion Hotel (August) and John Lees’ Commercial Hotel (November 1881). In September 1882 a licence was granted to James Lyell for the Great Central Hotel at South Mount Hope.