What makes a great pub for an RTE....
In VIC, and it seems in SA & QLD, we need to make sure that the pub hasn't closed. RTE arrangements have been rearranged very quickly (as late as the day prior) when we have found out a pub has closed, or doesn't do a lunch.
Another very subtle criterion in VIC has been that we haven't visited the pub previously. This has been the case since early 2018, with two, may be three, exceptions.