Fine Dining Restaurants in Canterbury

10th July 2010
Didnt have a booking but managed to get a great table on a reasonably busy Thursday evening. Attentive waiter and food was excellant. Asian with a kiwi twist? Didnt have the bottle of wine we wanted (as per wine list) but he was able to suggest another similar vintage and it did the trick! Used a dining voucher cut from the front of the Yellow pages in Christchurch which reduced the overall cost as well.Very enjoyable evening. Nice decor and a great location right by the river.

16th July 2010
Coyotes is great for brunch on the weekends really good size meals, good service and some of the best coffee on this side of town. Would have to recommend to anyone looking for a casual yet high standard place to dine.

25th January 2011
Great venue, pretty basic food but generous servings and great value for money, very helpful, friendly staff.

20th March 2011
Bistro - Do not eat here!! Eat at your own peril!! Lucky to escape food poisoning!! (although it has only been one hour since we ate so still possible) Absolutely disgusting. Raw bacon. Bitsy Tomato offcuts. More salt than chips. Soggy either overcooked or undercooked meals. One hour and a half wait. When we asked to speak to a manager they didn't show for another half an hour and when she did show she was not remorseful and was in fact offensive. Raised her voice at my guests with me who were sick of waiting and just wanted to pay and leave. She refused to refund or offer a discount on meals that were eaten (after waiting an hour and a half we were extremely hungry and unless we thought it would give us food poisoning ie raw bacon, we would have eaten dirt out of gutter). Some of my guests even after the long wait returned their meals they were just that disgusting. The manager that was on (black, curly haired woman) was plain rude, she appeared to think we were lying that the meals were disgusting except when we showed the BLT sandwich and then she seemed to think that was a one off disregarding they multiple half eaten plates around the table. She kept making excuses like we just been refurbished three days ago, that she had only just arrived and so it wasn't her fault. I was annoyed about the wait but the manager caused me to leave feeling absolutely furious due to her attitude, no remorse whatsoever! If I could give this place a negative I would!

5th October 2010
I have been to Hislops 3 times in the past 2 years, I don't think much has improved since my second visit. To be fair the first time for breakfast was nice, both the service and food. Feeling peckish on visit number 2, about 14 months ago we ordered nachos and wedges, both came out burnt and the nachos were uneatable, we were not asked to pay for them and offered the chance to have a new plate made but if you go to somewhere that is classed as fine dining you don't expect something that burnt to even be sent out. This weekend just been, well there were a lot of people in town due to a festival but we got a table in the morning, just before the place was packed out, service was friendly however the bread with everyone's breakfast was hard, I cut the crusts off mine so I could get to the bread. There were 8 of us and about 2 people were happy with the food.