Restaurants in New Zealand

15th February 2012
We went to Toby's for Valentines day, and to our pleasant surprise, they had a delicious carefully selected set menu for the occaision! We chose a cozy table near the fireplace, and were offered a complementary glass of bubbles by a lovely young waitress. The live music was wonderful (I am guessing it was for valentine's day), and our waitress was extremely polite and friendly but above all attentive (never once did my husband and I feel uncared for). There was a slight delay with the food, but our waitress came over and appologised - how could we get angry with someone with a face like hers! When it arrived it was amazing both in presentation and taste! I would definitely return!

22nd March 2011
We decided to have a baby shower high tea for my friend, and decided on Cornwall Park cafe/restaurant cos of it's great cosy location in the park. A very Victorian feel to it, their high tea selection is great and very affordable. Lovely to sit out on the deck and while the afternoon away in a great atmosphere. Well worth booking and very nice devonshire scones!

6th November 2012
Randomly chose to eat here after browsing up and down the wharf, and it turned out to be a great choice. There was something on the menu to accomodate everyone's tastes (5 of us), and when the food arrived it was delicious (so good, half of mine was "sampled" by the rest of the table). We were warned that one of our meals takes a bit of extra time to cook, and was that ok, drinks were offered politely, not pushy, steak and tuna was cooked perfectly. Portions were just enough to be filling and satisfying, and reasonably priced. Even so, we still had dessert, and it was definetly worth the groaning waistlines afterwards. Staff were friendly and smiling, cozy atmosphere once the sun had gone down and the doors were shut up, but lovely and airy beforehand. It's always nice to be on the recieving end of good food and service when you work in hospo yourself, so thankyou to the team at Buffalo, you were great and we will be back.

22nd August 2011
5 of us dined at the Grand, Courtenay Place on 11 August 2011 using 2 Spreets Vouchers that entitled us to any four mains and four house drinks. At the time of booking and as stated on the voucher, I advised the staff member we were using the Spreets voucher and upon arrival we also presented them to the wait staff. We were advised that it will only need to be presented when paying. My partner asked the wait staff what their House drinks included and the waitress listed a number of tap beer and informed us the juices were also included. When it came time to settling the bill we were charged for the tap beer and juices. When querying this with the Manager who had processed our bill, she informed me that the beer and juices were not classified as 'house drinks'. I explained the situation of how we were informed by the wait staff these drinks were included as a house drink. The Manager acknowledged the error but was not prepared to rectify the issue and refund the money for the drinks. She offered to provide me with another 3 glasses of wines, of which I informed her was a ridiculous offer considering I was the driver that night (and the other diners were at the next restaurant for dessert). This did not promote responsible host management. After repeatedly informing her that if we were provided with the correct information in the first instance we would not have ordered the beer and the juices. In front of an audience of customers, the Manager (in a fury state) opened the till and refunded money only for the 2 glasses of juices. She was not willing to refund the money for the beer and I allowed her the opportunity to resolve this problem as we would have liked to return for another meal in the future. I informed her that as this is unacceptable and has presented us with a negative experience, we will advise all our friends, family and work mates not to dine at the Grand. The Manager's response was 'That is fine'. It is a shame the Manager did not consider what the consequences were especially when the actual costs of one beer would have been next to nothing. Instead this has cost them repeated business not only from us but business from people we share this experience with.

13th February 2012
Went to Sails for a reunion dinner just after New Year and was wowed by the whole place. We sat out on the deck which had a lovely breeze on a hot summer night. From the moment we entered, we were looked after by the lovely wait staff. We were seated promptly and exactly where we wanted to be. This was without a reservation and it was busy. When the food arrived, in decent time, it was totally adequate and tasted fabulous. We were kept stocked with ice-cold water without having to ask for it and were waited on to the point that we left a tip. I had never left a tip in my life!Would definitely go there again and highly recommend.

7th September 2012
WOW, What a nice restaurant. We have 10 people in the party. The service was very good and friendly. The food was excellent, my green curry chicken was the best green curry I have had. This is one of the best Thai Restaurant in Auckland.