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Rose & Crown Pub & Cafe
Nov 19, 2008 by Sarah from Auckland

Overall Rating: 1
Food:[1] • Service:[1] • Atmosphere:[5]

• Good friendly atmosphere.
• Awful food and very slow service.

“We paid $20 for a pizza. It arrived 50minutes after we ordered it and it was obviously a supermarket pizza the kind you defrost and microwave. We later found out that the pizza dough had gone off but obviously they decided to improvise rather than offer us a refund or another item off the menu. Very bad service, very bad value for money. would not recommend.”

Food Alley
Sep 4, 2008 by Brett

Overall Rating: 9

• Clean, quality, pinball machines, juice bar.
• Parking.

“Really nice unpretentious relaxed food court, clean and well managed by the look of it. Nice variety.”

Cafe du Parc
May 20, 2008 by jacqui from marston

Overall Rating: 10
Food:[9] • Service:[10] • Atmosphere:[10]

• This is a well kept secret. Its beautiful in every way.
• Nothing to comment.

“We were just driveling past and saw the sign on the road this is a we slice of heaven.”

Satay India Bistro and Tandoor
Nov 25, 2007 by Neil

Overall Rating: 1
Food:[4] • Service:[1] • Atmosphere:[2]

• Nothing.
• Everything.

“Such a horrible evening. Never have I experienced such a rude manager. Please do not bother going here.”

Parade Cafe
Aug 28, 2006 by Darien from Wellington

Overall Rating: 4
Food:[3] • Service:[5] • Atmosphere:[6]

• Occasionally nice cake & good atmosphere when not too full.
• Really bad coffee.

“Used to be a great place. We were really looking forward to making this our haunt when moving to Oriental Parade, but unfortunately ownership or management has changed in the meantime and the current owners/managers don't inspire confidence. The worst coffee in Wellington! This assessment is based on five or six visits - we didn't want to give up too easily.”

Beijing Restaurant
Jul 14, 2006 by Nathan from Wellington

Overall Rating: 9
Food:[10] • Service:[10] • Atmosphere:[5]

• Authentic tasty Chinese cuisine.
• Not a lot of atmosphere.

“Excellent food, excellent service. Their specialty, Beijing Duck, must be pre-ordered at least 24hrs before your booking.”

Arabica
Jul 4, 2006 by Rob from melbourne

Overall Rating: 10
Food:[8] • Service:[10] • Atmosphere:[10]

• Friendly staff and great coffee.
• Extremely friendly staff - always on the lookout to help. The cafe food is brilliant, great muffins and fudge, the barista is sensational. A great coffee every time.

“Extremely friendly staff - always on the lookout to help. The cafe food is brilliant, great muffins and fudge, the barista is sensational - I think his name is Gary. A great coffee every time”

1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

Toast
Mar 3, 2006 by Aaron from Paraparaumu

Overall Rating: 2
Food:[1] • Service:[3] • Atmosphere:[6]

• Very good hot drinks.
• Terrible service, worse food.

“My partner and I went to Toast on a cold Saturday morning hoping for an excellent hot meal as is often available at Wellington's mostly fantastic cafe scene. However what we got was a grim reception by the first waitress who kept her back to us for some 3 minutes before giving us a dismissive wave over her shoulder and suggesting we take ourselves upstairs to find a seat. The coffee and hot chocolate that followed were very good. However, the food was abysmal. My partner's Toast Baggy was sans eggs, quote, the chef changed the water and it didn't heat up fast enough. However it seems he waited a while, because the food was Luke warm and the plate stone cold. My own Lambs Kidneys were an example of how one cooks kidneys when one doesn't know how. There was it seems next to no preparation, other than being cut in half. They were chewy and stringy, still having all the fat and tubes inside.”

2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

Byzantium Cafe
Feb 28, 2006 by Hannah from auckland

Overall Rating: 1
Food:[1] • Service:[1] • Atmosphere:[1]

• The employers of the owners.
• The changes.

“The cafe was good until new owners took over and the whole place changed. The food was better before, everything was. Pancakes are still good value for money, (you cant even eat a whole plate on a hungry day). And the people who work there, Moa, Verity, Josh, Lucy, Cameron are really nice and helpful. The owners cant speak English well though.”

Cin Cin
Feb 11, 2006 by Catherine from auckland

Overall Rating: 3
Food:[1] • Service:[3] • Atmosphere:[2]

• NA
• Too much to mention.

“Very disappointing, having eaten there before, we were let down on every count. We were seated upstairs and felt removed from other diners. When the food came (we did wonder if we had been forgotten) was disappointing and when we told the waiter he was obviously not pleased. He did replace one dish but this was almost thrown at the lady eating it, he them continued to scrape the food from one dish to another beside us. All in all disappointing for a restaurant I have enjoyed before, but would not be back”

Tug Boat on the Bay
Oct 30, 2005 by Emjay

Overall Rating: 8
Food:[8] • Service:[8] • Atmosphere:[10]

• Wonderful desserts.
• Too many fries in the children's menu.

“Good desserts, menu for young children contains 'edible' foods such as fries, chicken nuggets, fish and chips, lovely atmosphere, especially at night-time. ”