St John's Bar and Restaurant

Apr 10th, 2023

So impressed with the lovely food and service. We were seated at a nice window seat in the restaurant. The food was prompt and all of our table of 6 were very impressed with the standard of the food. Two of us were under a time restriction, nothing was a problem and the evening flowed just nicely. Thanks team, we will be back.
Apr 25th, 2023

The worst cocktails I had, especially at that price. I never had a Pia colada so milky and watery. Tons of ice (half of the glass, I couldn't put the straw through), tons of milk, no taste, I'm still trying to find the pineapple and the rhum! The first cocktail was simply a soda. Fries were good but not that much truffle as expected (only on the few fries on top). Nothing crazy here. Go somewhere else.
Apr 19th, 2023

Apr 16th, 2023

So up front, I accept that NZ still has some very archaic public trading hours for the sale of alcohol on Christian days of remembrance. I expected to pay a surcharge and whilst I dont believe this is neither warranted nor necessary, buying food you neither need nor want is also part of this excruciating process of buying a few beers and a G&T. This all said, the staff and more particularly, management of this establishment have taken customer rudeness and arrogance to giddy new heights. In the end, my 3 comrades and I walked out after being told that 8 bowls of fries + a 15% surcharge and then accepting the prospect of being kicked out after 2 hours, was not sufficient. There are plenty of other establishments who have worked out far more practical and customer centric workarounds that work within the law. I recommend that staff and management take a stroll around the city and check out their competitors approach! I have spent many and I mean many hundreds of dollars at this place, lets face it, they are at the higher end of the price bracket for trumped up bars, sadly I will never bother patronizing these characters and I strongly suggest you avoid them also.
Apr 10th, 2023