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OVERRATED
AND
PRETENTIOUS!!!
Our
40th
Wedding
Anniversary.
Hubby
books
restaurant
well
in
advance
(and
tells
manager
of
importance
of
date)
and
we
get
put
in
the
worst
seats
in
the
place,
right
by
the
kitchen.
Can't
hear
ourselves
think
let
alone
talk.
Ask
to
be
moved
and
get
put
next
to
toilets.
Look
down
the
rest
of
restaurant
at
lovely
area
but
no,
the
management
put
us
there
-
obviously
we
aren't
'influencers'.
(more
about
that
later)
Service
very
poor.
We
get
a
menu
thrust
at
us,
with
choice
between
4
or
7
courses,
but
no
suggestion
of
the
wine
matching.
With
no
offer
of
wine
matching,
instead
we
had
cocktails.
These
cocktails
were
by
far
the
highlight
of
the
evening,
which
is
a
sad
indictment
already.
Asked
about
any
allergies
-
I
say
no
mussels
or
oysters
please
to
waiter.
And
guess
what???
Yes,
they
bought
oysters
for
our
little
starting
treat!
Ignorant
and
arrogant
to
say
the
least.
Across
the
aisle
from
us
is
a
drunk
man,
getting
served
even
more
alcohol,
getting
louder
and
more
obnoxious.
He
knocks
his
drink
onto
the
floor
and
it
splashes
all
the
way
across
to
us.
My
feet
and
shoes
covered
in
alcohol.
Waiter
rushes
to
clean
up
floor
and
man,
but
never
once
did
I
get
handed
a
towel
and
damp
cloth
to
wipe
myself.
Instead
had
to
visit
ladies
and
wash
down.
Came
out
and
we
both
noticed
the
liquid
all
around
our
table
and
just
shook
our
heads.
You
may
ask
why
we
didn't
complain
by
that
stage
or
before?
Well
we
didn't
want
to
ruin
our
special
night
and
thought
'well
worst
things
have
happened'.
This
was
our
biggest
mistake
-
we
are
too
nice!
We
arrived
at
7:30
and
got
served
our
last
'dish'
(7
courses)
at
10:40.
Each
course
was
interesting
to
say
the
least,
but
so
small
and
either
overly
flavoured
or
overcooked,
that
we
got
to
the
stage
of
being
scared
what
was
next.
There
was
Crab
-
2
teaspoons
of
mushed
crab,
next
Venison
-
little
chewy
pieces
of
meat,
followed
by
Potato.
Yes
1
jersey
benne
spud!
One
boiled
spud.
Then
the
fish
-
a
2.5cm
round,
2.5
cm
high
piece
of
the
most
tasteless,
rubbery
slab
of
fish
I've
ever
experienced.
By
this
stage
we
just
wanted
the
agony
over.
We
knew
it
would
be
a
waste
of
time
complaining
because
we
watched
the
'influencers'
being
fawned
over,
with
photos
of
themselves
with
every
course.
There
was
primping,
posing,
false
smiles
and
camera
flashes
BUT
they
seldom
did
more
than
nibble
each
course.
The
rubber
fish
was
followed
by
the
beef,
a
finger
size
piece
of
sirloin
(so
much
for
the
wagyu).
Then
a
corn
dish
served
in
the
smallest
bowl
possible
and
indescribable,
followed
by
figs.
No
coffee
offered
or
port
or
sherry.
Nothing.
So,
yes
we
are
in
our
early
60's.
But
we
have
eaten
at
some
of
the
'best'
restaurants
in
the
world
-
for
the
experience,
the
food,
the
tastes,
the
pleasure
of
new
things.
We
left
feeling
ripped
off,
under
awed
and
embarrassed
that
this
restaurant
somehow
had
managed
to
be
supposedly
No1
in
NZ.
Amazing
what
can
happen
when
you
feed
'influencers'
for
free
and
continue
serving
very
drunk
rich
people
(according
to
the
drunk
himself!).
But
for
the
average
person
or
tourist,
please
consider
elsewhere
-
PLEASE.
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