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Ngutulei Bar & Restaurant

Restaurant

😠 Waited along with alot of other customers for more then an hour and a half,when the food finally came it literally was one scoop, the size of my fist to be real and the chicken pasta was tasteless. DO NOT RECOMMEND!!!! People often mention service, great, fish,


Address

VR68+8HR, Nuku'alofa, Tonga

Contact

+676 22-666

Rating on Google Maps

3.30
(76038 reviews)


Working Hours

  • Saturday: 10 AM to 11 PM
  • Sunday: 10 AM to 11 PM
  • Monday: Closed
  • Tuesday: 10 AM to 11 PM
  • Wednesday: 10 AM to 11 PM
  • Thursday: 10 AM to 11 PM
  • Friday: 10 AM to 11 PM

Visitor Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: service (6) great (6) fish (6)
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  • 1/5 Paea K. 2 years ago on Google • 4 reviews
    Waited along with alot of other customers for more then an hour and a half,when the food finally came it literally was one scoop, the size of my fist to be real and the chicken pasta was tasteless. DO NOT RECOMMEND!!!!
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Solomone S. 5 years ago on Google • 876 reviews
    Went there for lunch. The food so good. The staff bit slow. It could be better. Plenty of parking outside. And u see the harbour view from it too. Some of it.

  • 1/5 Aurora 2 years ago on Google • 3 reviews
    Bad experience. Have waited over an hour on food and yet still sitting here waiting. A larger group arrived shortly after us and all their food has been handed to them. Poor communication - will update once food has arrived …
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Matt M. 5 years ago on Google
    Slow service. Food not enjoyable, our poorest experience so far in Tonga Sorry but can not recommend to go there
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 David F. 7 years ago on Google
    Excellent little bar restaurant at the Domestic Wharf. Very helpful attentive staff, local beer on tap comes in glasses and jugs. Food comes in big portions and very tasty.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Oliver H. 6 years ago on Google • 248 reviews
    Brilliant! Such a great location, as the get back from a day of snorkelling at Pangaimotu docks there. They are open on Sunday, a rare find! We had epic coconut waters, tuna steak and incredible Mahi mahi. Friendly staff and a smiling local and tourist crowd. Highly recommended.

  • 5/5 Michelle M. 5 years ago on Google • 227 reviews
    Great burger! Love the parrots! Wonderful service.

  • 5/5 Anasitasia T. 3 months ago on Google • 36 reviews New
    Had an amazing lunch today with fam & kids. Enjoyed a burger and a bucket of cruisers. Great services, nice and cool on a hot day next to the shore.

  • 3/5 Nia T. 1 year ago on Google • 36 reviews
    Went for Sunday lunch and had the tuna steak, the tuna was over cooked but the lemon butter sauce saved the dish from being too dry. 'Ota ika/raw fish was delicious if only it was served with mei chips or any other local starch instead of potatoes. The other two had pasta and garlic bread and housemade chicken nuggets. I really wanted lobster but they had sold out. Will try again to have lobster on my next visit to Tonga. Went again the same day for dinner and tried the fish and chips.

  • 3/5 Reza A. 2 years ago on Google • 34 reviews
    Ok

  • 5/5 Louisa X. 1 year ago on Google • 18 reviews
    Food was quick and the staff were friendly. Ordered the chilli pasta and buffalo wings with side of rice and chips!

  • 4/5 Mitch C. 1 year ago on Google • 5 reviews
    the green curry is good

  • 1/5 Gracie D. 1 year ago on Google • 5 reviews
    so bad I ordered rice spicy chicken filets and stir fry vegetables I got fries chicken curry and coleslaw I said that’s not what I ordered they were like yeah the lady forgot to say they were out so I sent it back and they forgot my sister order and gave fries with mums curry as well instead of rice then said cause she had a fire she had to pay we said it was wrong though and they were like gonna fight her. So confrontational. Rude and mean never go as a foreigner

  • 1/5 David N. 1 year ago on Google • 5 reviews
    Terrible customer service + 2hr 1/2 waiting time on a quiet day = Don’t dine here Do yourself a favour and go somewhere else.

  • 1/5 Eric K. 6 years ago on Google • 3 reviews
    Ordered seafood pasta. The past was hard and stale. Little bit of fish and mostly tough and dry calamari. Cream sauce was watery. Chunks of uncooked onions and green peppers? What up with that? Also ordered green salad with fish. Stale fish was smothered with sweet chili sauce. Why is everything smothered with sweet chili sauce around here? Paid the bill and left most of the food uneaten.

  • 4/5 Ryle Farrel S. 6 years ago on Google
    Conveniently located close to the Ferry terminal. lovely atmosphere and great food. reasonably priced too

  • 1/5 Loa T. 2 years ago on Google
    Bad exprience with the lukewarm coffe, and took forever to serve.

  • 4/5 Pulu A. 7 years ago on Google
    Good food, decent service, great location.

  • 4/5 Sam S. 6 years ago on Google
    Good food, nice atmosphere

  • 1/5 Mia P. 5 years ago on Google
    Food was old and stale. Definitely not worth the price.

  • 3/5 Tu'utanga S. 4 years ago on Google
    I had the pasta here and it was excellent. Very generous serving.

  • 5/5 Alita K. 5 years ago on Google
    very good

  • 5/5 Sione T. 5 years ago on Google
    Best sworfish steak

  • 4/5 Priti K. 5 years ago on Google
    Very good music .... friendly stuff

  • 5/5 Daniel F. 1 year ago on Google • 2 reviews
    Customer service was great! Food was great! We weren't too hopeful when we walked in, after almost every other restaurant had let us down since coming to Tonga. The meal and service here fully redeemed everything! Thank you to the waitress and especially the chefs for such a wonderful meal.

  • 1/5 Mele Seini Inia Manu T. 1 year ago on Google • 1 review
    Ive waited for almost 2 hours and theyve got my order wrong twice

  • 1/5 Lindsay R. 2 months ago on Google • 1 review New
    Ngutulei really need to pick up their game. Crab meat was in fact fake, fish thin & dry, the one upside was the Ota Ika. Go across the road to Waterfront, the food is excellent, staff great & all for the same money


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