If you are in Napier, you CANNOT leave without dining here. I promise you, this will be the best dining experience you have ever had. When I tell you that every aspect of it was perfection, I tell no lie. From the first impression with the decor, layout and kitchen. To the cocktails, our servers and last but CERTAINLY not least, the exquisite food, I could cry it was that incredible. The food was a carefully crafted combination of flavours that will leave you speechless. I had the manchego croquettes, raw fish starter, confit duck for main and a caramel white chocolate mousse for dessert. I also had the pleasure of trying their duck and pistachio terrine, lamb rump main and market fish main which were equally exquisite. Thank you for such a wonderful evening x

The food was great, but it was the service, the decor and the attention to the little details that really made this a wonderful dining experience. Favorite dish of the night was the beetroot tart, truly delicious, and what I assume was house made stracciatella was incredible.

Delicious dinner experience sharing the lamb meal for 2 people. The most tender lamb we have ever eaten. Lovely decor and the service from Julian was absolutely outstanding. Can't wait to come back for more

Wow, just wow. Stunning food all round here. I doubt there would be a single dish on the menu that would fail to impress, both in the mains and the desserts. Actually really good value for money. Wonderful use of red-leaved Witloof. Great attentive staff too.

Wow! We had a fabulous meal at this fabulous new restaurant last night. Really amazing food and delicious wine and drinks. Loved the attention to detail - the furniture, fit-out, menu, dinnerware, cutlery, and glasses were all cool. The restaurant just has a cool 'vibe'. The 4 of us described our different choices as some of the most delicious food that we had ever eaten. The front of house staff were very knowledgeable and professional, giving us good information and great wine matches too. Also loved the cool art in the bathrooms :) !!

Can't fault, will visit again perfectly cooked and great staff.

Best in Napier, actually possibly best in NZ. We loved the wine the platter and the mains. We eat in the best restaurants in Auckland and many major cities in the world globally. Still we were blown away by the taste the experience and the quality of the dinner we had here.

Delicious and CREATIVE food. This place doesn't serve steak and chips. Everything we ordered was really yumm and served by a friendly team who made us feel comfortable (merci Abraham). Good selection of wines by the bottle and glass.

Wonderful food, very good wine list. The manchego croquettes with honey were fab as was the perfectly cooked beef fillet. The setting in an old fire station with large windows was great, with comfortable chairs and lots of room around the tables.

Fantastic experience. Good stunningly delicious, great wine menu, excellent staff. Highly recommend.

We actually got the wrong night but they accommodated the 4 of us (on a booked out night), ...impressive, as was the food and staff

Excellent food and service, well worth a visit.

Amazing food flavours and great service, very highly recommended !

Outstanding food as always!!!! Wonderful service, and thrilled to see staff including the kitchen staff wearing masks. With an immune compromised Husband this is super important to us. Thank you team, you rock,10 out of 10 from us.

All around great .

Delicious food and wine reflecting the fine dining provided by this restaurant. The service was also very attentive and professional.

Nice food

Wonderful

Awesome, ambiance, staff and food were all excellent, too marks

What a wonderful meal. Excellent service, knowledgeable serving staff. Starters were flavoursome, and a great introduction to the meal. I tried the pork and lamb for mains and were both out of this world. Desert was just as tasty! This is accessible fine dining.

Top notch!!! Had such a wonderful experience!! After a disappointing experience on friday elsewhere im so glad my napier experience has redeemed itself! Got the duck raviolo and lamb rump phenomenal both of them (massive, huge fan) highly recommended!!! Also the shoestrig fries very good simple yet delicious and the desserts just WoW.

An very enjoyable meal and excellent service. Slightly on the expensive side but definitely worth it.Will absolutely be back. Make sure to have the home-baked sourdough with brown butter for the table, you will love it!

Carpaccio Venison starter, Roast Pork Belly with Roast veges main. Excellent Sunday night meal, especially the venison. As long as you don't mind paying for quality the Central Fire Station Bistro is a must visit if you are in Napier

Our small group of friends just goes out for a meal occasionally, so it was such a treat to be looked after so well and served such delicious food. Thank you to Olive who had thoughtful and intelligent suggestions regarding our meal, thanks to the kitchen for our simply delicious meals. We have only praise about our dining experience. We’ll be back and we will sing your praises.

Delicious flavours, great atmosphere, and helpful staff! Best restaurant in Napier thoroughly enjoyed our meal here!

Absolutely amazing food and service was excellent! Accompanying wine and beer list was out of this world with great pricing. Definitely recommend

Very lovely food & place

Pretty good food, excellent service

Great food however there was a long wait for its delivery.

Place was really good food was delicious. I am vegetarian so they had veg options as well in the menu. Waitress was really polite. Service was all really quick. Look forward to go there again.

Amazing food! The beef main dish is in my Top 3 dishes in the whole of Southern Hemisphere! Such a clever dish, with all ingredients complimenting each other! Also the brown butter and the sourdough was amazing! Although they seemed to be short staffed at the time of our visit, the staff was very polite and nice to us, discussing the menu and providing recommendations. I cannot recommend this place enough! Can’t wait to be back in Napier and eat thete again

This place was incredible; the pan-fried market fish was perfectly cooked, crispy skin, tasty and fallapart delicious inside accompanied by a well-rounded mix of sauce and supporting elements, and the gnocchi was divine; rich, full of flavour, balanced textures... the meals we all round excellent (even the quinelles were perfectly formed).

Staff were very accomodating. Food was creative and there was a sense of passion in what the chefs create. The only thing i could recommend is more attention to detail in terms of the gin list. It could be more extensive and i don’t remember it being on the menu. When I asked about the gins I don’t think the staff were provided with or coached on the local gins and the difference between dry, botanical, herbaceous and citrus. I also do recommend the use of dehydrated fruits. It could essentially elevate the experience to match the food and wine. Decor was nice and the bathrooms were clean. Food came out at a good pace. Good job to the floor staff and chefs. Just a bit more managerial over-site needed to fully bring the rest of the bar up to the food level which is an A+.

Wondered why we didn't go there earlier. Oh that's because I tried to book it a couple of times before but it was always full! No wonder. Excellent food, service and ambience. Love the design of the historical building. Interior and exterior. Staff were genuinely happy and friendly. Food was excellent 👍

Absolutely delicious food, fantastic service and really lovely atmosphere. An expensive meal, but worth every penny! A great place if you’re looking to treat yourself.

This is an exceptional restaurant. The food was truly exquisite and was equal to that we recently experienced in Michelin Star restaurants in France. The young female waitress was extremely well informed about the dishes and this was most impressive. The decor is very tasteful. There was an extremely good selection of drinks to choose from. Definitely deserves the very highest recommendation.

Enjoyed the company and,the food was very good

Lovely meal and great service. Just be aware if you book online you only have the table for a couple of hours before you are moved on.

Fantastic meal , professional servers nice environment. I can't wait to get back

One of the best restaurants I have been to in NZ. Made our Xmas holiday, booked tomorrow night as well! Caramelized butter on sour dough perfect starter. Gnocchi perfect.

In town for few days and this place was recommended to us by a taxi driver. It is sublime.most stunning building and fitout. Interesting local wine list . You have got to have the bread and brown butter. We booked again for tonight ...

Very good food and service. Modern dining, you will want to order sides with the main

Friends from Welly were here for the weekend and we wanted to take them somewhere special, and special it was in all aspects, beautiful menu/food, extensive, cocktails and drinks list,exceptionally experienced and friendly staff, such a lovely place, we loved the ambience, comfy boothes, and had fab nite. 10/10 thanks team!

Hard to fault. Lovely service, food, and ambience. Highly recommended!

Great food and professional service

Fish was superb and fresh - excellent service.

Really delicious and very attentive staff.

5 star! Amazing food and service. Couldn't recommend a better restaurant in Napier.

Really great restaurant, fantastic beautiful place, market fish is very delicious~

Beautiful food and excellent service. Lamb rump and bread and butter pudding great choices.

Great food and service, you must be a meat lover though

Fine dining experience in Napier

Food was amazing, only complaint is that staff would clear plates from table while people were still eating - bad etiquette!!

The best lamb rump I have tasted , very friendly service. Highly recommend

Great service. Superb meal. Enjoyed the ambience 🍽🍷

The venison and raw fish is my favorite. Very lovely waitresses and chef. Beautiful memory in Napier.

Beautiful food, great regional wine list, fantastic staff!

Octopus entree was absolutely delicious - sadly let down by the duck which was under cooked and chewy :( And, at$66 for a $24.99 bottle of wine, served chilled, I would have expected it to have been kept chilled for the duration instead of just being plonked on the table and left to come to room temperature. Maybe we just struck an 'off night' but an under whelming experience compared to other, better priced establishments in Napier

If you haven't been yet, book a place as soon as you can!

Great food! The service impeccable, couldn't fault anything. Nice ambience. A great choice and we'll certainly be back.

Wow, what a night, great service and amazing food. Certainly one of the best restaurants I've had the pleasure of visiting. A big thanks to Sam and the team for taking good care of us !!