It's always a bit of a crap shoot when vacationing and trying to find a good spot for dinner…read more Emporium was a winner for us today. We made a reservation online although when we arrived it wasn't too busy and we were able to get a seat outside on the sidewalk. As most places do not have A/C in town, this was preferable to the somewhat warm restaurant. Our nice server Michaela took good care of us and made some good food recommendations. We started with the prawn toasts (indescribable but REALLY good), then followed with Fish and chips (light and good) and the coconut chicken salad which was shaved cucumber, poached chicken, coconut, and peanuts with a light refreshing dressing-quite good (according to my spouse). A bottle of Rose topped things off. The menu has quite a lot of choices so it should be easy for most people to find something that interests them. Nice food, nice service, nice meal.

Location is great, in the heart of the Art Deco city center, a half block from the tourist…read moreinformation office. Service was fine. A little inattentive, but we got everything we asked for, we just had to ask for everything. We had fish and chips. There was a lot of fish, flaky and perfectly cooked. The chips (fries for us Americans) were really really good, seasoned and crispy outside, potato-y inside. All-in-all, a welcoming a reasonable lunch.

A must stop! Great place to hang, have a good bite to eat and drink. Very friendly, clean and…read morelively.

Good food, great craic! This pub has a really great…read moreatmosphere and the the food is good solid pub grub. We stopped in for dinner on a Sunday night and had the steak and the beef and Guinness pie which were both very good. There was an Irish band playing some great live music which really made the evening special.

Best bar in Napier. Owned by locals with great selection of local craft beers and whiskeys. Don't…read moremiss this place!

Great new wine bar in Napier. Great choice of wines, attentive staff, good food, nice ambience,…read moremusic low enough to have a conversation with companions without shouting. Decor funky but seats bit uncomfortable. Highly recommended

Love this trendy watering hole hidden down an alleyway in Napier. There's friendly service, a Dj on…read moreFridays and a delicious fried chicken on the bar menu that I will go back for!

It was a Friday night. Napier was still in full 'winter' mode as I wandered the empty streets,…read morelooking for something fun to do on a one night stay over. I was about to get Indian take away and go back to the hotel when I heard music and conversion down an alley. It turned out to be Monica Loves. A cute little tapas/hangout bar, it is definitely the middle class hipster bar of the area. It was virtually the only place with more than 3 people inside. They had a DJ spinning at 7:30, but I didn't wait around for that. There was a good selection of beers. Some wines. I had an excellent IPA (sometimes hard to find in NZ), although it wasn't on tap. The food menu consisted of fine meats by the 50g, and a dish called BREAD for $9. I almost got the nut plate, but the bar tender never asked me if I wanted anything from the food menu, so I drank my beer and headed out. Despite the minor complaints, this is what I was looking for. I have know doubt that small groups looking for a place to chill would not be disappointed here.

The food was excellent here. It is a beautiful restaurant, and the service was outstanding.read more

We landed in Napier from Auckland to visit some friends and stopped here for lunch on the way. The…read morefood was innovative, fresh ingredients and perfectly prepared. The atmosphere was relaxed and the staff was professional. I would definitely go again.

Left a lot to be desired. Waitress was nice and attentive, but several issues…read more 1) Initially only group (of 3) in restaurant. Food took forever to come out. 2) Chicken Tacos full of gristle/bone. Terrible. 3) $22.50 nachos were a disappointingly small portion. 4) Expressed dissatisfaction with male in charge (Manager? Owner? Beard and bald) and he said not one word nor did he make any effort to correct issue. NOT a good dining out experience.

Worst service!!!! The server couldn't put in our order for a bottle of wine for 15 minutes because…read morethe people who sat in the table before us did not pay their bill. Why did they seat us? They took our order but we had to wait. We ordered before all of the tables around us yet they ate, payed & left before we even were served. Ordered the burger: cold, dry & chewy. The bacon was undercooked. Would not recommend this place. There are too many other places around here to waste your time.

Excellent Paua Fritters- whitebait fritters, oysters on the half shell, mussels- BEST seafood…read moreever!!! We were so happy some pucs are of all the eaten food!

This place is just great! It's large, it's unique, it's friendly, the service is amazing, the food…read moreis great, the pirate band in the dungeon is amazing and most of all the menu is old school long. We were in town for a trade show and recommended this place by a local. It was so good we went back a second night in row. I'm not a big desert eater but my wife is. Both nights she ordered desert and I ate half of hers, not too sweet and beautifully presented.