Food was good but pricey. Service friendly. Dark interior. Best for couples, not families.read more

Thanks to many excellent reviews, we reserved a table at The Bistro…read more Upscale ambience and delightful service Enjoyed Grilled Scotch fillet of Greenstone Creek beef, truffles and chestnuts, Red spiced saute vegetables, and chunky fries We highly recommend

Breakfast was great but don't waste your time or $ on dinner…read more Over priced and food cooked by someone not trained to cook. Ordered rack of lamb and it came overcooked, already cut into 3 ribs. Meat was so tough. It's ala carte. Ordered bread and dips plus a salad. They were fine but would not recommend this restaurant

Good food Great services…read more Excellent breakfast with so much to choose from. Quiet, very professional staff

My husband and I stopped here for lunch on our drive from Auckland to Wellington. I must say,…read moreparking in this area is not easy to find at lunchtime! We had to park about 3 blocks away and walk. This is located close to the lake, and had some beautiful views. If it were cold and rainy, we would've opted to sit on their patio. The service as quick and the food was delicious! I had a pie and my husband, I cannot remember what he had but he loved it. If we weren't driving, we would've had some drinks. A nice selection on the menu of food and drinks and everything was delicious. I would definitely go back!

Food was Good! Location Great! Nice Patio with Lake/park views! Very walkable area! Parking was…read moreeasy!

A delicious BBQ place in Taupo is very welcomed. We were really hungry after walking the Tongariro…read moreCrossing. You can definitely smell BBQ as you walk into the restaurant and that's not a bad thing! We started with some wings and they were the right thing to wet the appetite. You can smell and taste that hickory that permeates throughout the wing. For our entries, we opted for the smoked pork chop and a side of St. Louis ribs. The smoked pork chop was cooked well and it was good thick cut too. The crackling and bone sauce just provided for flavour and texture while working your way through each bite of the pork chop. The ribs were super sauced and the meat was almost fall off the bone. It took a little pull to get the meat away from the bone but I liked it that way. They were pretty finger licking good. We had a good time trying all their different sauces with each bite of our food too. Overall, this is a good spot for some BBQ if you are in the mood.

Very much family restaurant, food average. Thought we would get good Smokey flavours, very bland. I…read morehad beef short ribs and my wife had pulled smoked beef with mac cheese, worst Mac cheese tasted. Apologies we have high expectations after eating at a number of Texas Roadhouse chain stores which smash SMK

Have eaten here before and had a fantastic meal. Excellent menu, upmarket stylish decor and…read morebrilliant service. Just had Christmas dinner and it was superb. An amuse Boucher of scallop on parsnip purée. Then eye fillet cooked to perfection. Finished off with red velvet cake. Great service. Excellent food. Highly recommend

Great place and great location! We had the filet and the lamb and both were fantastic. The wine…read moresuggestions were also a perfect match. The bruschetta appetizer was also amazing!

website states they close for lunch at 14:30, we got there at 13:45 and there was a sign at the…read moreentrance that they close for lunch at 15:00. From the 10 tables outside, only 3 were taken but we were told they are all reserved. We have been told straight away they do not take orders anymore and that it is actually closed (that is more than one hour before the time on the board at the entrance). Not worth it the detour. We traveled from Taupo specifically to have lunch there - what a waste of time. But the drive is a very nice drive, and weather was superb.

Wish I lived down the street from this place! The food here is sooo good. Had to order take out…read moreafter my burger and desert. The ambience is like a movie set from the 90's...love it! Great country music playing in the background.

Such sweet staff. On my honeymoon and needed a nice beer and WiFi after the Wai-o-Taupo experience…read more THe place is what you'd expect for a "racer" quaint, good food, pools tables, and nice staff.

Excellent food. We had the duo of fish, pork belly and battered fish and chips. All delicious and…read morevery generous portions. Dawson the maître d was attentive friendly and provided excellent service. Beautiful view of the lake and the gardens. We will be back.

This little place next to Taupo lake is all heart. We came here as a group of four. We chose to sit…read moreinside next to the window over looking the gorgeous lake. They have outdoor seating as well. This is definitely one of those places where you can spend ample amount of time and lose track of it. It's perfect for a date or a nice formal dinner as well as catching up with friends casually. The host and servers are very friendly and professional. They suggested and explained everything clearly on the menu as we required of them. We went for the calamari and salmon tartar for appetizers, they were fantastic. The salmon tartar was the highlight. I had the duo baked fish for mains , which was basically salmon and a local white fish baked with pine nuts. I got it without the nuts due to my dietary restrictions. My husband got the beer batter fish and chips. It was mouthwatering. My salmon was cooked to perfection and so was the local white fish. I tried some of my husband's and it was delicious. Everything was presented so well, like a work of art! We also got some of the dessert ; we got the cranberry crumble and the panna cotta. It was as delicious as it was beautiful to look it. I also got a crisp Sauvignon Blanc to balance everything. Overall, I would rate this place perfect given the food and the ambiance. Can't wait to revisit and try the other things in the menu as well.