Please place them Pukekohe to get a steak the food is always presented very well tasty meals don't…read moretake so long always great service

Steakhouse with a romantic side...so appeals to all members of the public. A varied menu with an…read moreeasy read as set out properly on the page.

Great service and delicious food!…read more My husband and I read the great reviews and decided to give this steakhouse a try yesterday and we were not at all disappointed. Our server, Erin was top notch. She was delightful, extremely helpful going over the menu and checked on us often. The steaks were heavenly and we highly recommend the chipotle hollandaise sauce. The potato puree and Mac n cheese were delicious. If we ever return or visit New Zealand this place will definitely see us again. We were very satisfied with our experience.

Absolutely amazing service & food quality is spectacular We felt welcomed and met nice people while…read morewe dined here.

Absolutely fabulous food. Good service. Beautiful decor. Can't say enough about this place…read more Website is very confusing because it shows two separate restaurants. Two names. Same restaurant.

First restaurant internationally! Our waiter was very nice and respectful. The place is compact,…read moreyet has a very warm atmosphere. I had the 'Tony's Original' which tasted amazing. The only catch was that we had to wait quite a while for the food to come. Friends and I approve!

This was the perfect last dinner for my stay in Auckland. Filet was prepared perfectly. The…read morepeppercorn sauce was velvety and flavorful. The broccoli perfectly steamed. The service was impeccable.

If you like a quality steak then this is the place to go. No…read morefrills just good food. The steaks come out on a sizzling platter so be aware. One thing to keep in mind because of that it's cooked a bit less than how it's ordered. My suggestion would be if you like your steak medium rare order it medium.

Not overly impressed. The pork didn't look like any pork I have ever seen or eaten before, and the…read morefood was mediocre. And my major bugbear - clearing plates when we are still eating! That is NOT good customer service. The tea was awful (asked for tea and received flavoured tea) and the coffee was average. Now I understand why the place was empty when we arrived. Not recommended as it is - vast improvement is needed before I would recommend it for anyone.

My brother and I went here for dinner and opted for the 3 courses for $32 option. We also ordered a…read morecoffee and a pot of tea. The coffee was good however the tea I received was peppermint. I did not ask for flavoured tea and I would of assumed that the default option would of been plain tea. The waitress also started removing plates etc before we had both finished eating :( The meal was nice and consisted of seafood chowder, roast pork & vege's and ice-cream sundaes to finish. The seafood chowder was okay, but if you didnt get a piece of mussel in your mouth you would of been hard pushed to taste any seafood flavour. The roast pork was alright but the crackling was cooked to within an inch of its life (very hard) and the meat had no taste. Actually tasted more like lamb than pork to me. The roast veges were almost non-existant, but the mashed potato, carrots and broccoli were beautiful. The ice-cream sundaes were nice, the sauces were yummy but they used french vanilla ice-cream and not vanilla, although to their credit it did say french vanilla on the menu. Value for money though and worth the $32 paid.

Christine is AMAZING! She made both of my times dining here epic. To start I got the steak tartare,…read moreoysters, and duck liver parfait. All of them were amazing but the steak tartare stood out due to its fresh and intense flavor. The tartare is prepared tableside and it's the best appetizer on the menu. The duck liver parfait is also amazing, and tastes similar to foie gras! For my main dish I go for the Kagoshima A5 wagyu, medium rare. It's literally like butter and will be the most heavenly steak you'll ever have. Please ask for Christine, she's the most amazing, humorous, and friendly waitress you'll ever have!

Was able to walk in without a reservation! The Caesar salad was big enough to share between the 4…read moreof us. We also ordered a small filet and a large wagu filet. Both came out hot and were very tasty! The presentation was nice also! We ordered veggies and potatoes as our sides, which I would have liked them to be warmer. Also, the server needed some help, the managers kept assisting with our table, so he might have been new or something but we asked him a few questions regarding the menu and he had no clue the answers and had to go ask.

Little bit disappointed with the last time I went here to eat I feel like they've dropped the…read morestandard a little bit, casual the Faena details to the mill weren't really there especially with other steakhouses and paper copy that are producing great meals for around the same price

I arrived on a cold and windy night, from the outside Bazza's looked warm and inviting and quiet…read more It was not until I got inside the door that I realised I should have made a reservation. But seriously - who does that in Pukekohe? This isn't anywhere close to the city where it's pretty much expected now. Luckily we were able to be seated right away - but It was directly opposite the door and whenever it was opened and closed a big gust of cold wind came past us. Not to be ungrateful because I would have to say at least five groups of people were turned away, who like me thought they could just turn up and expect a table. Clearly a very popular place to come! Our waitress was warm and welcoming and was easily able to provide us with recommendations for what to get depending on our appetite. I decided to stick with a classic steak, with onion crisps and béarnaise sauce washed down with a nice glass of red wine! I was told it was pretty decent and not to worry about getting an entrée. When the main arrived, I was not left disappointed by not ordering the entree, the main itself is a whole meal. I found the steak to be cooked quite nicely, medium rare. The béarnaise sauce suited the steak excellently... the only let down was the onion crisps, I say crisps because according to their menu it's suppose to be onion rings... but these were cooked well past that stage. Some tasted nice other tasted like burnt crisps you get at the bottom of a roast. Not entirely a bad thing! Even though the place was obviously busy it didn't feel like we were being pressured to hurry up and leave so they could turn the table over for the next group. The wait for our food was fairly average for the size and for the crowd, a busy place means a busy kitchen 35 mins - 45min. There are three places in Pukekohe that now specialise in Steaks. I'm having a really hard time to differentiate them. Each have their own sense of style and do the basics well, which is all a steak lover really wants. For this reason.. I'm calling it a tie for the time being. I am happy to rate them as follows; Food 4 / 5 - Shame about the over done onion crisps (rings) Service 4 / 5 - Warm, friendly and accommodating Price $33.00 - In line for what you get compared to other places Atmosphere 4/ 5 - Popular by nature Overall - 4 /5 - Book early and avoid the table by the door!

We wait too long for our meals and expect the food to be mediocre and no one come and pull me a cup…read moreof water But after all the chef Still got something

I was persuaded into getting a big lunch today. And Faro was right next to the only parking space…read moreavailable on the whole street. So it made perfect sense when the sky was turning dark and started to drizzle. The place was booming at 1pm, had about 20 odd people inside. I had a look around, they were all Koreans. Which means the place is quite popular amongst their own. Which is a good sign to me about the quality of the restaurant. I mean you hardly see any Chinese people eating at your local Chinese takeaways, if any? Right? The menu brought back some memories about high school. It's basically two pieces of printed A4 glued to the inside of a Manila folder. The whole left side is the drinks menu, the right side is the meat menu. I thought this Faro is gonna be like the other Faros, which served all kinds of Korean delicacies. And you'd be wrong if you think that too. This Faro is actually a steak house. I was very surprised. Pleasantly surprised. I know that the Koreans love their beef, they have 120 cuts of meat off a cattle. all the major steak types that we love in nz is listed on the menu. And Faro states their beef is aged 28 days. So I had high hopes even tho I didn't feel like a steak. I asked for the teriyaki pork Katsu, and after much debate my mate went for the 400g T bone. Ok, now comes the good part. The Katsu is priced at 15 dollars. The t-bone is priced at $28. I mean, the prices seems pretty normal for a steak house. Right? But... Lol. The price also includes the full all you can eat salad bar. I was speechless, literally. And when my Katsu arrived on the table, I was basically shocked. The portion is so generous compare to the 15 dollar price tag. And the meat is not wafer thin. It's real nice and thick and juicy. And the sweet teriyaki sauce is just perfect for the pork. My mate asked for a med rare steak. And it arrived med rare, I wasn't very impressed with his choice of garlic sauce for the steak tho. Oh well, each to their own. The Faro's version of garlic sauce did intrigue me a bit. It's a soy sauce based sauce. I didn't get to taste it, but my mate said it tasted fantastic. I don't know how he could chow down a whole t-bone, two plates of salad, and still reach across the table to eat most of my kumara fries and some of my Katsu. Lol. Well, this is a place that really did surprise me. The beef is tender and nice. The salad is free and all you can eat. The place is warm and cozy. Oh yea, I forgot that the service is very very friendly. And a huge lunch for two plus alcohol only costed 61 bucks in total. So Faro. Please keep up the good work.

If that was a 21 day aged waygu steak I'll eat my hat. It was full of bristle, thin and had chunks…read moreof un rendered fat on the sides (good sign not wagu) it had no marbling on the inside of the cut. Had a good char flavor but that was the only thing going for it. The gravy was like jelly. I let the waiter know what 8bthought and he could have cared less.

The restaurant was not packed on a Sunday night. Service was not immediate and although I don't…read moreusually purchase drinks, we were not asked for any. So we ordered our light dinner. The restaurant played cozy jazz music. The food came in almost immediately. The calamari salad was toasty and crunchy. The feta gave it a good kick with the greens. The seafood salad was thick and well portioned. The ciabatta that came with it was toasted right with some butter. The beef salad was supposed to be served warm on top of the salad as described in the menu, but it came in room temperature maybe because it was drenched in their secret sauce. It tasted like a thick Italian dressing with a tad of heat. The portioning was enough since we didn't want to have a heavy dinner being so late at night. I give it a four star for the quality of food. Nothing exceptionally extraordinary. My friend came here and had the seafood salad and would come back for it.

Amazing customer service and fish and chips! will definitely recommend and order from here again :)read more