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    Vine Eatery & Bar

    4.2 (38 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 11:00 pm

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Outdoor seating

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    Chocolate lava cake
    Jennifer S.

    Small-plate tapas-style dining, plus traditional size mains. Large wife and cocktail selection. Two of us shared a small salad, bruschetta with sun-dried tomatoes, brie, and prosciutto, smoked lamb and thyme croquettes, garlic prawns, and chocolate lava cake with passionfruit ice cream. Bruschetta, prawns, and croquettes all came with four pieces plus microgreens. All were nicely cooked. The croquettes were at once crispy and creamy. The salad was a good value. The cake plate was garnished with three small does of raspberry sauce and I would have preferred more. I love passionfruit but wasn't sure how I would like it married with chocolate - I needn't have worried, it was a lovely combo. We didn't have a reservation but were seated instantly at 545pm at the one empty table on a winter Friday evening. They even had a high chair for our toddler. I enjoyed a sparkling Sauvignon Blanc that was tasty but lost its bubbles quickly while we were waiting for our food. The Moscow mule was nice and limey without overpowering ginger beer. I'd knock a portion of a star off for a few things: - in winter, the tables next to the door can be chilly - Moscow Mule served in a glass, not a copper mule cup - longish wait for our food, but understandable on a hopping Friday evening which would perhaps round to 4.5 stars.

    Apple crumble cheesecake
    Nicole H.

    Service and environment 5 stars Food 3.5 stars The fig salad I ordered was really oily. And there wasn't enough lettuce! It was mostly toppings instead of salad (so I guess you get your money's worth?). The prosciutto bruschetta was amazing though--probably the best part of my meal. It was refreshing! The Apple crumble cheesecake was also surprisingly delicious!! Overall, it was an average experience...not anything to write home about.

    Chock full of tapas, mains, and concoctions!!
    Belle A.

    Excellent venue for a lazy afternoon after hiking to Huka Falls, the Huka Honey Hive, and wandering the Saturday morning markets and art show!! Service with a Kiwi smile helps add to the ambiance!

    Lisa B.

    We were really looking forward to checking this place out. Walked by several times in the couple of days we were in Taupo. Checked it out on Yelp ( of course). All the making for a great foodie experience... Wrong. Sat outside on a beautiful summer night. Our waiter was obviously New. That's ok if you at least put a little effort in serving your customer... we had one drink and one tapas in 1 1/2 hours. Water filled once after requesting it. It is a holiday weekend but they weren't even that busy. By the time we left it was mostly empty. Ended up cancelling the rest of our order after nothing coming for almost one hour. People next to us came after and had food delivered before we finally left. So very disappointed. I'm sure the food is good. Very sad to not get to try the dishes we ordered. So bummed.

    Jennifer W.

    We wound up at Vine for a late night dinner. We got some drinks and then ate the French onion soup and a Caesar salad. Both were amazingly delicious!

    Mussels in cream sauce
    Nouf A.

    Great food to split between friends! We ordered the potatoes bravas, mussels in a cream sauce, fish soup, bruschetta, garlic butter shrimp, green beans sautéed with almonds, and portobello mushrooms with macadamia nuts. I recommend any of these I mention.

    Portuguese cream with mulled plums
    Porter W.

    Excellent small plates/tapas options. Everything was fabulous. We had the fig & walnut salad, the scallop &a chorizo risotto, the green beans, and the garlic mashed potatoes. The Hawke's Bay Kingston Cider is also quite good and recommended. For desert we had the Portuguese cream with mulled plums.

    Chocolate & Caramel Lava Cake and Belgian Chocolate Torte. Yum!

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    Good service and food.This place is upmarket in beautiful town of Taupo. Booking recommended

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    Service was THE WORST! Food was pretty good, but after an hour wait and only getting one appitizer I'm done.

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    10 years ago

    Staff are awesome, great drinks menu and very good tapas. Love the smoked tomato pasta.

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    Turkish Eatery - Oahu Hawaii was here

    Turkish Eatery

    5.0(5 reviews)
    63.2 km
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    Wow! Ok, the place isn't fancy so if you're looking for elegance try somewhere else, but…read more... If you want authentic Turkish food, fresh prepared, friendly service and a great price this is the place. The owner clearly takes pride in his food. Portion size was large, the food hand prepared to your taste and it was so tasty we went back two days in row! We'll certainly come back next time we're in Rotorua.

    4.5 stars. Having stayed at Quest Rotorua, I was looking for places that closed later in the…read moreevening. I noticed that most places in central shopping area are closed from coffee shops to restaurants no later than 5-6pm!. Other than the food court at the end of tutenekai street which is called "eat street", I was looking for places that opened late besides McDonald's. This place near my hotel is called "Turkish Eatery," this place focuses on Turkish dishes and it's menu also consists of burgers and combos. My favorite have consistently been the Iskender Combo. Pick your meat, either chicken or lamb and it comes with Some kind of Jasmine rice brushed with butter (its so good!), also comes with veggies like lettuce, red/white cabbage, and carrots all topped with 2 sauces of your choosing mayo/aioli/tomato/garlic, etc. oh and that's not all, the meal comes with Chips (aka French fries) and a canned drink of your choice. With just the combo and without eating the fries, it's a healthy choice and keeps you full. You actually don't need to eat the fries (chips) lol. The owner was very friendly, the place is clean, consisted of only just 5 tables and walls decorated with A map of the world, people who are here get to plant a pin on the map. Seeing O'ahu, Hawaii wasn't taken, guess I'll be the first and the first to add this business since I couldn't find it on Yelp. Good deal, good prices, and Turkish food at a discount for the quality and quantityserved

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    The Gintrap - Menu

    The Gintrap

    4.3(3 reviews)
    113.3 km

    Excellent service. Booked a table outside and they positioned us under a heater with a great view…read moreof the marina. Even had water waiting for the dog Gorgeous night to sit out and try the many gins on offer. Fish of the day was delicious and with great vegetables. Rack Of lamb on couscous also excellent.

    Despite fairly high prices even by New Zealand standards, the management here are too stingy to let…read morecustomers use WiFi. Waitress used the old "oh, its to stop people sitting on their phones" excuse which I found insulting since I just wanted to google something in our conversation, not sit on my phone and I don't have a New Zealand SIM as I'm on holiday. Just be honest and say "We are too stingy to share with paying customers or too lazy to change the password periodically. A good idea would be to call the SSID 'office' instead of 'Gintrap'........and also put a cell blocker if you are all so concerned about people using their phones since locals were using their phones all around us. One of the three ladies who were serving, with short hair and glasses has no peripheral vision, we were waving our arms 10degrees from her 12 o'clock, we thought she saw as she looked, then she walked towards us ...... then over to other people, plus failed to hear. Anyway, the food made up for the poor service, the food is actually a five if they just fire all the idiot women who are serving and hire people who belong in the restaurant and service industry as none of the three floundering around me and my mum did. Seafood soup was perfect, prawn salad was amazing. I loved the mushroom risotto balls even though they were a bit too salty. Bravo chef, boo to the three waitresses and manager/owner for the service and lack of WiFi. That alone made us move on immediately after our meal so you missed out on 6 beers just because of petty stingyness; think about that; as that is more than the cost of unlimited Internet at your prices. So, if you negate the stingy minded manager who doesn't want to upgrade to an unlimited package or whatever; and fire the idiots for incompetency and replace them with good staff, this place would be a 5 with it's perfect Napier marina location and great food.

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