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Reviews for Northern Steamship Co. BrewBar

by Sandy R.
7th February 2013

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This place is great, well priced with fantastic friendly staff and the best food which is just so fresh. Shared three snack plates, bruschetta, chicken pita pockets and the most amazingly tender calamari, wish we had room for more, but it gives us an excuse to go back – not that one is needed.

Quirky decor which is a visual delight with so much to take in. Loved the eclectic mixed of furniture.

Highly recommended!

by leigh b.
23rd April 2013

Love the decor the upside down lamps, the place has a nice atmosphere, the staff were friendly and professional. The food was the average. We went last Thursday night and 2 had the fish and chips, the chips were a hit cut thick and with the skins on giving them a homemade feel, the fish was ok not bad not great. My fish pie was very odd, not the normal, it comes in a cute little casserole dish (small) it is layered and the bottom layer is like a caramalised onion so the fish taste was lost I could only taste the sweetness of the onions, so a bit dissappointing. The pavolva was very nice and a nice finish to the meal. Would come back for a drink anytime, and maybe a snack instead of a meal.

by Yvonne C.
15th March 2013

the best dinning experience we have had in Auckland, I and my partner just moved to Auckland, had few bad dinning experiences, but this place is absolutely great, nice atmosphere, nice music, nice food, most important extremely friendly service, we were served by Stacey,she made our weekend, she is amazing. will definitely go back their again, not just for the yummy food, but great service.

by Leah
4th October 2012

Came here on a rainy Saturday with a friend for lunch and we ordered off the snacks menu and shared. We had the grilled chicken pita, the calamari, the hand cut chips and the jalapeño poppers. All of it was so delicious and the portions were perfect. We actually struggled to leave room for dessert. Glad we did though.

We ordered the dessert platter and that was just amazing. The sticky date pudding was a favourite.

Service was great! Really friendly. We had a few different people serve us, all of them had some humour on board while we were asking questions and made some good suggestions.

Awesome atmosphere welcoming a real variety of people from families to blokey blokes watching rugby. Beautiful interiors, and of course the amazing food. I hope to be back soon.

by Jemma J.
30th September 2012

Had a good night here last night. Great drinks, and the staff continually ensured that we had water on the table which I thought was very good hospitality.
Some of the art we thought was a bit weird (the “sholphin”) but the big bookshelves and the upside down lamps were really cool!

by sandy
15th July 2012

nice place for a drink and the philly steak lunch dish….very tasty

by Karen R.
12th April 2012

Wow. What an incredible look and feel this place has. It just had a great feeling from the moment we walked in.

From the circular, ceiling high book shelves, to the amazing split photographs framed behind the bar… and the upside down lamps stuck to the ceiling!

The food was excellent. The salted chilli calamari was the best calamari I can remember having, and made me realise that calamari is not supposed to be chewy at all. When you bit down into it, it was all flavour, and no effort.

Tempura prawn cones were also amazing – though when we first saw them, we thought they’d done them ‘wrong’ – as they looked to us like they’d been done in normal-old Kiwi fish & chips batter. But that was only until we actually tasted them. They were delicious. Loved the dips with them too.

We were practically forced (well heavily encouraged) into ordering the fries because it was Good Friday, and, they were strict on ‘no substantial meal, no drinks’. Fair enough. But we wished we’d ordered more calamari instead. The chunky chips were tasty in their potato skins though – just a little too filling for us.

The favourite hit wine of the night was the Te Whare Ra Tonu (I think), which apparently is a blend, including their famous Gewurtz (my personal favourite wine ever). Really really beautiful.

Excellent service. We had to ask twice for them to bring my second wine… But when we went to pay at the end, (and without us complaining at all), they didn’t charge us for our 3 scoops of delicious icecream (which they had put together for me specially, as there was no icecream on the menu). Hence were REALLY impressed by the service.

by nicki
9th February 2012

Overpriced meals – $15 for summer rolls which were tiny and not very rich in taste, and a horrible dipping sauce. I would have preferred to go to a restaurant to pay that kind of price. Our chips were very undercooked, despite waiting almost an hour for our meals. I won’t be going back to eat, a nice place to have a drink though.

by Mathew M.
18th August 2010

We came here for my Friends 30th Birthday last weekend and had such an amazing time. Thanks to the bar person that for the beer tastings. Well worth a visit.

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