Remuera Local Cafe & Bistro

Nice breakfast. Good service and generous servings of food.

Great little local - food was yum!

Good service and food

We enjoyed our meals especially those in our group who had steaks. I would have preferred my Pork Belly on a kumara mash rancher than lentils.

Very salty dry meat

Great place to eat, truely amazing food (the lamb is to die for), good atmosphere and a nice chilled ambience.

Very average food with a 40 minute wait until it arrived - not good when you have just an hour for lunch and don't work anywhere near Remuera.

food acceptable

Food and service were in good quality. Staff were friendly and nice. Fish was freshly cooked. It went perfect with risotto and the sauce!

Excellent dining experience

First Table 6.30pm booking great time. Good portions for entree and mains. Unfortunately, the seafood dish for mains was not available for the evening as they had run out at lunchtime!!!

Really good food and atmosphere

A great small restaurant. Excellent food and service. Highly recommended!

We were tired after a long day so searched for a quiet little place with easy parking for our regular weekly date night. The Remuera Local Cafe and Bistro was the perfect spot. A lovely quiet little neighbourhood Bistro with free parking (after 6pm) on the road outside. We both had Eye Fillet on a mushroom and potato gratin served with roasted tomato, red onion relish and a beef jus with a side of roasted cauliflower and broccoli. Perfectly cooked, beautifully presented and plenty of it.

I wish I could always leave a good review - I usually does. You get 50% off the food, which usually makes you more lenient right?

Well... The service was really attentive, and the waitress tried her very best... but regretfully everything made it hard for her.

> The Space: a little sad, not so good lighting. Unsure how the multiples neon signs and giant TV screen playing rugby are supposed to fit with the French Bistro ambiance. The only other couple in the restaurant left by 7pm... so I suppose we can call it a private dinning experience?

> The Wine: very average list. What we ordered first was unavailable and waitress suggested another option 'off the menu'... dubious. All the bottles on the menu are between $55 and $70... But they all retail between $8 and $17. That's a BIG markup.

> The Food: Again, a couple of items were not available... The duck risotto was average and the salad on top just out of place, the squids were just bad and chewie. The eye filet was good and well cooked, the snapper dry unimpressive. Overall just very average good, 50% off making it just digestible. By that stage we didn't feel like desert.

I wouldn't recommend it. I wouldn't name this place a 'Bistro', and nothing French about the food ( I am french myself, so let me tell you!)... Maybe grab a coffee on the weekend with the lovely smile of the waitress, but that's about it.

There are some GREAT restaurants on First Table, regretfully this one is not of of them.

Nice place. I enjoyed the experience and the smoothies were delicious

4 of us went for dinner. Food was outstanding and beautifully presented. Nice wine list. Was nice atmosphere, no blaring music so we could hear to talk.
Great service
I would recommend 100%.

A good, well-priced meal, especially at half price!

Fun night.

Felt the food was good but we waited an hour before any food came out. Table service was very poor e.g. no cutlery provided to eat the main course when it arrived and the waiter had disappeared. For the price of the food you would expect way better service. We were very disappointed.

Sunday morning in Remuera is a lovely relaxed experience. Easy parking just by the cafe.
We both ordered the avocado on rosti. This was really yummy and a good size brekkie. Coffee and chai lattes great too. Atmosphere is lovely although we were a bit chilly as the doors were wide open, I guess to entice more folk in. All in all, I was happy and would return.
Then we had a relaxing wander around the shops. Lovely morning

Lovely cafe to enjoy breakfast at. Food was delish and excellent service. Would deff go back!

Lovely little bistro. The atmosphere was great and the food is quite yummy as well. I especially enjoyed the steak which was cooked just right.

However, the waiter is a little unattentive (such as we need to ask for an order, water and basically anything we need).

I would like to go again especially with first table deals.

We think this would have been our best first table experience so far. Everything was just right.
All four of us chose different meals and we all loved what we received. Generous portion size, great taste. We will be returning!!

Amazing food and excellent staff

We won't be returning to this restaurant.
Service was poor, food took more than an hour to come to the table only to discover that potato gratin was replaced with french fries. Worst French Onion soup we've ever tasted. Even with 50% off the food we still wished we'd spend our $100 elsewhere.

Busy makes staff no smile but food excellent

Great food and service, but only 2 groups of four in the restaurant on a Saturday night. Support your local restaurants people, these guys deserve to do well.

People so kind n food so excellent.

Very friendly, good food, accommodating staff, parking was a little tricky but eventually were sorted

Nice and warm place to go with nice food and services

Nice cosy atmosphere. Service and food both agreeable. Generous portions for the soups. Great to have the early 6pm dining spot.

Enjoyed a pleasant evening in a professional environment. Both had the lamb shank which was tasty and was an ample portion. Service was courteous and not intrusive! Would return

Food was good, service is OK, no one topped our water when we ran out...

Great food and lots of cabinet food options too! Cecilia and her staff were really accommodating, she made sure we had a good experience without prejudice to what deal we had. Will be going back again for sure :)

Friendly service and good food

This restaurant seems to have changed hands since the last time i was there. The lighting is now very bright not muted as it used to be, when we arrived the front door was wide open and was left open for about half an hour, it was a very cold night so it didn't make for a very cozy enviroment .The staff were friendly.The food was average.

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Nice venue and relaxed atmosphere...,food was great...very friendly staff. Wonderful night out and experience.

Service was okay, food was pretty good, had the prawn and scallop entree was a good size, my flatmate had the meatballs also said they were pretty good and the sauce on them was amazing!

Would go back!

Surprised not more people!

Ordered the salmon eggs Benedict but was served the bacon one instead. I didn’t mind really, as it was pretty good too. Food wise, quite good. Environment was cosy as well.

The meals were fantastic, hearty and tasty with surprisingly generous portion sizes.

Nice area within the Remuera central shopping district. Food was tasty however portions were bit smaller than expected. Lamb was cooked to perfection and the prawn and chicken blended smoothly with the gravy/sauce so it was very nice. Beverage I thought was very steep in comparison to other First Table restuarants and this is something they can improve on to be more competitive for their patrons. Overall good experience.

Meal was delicious and the menu had a broad selection of choices. Will go again

Excellent food in a really friendly environment.

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