Fantastic meal. My husband & I have very different tastes but easily satisfied here. Good service, reasonable price, very nice food. More

Ordered seafood trio and the calamari came with a "vietnamese dressing' All it tasted off was reconstituted lime juice and a hint of sugar. If your going to advertise it as what it was make it properly (sweet, sour. salty and spicy) or palm sugar, lime juice, fish sauce and chilli. Or put a wedge of lime on the plate!... More

I went to this restaurant with a group of 7 French friends whose culinary discernment is fairly acute. We had a range of dishes - lamb, fillet steak, scotch fillet, chicken and fish. We were a little surprised but shouldn't have been, because it was so good. All the meat was cooked to perfection as we had ordered (and there... More

Sitting on the deck you have great views over the old harbour and further away towards either the sea or the estuary (or where we were seated, both). We enjoyed our meal and were impressed with the speed of serv ice when they at the same time had a bus load of guests upstairs. The food was good, the service... More

Nice place to have a coffee on their quayside deck. Gas flame fire inside at the bar is nice to sit by for drinks in the winter. Would recommend the restaurant meals too. More

Fantastic restaurant, this is definitely well worth visiting. The staff are great and the food is excellent, I'd make the 2 hour trip to Napier just to go to the Thirsty Whale! More

Food is always good with a good variety More

Went to try the Signature Dish - which is a Hawkes Bay restaurant competition, where the restaurant puts their best dish together using local fresh meat and produce. We were booked in for "upstairs" which is the fine dining area. I ordered the Signature Dish which was Pork Belly - unfortunately it was the worst I've ever tried. Pork Belly... More

Dined here twice over a week in April, both times for late lunches. Good menu selection, good tasting food, good wine list. No complaints re pricing of menu. Not sure I'd like to be there at night time ..... maybe too noisy and crowded? But definitely a great place for a casual relaxed lunch with friends and or family. More