camarosa

wow wow wow! i was lucky enough to come to camarosa and dine like a goddess and not spend a single dime! the boss treated us to lunch at this fine establishment and i am happy to say everyone was beyond impressed with the taste of their meals and the presentation!

i was making #healthychoices thisday(after eating at least 5 cheeseboards) and this nourish bowl hit the spot! of course, i couldn't say no to a free dessert!

nourish bowl- a celebration of all things seasonal (v,gf) avocado, edamame, black sesame nori, cucumber, quinoa, green cabbage, lettuce, broccoli salad, kimchee, cauliflower rice, vegan miso mayo... added some fried chicken

poor service but food food was fantastic, big portion and flavourful well worth the price.

the story is we were a group a 12 ppl booked to have lunch here after doing an ocular site visit just aroung matangi for my brother and his fiance's wedding. it was my family and her family. the ambience of the place and the aesthetics was great. what i didn't like was the service of the lady who welcomed us by the door. we came in at around 11.15 and their were only a couple of tables onsite, we made a booking for 12 pax before hand for 12 pm and yes we came in early, we were going to ring in before hand but we didnt see the point as the place we were coming from was just around the corner. she didnt sound welcoming and said that we couldnt sit yet, and we said so did you want us to come back in 45 mins then despite the place looking empty on the other half and a couple of tables on the other - then she offered the private function room (didnt really see why she couldnt sit us to our reserved table).she then kept asking if everyone was already on site and kept telling that yes a couple were just in the bathroom, she then asked us to have a drinks order ready before the assigned waittress comes in a tone of voice which we didnt like (unfortunately didnt quite get her name as they dont wear name badges here). so the assigned waitress came and took our drinks order and food order. the starters were served and we asked for to get a refill for our jugs of water - person serving said ill get your waittress to get you some more water. no water came, food order arrived and we asked someone else to get us some water, servers said the same thing "our waittress will get us water", until just one of stood up and got a couple of water bottles for the table, i dont see why noone else can just give us water when the bar isn't even that far away from that room. and also, if they could serve us food why cant they just serve us water too?

will recommend the place for the food but will have to warn our friends about the service. after getting so excited for the nearing weddingdayin the family, this ruined our afternoon. fyi most of us travelled all the way from auckland looking forward for this family lunch and was ruined by your poor service.

great food and amazing atmosphere. food was impeccable. staff were attentive and very friendly. very close to the city yet far enough to make adayoff.

drove out east to camarosa for anzacdaybreakfast. superb venue with both inside and outside seating. very nice location out side of town on a good day. fresh air! tried both the brisket and the salmon and brie eggs benedict. pricey but very very good. the potato hash side is a must i could eat so many. good george on tap and a solid range of wines and non alcoholic drinks. probably the best brunch spot in hamilton hands down. on food and location. if you’re still peckish head over to the fresh berry icecream place next door.

lunch for two on easter monday.
place was busy so we had to sit in the (covered) outdoors bit. we were shown to our table and apparently fell off the radar! after about 15 minutes we called the waiter over to give our order. the waiter was good, and took our order.
we waited a while for our drinks, but the coffee's eventually got there. most other tables had received some water, we didn't. so we asked for some when the coffee's were delivered. we got some water soon after, but after the waitress had gone away we realised she hadn't provided glasses. another wait until our food arrived, to ask for glasses.
turned out that when delivering the food he didn't bring any eating utensils either, so another wait with food rapidly descending in temperature for these to be provided!
i noticed i had the wrong sort of bread with my meal and he explained the they had run out the other sort - lucky i wasn't gf or something.
anyway, finally i can say that the meals were ok.
i'd be a bit concerned if i was the manager/owner about these basic service errors. i can go to other cafes and get better overall service delivery - and will be more inclined to now.
the premises themselves are new and purpose built and very nice. the staff are pretty good to. its really the service delivery that needs some attention.
overall, it is still not a bad place, and if you haven't been, then you should check them out. maybe it was just a baddayfor them!