camarosa

was dissaponted with the food quality (chk burger: nothing unique, small portion batter fried chk, bun too big, oily fries) and service (food tooktimeto arrive , smelly water glasses, flies)
also i feel the fettuccine without meat should not be priced the same as with the meat.
overall need to improve a lot.

very beautiful restaurant with a lot of seating. the menu had a great variety of food to choose from and the food was absolutely delicious. the wait between meals however was a bit slow than expected. took 2 hours for 2 courses to come out. would go again if i was in the area as the food was delicious however would pick a less busytimein the future.

coffee: mochaccino - well brewed, nice art, not too sweet

food: big breakfast - it could feed maybe 1.5 people. though there wasn't anything that specifically stood out for me, i still enjoyed all of its components. a comforting big breakfast. the eggs were runny and the bread was soft, the two most important aspects in my opinion

service: this was a bit disappointing as they were very hesitant to serve a large group, and they openly showed it through their annoyed tone of voice and actions. they asked us to wait outside as "it is a busytimeand we can't have you waiting around blocking the entrance". however, the service after we were seated was good.

this restaurant was just a spur of the moment decision, as we were down this way from auckland for other reasons than to just eat, but when thetimecame to eat we came upon this place. it turned out to be a very good decision. when we first went in, probably as it was a saturday it was busy and we had no reservation so had to settle for a table outside.
that was when we first went in, but after a while we noticed that there were tables inside with no reserved sign on them, so i went in to ask if there was a slight chance we could get a table inside. and the nice young lady by the name of sam checked and did manage to find us a table inside. thank you so much sam!!!
after perusing the menu one of us chose the
nourish bowl, which as they say is made up of all things seasonal they being avocado, edamame, black sesame nori, cauliflower rice, quinoa, cucumber, green cabbage, lettuce, broccoli salad, kimchee, vegan miso mayo and you can choose either smoked salmon or fried chicken to go with it. she chose the chicken. i myself chose the
greenlea scotch fillet steak with creamy potato mash, mushroom and peppercorn sauce.
to sum up the mains. she had no complaints about her nourish bowl, perfect. as for my steak, well it may not look like much in the photo but it was enough to fulfil one's appetite and delicious to boot, cooked to perfection with a potato mash amongst the best i have tasted.
now to the desert, as fulfilled and happy as i was with the steak i just had to satisfy my sweet tooth and sample thier tiramisu. it consisted of italian chocolate soil, hokey pokey and dark chocolate pearls. what a surprise as i have never had a tiramisu like it. maybe you could call it deconstructed, as it was all the ingredients individually but together beautifully presented in a glass. and boy it tasted as good as it looked.
so overall i got to rate this place 10/10 even though we were sat outside at first. service, food and atmosphere all top notch. will definetly be back again... and the price was good too.

my friend and i booked a table at camarosa for friday 14 february 2020, valentine's day. we booked two weeks in advance because we knew it would be a busy night. upon booking we were informed by camarosa that we would have to "respectfully leave our table" two hours after our booking time. however yesterday we had a phone call from camarosa informing us that we would have to make sure we were ontimeand not late. we were also told that we would only have one hour and 45 minutes to eat our dinner as they were very busy and fully booked that night. needless to say we cancelled our reservation. we are not sure if this is the normal practice for restaurants taking bookings but we felt it was very rude and we no longer wanted to spend our money at this restaurant. if we had wanted fast food we would have gone to mc donald's!

this was by far the best avocado on toast i have ever had. they use volare bread. it kept its crunch even after i took mytimeto get though the meal and it was somehow light and fluffy yet very filling. the avocado, with the cheese and the hummus was fresh and worked well together. very good flavours, and the creaminess of all three components was on point. the only downside was the service, a table which arrived around 15 minutes after us got their coffee before us which was a bit disappointing, given the restaurant was kind of empty and we put a coffee order through as soon as we were seated. the waiter who directed us to our table wasn’t very friendly, he was older than the other staff working that day, maybe it’s wrong of me to assume this but can’t figure out whether it was because we didn’t look like the usual crowd that comes in, or because he maybe has been working hospo for too long 🤷🏻‍♀️. didn’t manage to crack a smile despite greeting him with a smile and being polite. however the other waitresses and waiters were friendly. the waitress who took over was straight forward and clear when taking our order and talking us through a couple of things on the menu and answering our questions.

visited on boxing day, worth the drive from auckland..
chicken burger was one of the best and the jackfruit burger was good too..
very modern venue and staff are very friendly.
had seen the place under construction sometimeback , great to see it up and running...
would love to come back to try other dishes ..