jervois steak house

if it's steak you want then this is the place to go... excellentservicewith excellent quality of food..... yum... very fancy and expensive but worth it when you have a craving for protein!

this place is a very good choice for romantic dinner. look at their ambiance..
mouth watering steak with red wine are the best combination all the time..serviceare excellent! we really enjoyed are time here. highly recommended!

this place, hands down, has provided the best steak i have had (just as well with these prices).  definitely on the upscale side.  i'm also not one to drink alcohol but next time i intend on ordering the wine to refresh the pallet, that way make every bite worth it.  did spend about $210.00 here for two of us. 

the food 

bone marrow (3/5) - this one melts in your mouth.  my rating for this dish is only because i was bitter about one solid part in one of my bones.  it is normal for the fibers to join and harden.   i probably wouldn't get this dish again but it is definitely worth a try. 

baked candied kumara, pecans (5/5) - this dish was perfect!!! warning, it is extremely hot at first so be careful. the texture and taste goes perfectly with steak.  

jsh creamed spinach (5/5) -  cannot fault this dish one bit.  compliments the whipped potato.

whipped potato puree (5/5) - this side you cannot go without, unless you are allergic to potato.  

onion rings (2/5) - hmmmm i'm not weather it was that the onion rings bad or that the other dishes were so good that this dish was worthless in comparison.  either way i prob wont order this one again.  

sirloin 9+ firstlight new zealand (7/5) - first time i rated a dish this highly, it melts in your mouth, flavorful... organism for the taste buds. 

king cut (6/5) - i ordered this 24 hours prior to booking (as stated on site), and i have to say another perfect cut. it'll be hard to taste another steak and be satisfied again.  

the environment (4/5) 
i liked the acoustics of the room, despite how close tables are, allowed for easy conversation.  the lighting was great.  the place is a little upscale so me in a hoodie and shorts might not have been appropriate (i'm rebellious like that). all in all like the environment.  

theservice(5/5)  
our waiter was on point.  very satisfied with his service.   i hope he got my tip.  

worth it? 
hell yeah!!! steep on the prices but def worth it.

great steaks but maybe if you like medium rare, ask them to have it a bit more in the rare side. mine was just a bit too cooked for my preference. they are quite busy on a friday so book in advance.servicewas a bit slow but maybe because it was really busy. pricey but tastes good so not complaining. they have a good selection of wines and staff are very polite. great for date nights!

had to have the wagyu... what an experience. next stop - kobe. would recommend everyone trying it atleast once.servicewas great. will definitely be back again soon

all i can say it wow! was a absolute amazing time. originally i was worried about the price and size of the steaks seen when i googled the place but all i could fit in is a steak and a side. i had eye fillet on the bone and it was a good portion and cooked to perfection, best steak i've ever eaten. theservicewas wonderful, all friendly, professional staff really new there stuff! 10/10 would recommend !

ps. if getting fries get the truffle fries much better than the regular

jervios is mine and my partners regular. we like to visit the restaurant at least once a month. we cannot fault the place on anything. even though some times the restaurant is extremely busy and we have to wait a little while for our food, we are always compensated by the amazingserviceand food expertise.

my favourite dish on the menu is the steak tartare, it's a must every time. freshly ground top grade steak served with fresh herbs and seasoning, topped with raw egg. absolutely sensational.

beautiful establishment.servicewas impeccable. 9pm booking on a friday night and they don’t rush you.
entree, ordered the white bait fritters and the grill prawns. i thought the egg overpowered the actual taste of the white bait. the lemon butter sauce was more on the lemon side but it paired well with the fritter. the grill prawns was out of this world scrumptious. had to suck out the juices from the heads. cooked perfectly and the flat bread that came with it went well with scooping up the sauce and the prawn juice.
for mains, we ordered the chicken bread with harissa sauce and t-bone steak.
this was the only place that had the curtesy of bringing out your choice of steak raw and showing it to you what you’ll be eating. i thought that was an awesome practice on their part. this steak was the biggest we’ve ever seen and the biggest my partner ate. he enjoyed it thoroughly and was cooked exactly to his preference. for $97 for the steak alone, you’d think it’ll come with sides but no. you have to order the sides separately. you get a choice of 2 sauces and we chose the jalapeño hollandaise & bernaise sauce. both went well but the jalapeño hollandaise stood out more. my chicken breast was cooked perfectly. not dry not rubber, just chefs kiss perfect. chicken was on a silver beet with harissa. cannot fault anything in this dish. all the flavours worked well together. for sides we ordered candied kumara with pecans. the sweetness of the kumara worked well with freshly roasted pecans. the whipped potato was nothing special. very bland no seasoning. the herb slaw with pecans was refreshing and i thought it cuts down the richness of the candied kumara. finally for dessert we had the pavlova with passion fruit curd and lycheesl ice cream. this was a beautiful ending to a wonderful meal. pavlova had a crispy shell but soft inside with a gush of passion fruit curd. lychee ice cream was subtle. went well with the tanginess of the curd.
overall experience at jsh was beautiful. between the 2 of us our bill came to $314 lol.
it’s on the pricier side of dining but its something you have to experience once in a lifetime especially if you’re a steak fanatic.

have been wanting to come here for a while now but have never got around to it. my 2 friends and i came the other night for dinner and we weren’t disappointed! 3x eye fillet steaks cooked to absolute perfection, decent sizes as well. the jalapeño hollandaise.. out of this world!! i have never seen that as an option for a sauce before and i’m so glad i did because now i have a new obsession! buttery, creamy & with that little spicy kick ugh now i want it again. fresh home made onion rings, again more than decent sized and so crispy and crunchy, delicious. side of broccolini, can’t go wrong with it, was crunchy and seasoned well & the whipped mash, creamy and seasoned well. drinks were ok! ordered a few vodka lemon lime and bitters, had to ask for more bitters as you couldn’t taste it or even barely see it in the drink but aside from that everything was great.servicewas friendly, inviting and attentive will definitely return in near future.

first time trying and will never return. friendlyserviceinitially but very defensive upon hearing their food is overcooked. several blunders including serving sauce when mentioned prior no sauce due to an allergy, and 2 inconsistently cooked steaks.
ordered 1 medium rare wagyu scotch and was served medium well. this was redone promptly but the replacement steak was medium rare on one side, blue on the other.
ordered 1 medium wagyu scotch and was served mostly medium rare but 1/3 through the steak (started eating left to right) realised it was overcooked that it was tough to chew.
mentioned to the waiter that 1/3 of the steak was undercooked, 1/3 was overcooked and tough and asked what he could do because it’s so tough i couldn’t eat it. defensive that it was overcooked and it’s normal for the edge of the steak. then he said the head chef wouldn’t accept it as it’s only 1/3 of a steak left. i can’t be the only person to slice into steak as i eat instead of cutting it all up at once??
manager came over and said they wouldn’t replace a whole steak despite 2 steaks being inconsistently cooked (all good), but his take was that the meat had ‘cooked’ while on the plate and therefore became hard and overcooked. he suggested he can make me another steak and he thought i’d be paying for a 2nd steak when i still had 1/3 of a steak that was inedible 🤣. offered free dessert instead but i came for steak...not dessert. not all that glitters is gold.

i ordered the salmon which was beautifully cooked and very oceanic. the highlight of my dish was probably the broccolini which i would have gladly eaten a whole plate of. for sides we ordered the fries, onion rings and creamed spinach which were all winners in their own ways. ev’s steak was honestly so average and made me happy i ordered fish at a steakhouse. all i want to know is why?? the wagyu honestly just felt like i was eating sirloin from the supermarket and was nothing special. would i recommend jervois steak house? if you want bomb sides then yes. if you want some delicious cocktails or mocktails then yes (the pink chihuahua was both delicious and lethal). if you wantservicewith great chat then yes. if you want closely spaced tables where you can eavesdrop on other peoples conversations as you eat your dinner then yes. if you want a well cooked steak to write home about then no, please save your coin. my overall rating of jervois steak house would have to be one big meh, no thank you. never again.

the good - the steak; the not so good - no sides included and impersonal service.

i ordered the zen noh - the most expensive cut of meat and it was incredible. i found it crazy that it didn’t come with any sides and ordered the candied kumara and pecans - which was nice.

theservicewas ok and felt impersonal. this was a one off visit for me after the experience.

the scotch fillet was not tender but dry, sauce was ok, a fruit fly fell out of the menu when i opened it.servicewas good but thats pretty much the only thing that was good. definitely not worth the price.

great meat selection,serviceis good ,but could be better. eg. taking time to explain meat selections and specials.

this place has some crap smart ass servers here.
we were welcomed in at the front desk nicely then went upstairs and what a joke bang crushing bottles glasses right behind our heads . laughing about it,

yes we completely ignored u didn't we? and u guys got upset when we told u why u wernt getting a tip!!! u gave such badservicethen had the cheek to ask for a tip? hahahaha . the food is extremely average here