mission estate restaurant

we dined here for the first time the other night after hearing such good comments about the food my husband and i were really looking forward to it. we were very underwhelmed. apart from the fact we found a hair in our platter starter the taste was definitely not a reflection of what we paid. we wont be back

we went to a wedding here over the weekend, i don't know how they manage to do it, but the food was to the same excellent standard as the restaurant always is.

another beautiful dinning experience, and a beautiful setting for the wedding

thank you staff

had birthday eve lunch with my husband yesterday and it was good. ive expected so much so i guess it wasnt as impressive. i thought there would be a nicer view to have our lunch but we just spent it inside.
food was good, not exceptional.

the service though was two thumbs up👍🏼👍🏼
our server was this guy who was attentive

the steak i ordered was yum, but a little burnt.

the cheesecake isnt what ive expected.. its a deconstructed cheesecake.. so not much of a fan.. and thats $16.50?

i’d like to give a 3.75⭐️.. rounding off to a 4.

good place for large groups. highly recommend this award winning restaurant.

lamb and stuffed chicken mains were delicious. service was great. the restaurant building and the views of the vineyards below are so lovely. worth a visit, especially in the summer time. will be back. 😊

fantastic food with wine ~

i thought the food was pretty good here with the exception of the garlic and cheese bread, give that one a miss. chicken wings and calamari a good entree and i had the eye fillet which was a great piece of meat. the stuffed chicken breast i thought was a really great dish. service was a bit slow as it took over half hour from entree to main but a nice setting so no big deal.

queens birthday weekend and our last stop of our self-guided wine tour was the mission. our party of four enjoyed four glasses of beautiful wine and a selection of two desserts and one cheeseboard.

the desserts were fabulous. presentation, portion size and taste, all exquisite. the cheeseboard was perfect. the cheese selection was very good as were the compliments added. the portions were just right, figs, mixed nuts, plum paste and fresh grapes. lavosh and a selection of crackers created a very satisfying spread.

the ambiance was lovely, although it could have been a little warmer in the bar area where we sat.

the mission is a great place for locals and visitors to the area, full of history and beauty.

excellent service and food was devine. really feel like you are in another world. great views. excellent place for coffee and dessert with friends.

just down the road from church road winery is mission estate winery. as mentioned above, hawke's bay is home to new zealand's oldest winery - in 1851, french missionaries sailed to new zealand and planted vines - introducing mission estate, located in taradale in napier.

since trying mission estate's wines last year, i have fallen in love. my favourite wine at the moment? mission estate's 2017 pinot gris. it is a beautiful drop and i highly recommend trying it. 

while we didn't dine at mission estate's restaurant (having already had lunch at church road winery) or do a wine tasting, we did have a lovely walk around the grounds and various dining areas, plus i purchased some of their beautiful branded glasses - at only $5 each, they were an absolute steal!

i and my partner visited the restaurant in mid july for dinner. it was not for celebration but we were in napier for holiday and thought we should enjoy a nice dinner at a quiet place as we are usually too busy and no time to have dinner at fine dining restaurants so often.
we had the winter special set menu thing and they were all amazing! i think the price was reasonable as the quality of the food was good.
the service was fast and efficient, the ambient was also nice.
we hope we come back again for lunch and do wine tasting, the view from the windows in a daytime must be beautiful.

great service, fabulous food and wine.

we had the beef fillet and lamb rump, both were cooked to perfection and came with very tasty accompaniments.

will definitely visit here again!!

we visited napier for one night only from auckland. having never dined out before we relied on online reviews. we found mission estate to provide excellent service and outstanding meals, highly recommended for dinner. beautiful heritage building just out of napier. we plan to return during the day so we can view the grounds during day light.

just dined here yesterday for dinner and had pretty good experience. definetly good portion of the food with great quality and presentation of the plates too. me and my partner had starter and main each and we were both full to have desserts. we went for quick dinner here so couldn't wait to digest foods for dessert but will definetly visit mission again to have nice meal and dessert.

looked forward to a meal at the mission estate restaurant. the service was as expected, good and prompt. the ambience was great; the main hall had a view through the bay windows looking into the garden and through to the hawks bay in the distance. the table setting finely done. meals came out in time and at good pace. our party of 5 ordered some fresh oven baked bread with hummus, mixed nut dukkah and local hb olive oil with balsamic, which went down a treat... we ordered 4 of the herb crusted lamb kind with lamb neck filled pancake. when in hawkes bay, don't miss the hawkes bay lamb especially at the premier fine dining restaurant in the hawkes bay... one of our party ordered the beef fillet steak. unfortunately, the food was not the highlight of the evening. i found my lamb loin overcooked to being almost well done. i had that sent back only to be served the second dish only slightly less well-done, medium at best... while the filing for the pancake was tasty being slow-cooked lamb neck, the pancake was rubbery and attempts at cutting the pancake saw the filing pusher out of the roll... quite a frustrating and disappointing experience for an establishment with such a reputation and rating.