styx and stone

reasonable wheelchair access (good parking, thresholds, and tables, but doors overly heavy and ramp to upper seating area a little too steep). warm. music a bit louder than i prefer, but not conversation-killing levels.

love the stone grill venison. as others have said, the blue cheese sauce here is strong--one of us loved it, the other two found it a bit much (perhaps they should offer a milder option?). the roast potatoes (skin on) were way too heavily salted, but the veges of the day were beautiful. our guest had the 500gm $20 steak special and made a pretty impressive dent in it too!

waited less than 20 minutes for our meals. ordering dessert did require flagging down a passing waitress, however.  

the hot fudge chocolate sundae was well worth the $12.50, though a bit difficult to eat out of the tall glass it's served in (we asked for a bowl and transferred the contents). this thing came with tempered chocolate squiggles on top, ice cream, chocolate sauce, fudge, brownie... no sign of any whipped cream, but to be honest i didn't miss it. we got extra spoons and shared one dessert between two, which worked out well. i've had better meals during my week in christchurch, but nothing that compared to this dessert!

my family and i booked the private function room for my graduation dinner, needless to say i would not go back. the lack of customer service really ruined the whole experience for all of us; we had a very unhappy waitress looking after us who made her lack of interest very apparent. after we finished dinner we ordered dessert (we had to prompt her to getting us dessert menus, because she never asked) before dessert came out she brought us cutlery, which was great, however instead of perhaps placing the spoons on a napkin beside our seats she threw the pile of spoons into the middle of the table (which hadn't been cleaned down) and walked off. while i can't fault the food as i did enjoy my meal very much, for me my graduation dinner was supposed to be a happy experience and the lack of hospitality from our waitress left me unhappy.

my husband and i went here for his birthday last week. it was quite a nice atmosphere, the staff were absolutely brilliant, the food was good. for once my steak was actually cooked right! seems to be something most restaurants cannot do right. my steak was perfectly cooked to rare, not overcooked and well done like most of the places we go. it wasn't mind blowingly good food, but it was consistent. i didn't like that our meals came out separately, and my husband had to wait a bit longer for his meal. all things considered though, we'd definitely return.

always have pasta or rib eye steak here. never had any issues with our meal. service is okay a bit slow with serving but nothing major. nice place for lunch or catch up dinner.

love this place on a sunday when i feel like a big breakfast or brunch for a cheap $15 meal, massive souvlaki, burger or just fish n chips. good quality & service.

so thought i would try our local bar today. ordered an eternal fillet on the stone with roast potatoes and mushrooms. first got vegetables but easily remedied. then the eye fillet. well i have not eaten a piece of eye fillet or any steak cut to be honest as tough as this in about 5 years. it was actually so tough i almost started eating my shoe. pretty sure it would have been more tender. mushrooms were swimming in butter to the point of 1 was equivalent to a 500g block of butter i think. would i eat here again. absolutely not. for the overpriced tiny tough piece of meat not worth it. but. let's be fair it's not in the mistake it's how it's remedied. so one tiny piece of meat eaten 1 mushroom eaten. everything else left. so they gave me a 50% reduction. pwah. yeah we won't be back

arrived here very late and the staff were able to take our dinner order which was excellent.  wer here with a big crowd and the staff were very accommodating.  food was good, not outstanding, but wouldn't complain.  looking forward to coming for lunch soon.

i had the eye fillet, the rare meat was practically medium rare and the way they presented it was very questionable unfortunately i didn't have any photos. i will try go again though because i love the atmosphere of the place.

the food was pretty good. the waitress was good and she made sure we were ok for everything.

this is a place we love to stop at for lunch when coming into christchurch for the day. the $10 lunches are great value for money and i have never seen the restaurant empty. now that tells you something on its own. weh and meet friends here for dinner a couple of times and the only complaint would be it can get really hot in the upstairs setting area.

had the most amazing time at styx and stone tonight. went in for dinner and the place was buzzing, had a really busy bar and restaurant, so the atmosphere was great. we were told about the $20 stone grill deal and thought we would give it ago. best idea ever. you got to cook your own steak, was so yummy as you get it how you like it. staff all super friendly and very smart uniforms. will definitely be back. two thumbs up.

walked it told to take a seat and come back to the bar and order. hello it's a resurant we should be served. then were told they weren't doing stone grill. it's a stone grill restaurant why they can't serve stone grill is beyond me. took a seat at a table and were told rudely you can't sit there it reserved wkgb no sign saying that. went to order meals at bar the waitress was very rude and abrupt. meals took forever. will not come back again.

lunched at styx with my two daughters today. i have never been disappointed on my many previous weekday visits and today was no different. the lunch/$10 menu has great variety and is fantastic value for money - the quality is consistently good and you won't leave feeling hungry - haven't tried anything off this menu that i haven't enjoyed (and i've tried it all, several times over!). the staff are very friendly, attentive and work really hard to ensure you have everything you need. i highly recommend a visit, particularly during the week (this is when i've always been) - this is my favourite "go to" eatery. although it was busy on this visit, the atmosphere was great - we sat in the area by the fireplace instead of the bar, and as usual, didn't have to wait long for our food and stayed longer than planned!

drove into chch yesterday to meet friend and do a bit of shopping after a quick lunch. weather terrible so met at northwood and decided to have lunch first. friend had been before and as i decided to have the beef nachos, recommended i ask for a half size meal as portions very generous. well she was right, even half size was more than ample, great taste, lovely and filling and generous with the cheese and other toppings and not too many corn chips which can sometimes be the bulk of the meal. my friend had the grilled chicken wrap which is a favourite of hers and once again didn't disappoint. salad filling was so crisp and fresh and she said very filling, she didn't eat all the chips that came with the meal. we ended up staying longer than anticipated as atmosphere was lovely and cosy, and outside was not!! the staff were attentive and asked during the meal, and as they cleared the plates if everything had been okay with our meal. we finished off with a coffee each and flagged the shopping. will be going back and perhaps try the dinner menu next time. would recommend as a great place to catch up for lunch as the variety was great and as just out of town, didn't have to grapple with the traffic.

have been overseas for the last 5 weeks and on returning to christchurch and to celebrate a birthday we decided to eat out. having visited this establishment on a number of occasions previously with no problems we decided to have dinner which was for 6 people. we were shown promptly to our seats and ordered drinks and quickly followed up by ordering our food. this is when things started to go downhill rapidly. myself and one of my sons ordered steak both medium rare, we then had to request steak knives which were unceremoniously dumped on the table. my entire meal was cold, my sons was slightly warmer. on calling back the waiter he apologised and said he would get them sorted out. i then requested a different option from the menu but after he checked with the manager the waiter said this would not be possible and i must stick with my original choice, after a few deliberations with the waiter i declined this offer, he confided that if it was up to him i could have what i wanted but was acting under managers instructions. my daughter in laws pizza was undercooked on the bottom and my wife's caesar salad had bacon that was virtually raw. ten minutes later the waiter arrived back and proclaimed that the manager had decided that i could have another meal of choice (she must by this time have realised she was running a restaurant). we decided to cut our losses and leave with a number of uneaten meals on the table but was not prepared to pay for the meal that was sent back. the waiter then appeared and asked if we needed any deserts or coffee, we normally would have but unfortunately had to decline his offer. on paying for the meals my son was asked to pay the full amount even for the barely touched one which was sent back. the manager was insistent on arguing over this in full view of staff and customers. i intervened and said just pay the full amount and lets go at which point she deducted this meal from the bill. in the past 5 weeks we have eaten in many towns in england, australia and abu dhabi and have never experienced such low quality meals or levels of service as were evident at this restaurant. i fully understand that things can go wrong but they can also be rectified/recovered in an appropriate manner. needless to say the restaurant has now lost at least six customers and i wont be recommending this establishment to others.