the station bar & bistro

arrived late afternoon and were seated in a comfortable booth table.

it wasn’t busy, only with 3 other tables with 3-5 people at each. ourmealswere the lamb shank, and slow braised pork belly both were amazing and very very delicious.

we dined with a 10 year old who ordered themselves a hot dog (american style) with crunchy fries and also enjoyed an ice cream sundae.
there were other kid friendly options aswell to choose from, which all came with an ice cream sundae.

parking was easily available and no problems finding spaces close to the entrance.

all in all it is a place we would come back to if we were ever to be in napier.
staff were efficient and friendly too and that’s helpful.

always good food and friendly service, take awaymealsavailable which was nice :) we will return, nice dessert selections available in a cabinet, petit cheese cakes to die for

when travelling i’m told we need to go somewhere where we can have “normal” food.  in other words the “one that needs to be obeyed” does not always want thai, indian, mexican, chinese, etc.  on that note then we headed to the station bar and restaurant.  you can’t book a table.  apparently you turn up and either grab a seat or you wait until a seat becomes available or something else i was not able to fathom.  a bit of a poor man’s lone star.  anyhow keep an open mind i was told - so i did.  the first thing that you notice is how extensive the menu is.  i mean, it is massive.  it caters for all tastes and prices.  entrees from $8 to $12.  mains range from the $19 wraps with salad and fries, to the $35 “fillet mignon - eye fillet, on sautéed lyonnaise potatoes, roasted mushrooms & bacon, topped with a light cracked pepper sauce.”  well madam went for the “open cajun chicken sandwich - butterflied cajun chicken breast, served on toasted turkish bread with lettuce, tomato, relish, mayo & a basket of crinkle cut fries”.  i’m on holiday (not that it would have stopped me) so i went with the “char-grilled - 225g eye fillet - premium eye fillet served with waffle potatoes and a vegetable bake” at $32.  a jug of mushroom sauce was an extra $3.  madam had her eye on my waffle potatoes all through the meal.  they were cracker!  bothmealswere presented nicely and were well worth the price.  the décor of the place needs some attention.  it feels a bit run down even though the building from the outside looks reasonably modern.  anyhow, no complaints by me with the food so that means it will be a revisit if i can book a table!

have eaten here over twenty times since it opened from sit downmealsto bistro, service is always friendly food well priced and the seafood chowder is amazing never had a bad meal or experience

friendly staff. but every time i come here the drink service doesn't exist. it's a fatal flaw. i can say we have been here with empty glasses from the first drink till we leave every time.
the food is good quality. however, there is room for improvement. somemealsare too big and this is a fundamental flaw. you cannot sell entrees and desserts if your main meal would fill two people. someone needs to address these issues. it's ok when napier is busy but when it is quiet it will go backwards.
i would only come back for pizza.

my wife and i very rarely go out so we were looking forward to a meal and movie date together. it was a wednesday night. we arrived at 6:25 pm and ordered drinks. we asked if we had time to have our meal and get to the movie we had booked for 7:15 pm and we were assured we would have time if we ordered burger and chips. we waited till 7pm before asking the waitress how ourmealswere going. she came back to say that the chef was too busy to tell her! we waited till 7:05 before we paid for our drinks and left. i called the general manager the following morning to explain what happened. he took my number but has not called back. very poor all round - would not recommend this restaurant. very disappointed.

dear david, i am so sorry that i missed you each time you came in. we redeemed your vouchers tonight and were very impressed. when we arrived the place was humming and we were told it might be 45 mins until we got our meals. we ordered drinks and our meals. we were pleasantly surprised when they arrived in about 20 mins considering it was so busy. we had the burgers we ordered the last time and they were superb. i would say that they were excellent value for money and i would come again and recommend your resturant. obviously our previous experience was not up to your usual standard. we will be back soon - thanks very much.

nine of us dined here and all of ourmealswere excellent. however while most of the staff were obliging and very pleasant there was a waitress who was not at all helpful even a smile from her would have made our experience more enjoyable

we will return and just hope that she is not on duty.

arrived to a crowed enviroment then were told to squeeze in next another couple. on ordering our food, the waitress staff were un polite and showed little respect for their customers. after waiting 45 minutes for our meals, we asked waitress staff how long much longer ourmealswere going to be and got this response, "as long as it takes". then fially recieving ourmealsone and a half hours later, they were incorrect. overall a poor experience and would not recommend.

wouldn't recommend eating here if you plan to go to the movies afterwards. we ordered at 7pm, asking if that would give us enough time to catch an 830pm movie - the waitress said it would only take 20-30 minutes - however, ourmealsnever arrived until 825pm meaning we had to shovel down ourmealsto get to our movie on time... we checked twice on the progress of our food, with standard replies and no apology was made when the food was delivered, or when we paid.... food was good when it arrived