the styx kitchen & bar

the place is very comfortable and generous. for the amount of staff compared to number of customers, it took a while for someone to come over and seat us and we were served and checked on by different people for the same things. but the staff were very polite and helpful. 
their portions are generous and arrived on time. we loved the coconut crumbed tiger prawns, the rib eye steak and pork belly. thefishof the day could've used a bit more blue cheese in the sauce and the chilli chicken pasta didn't have as much of a chilli punch. the highlight of the night was the rosemary creme brulee - it is to die for and we were left licking the bowl clean! overall we were looked after and fed well after a long day of travel.

looking for goodfishn chips? look elsewhere.
i'm currently on family holiday here in new zealand with my parents. beautiful sunny day, perfect for seafood and a cold beer, we thought! went to styx after reading the positive reviews here with high hopes, but they were shattered beyond words. we were seated upstairs on the balcony next to the window, waitress was super friendly and lovely. we ordered a beer and cocktail for drinks which arrived promptly. the ceviche came after, which was super delicious and good portion for the $18 price. this is the only dish i can recommend from our entire meal. dad ordered the pan fried grouper which came with a large bed of salad. it was good flavour, not amazing, and the portion wasn't too bad for the $30 price. mum and i both ordered the seafood combo. it sounds good, right? the menu said it had pan friedfishof the day, butter prawns, and crumbed calamari with chips and salad. and for a $28 price tag, i was expecting a restaurant qualityfishand chips with plenty of flavours. i could not be any more wrong. the bare whitefishfillet was literally the length of my palm, very thin in thickness with very light flavour. there were two prawns. yup, that's it. two prawns that are the length of my thumb, that tasted like they were dipped in butter. and the calamari? they were thin and over cooked, the quality of a below-average buffet. chips were pretty meh, nothing special. the only thing i enjoyed was the salad, good flavour there. upon first thought, perhaps they made a mistake? nope, mum's plate looked exactly the same. all that for $28. this has to be the worst ridiculously-pricesfishand chips i've ever had ever, whether it's here on my holiday so far, or in australia, or any other country i've been in. don't waste your time. there's afishand chip shop right next to it that is much much cheaper, at least from advertisement outside, and definitely morefishat least! the most appalling meal i've ever had in new zealand to date. i was livid walking out, kept my mouth shut as not to take it out on the lovely waitress that was looking after us, and got kfc on the way back to the motel. i'll be leaving nelson tomorrow and definitely will not be going back there for lunch.
(and if you're wondering, yes, i started an account here just to write this review.)

yesterday me and my partner visited the styx kitchen as it was recommended by a friend. on first entrance the inside of the resuraunt was completely full (not a bad sign) so we had to sit outside. the heaters where on so it was very pleasant sitting on the solid wooden tables and chairs overlooking the water.
i had ordered the ceviche, unsure of thefishthat was used but it was very tasty! dressed in lemon, red onion and capsicum it was very simple but tasty. it came with a lightly dressed salad which was unexpectedly delicious mixed with the ciabatta bread with a small ramekin of salted butter. the butter was to hard to spread onto the bread unfortunately, but overall it was a very pleasant meal. 8/10
my partner had the seafood chowder which was a very generous portion might i add. the amount of seafood in the chowder was excellent with nice big pieces of prawn. he did have a beard on one of the muscles but again overall it was one of the nicer seafood chowders we have had.
9/10

we would definitely recommend this restaurant as it was recommended to us.
good service, good food, good views!

party of 8, a little slow with the drinks and possibly a bit slow with service if you are in a hurry but overall a nice experience, staff were fantastic as food wasn't up to standard (overcooked steaks, a bit thin on the ground with thefish& my pork belly was cold although very tasty!). our waitress was excellent and coped well and our food was redone and sent back out in double time - worth the wait this time round. can forgive food that's not perfect when you have great wait staff! will definitely be back as enjoyed the atmosphere.