🍣🥘▪️sashimi, spicy seafood hot pot, deep fried squid & spicy pork belly with cheese sauce-4/5▪️🥘🍣
twelve was the restaurant my partner picked for his birthday dinner this year. the restaurant is based in auckland cbd. we went on a friday night so it was rather busy. there was a 10-15 minute wait but because we had our 9 month old daughter with us, the waiter had us seated promptly before other groups instead of waiting outside in the cold. i really appreciated the gesture. the customer service was impeccable! i can’t even begin to explain how considerate and lovely the service we received that night. the restaurant didn’t have a high chair so one of the staff (i’m assuming the duty manager) went and got an office chair with arms for our daughter to sit on. they showed so much concern and even suggested foods they deemed suitable for our daughter to eat. it isn’t a family restaurant but as a mother, i appreciated the gestures they made that night. they truly went above and beyond. the ambience of the place was modern, a bit dark and dimly lit so it gave a bar/restaurant feel. it was also rather loud so be prepared to talk a few octaves higher😅. the spacing of tables were enough for me to manoeuvre my daughters pram without disturbing diners and asking them to move their chairs. twelve is a bit pricey so be prepared to spend a bit of money. we ordered a variety of dishes. the sashimi was delicious but you can never get fresh salmon sashimi wrong! the squid was a bit average, nothing overly fancy or delicious. the pork belly was delicious but i was expecting a bit more spiciness to it. the highlight of the dishes was the seafood hotpot. the broth was flavourful and had good amount of seafood to it. i find most seafood hotpots tend to skimp out on mussels and crabs but twelve had a good variety of seafood in their hot pot and noodles added to the pot were a nice touch. all in all, i would recommend❤️