Mount Social Club — Restaurant in Bay of Plenty

We prebooked a 50th birthday dinner for 15 people, I ordered starters to be on the table while people arrived and ordered drinks , the table was in an area away from lots of people when I arrived there was a group of girls seating themselves around our table and borrowing chairs for thier own group, the table we booked had no sign it was for a group booking, the starters for the table came out after 30mins of being there and what was ordered was x3 olives which would of been around 12 each dish, pesto and salsa x3 which came out with the pesto and salsa on crackers which were soggy and two cheese boards which were the highlight, for the price and quality of these dishes I would not recommend them I make far better platters at home and so could you. It was around 30$ each the cheese platter 11$ each for 12 olives (not stuffed just in oil) and the soggy cracker was around 18$ each. The service from staff was they were busy, so slow and most of the time our table had to get thier own drinks at the bar. We also had to ask for service when it came to ordering dinners and having the cake. Dinners from everyone's opinion only rated average, I had salmon with burnt crispy skin which is not nice and straight away indicates overcooked salmon, my partner had lamb which was chewy with sinew and accompanied with a terrible soggy rissotto, my sister had a mignon steak and ordered med/rare which came out well done and not at all melt in the mouth accompanied by a meh sauce and blah potato gratin, the highlight of our meals was the cake I bought which was tiramisu from the cheesecake shop, to finish the night of drinks Ive always liked thier coctails so ordered 2 espresso martinis which appeared popular and I love. That was a disappointment, first they use smaller glasses that are not at all martinis glasses in effect or quantity, the glasses were not prepped properly and the mix of the coctail itself was tasteless, it tasted like a shookup instant coffee. Unfortunately the overall experience has taken this venue off my top list of places to go for dining drinks or atmosphere. Although my partner enjoyed his birthday I could have enjoyed it more myself if the customer service and care was applied towards my family and friends and this reflected in gaining no tips and this review which I hope they...

The short: Good: Fast delivery and high quality of food. Peaceful, interesting and relaxing decor. Bad: Cleaning standards need improving. Tad on the expensive side.

The long: At first appearance, this cafe presents you with decor that will always have you looking around for other interesting things hanging on walls and dangling from the ceiling. It’s far from a uniformed style, and falls comfortably under the eccentric and random visual appeal. The same applies for the toilets ... it’s rare for my wife to tell me ‘go look at the bathrooms’.

Upon sitting we were presented with two glasses of water, one of which had not been properly washed and had lipstick from a previous customer still on the edge of our glass ... a lovely shade of tan.

The drink menu is impressive, and would have been more so had they had the drink I ordered at the time. The food menu is fairly standard, however, the flavors of both the blue cheese sauce and the calamari were five star. A light crumb coating of the calamari had a gorgeous crunch and light flavoring, the blue cheese however was so good that we wanted to try it with everything, only to discover that it overpowers all other flavors. There were other dishes we saw leaving the kitchen that looked equally impressive.

No questions asked during ordering led to a drink being sent back, but the fact that they don’t interrupt you could be seen as a good thing.

Prices are perhaps a few dollars too high ... but this fact is countered by the quality of culinary delights.

Overall ... more than satisfied, if only the glasses...

Was pretty disappointed with Mount Social Club... We booked a table of 7 for Sunday lunch...no table had actually been put aside for us so we had to choose what was available, and was quite disappointed to sit inside as none of the tables were really big enough and the furniture is quite awkward and chunky. The avocado platter which I was really keen for was not available, so I had to pick something else (would have appreciated the staff telling us this when we first arrived rather than when we went to order). I ordered something else and the guy came back a few minutes after taking our orders to double check what I had ordered...20 minutes or so later our food started to come out to the table...with the exception of what I had ordered....the guy had forgotten to put it through to the kitchen...he then had the audacity to try blame the other female staff member by making a blonde joke, which we found incredibly inappropriate, and it wasn't remotely her fault, it was his. They did immediately make my order and did not charge me for it, so I appreciate that, but still, unsure how it happened to begin with....the food itself was ok, some dishes were better than others...the seaweed fritters were undercooked and you could taste the batter which was disappointing...overall I probably wouldn't go back...not for brunch at least...think this place may do better in the evenings, but think maybe they shouldn't bother with their daytime service...it doesn't seem like a...