Alluvial Restaurant — Restaurant in Canterbury

Great atmosphere for a Saturday night. Family friendly (activity books for the kids) and the staff built up a quick rapport. Good range of house cocktails. We had a Perfect Storm and an Old Fashioned. Both were delicious. Mains were good. The ribeye was cooked to medium-rare perfection. And the accompanying sauce was amazing. Definitely recommended. The Lamb Noisette was also delicious. Desserts were great. Gingerbread was an unexpected option - but amazing. Thought the Chocolate Fondant was a bit rich to start, but the roasted tamarillo cut through it nicely.

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Pleasant atmosphere, no echoing when having a conversation like many restaurants these days. Staff were great with prompt service, Mains for all at table were presented well and tasted nice, however small meals for the pricing, eaten here before and this time the chicken burger was way smaller than last visit with 9 chips stacked to one side, $29 really?? Mini bread was hard and dry. Suggest up the amount of food on the plates for the pricing being charged or lower the price a little, Pork Belly at $38 for size should be more like $32-$34, Otherwise a great...

Service was good very friendly, food presentation was awesome, but the food itself tasted pretty average I got the lamb rack the Lamb tasted good but probably not as good as it should’ve been for the price the purée tasted just like baby food. We waited about 25 minutes to 30 minutes for our food and we were the only ones waiting as they other two tables on people had already received their food by the time we were seated at our table, overall i’m a little disappointed but it’s not the worst place. I’ve been to either. I won’t be back in a...