Lone Star Invercargill — Restaurant in Invercargill City

Deeply disappointed. Came in with a friend, wouldn't usually spend that much on a meal but hey for a once off, if its good its worth it. Ordered the most expensive steak meal, the filet. My oh my what a disappointment. literally everything was wrong with it. It took like 40 minutes to arrive and the place was quiet, i can accept the wait I've run kitchens myself. I ordered medium rare, it was straight up well done, absolutely ruined the entire experience right there. I wasn't comfortable sending it back and waiting another goodness knows how long for my food to displace my guest. The potato thing was ok but the steak was accompanied by some horrible burnt gritzy stuff like grill gloop, it was gross. The stake tasted feral and was chewy. Absolute nightmare, and to top it off it was drenched in a horrible gloopy ju that tasted like the base was made from a packet... $85 for two meals and two drinks. Disappointed doesn't come far to doing that experience justice. Nothing bad to really say about the wait staff. Just a barely edible meal at a horrendous price considering. How do you cook a thick filet steak (which I must say was disappointingly small and yeah just chewy, gross smelling and gross tasting) well done when someone orders...

It was my first trip to New Zealand I had resisted the easy temptation of chain restaurants because yeah I can have something like that at home. But I was a little tired and I was hungry so meh why not. I was quite surprised for a Monday night, expecting reheated weekend fair. I was swiftly shown to my table and a cold cider was placed on my table not long after my order. I had a little time to catch up on my day and journalise my day while a few other customers enjoyed their meal. Both servers were attentive, checking on their guests and myself with a smile. My meal was quite delectable. The mash was well seasoned and full of carby goodness. The beans, broccoli and carrots were firm and well cooked _worked especially well with the jus (again a good symphony of flavours. The shoulder of lamb was tender, seasoned, charred and scrumptious. The cherry tomatoes and cheese floating in jus seemed unnecessary as a side for the meal. Maybe I won't be so quick to avoid safe options in the future because lets face it there is a reason why they expand and dependable - they have...

We came in for some good comfort food after a long day of hiking and Long Star really hit the spot for us. We started with a heap of nachos loaded with savoury beef and cheese and devoured it in no time. The wait for the meat mains was a tad long (30-40 min?) but us being ravenous humans were delighted with the huge portions that arrived on our table… And pleasantly surprised by an extra main delivered to our table? Turns out there was a miscomm with the orders and the waitress had placed our order for a lamb share plate when we’d meant to ask for empty plates to share our dishes. We were more than happy to pay for the dish as the lamb was absolutely delightful but the manager/wait staff insisted it would be on the house and didn’t let us pay for it. Was a very pleasant surprise and topped off a great holiday for us. We also got the venison which was perfectly cooked and tender, and the ribs which were tasty although overdone. Was a slight struggle finishing the food but was very satisfied with the quality of our...