Havelock TakeAways — Restaurant in Marlborough

Unfortunately I can't review the food as the service was so bad I didn't get that far and chose to walk out. Decided to stop in and grab some dinner on our way home upon walking into the shop the woman was busy telling the other staff about an order they needed to redo as the customer said everything was undercooked, she then approached the til to "serve" me and simply stared at me with a look on her face like I was an inconvenience, as she didn't say a word to me I thought I'd break the ice to get my order underway so said "hi" to which she turned her nose up at me and very gruffly replied "yea?" with a tone I have never been spoken to with in my life. It was like she was wondering why I was standing in the shop and was a huge inconvenience so I said forget it and as hungry as I was I chose to walk out and will never spend a cent there. I did end up getting fish and chips from a place 15 minutes down the road with had great friendly service...

Sorry guys, I would like to leave a good review but it's hard! Things I liked: the waiting area, the town, the chip portion size.

Things I didn't like: food was VERY oily, need to let it drain longer and stab the wrapped parcel to let the food breathe a bit. Fish was old seeming, quite rubbery. Only had two standard pieces of fish left so we purchased the "fish of the day" for $9 each... we could barely tell the difference. We ordered wedges with sour cream, sweet chilli and bacon for $17 and it was all lumped together in a takeaway box. A mess to try and eat.

Things I recommend: the above regarding oiliness, presentation improvements, and most importantly, reading the reviews here. I don't think you do, or if you do, you don't care as the feedback seems pretty consistent. I recommend if a friend of yours reads this, that they have a chat to you about making some small improvements. They'll make a big...

It's not often I feel compelled to leave a bad review, especially in the South Island where we typically experienced fantastic. However, Havelock Takeaways feel well short of the mark. The first time we visited Havelock in November, we waited patiently for them to open for lunch as per their opening hours on the door but no one arrived. Another waiting customer called them and they said they would be there soon. But after 30 minutes we both gave up and left. Then we visited again in January. This time they were open for dinner. Unfortunately the staff were very grumpy and rude. They didn't give us our sauces so we had to return to get them. And the food was well below the standard we were accustomed to int he South Island. Such a shame as they seem to be the only budget option for dinner...