Bistronomy & Vinotech — Restaurant in Napier

The 3 rd experience of fine dining / degustation menu.

Once again walked in and the staff were very accommodating but had to sit at bar as no space even though I arrive at 8.15 pm. The food got served in quick pace.

The set menu is part of their A la carte.

I got house bread with cauliflower, sashimi and chicken wing for entree. For mains beetroot risotto and mussle fish fennel powder. The fennel powder was nice n new to me. Dessert was mocha cake I think.

Overall 107$ with drink which is expensive as the food didn’t contain many expensive items. Thus value for meal is 3 or less but taste definitely 4-4.5.

Reading other comments indeed the food quantity is small but if u r dinning a set menu then u do have 4 to 5 dishes to go thru n that fills you up with drinks. Guess if one is in 20s or a big eater, then yes food is quantity is tiny. The small quantity probably holds true for a number of degustation menus I have been too.

Once again for an occasion / one time affair..

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Visited again Apr 2021.

This time I was very disappointed. I reached at 2040hrs and the staff agreed to seat me but the kitchen was really closing and I would have preferred the straight answer of not being able to dine, rather than a half hearted attempt. Steaks and anything that’s took longer than 10 mins wasn’t allowed and neither was dessert.. I prolly Shd have left myself.

I had chicken wings which weren’t wings at all but crispy fried batter on top of chicken pieces. 17.25$ for piece of 4. Poor taste and felt worse than kfc to be honest. 1/5 for value n taste.

Organic chicken was 29$ which was a thick piece of chicken breast with not much taste. 1/5 for value n taste unfortunately.

The cocktail Sicilian 20$ Was prolly the highlight.

Overall 67$. Not...

Came to Bistronomy with my partner after researching the restaurants in the area (we were first time visitors). Initially we came with high expectations but we left incredibly disappointed with our meal.

After being seated we had to wait 20 minutes for our menus to be delivered. As we were about to walk out, we were offered a weak apology. We decided to stay given the reviews we had read and hoped our experience would get better. However the poor service continued.

We had the 6 course tasting menu with the wine pairing and were made to feel like a massive inconvenience for our dietary requirements. Being told "the chef is fussy". Our changes were, however, made to the menu.

We decided to go for the wine pairing and were very excited to be guided by the sommelier for this. However, our alterations to the tasting menu were forgotten and the wine paired incorrectly. When describing the pairing, our waiter described the meals we were not reciving. When we told him this we were told "this wine will be fine for that too". Hugely disappointing considering the extra price we were paying to have a sommelier pair these meals. We felt if they were unable to change the pairings this should have been discussed on ordering the food.

Overall would not recommend or visit again in future. Food was tasty but forgettable. Service minimal to the point of negligence. We understand we dined on a busy evening. However, given the price and fine dining status of the restaurant would have expected significantly more from...

We tried the 9 course tasting menu for my partner's birthday, and it was unlike any other dining experience either of us had ever had.

Each dish was unique and delicious. Stand-outs included the 'traditional French fish and bread' course (toasted brioche with smoked eel, pickle relish, and a mindblowing savoury sorbet), the Patangata beef tartare (wrapped in lardo, with hibiscus poached rhubarb, berry wafer, and smoked beef jerky), and the deconstructed strawberry cheesecake (with strawberry herb sorbet, Graham cracker, goat cheese 'filling', and rosé soaked strawberries, lemon-lime gelatine).

The one dish neither of us was overly excited by was the fish (seared, with a cannelini bean cassoulet, semi-dried tomato, and native spinach); if we had been ordering main sizes, I would have been disappointed to receive this relatively ordinary plate - especially after seeing what else Bistronomy has on offer!

Our booking was for 5.30pm during summer, and the sun was uncomfortably warm in the window where we were seated. For some reason the air conditioning was not running. This couldn't distract us from the amazing food, but if you're especially sensitive to heat, I would suggest choosing a different time or table location.

We'll definitely be back, even if it's just for a quick...