Mr Go's — Restaurant in North Island

Huh? I don't get the other reviews. Seriously. Or did the place just change ownership, the original cooks left and the service staff is all new? We were told that we had to wait for one hour to be sitted, so we had to leave and wander around, which was fine, lots to see nearby. When we finally got the text message informing us that our table was ready, one hour and 16 minutes later, we were sitted at a high table that rocked like a boat, with 4 other customers. I LOVE shared tables, but if you are going to put a bunch of strangers at a table, why not put them at a PROPER table? Also... Why no napkins? I mean, there were some randomly spread on some of the tables, but none at ours. We ordered a soda and a cocktail to start. The soda came within a couple of minutes... The cocktail 15 minutes later! We accepted the hurried apology from the server and tried it... A glorified pineapple juice for $15, with ZERO of the "pineapple-infused tequila" promised. I mean: ZERO. I always order tequila drinks and if there's something you taste, smell and feel is tequila. Not here. Complete ripoff. Then, about 30 minutes later, our food arrived. The biggest letdown of the night. The bao was... inconsequential. Especially for $10. Truly "meh". The dumplings had good flavour but were dripping oil. Less than "meh". We decided that was enough tragedy for one night and stood up to pay... the gal at the entrance printed out our receipt and asked "Does this look alright to you?" A bit confused I said "sure", and she insisted... so that I would see the space for a tip at the bottom of the receipt!!! Now THAT got my attention so I decided to actually take a look... And it was NOT our receipt! Rinse and repeat, with the EXACT SAME "Does this look alright...?" question with emphasis on the tip line. When I said "yes", she was clearly annoyed that, for the second time, I didn't fall for the tip gimmick. Even my son, who was barely paying attention or following any of this drama as it unfolded, commented in the car that she looked annoyed when I was paying. He also commented that the food was spectacularly uneventful and that it was ridiculous that we had to wait over one hour for that. We both agreed that any food stand at the Capital Market or the night market on Cuba is a million times better (and way cheaper!) So, save time, money and aggravation and stay away from this fad-infused...

MG says they serve fusion, hawker street food on a premise which has some Asian decor. The limited menu offers a mish-mash of finger foods that is supposed to reflect various Asian cuisines with a large part dedicated to Taiwanese buns with light "Asian" fillings.

Other items on the menu were just snacks or entrees; you would need to order quite a few of these as portions are small (but not prices!). It would be prohibitive to feed a family of even four, here.

The main meals section did not actually offer anything substantial or even Asian! The mushroom and bean curd dish came out in a tiny bowl, did not taste remotely hawker-ish or even Asian and was very expensive given the Lilliputian size!

The layout of MG was awkward as the entrance-aisle split the room into two with laptop systems dominating the centre, making the LHS cramped. The physical discord and the noise unfortunately made MG less than relaxing. When we left we adjourned to another restaurant with comfy seating for a proper meal this time.

Fusion foods if done properly can taste very good. Frankly the only fusion here is the one in "Confusion": Re the Restaurant's Identity and the Cuisine (find Nemo!). As for the staff they were doing their best to keep MG's owners happy by providing quick and courteous service and this has been factored...

Food was really good, Korean chicken wings a favourite (lots of chilli flavour without a punitive chilli burn), avocado Nori salad an unexpected star (creamy avocado really letting the the Nori flavours breathe), cream cheese Wontons as decadent as they sound. Alas Spinach Chart seems off the menu for now.

Food came out promptly. New venue is nice, good selection of drinks including in house cocktails in Tiki mugs - great for a celebratory event.

Only down side was the weekend staff weirdly insisted on calling us (and other diners) "team". Like, a lot. Even for interactions that didn't require them to name the table really at all.

"Here's the chicken wings, team"..."would we like more drinks team"?... "did you enjoy the meal...TEAM?"..."can I take your plates TEAM"..."Come back soon...TEAM".

We counted 11 times in a 45 minute meal, which actually takes some doing.

Not sure if its supposed to be welcoming, or funny or what. It just makes it seem like the wait staff are aggressively socially inserting themselves and make sure patrons know that its REALLY INFORMAL, and TOTALLY NOT A BIG DEAL THAT WE'RE SERVING YOU... which, great that its true, weird that they feel they have to say it every...