Pure Bar & Grill — Restaurant in North Island

Lunch on the second day of our trip was here. Maybe we're getting old but I felt the staff just seemed incompetent. We ordered our first drink at the bar, grabbed a couple of menus and thought we would sit upstairs as it might have been cooler to be told upstairs wasn't open and we couldn't go. That was ok so we found a table downstairs and as we were sitting down told we could in fact go upstairs if we wanted. We decided to stay downstairs as that seemed easier. We ordered our lunch and had another drink while we waited and waited and waited and waited for our meal to arrive. We both ordered naked burgers, which surprised the guy taking our order as he didn't seem to know that was an option on the menu. I had ordered a naked steak and mushroom burger and was expecting a piece of scotch fillet but got diced steak (not sure what it was) that was severely overcooked. Missing was the caramelised onion which was disappointing. My partner ordered a naked chicken burger and received diced overcooked chicken. The place seemed more suited to a younger crowd. We...

Been here twice over the last few weeks, once for a business lunch meeting so needed space and not too much noise and this venue was perfect. Another time with friends for dinner so wanted somewhere warm, both meals were really nice, great specials, awesome prices and the service was amazing, which is always a bonus in Whangarei. I would recommend the pork and prawn rice noodle salad...

Rick and Marrisa, you created the most wonderful and delicious menus for my black tie event. Friends are still talking about it and then next morning, breakfast for 34 guests. As my friends said, the food and its wonderful presentation was straight out of a Savoy Hotel Dining /gourmet cook book. You guys exceeded my expectations if that is even possible. What a memorable...