Ram's Restaurant — Restaurant in North Island

Looks lively & exciting, is an irritatingly disappointing place.

3 of us, made to sit at a table for 2 (beside the counter, with barely any space so every time a group or even the staff goes by, you get to physically feel like an obstacle) despite having available tables that'd properly seat us. No, those weren't reserved and nor did anyone else come in to be seated there. Shows how much you're valued as a customer, just made to sit wherever profitable for them by a man that seemed to be the manager.

The place is crazy busy, fine, we get it - a Saturday night, lots of noise from many people. . . no fault of the staff. But their ignorance in noticing you when you're literally calling them in a clear view at close distance... very much frustrating. Then, unclean dishes, taken away but not replaced, unclear item on menu... fine, ask for clarification... got misinformation, led to wrong order, led to them claiming they just were unclear; didn't misinform - like that makes it all cool. One of the ladies (seemed like a supervisor?) was actually helpful & polite as you'd expect... and, I do appreciate her.

The Chilli & Garlic Stir Fry was so greasy... it was literally the over sweet 'Sweet Chilli' sauce outta the bottle into the wok with chicken & the rest. So close to being uneatable, most of it didn't leave the plate; we just ate the chicken. Also, the Singapore Fried Noodles reeked of the reused oil but tasted just Not-Too-Bad enough for us to consume it.

Perhaps the dumplings should've been our go-to, but we won't be returning. If you do go here, make use of the BYO option, I'd say... or better yet, try the Night Market or the other...

We ordered for delivery the salt n pepper pork ribs with rice and roast duck and bbq pork on rice. This is the first and last time we will be ordering again!

The salt n pepper pork ribs were okie but there were so many small bone shards in the lettuce which we originally thought were garlic pieces until we bit into them as we mixed it into the rice. The rice was so dry and hard to eat.

I’ve eaten countless roast duck and bbq pork on rice around Wellington and this has to be the worst ever! Firstly it was not roasted but was deep fried and the duck was boiled first as it was just falling apart and there was actually no taste/flavour to it. Tried a piece of bbq pork and couldn’t eat it as it had an old off smell/taste to it and in fact I couldn’t even taste the pork in it.

Very disappointed and won’t be...

The chilli oil dumplings are great but the service is literally the worst I’ve ever experienced. The manager served us whilst playing games on his phone on full volume in a very quiet restaurant. It was so loud that it was interrupting our conversation. He didn’t even take his eyes off of his phone, just mumbled a few words and continued with his games without even looking at us. Half way through our meal he went to smoke outside with a friend and left the door open. The cigarette smoke wafted inside whilst we were eating which was pretty gross. After his ciggy he continued to play games on his phone. He didn’t once pay a single bit of attention to anyone in there. As I said before, it was literally the worst service I’ve ever experienced in...