The Rusty Bros Rotorua — Restaurant in North Island

One of the worst “lunches” I’ve ever had! One of a few places that trick you into buying a dinner for lunch because the breakfast menu, which is more a breakfast/lunch menu, stops at 12pm. No cabinet food at all, and it is advertised as a bar & cafe. Told to sit at a table and have a look at the menu then they served a large group at the counter that came in after us. Told meals would take 10-15 minutes but took about 30 minutes. Other person at our table didn’t get their food until 5 minutes after us. Ordered the grilled chicken meal. Chicken was average and a bit dry. Got 6 of the smallest pieces of roast potato I’ve ever seen in my life, and a tiny amount of broccoli. The whole meal tasted like it had been fully cooked the day before and reheated in the microwave for me. The tiny amount of gravy tasted like the lowest quality instant gravy available. Asked after a couple of bites how it was and I said the chicken was average and a bit dry. Waitress came back out offering more vegetables or something, which I refused because they weren’t any better. You missed your one chance to serve something fresh and tasty and get some regular customers. $29...

Unfortunately we had a pretty average experience last night. We rang and booked a table for 4 with a highchair, we arrived and a table wasn't ready for us so we just chose a table and asked for the highchair. Quite a few minutes later they still hadn't bought one and another customer ended up going to get us one. It was 15-20 minutes before anyone come to see us to take a drink order and it wasn't busy at this time. We were the second table in the restaurant and there were maybe 10 lots in the garden bar area. The drinks took quite some time to arrive then so did the food. By the time we got out meals the 1yo wasn't happy so we had to scoff it down so we could leave because everything had taken so long. Hubby had steak and it was nice however had a huge amount of fat that wasn't cooked down at all. Kids chicken nuggets and chips were fine and the nachos were okay. Unfortunately we definitely wouldn't return here for...

We went to The Rusty Bros for dinner last night on a whim as it had an epic sounding Meat Feast platter on the menu! We were greeted by a lovely smiley waitress who was super attentive all evening. We had a few drinks while waiting for some others to join us....side note the Passionfruit Bliss cocktail is so yum. Once we ordered our tables food, it was somewhat prompt. Let's just say we were not disappointed, out came a beautifully presented, hot, fresh, hugely generous platter & gorgeous side salad. Everything was delicious!! The others at the table ordered the steak, vegan nachos, and the lamb shank, and all cleaned their plates and said how insanely good everything was, I think the lamb shank devourer was highly impressed. While it wasn't the most fantastic night to be out (raining) we had a lovely time outside under the front deck with the heaters above us, and the service was fantastic! Thanks guys, we'll be...