La Patio Cafe & Bar — Restaurant in Palmerston North

Ate there today with my girlfriend and her sister. We were in town to see friends as we currently live in the United Kingdom. We have visited La patio in the past when we use to live in Palmerston North and always found it to be of a consistent high quality.

Unfortunately today, I ordered the chicken burger. I was most of the way through it when I discovered that it was not cooked throughly enough and was raw in places. I am assuming that it was deep fried from frozen. This was very disappointing. We were not charged for the meals or coffee we had.

Overall it was very disappointing experience and doubt we will ever return there again when in...

I recently had Sunday lunch here with a friend. The staff were friendly and polite. I ordered the Roast of the day which was Roast beef. Unfortunately the beef was cut into strips like a stir fry which made it tough and chewy. It was served with mashed potatoes which I don't think is the right type of potato to serve with a Roast ( it should be Roast potatoes). I then ordered the Apricot slice out of the cabinet which was anything but. It had raisins and pistachio nuts through an apricot fudge slice with coconut on top. The Mocha coffee was nice though other cafes normally serve marshmallows with it. It was a disappointing experience and I...

Had a date night dinner here last week and our main was devine! Was surprised by the poor rating they have overall. My husband and I both had the Angus beef steak with duck fat potatoes and carrot pearls as pictured and it was beautifully cooked and presented. The dessert of rhubarb crumble however did seem quite amateur with the chocolate wafer sticks you get from the supermarket at Xmas time on top and I'm sure it had been microwaved. But overall the main was perfect and service was attentive. Generous wine serving. Would definitely go back to try...