The Press Club — Restaurant in South Island

We have been wanting to try this place for sometime now. Have had the opportunity to have an odd coffee before and the place looks fairly good. A lot of effort has been made setting up this flash restaurant. As usual, it was apparent that they were under staffed. The young waitress was all smiles and a little talent. The manager was a bit stand off ish or a dude with a sense of humour that none of us understood. The meals were super pricy and then it raises the expectations a little bit. Our steak was $51 and was served fairly cold and cut into two. It was generously served with a tiny skinny carrot and a stick of asparagus. Not impressed at all. The steak was well cooked though to our liking. Chips were luke warm too. The salmon was beautiful but the Israeli cous cous was a mismatch. Risotto was rich and creamy and tasted good. Vension was definitely the pick of the lot served with mash. We were in Xmas spirits and had à great time laughing and sharing jokes. We thought the music was very low and it was awkward to have a decent conversation without the neighbouring tables listening to our stories. It all came to an abrupt end when the manager decide to plonk the bill on the table stating they were ready to close. Really, it is not even 10 and we are in a so called 5 star hotel. I get really worried for the industry and the owners who run the show. Covid, lock downs, lack of staff and the economical reasons to keep operating offering little service. Good luck guys. We spent more than $100 per guest and it was certainly no where...

Stayed at Fable hotel and were unfortunate to have arrived too late for dinner, however we were so excited to wake up early to try the breakfast there.

Got there at 7:30am (place was empty) and quickly ordered a coffee, hot chocolate, French toast and an eggs benedict. The coffee and hot chocolate were quite good and thoroughly enjoyed these.

However, the food left quite a bit to be desired (especially considering the hype around the food for dinner etc.). The eggs benedict (vegetarian) came with two slices of bread, 2 poached eggs, spinach (to replace bacon) and sauce, now whilst there was nothing wrong per say regarding the meal, it felt very underwhelming, especially considering the price of $24 and how small the serving size was. The French toast came as two slices of bread, with a banana with skin on (assuming frozen and cut in half) with some maple and blobs of curd. All dishes came literally as detailed so no faults there, but wouldn't say it's worth it, nor worthy of being Fable hotels breakfast place. Taste wise it was okay, nothing special in any regards.

If you're looking for breakfast options, there are plenty of other good cafes around Dunedin within...

Was very excited to try this place but unfortunately the experience wasn’t what we had hoped. We were in the library private room which was beautiful. I gave 5/5 for the atmosphere as our group really was the life of the party which ultimately saved the night.

Customer service was abysmal, the front of house was rude and was very disinterested. We firstly ordered drinks and they took quite some time to arrive and the meal orders were taken. We waited at least 45 mins for the food to arrive and when it did half of the meals were cold and others were undercooked. The manager was very dismissive when we brought up the issue of the food being cold and undercooked. He did not want to listen as to why we were unimpressed and that we didn’t have the chance to let him know as he did frequent our table often at all. If you are young and in a group think twice about eating here as we were treated poorly. Would not...