The Stable Kitchen — Restaurant in Southland

We came down to Invercargill from Auckland between Xmas & New Year and thought we would do some sightseeing as it’s been sometime since I visited my home town Invercargill - so we thought a trip to Gore would be good as I remembered when my mum was alive and I’d come down we would come to Gore for brunch and we would come into this place but I’m sure it wasn’t called The Stable Kitchen then ( 17 years ago) but the food hasn’t changed as I remember it was great then and it’s great now - my husband & I had the same except he had baked beans as well with his -think it was a full English Breakfast very yummy - It was a bit chilly this day but there was a heater by our table and a local was kind enough to say put it on there’s a outlet there to plug it in - very friendly people I’ve always said the southerners are a friendly bunch - The premises was nice and clean & the staff very friendly- Highly recommended if passing through Gore and wanting somewhere to have a nice coffee a nice food with...

I recently visited your café with my wife and our two children while travelling through the area. We had looked up your place and were looking forward to the experience.

Although we arrived close to the kitchen closing time and understood we couldn’t order from the full menu — which was totally fine — we were quite disappointed with how we were treated. The lady who informed us about the kitchen closure was unnecessarily rude, and we felt disrespected, possibly because it was clear we were foreigners.

In the end, we still enjoyed the food that was available — it was genuinely very good — but unfortunately, the unkind reception left us with a negative impression.

We’re sharing this feedback in the hope that future guests, no matter where they’re from, will be welcomed in a more friendly and...

In here with the family for lunch. Nice place and nicely done up. Could not at all fault the staff who were pretty good. A little bit of an issue with the food in the a burger my partner ordered - bread was hard and leathery around outside. ?? It had been microwave to long or it had been thawed out and refrozen again. Other than that it was all OK. Large servings of wedges. Seafood chowder was OK. Reasonable value for money....