W Restaurant W先生的店 — Restaurant in Upper Harbour

We heard about this newly opened restaurant in Hobsonville and had been told it was worth checking out so decided to do so. We made a booking as you had to , as it was busy. When we turned up we did have to wait a few minutes longer than our booking time to get the table , but that doesn't worry us. Our vaccine pass was checked which is good to see they're abiding by the rules there. The place was busy but slowly quietened down before we left. Our orders were taken quite quickly , and after a while and seeing a few tables leave they let us move as we did not really like where we were initially. We ordered the soy sauced duck, sweet & sour pork and beef with black pepper. But now comes our one and only complaint about our experience here that being the wait for the food after we ordered. It must have been the best part of 45 minutes if not that exactly before we got our first dish which was a cold dish. A cold dish took 45 minutes!!! We had mentioned to them several times during that 45 minutes about where our food was and they did chase it up both times. There was a private room sitting upstairs which made them all the busier, but still the kitchen should be organised well enough that bringing out the dishes for all tables in a reasonable time is not a problem. Anyway we finally did get all our dishes in about an hour and they were actually very good. They must have a good chef back there. We were given a free bowl of peanuts and 10% off the bill in the end for the problems. To sum up , the restaurant is clean , apart from the slow food service ,( which I hope is fixed by now and was just down to them being newly opened and getting into the swing of things) all other aspects of the service was good. Staff were attentive and pleasant. The food was good . The menu is nothing flash but still enough to cater for all tastes. So all in all would recommend it, but...

We visited as a family of five, on a week night, without a booking. We got an upstairs table. The owner, Albert, treated us like friends. Very welcoming. We let him help us choose. We tried a multitude of dishes. The menu includes a portion of very non Western (authentic) food, so there is a risk. I can honestly say that there wasn't a single dish that wasn't loved by someone at our table (quite proud of my kids ability to enjoy a wider variety of food than me). After the meal Albert asked us a few questions, possibly in response to these reviews.

It is a new restaurant trying to work out how to best cater to its local customers. Our verdict was a definite YES and i am looking forward to going back, with a larger group, a booking, and a better idea of how much to order. I am looking forward to showing our friends and family our new local asian restaurant!!!

(Sorry I was too busy enjoying the night to get...

We’ve been wanting to try this place since moving to Hobby and it took us so long to finally try it because some of the reviews were off putting. We didn’t have high expectations but this place is by far one of the best Chinese restaurants I have ever had. We ordered the duck 3 course set, duck with pancakes, stir fried duck and deep fried duck, every single one of the dish was excellent. From the seasoning to the way it was cook to how it was presented was like eating at a five star. We also tried their salt and pepper squid and seafood noodles which were also very delicious. This place will now be our regular spot. Thank you also to the man who was running this place, he took the time to explain every dish and was super pleasant. Definitely...