Arcadia — Restaurant in Waiheke

Kia Ora everyone. I spent 25 years working in hospitality world wide. From fine dinning, film catering and large cafes. As a waiter, manager, chef and owner. We visited Arcadia Restaurant twice over w 2 nights, in a row, why, because it was a journey of intense yet subtle flavors. We had a total of 7 dishes between my wife and I. I tried the vegetarian options whilst my wife tried the seafood. The whole experience was in my opinion, flawless. Personally for me the highlight was the ability to use smoke in the artichokes and beets to extract a sense of enjoyment and happiness from my experience was humbling and beautiful. My wife said her dishes was so so good. During her main of John Dorry she was mumbling...OMG this is incredible I/we have dined in many many environments, from London to Israel to L.A to Copenhagen and this experience will stay w me/her/us for a very long time. From FOH to BOH, everyone who took the time, energy and passion to deliver this memorable dinning experience we thank...

I would give no stars if I could! The experience in this restaurant has scarred our whole vacation. The woman claiming to be the owner of the business forcefully demands to charge for a drink without an opportunity to see the bill. Every customer has a right to review before paying. She then makes unprofessional remarks also claiming we did not want to pay. We all happily paid over $500. No manners or customer service exist by this person and is a total bully. She decides to laugh about this with her staff and when told this is not funny decides to put up a fight. She demands me to take a photo of her to post (why would one want to?!) they will surely be hearing from Fairgo! Food is average. Staff were friendly but this woman claiming to be owner won’t give her business a...

Best food we’ve had in NZ. Fell on this place by chance because we couldn’t get a booking anywhere else and were pleasantly surprised!

Strongly recommend the white bait as an entrée (we had one each but you could easily share if you’re generous ;), fish and chips and the fish of the day (hapuka) was also delicious. Flavours worked very well together.

Restaurant is relatively casual (ie no need to dress up) and service was excellent, attentive without being annoying which is a rare art these days. Prices were reasonable. Ask for a table on the back deck if weather is nice :)

Best date night we’ve had...