Charlies Bar — Restaurant in Waitematā

An excellent place to spend the evening. Drinks are reasonably priced and sometimes they have specials on certain drinks on a Friday or Saturday night. The owner is a great guy and will go out of his way to ensure you have an enjoyable time at his bar. There are about a dozen pokie machines if you enjoy a flutter, and a pool table for those with skills, sadly I’m not one of them lol my pool skills suck lol. There is even a pool competition like once a week but I’m not sure what day of the week it is. BUT, the BIGGEST PLUS for me is the fact that they have a karaoke machine and have an excellent selection of old and new songs, which are updated every so often. It’s busy on a Friday and Saturday night and you need to wait a while between songs, but during the other days and nights you can rock up, order a drink, and sing until your heart’s content. All in all it’s a great old style bar with...

Staff are absolutely lovely. They deserve the stars. Under new Management I think. Didn't have my drink though so made one similar. The demographics that were there were specifically there to play pokies (Regulars chasing maybe) Not very exciting when I went. However, the staff were lovely and when I asked if there were any more bars open she said they open later on in the afternoon. So this was my only option at the time. Also regarding licensing. Got harassed by this alcoholic man... EVERTIME I approached the bar 🤮 put me right off. Attempting to not be arrogant. Also thinking why is an intoxicated being served so yeah So yeah um ... not really...

Went here on a Saturday night. You can sing from wherever you're sitting or standing which is good. Music a bit loud meaning harder to hear yourself sing. You go up to the bar and write your song down and hope they have it! The only list I saw was a grubby old clearfile folder full of songs. Generally a friendly vibe, but beware 'cos when I was there a few of the patrons behaviour was offensive/aggressive (unprovoked by me). Lady behind the bar looked sulky the whole time - would help if she made an...