Kotare Sands: Restaurant, Bar & Motel - Bar & Motel 800 Abel Tasman Drive

Food superb especially the curly chips! Our waitress was great. Very funny. Will definitely come back.

Great place. Wonderful selection of beers. Can't wait to get back.

Great staff, good pizza (tons of toppings!), good selection of beer on tap - and we ended there on a night with live music! 5 stars for a chill local spot!

We stopped by this restaurant for lunch time during Christmas time... We all liked the front yard, it is a very lovely place to have your meal and, in a sunny day, you get cover by an umbrella per table... also, good fun for kids. As cons... food was not good... fried fish was more fry than fish, also mixing fresh seafood with frozen ones... yucky... pizza: 0 star just for putting jam on pizza, I mean: why? Staff was nice, but I got told there would be 1h wait for the food as they were "full"... I swear: 2/3 of the tables were empty... Edit Thanks for your reply, and apologies for getting back after 4 months, but reviewing is not my main activity. Unlike other people who give low-rating reviews with no explanations and just complaining, I pay attention to it and explain why I give low rating and give, where possible, suggestions for improvements. It’s just matter of standards. Yes, I am sure I came there. I confirm what I have said: the restaurant was clearly at 1/3-ish of its maximum capacity and I got told waiting time for food would have been 1h-ish. Food is kiwi/English-style, clearly given by the main type of tourists around. I guess food was well made for an English person, but English don’t really bright for good taste in terms of food and we are not English. Given the disarming choice of English pizza types, I usually go for Margherita, but here even this one was wrong (spinach?). I get your main tourists are English, but having at least one non-English style pizza would have been welcome. Also, yes, the chicken pizza (which is an English-style pizza) got jam on it, it’s on the main menu. The menu also has fried seafood which includes, among fresh seafood, fried crab sticks which, by definition, are not fresh nor healthy. It’s just matter of standard: I don’t mind waiting 15 min for food, above 20 min start feeling too much, especially considering the place was not full; I love seafood, and I go crazy for fried seafood, but fried seafood was not good; I love pizza, but there was no such thing as a real pizza in the menu. I would have loved telling you my preference, but I just wanted normal seafood and normal pizza… it seems we may have different standards about it and we were tired from our trip, no energy to explain what is fresh what is not, what is pizza and what is not. Hope I have been helpful, mate.

Great bar and Cafe . Dogs allowed in beer garden. Car park to the side. Selection of craft beers. Good selection on menu. Food was very well cooked. Pictured is sweet belly pork and the burger. Very attentive friendly staff.

The place was nice, very open and cosy. Order the seafood basket if you like seafood, it was very delicious and the price was good too. Is not completely filled with fries which is amazing because you def eat some seafood, different than some places that only have chips.

Small seaside Cafe with indoor/outdoor seating. Yummy cabinet food; we had the salmon pie which was delicious, beef burrito, both served with small salad and ]ordered curly fries with aioli sauce; delicious all! Friendly staff (our waitress brought out water and treats for our dog) reasonable price..would highly recommend!

Absolutely fantastic place to have a meal and drinks. Family friendly. The welcome, staff and service from everyone was so great. Katrina, front of house staff member, is a delightful woman and so full of fun. Just cannot fault this establishment. ???? Prices aren't too hard on the pocket. We had a pizza and curly fries between the two of us.