The Whaler Bar and Restaurant - The Whaler Bar and Restaurant 49-51 West End
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based on 8 reviews
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| Address : | The Whaler Bar and Restaurant 49-51 West End, Kaikōura 7300, New Zealand |
| Phone : | 📞 +9 |
| Postal code : | 7300 |
| Website : | https://www.thewhaler.co.nz/ |
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Graeldon on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Starting off positive - Mains were excellent with good sized portions. The chicken was a little dry but the peppercorn sauce made up for it. The ribs were a winner and practically fell off the bone.
Dessert was where things fell down. The dessert special was a mango, rhubarb and beetroot crumble which intrigued me, but in hindsight should have been a warning! Firstly, why the mango and beetroot? You couldn't taste either, so just do a really good rhubarb crumble! Secondly, a crumble should have a fruit base with crumb on top. This... thing... had a crumb base and then extra thick chunks of crumb on top, almost like it was trying to be a pie, but failed at the last moment. Thirdly, it was twice the size it needed to be. Unless your menu says otherwise, keep the different items to similar portion sizes!
As for the creme brulee - the star of the dish is the layer of caramelized sugar on top. Putting icing sugar on top of that just ruins the point! It was a good dessert just trying to look too fancy. I've seen other restaurants use edible flowers to make it look great.
On the other hand, I saw other patrons with seafood dishes and the brownies which all looked excellent, so maybe we were just unlucky with ours.
Finally, service was fairly slow taking about two hours for mains and a dessert. It felt like we waited for our dessert for as long as we did for our mains.
Overall I would recommend checking this place out for lunch, for their mains, or just for a great place to hang out for a few drinks. The bar itself and the atmosphere is pretty great and had a relaxed vibe going. Just expect to wait a bit for food.
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Yasmin B-Merlo on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ If I could put 0 * That review will be choose this place!! Rude staff on the bar and floor, the old blond lady on the bar was the most toxic and rude person that I meet on my whole trip in Kaikōura I understand that everyone can have a bad day but she was so rude and racist that it made feel so unpleasant and unwelcome due to of my mistakes in pronunciation regarding the name of the cider, I had the option to leave the place but I already payed for my food and drinks so after waiting 45 minutes for the most unflavored, bland and sad pub food that I ate in my hole life. I left this place finally.
Not recommended!!
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Michael Whareaitu on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Fantastic dinner thanks to all the staff for a great night
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Michael Marsden on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Good friendly service. Excellent food. Good value.
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Christopher Home on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Friendly and prompt service. Nice food. Good place for a family meal in Kaikoura. Nice traditional bar/pub decor.
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AM “GunnAreviewer” Gunn on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Busy night and we where a walk in. Fun vibe and friendly staff. Made us aware of wait time for food. Food came out quicker than suggest which was nice. Food was hot and yummy. Mussels and fresh fish.
Table sticky and pool table to close to the wall only downers. Good night and would go back again:)
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Manpreet Brar on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Enjoyed Panhead beer with yum
Burgers. Well spent afternoon. Great waterfront view. Lovely staff; very friendly; helpful and great service.
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nguyen ha kieu nhung on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The food was delicious but we waited for a while. More than 20mins after ordering for entrée, then 30mins till mains and around 30-40mins for deserts. Restaurants might be a bit under staff for a saturday night.
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