Wholly Smoked - Wholly Smoked 1107 Tutanekai Street
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based on 8 reviews
Contact Wholly Smoked
| Address : | Wholly Smoked 1107 Tutanekai Street, Rotorua 3010, New Zealand |
| Phone : | 📞 +799 |
| Postal code : | 3010 |
| Website : | https://www.whollysmoked.co.nz/ |
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Devils Advocate (Chiwi) on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Had the Beef Ribs & the Lamb Ribs. Excellent meals.Both tender and falling off the bone. Choice of mash, wedges or fries.
Lamb had a glazed, crunchy outer with tender inner. Beef was superb with an excellent gravy.
Great presentation, friendly & attentive staff. Large portions.
Would I come back here? Wonder if they take lifetime table reservations?
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Cindy B on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Absolutely atrocious and disgusting. I haven’t had a meal this bad in 5 years. Everything is described beautifully, as having fresh ingredients but the reality is the total opposite. Artificial and overly-sweetened cocktails which taste like nothing but sickly sweet sugar. Mussel pot was described as having fresh onions and white wine, it instead came with watered down sauce which tastes like nothing and mayonnaise drizzled on the top. The mussels didn’t seem fresh and were so tiny.
The pork belly we had to send back and get a refund for as it was burnt at the bottom and the meat was so dry you couldn’t even chew it. The “charred corn” was 10 pieces of corn and the apple salad was three thinly sliced pieces of apple that had already yellowed. The beef “ribs” are pictured on the menu as a huge stack of ribs, what we got instead wasn’t beef ribs, it was a different cut of meat with no bones and we were told it was “boneless ribs”… it looked like brisket. It was also so dry and disgusting. The service was terrible, staff were not attentive. We asked for tomato sauce for our wedges twice even after complaining about the pork belly and no one cared enough to give us any. For $30 a plate and a nice looking menu we expected so much better. I wish we got the whole meal refunded but I didn’t want to make a scene.
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Nicole Robertson on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Really disappointed with our experience here tonight. Had to go up and ask for our own side plates, napkins and drinks as no one came down to us and asked us anything. Table had no cutlery, half of the brisket was sinew which was inedible and our drinks were flat. The Manager assured us that the drinks couldn't be flat as they're singular bottles that are opened behind the bar - but they were definitely flat. We were given a little discount, but it's safe to say we won't be back in a hurry.
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Graeme Stevens on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I wouldn’t go here again - for more than $30 a plate I’d expect better. The lamb back strap wasn’t served with all the advertised ingredients, the eye fillet was thin and over cooked and the risotto was utterly tasteless. There was no cutlery on the table and we had to ask 3 times for serviettes and cutlery. They also no longer carry some of the drinks on the menu. One of the waitresses (whose name escapes me) was good but the rest were pretty inattentive…and I’d love to know why the kitchen staff ran over the street twice to Macs Steakhouse and came back with unmarked and sealed buckets…
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Elvin Raditya on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The menu mentioned that all burgers come with chips and onion rings but look at my photo, no onion rings, and they pretend to not know about it until I finish, I think the waitress need to be trained again and the kitchen team needs to be investigated if they have been doing the same thing so far ?
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Hao Chang on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ We chose this place as it had fish and chips. The chips ok but the fish was not very fresh. It was one time visit and next time we will choose other places prob. Service all ok.
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Peter Fredatovich on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ I've never said I could cook better than a restaurant, but this would be a first.
Lamb back strap loin was missing half the ingredients, and what was served was very unappetising. Overcooked lamb, served with two limp asparagus on cold beetroot hummus.
The burger was asked for veges instead of fries, but was missing cheese and bacon, was dry and overcooked, whole the veges were completely overcooked and soggy.
$37 for lamb and $24 for less than average food was well overpriced, but judge for yourself from the pictures.
Staff were very friendly and served quickly and were apologetic when I explained what was missing, but didn't do anything about it.
Overall, felt very expensive for below average food.
Would not recommend
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Julian McCracken on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Good restaurant & big portion sizes.
Beef ribs were OK, but have had better. They were tender but a little bland. Other family members happy with their meals.
Staff were nice & restaurant had a good feel about it
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