Gothenburg

It was a delightful experience with great ambiance and greater food. We booked well in advance a week before else its usually very busy. We ordered duck, chicken phao , lamb ribs and hand made pasta. The quality was really excellence at par though duck dish quantity was bit small but still ok. The service was superb and we too enjoyed tap raglan beer which was also nice. Will recommend any day.

Fantastic tapas and very friendly and attentive wait staff. Tapas feel a tad expensive for quantity, but the freshness of the ingredients, flavour and presentation make up for it. The restaurant itself is nice, perhaps the large room can make it feel a little echoey and loud at times, but it added to the atmosphere and didn't bother me much. Highly recommend the set menu, had the 80pp and it provided a fantastic variety and I was definitely satisfied and full by the end. Potato gratin was probably my least favorite, quite salty. Everything else exquisite.

We arrived at the restaurant quite late just after 2pm for lunch. The staff was very nice to accommodate us. The service was effortlessly friendly and efficient even though most diners were leaving and thinning out for a change over. Our first two dish were great especially the Prawns and Scallops Ravioli. The duck confit was a bit dry and the sauce wasn’t that interesting. The pull pork were all deep fried and crispy, I wish there some fresh pork bits for contrasting texture but no, so a bit dry too. There were still something to like about the dish. The wines and cheeses we’re wonderful. Love the spaciousness of the building. Definitely will come back to try their other dishes when we visit Hamilton again.

Finally managed to secure a last minute booking - we generally don’t plan our outings so was hard to get in here but worth the hours drive from Pukekohe. Beef Tataki and Polenta were our fave dishes! The tataki was insanely good with perfect accompaniments. The polenta - I didn’t know it could be this good! We also had the duck which was yum. The crudo which was really good with yum flavourings but used snapper which I find very bland. Also got the calamari which was just okay. Service was awesome and attentive and the ambience was lovely. The menu seemed quite expensive even compared to Auckland prices but we got 5 dishes, a mocktail and sparkling water for $125 so we’re actually really happy with that and the standard of food matches the prices.

10/10 for the service and atmosphere at the Gothenburg Restaurant. The food was delicious especially the crispy polenta chips and pork belly however the kimchi dumplings were a miss. The skin was hard and could not taste much of the kimchi flavour. Overall, highly recommend for a quick lunch! Would love to come back for the dinner menu and service